Notes to the Group annual financial statements

for the period ended 3 March 2013
    Pick n Pay Stores
Group
  Pick n Pay Holdings
Group
    2013  
Cents  
per share  
2012  
Cents  
per share  
  2013  
Cents  
per share  
2012  
Cents  
per share  
7.   BASIC, HEADLINE AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE            
  Basic   115.14   233.21     57.03   115.91  
  Continuing operations   115.14   159.64     57.03   79.24  
  Discontinued operation   —   73.57     —   36.67  
  Diluted basic   113.39   228.69     55.57   112.48  
  Continuing operations   113.39   156.55     55.57   76.16  
  Discontinued operation   —   72.14     —   36.32  
  Headline   111.30   142.69     55.11   70.79  
  Continuing operations   111.30   160.78     55.11   79.81  
  Discontinued operation   —   (18.09)    —   (9.02) 
  Diluted headline   109.61   139.92     53.70   68.69  
  Continuing operations   109.61   157.67     53.70   77.63  
  Discontinued operation   —   (17.75)    —   (8.94) 
7.1   Basic and headline earnings   Rm   Rm     Rm   Rm  
  Reconciliation between basic and headline earnings:            
  Basic earnings (profit for the period)  550.6   1 113.5     294.5   598.6  
  Continuing operations   550.6   762.3     294.5   409.2  
  Discontinued operation   —   351.2     —   189.4  
  Adjustments:            
  Continuing operations   (18.4)  5.5     (9.9)  2.9  
  (Profit)/loss on sale of property, equipment and vehicles and intangible assets   (21.6)  7.6     (11.6)  4.0  
  Tax effect of profit/(loss) on sale of property, equipment and vehicles and intangible assets   3.2   (2.1)    1.7   (1.1) 
  Discontinued operation   —   (437.6)    —   (236.0) 
  Loss on sale of property, equipment and vehicles and intangible assets   —   0.8     —   0.3  
  Profit on sale of discontinued operation   —   (493.4)    —   (265.9) 
  Tax effect relating to sale of discontinued operation   —   55.0     —   29.6  
  Headline earnings   532.2   681.4     284.6   365.5  
  Continuing operations   532.2   767.8     284.6   412.1  
  Discontinued operation   —   (86.4)    —   (46.6) 
    000’s   000’s     000’s   000’s  
7.2   Number of shares            
  Movement in the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue comprises:            
  At beginning of period   477 450.4   475 770.3     516 360.5   515 857.7  
  Effect of current period share repurchases by the share trust   (899.7)  (478.7)    (268.8)  (326.7) 
  Effect of share sales on the take up of share options   1 117.5   943.5     216.1   359.0  
  Prior period net share sales/repurchases now fully weighted   464.7   1 215.3     32.4   470.5  
  At end of period   478 132.9   477 450.4     516 340.2   516 360.5  
  Dilutive effect of share options   7 385.9   9 434.2     5 192.8   4 895.6  
  Diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue   485 518.8   486 884.6     521 533.0   521 256.1  
  Refer to note 20 for the number of shares in issue.