Pick n Pay Holdings Limited (“PIKWIK”)

Share Code: PWK ISIN code: ZAE000005724

Pikwik’s only asset is its 54.34% (2009: 54.43%) effective holding in Pick n Pay Stores Limited (excluding treasury shares). The Pikwik Group earnings are directly related to those of this investment. 

Headline earnings for the year amount to R549.9 million (2009: R539.3 million).

Headline earnings per share from continuing operations is 117.93 cents (2009: 116.92 cents).

Diluted headline earnings per share from continuing operations is 114.92 cents (2009: 114.59 cents).

Headline earnings per share is 106.72 cents (2009: 104.78 cents). Diluted headline earnings per share is 103.84 cents (2009: 102.58 cents).

The total number of shares in issue is 527.2 million (2009: 527.2 million) and the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year is 515.3 million (2009: 514.7 million). Pikwik’s total dividend for the year is 84.93 cents per share (2009: 82.97 cents per share), an increase of 2.4%.