Pick n Pay Holdings Limited (“PIKWIK”)
Share Code: PWK ISIN code: ZAE000005724
Pikwik’s only asset is its 54.41% (2008: 54.58%) 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 period amount to R221.0 million (2008: R208.5 million).
Headline earnings per share from continuing operations is 50.09 cents (2008: 45.17 cents).
Diluted headline earnings per share from continuing operations is 48.91 cents (2008: 44.40 cents).
Headline earnings per share is 42.89 cents (2008: 40.52 cents). Diluted headline earnings per share is 41.79 cents
(2008: 39.81 cents).
The total number of shares in issue is 527.2 million (2008: 527.2 million) and the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period is 515.2 million (2008: 514.6 million). Pikwik’s interim dividend per share is 19.31 cents (2008: 17.45 cents), an increase of 10.6%. |