INTERIM RESULTS
For the six months 31 December 2003


Income Statements

(Rand 000's unless otherwise stated)

  %
increase
Unaudited
six months to
31 December 2003
Unaudited
six months to
31 December 2002
Audited
year to
30 June 2003

Turnover

  - By group owned stores  

391 006

407 324 749 150
  - By franchise owned stores  

383 747

317 389 608 779

Total

6,9

774 753

724 713 1 357 929

Trading profit before depreciation  

99 538

84 568 189 393
Depreciation  

(5 654)

(6 396) (17 017)
Impairment of fixed assets  

-

- (6 189)

Trading profit 20,1

93 884

78 172 106 187
Net investment income  

4 325

2 117 5 606
Profit/(Loss) on sale of property, plant and equipment  

45

- (612)
Share incentive trust reversal  

-

- 2 700

Profit before taxation 22,4

98 254

80 289 173 881
Taxation  

(29 848)

(25 475) (53 935)

Profit after taxation 24,8

68 406

54 814 119 946
Outside shareholders' interest  

(2 136)

(1 293) (2 336)

Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders 23,8

66 270

53 521 117 610
Weighted average number of shares in issue (000's)  

18 677

18 396 18 536
Earnings per share (cents) 22,0

354,8

290,9 634,5
Headline earnings per share (cents) 21,9

354,6

290,9 656,5
Dividends declared per share (cents) 40,0

70,0

50,0 130,0

Reconciliation of headline earnings

Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders  

66 270

53 521 117 610
Impairment of property, plant and equipment  

-

- 6 189
Share incentive trust reversal  

-

- (2 700)
(Profit)/Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment  

(45)

- 612

Headline earnings 23,7

66 225

53 521 121 711

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