Salient features

      Six months ended   Year ended  
      31 Mar
2016
Reviewed		     31 Mar
2015
Reviewed		   30 Sept
2015
Audited		  
Financial                  
Headline earnings per share (cents)     335.0     366.8   813.8  
Headline earnings per share (cents) – excluding B-BBEE charge     335.0     366.8   925.5  
Dividends per share (cents)     115     115   345  
Operating margin (%)     5.5     5.7   6.4  
Net asset turn (times)     1.9     2.0   2.0  
EBITDA/interest paid (times)     4.5     5.0   5.2  
Net debt/equity (%)     56.9     65.0   55.1  
Group return on net operating assets (RONOA) (%)     11.8     15.2   16.8  
Group return on ordinary shareholders’ funds (%)     7.1     9.1   10.9  
Net asset value per share including investments at fair value (cents)     9 561     8 139   9 157  
Number of ordinary shares in issue, including BEE shares (000)     212 693     231 292   226 728  
Non-financial#                  
Energy consumption (GJ)     1 559 383     1 545 862   3 122 041  
Greenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e)Δ     144 333     142 800   287 597  
Water consumption (ML)     423     369   745  
Number of employees     20 335     19 315   19 745  
LTIFR†     0.91     1.21   1.11  
Work-related fatalities     0     0   0  
# Deloitte & Touche have issued an unmodified limited assurance report on the non-financial salient features for the year ended 30 September 2015, in accordance with International Standard 3000 on Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information. The 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2015 non-financial salient features have not been reviewed and reported on by the auditors.
Δ Scope 1 and 2.
† Lost-time injuries multiplied by 200 000 divided by total hours worked.

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Exchange rates (rand)     31 Mar
2016
Reviewed		     31 Mar
2015
Reviewed		   30 Sept
2015
Audited		       31 Mar
2016
Reviewed		     31 Mar
2015
Reviewed		   30 Sept
2015
Audited		  
United States dollar     14.71     12.12   13.86       14.94     11.44   11.98  
Euro     16.76     13.01   15.43       16.29     13.57   13.73  
British sterling     21.14     17.99   20.94       21.91     17.77   18.52