SBK - Standard Bank Group - Trading statement in r
SBK
SBK
SBK - Standard Bank Group - Trading statement in respect of the six months
ended 30 June 2007
Standard Bank Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1969/017128/06)
South African Share Code: SBK
Namibian Share Code: SNB
ISIN: ZAE000057378
("Standard Bank" or "the group")
Standard Bank`s results for the six months ended 30 June 2007 will be released
on 15 August 2007. In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited
("the JSE Listing Requirements"), a listed company is required to publish a
trading statement as soon as a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the
financial results for the next reporting period to be reported on will differ by
at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period.
The group expects that growth in headline earnings per share, earnings per share
and fully diluted headline earnings per share (on both a normalised and IFRS
basis) for the six months ended 30 June 2007 is likely to be between 20% and 30%
when compared with the previous corresponding period.
Results are normalised to reflect the legal and economic substance of the
group`s Black Ownership Initiative and deemed treasury shares held for the
benefit of Liberty Life policyholders.
The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the group`s
auditors.
Johannesburg
27 July 2007
Sponsor
Standard Bank
Date: 27/07/2007 07:30:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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