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OPT - Optimum Coal Holdings Limited - Trading statement in respect of the six
months ended 31 December 2010
OPTIMUM COAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2006/007799/06)
Share code: OPT
ISIN: ZAE000144663
("Optimum Coal" or "the Company")
TRADING STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010
Optimum Coal shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS on
17 January 2011 wherein shareholders were advised that Optimum Coal`s earnings
per share ("EPS") and headline earnings per share ("HEPS") for the six months
ended 31 December 2010 (the "Reporting Period") were likely to be more than 20%
higher than EPS and HEPS for the six months ended 31 December 2009 (the
"Comparable Period").
The Company is now in a position to provide guidance in accordance with section
3.4 (b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited and Optimum Coal hereby
advises that the forecast ranges of EPS and HEPS for the Reporting Period are
expected to be as follows:
Reviewed six Reviewed six Reviewed six
months ended months ended months ended
31 Dec 2010 31 Dec 2009 31 Dec 2009
(Restated) (As reported
in prospectus)
EPS (cps) 133.00 - 142.00 47.07 9 414 000.00
HEPS (cps) 133.00 - 144.00 57.81 11 562 000.00
Weighted average number of 251 786 186 200 000 000
ordinary shares in issue (#
shares)
1 000
Effect of own shares held* (# (52 000 000) (52 000 000)
shares)
(260)
Weighted average number of 199 786 186 148 000 000
shares for IFRS purposes (#
shares)
740
* After the 200 000:1 share split, 52 000 000 shares collectively owned by the
Employee, Community and Executive Share Incentive Trusts are deemed to be under
the control of the Company and are therefore excluded from the calculation of
shares outstanding for IFRS purposes.
Headline earnings have been adjusted for the effects of one-off items recognised
during the financial year.
The increase in EPS and HEPS is primarily as a result of improved production
volumes from both opencast and underground operations at Optimum Collieries and
attributable underground production at Koornfontein Mines which was not
consolidated in the Comparable Period. Additionally, the export coal price has
strengthened in rand terms over the period.
The arbitration process in respect of Optimum Coal`s coal supply agreement to
supply coal from its Optimum Collieries operations to Eskom`s Hendrina Power
Station continues and the Company expects to complete the process by the end of
April 2011.
Optimum Coal is in the process of disposing of their platinum exploration assets
and this will allow the Company to continue focusing on its core business of
producing coal.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been
reviewed and reported on by the Company`s external auditors. Optimum Coal
intends to publish its reviewed interim results on SENS for the Reporting Period
on or about 3 February 2011.
31 January 2011
Johannesburg
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Financial Communications Advisers
COLLEGE HILL
Date: 31/01/2011 16:05:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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