DISCOVERY LIMITED - Trading statement: Year ended 30 June 2014
DSY 201408270022A
Trading statement: Year ended 30 June 2014
DISCOVERY LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1999/007789/06)
ISIN: ZAE000022331
Share Code: DSY
("Discovery" or "the Company")
TRADING STATEMENT: YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2014
The following statement is made with reference to the requirements of section 3.4(b) of the JSE Listing
Requirements which requires an issuer to publish a trading statement as soon as it has a reasonable degree of
certainty that Earnings Per Share and / or Headline Earnings Per Share for the next reporting period will differ
by at least 20% from that of the previous corresponding reporting period.
Discovery is currently finalising its results for the year ended 30 June 2014 ("current period"). Management is
of the view that normalised headline earnings per share best represents the underlying operating performance
of the group.
Shareholders are advised that guidance for the current period is as follows:
Actual Guidance for the
June 2013 current period
Per share (cents) %
Normalised Headline Earnings - undiluted 502.9 15% to 25% increase
Headline Earnings - undiluted 372.0 40% to 50% increase
Earnings - basic 372.2 45% to 55% increase
Discovery’s results for the current period are due to be released on SENS on 03 September 2014.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed and reported on by
the Company's external auditors.
Sandton
27 August 2014
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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