Standard Bank - Trading statement in respect of th
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Standard Bank - Trading statement in respect of the six months
ended 30 June 2006
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 company")
Trading statement in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2006
Standard Bank"s results for the six months ended 30 June 2006 will be released
on 16 August 2006. 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 it becomes apparent that the financial results for
the next reporting period to be reported on are expected, with a reasonable
degree of certainty, to differ by at least 20% from those of the previous
corresponding period.
Indications are that growth in headline earnings per share (and normalised
headline earnings per share) for the six months ended 30 June 2006 is likely to
be between 15% and 20%. Growth in earnings per share (and normalised earnings
per share) for the six months ended 30 June 2006 is likely to be between 25% and
30%.
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 company"s
auditors.
Johannesburg
1 August 2006
Sponsor
Standard Bank
Date: 01/08/2006 08:30:06 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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