8. EARNINGS (EPS), HEADLINE EARNINGS (HEPS) AND DIVIDEND (DPS) PER SHARE
 
  Attributable earnings
R’m
  Weighted average number
of shares (’000)
  Cents per share  
  2019   2018   2019   2018   2019   2018  
EPS – basic 2 569   1 575   1 456 430   1 450 710   176.4   108.6  
EPS – diluted 2 569   1 575   1 461 449   1 456 525   175.8   108.1  
HEPS – basic 1 291   1 579   1 456 430   1 450 710   88.7   108.8  
HEPS – diluted 1 291   1 579   1 461 449   1 456 525   88.4   108.3  
Normalised EPS (NEPS) 1 695   1 598   1 456 430   1 450 710   116.4   110.2  

  Total dividend (R’m)   Total number of issued
shares (’000)
  Cents per share  
DPS – ordinary shares                        
  • Final (previous financial year)
734   652   1 467 349   1 449 391   50   45  
  • Interim
587   556   1 467 349   1 463 980   40   38  

The cash portion of the total dividend was subject to dividend withholding tax at a rate of 20%, which resulted in a net final dividend, for the year ended 30 September 2018, of 40.0 cents per ordinary share and net interim dividend of 32.0 cents per ordinary share to those shareholders who are not exempt in terms of section 64F of the Income Tax Act.

   2019     2018    
   Gross 
amount 
R’m 
   Net 
amount 
R’m 
   Gross 
amount 
R’m 
   Net 
amount 
R’m 
  
Headline earnings reconciliation                         
Profit attributable to ordinary equity holders  2 569     2 569     1 575     1 575    
Adjustments (net of tax):                         
   Impairment of assets and investments  164     140     34     34    
   Profit on disposal of investment in joint venture  (1 501)    (1 407)    –     –    
   Profit on disposal of investment in subsidiary  (11)    (11)    –     –    
   Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment  –     –     (35)    (30)   
Headline earnings  1 221     1 291     1 574     1 579    

Difference between gross and net amount relates to tax.

   2019 
’000 
   2018 
’000 
  
Reconciliation between weighted average number of shares and diluted number of shares             
Issued ordinary shares – at the beginning of the year  1 467 349     1 449 391    
Shares issued as a result of scrip distributions  –     11 488    
Effect of treasury shares  (10 919)    (10 169)   
Weighted average number of shares at the end of the year  1 456 430     1 450 710    
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares – treasury shares  5 019     5 815     
Diluted weighted average number of shares at the end of the year  1 461 449     1 456 525    

Normalised earnings per share (NEPS)

The presentation of normalised earnings is not an IFRS requirement and is a measurement used by the chief operating decision maker (CODM). The calculation of NEPS excludes non-trading related items as listed below and is based on the normalised profit attributable to equity holders of the parent, divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares during the year. Investors should not consider normalised earnings or NEPS in isolation or as an alternative to operating profit, profit after tax or any other measure of financial performance presented in the consolidated financial statements. Normalised earnings and NEPS as disclosed below may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of performance of other companies.

    R’m      R’m     
Profit attributable to ordinary equity holders  2 569     1 575    
Adjustments (net of tax):             
   Retirement benefit asset and post-employment medical aid income  (28)    (24)   
   Fair value adjustments to contingent consideration  (2)    18    
   Fair value loss/(profit) on the Max foreign exchange option contracts  292     (17)   
   Gain on derecognition of lease assets and liabilities  –     (71)   
   Impairment of assets and investments  140     34    
   Profit on disposal of investment in joint venture  (1 407)    –    
   Profit on disposal of investment in subsidiary  (11)    –    
   Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment  –     (30)   
   Transaction costs relating to acquisitions and disposals  148     38    
   Other  30     75    
   Unwinding of contingent consideration  44     –    
   Deferred tax raised on historical losses  (80)    –    
Normalised earnings  1 695     1 598    
NEPS (cents) 116.4     110.2