The following definitions are to be used in a group context.
Attributable cash flow per ordinary share
Cash flow from operating activities after adjusting for participation of NCIs therein, divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year.
Capital employed
Total equity plus net debt minus non-current financial assets minus other non-current assets.
Cash and cash equivalents
Comprises cash on hand and current accounts in bank, net of bank overdraft, together with any highly liquid investments readily convertible to known amounts of cash and not subject to significant risk of changes in value.
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities.
Dividend cover
Attributable earnings per ordinary share divided by dividends per ordinary share.
Dividend yield
Dividends per ordinary share divided by closing share price per ordinary share.
Earnings per ordinary share
Attributable earnings basis
Earnings attributable to owners of the parent (Exxaro) divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (net of treasury shares) during the year.
Headline earnings basis
Headline earnings divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (net of treasury shares) during the year.
Effective interest rate
The rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument or, when appropriate, a shorter period, to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability.
Financing cost cover
Ebit cover
Net operating profit before interest and tax, divided by net financing costs.
Ebitda cover
Net operating profit before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, impairment charges or impairment reversals and net loss or gain on disposal of assets and investments (including translation differences recycled to profit or loss), divided by net financing costs.
Good leavers
A participant whose employment with employer companies is terminated due to:
(i) the Participant's:
- retrenchment
- retirement
- death
- serious disability or incapacitation
- promotion out of the relevant qualifying category; or
(ii) |
the employer company ceasing to form part of the employer companies, provided that any transfer of employment by a participant to another employer company shall not be deemed to constitute any terminations of employment by a participant with the employer companies. |
Headline earnings
Earnings attributable to owners of the parent (Exxaro) adjusted for gains or losses on items of a capital nature, recognising the tax and NCIs impact on these adjustments.
Headline earnings yield
Headline earnings per ordinary share divided by the closing share price on the JSE.
Interest-bearing debt
Sum of interest-bearing borrowings and lease liabilities. The calculations include the respective items classified as non-current liabilities held-for-sale.
Invested capital
Total equity, interest-bearing debt, non-current provisions and net deferred tax less cash and cash equivalents.
Materiality
Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that primary users of general purpose financial statements make, on the basis of those financial statements, which provide financial information about the reporting entity.
Materiality is determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the facts and circumstances pertaining to the item, transaction, adjustment, information or event (matter) taking into account both qualitative and quantitative factors.
Net assets
Total assets less total liabilities less NCIs which equates to equity of owners of the parent (Exxaro).
Net debt or cash
Net debt or cash is calculated as the sum of interest-bearing borrowings, lease liabilities and overdraft less cash and cash equivalents. The calculations include the respective items classified as non-current assets and liabilities held-for-sale.
Net debt to equity ratio
Interest-bearing debt less cash and cash equivalents as a percentage of total equity.
Net operating profit
Net operating profit or loss equals revenue less operating expenses, major once-off expense items and impairment charges, plus impairment reversals and major non-recurring income items. Major non-recurring items are presented separately on the statement of comprehensive income between operating profit or loss and net operating profit or loss which relate to significant corporate activities.
Non-core items
Gains and losses on transactions adjusted in the calculation of headline earnings.
Number of years to repay interest-bearing debt
Interest-bearing debt divided by cash flow from operating activities before dividends paid.
Operating margin
Net operating profit as a percentage of revenue.
Operating profit
Operating profit or loss equals revenue less operating expenses before impairment charges or reversals and major non-recurring items.
Operating segments
An operating segment is a component of an entity that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses; and whose operating results are reviewed regularly by the entity's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources allocated to the segment and assess its performance; and for which discrete financial information is available.
Return on capital employed
Net operating profit plus income from non-equity-accounted investments plus income from equity-accounted investments, as a percentage of average capital employed.
Return on invested capital
Net operating profit plus income from non-equity-accounted investments plus income from equity-accounted investments, as a percentage of the average invested capital.
Return on net assets
Net operating profit plus income from non-equity-accounted investments plus income from equity-accounted investments, as a percentage of the average net assets.
Return on ordinary shareholders' equity
Attributable earnings
Earnings attributable to owners of the parent (Exxaro) as a percentage of average equity attributable to owners of the parent (Exxaro).
Headline earnings
Headline earnings as a percentage of average equity attributable to owners of the parent (Exxaro).
Revenue per employee
Revenue divided by the average number of employees during the year.
Total asset turnover
Revenue divided by average total assets.
WANOS in issue
The number of shares in issue at the beginning of the year, increased by shares issued during the year, decreased by share repurchases during the year and treasury shares, weighted on a time basis for the period in which they have participated in the earnings of the group.
In the case of shares issued pursuant to a share capitalisation award in lieu of dividends, the participation of such shares is deemed to be from the date of issue.