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2007 Annual results
 

KEY FEATURES

Earnings

  • Net result from financial services up 16%
  • Core earnings per share up 27%
  • Normalised headline earnings per share decreased by 19%

Business volumes

  • Total new business volumes up 26% to R102 billion
  • Net fund inflows of R11,4 billion

Group Equity Value

  • Group Equity Value per share of R23,50
  • Return on Group Equity Value per share of 18,8%
  • Value of new life insurance business up 31% to R567 million
  • Life new business margin of 2,37%

Capital management

  • 5,5% of issued shares bought back during 2007 for R2,9 billion
  • Discretionary capital of R6,1 billion at 31 December 2007

Dividend

  • Dividend increased by 21% to 93 cents per share
 

SALIENT RESULTS

     

for the year ended 31 December 2007

2007

2006

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SANLAM LIMITED GROUP        
Earnings:        
Net result from financial services R million   3 029   2 605   16%  
Core earnings (1) R million   4 146   3 365   23%  
Normalised headline earnings (2) R million   5 199   6 633   -22%  
Headline earnings R million   4 833   6 838   -29%  
Net result from financial services per share cents   133,3   110,8   20%  
Core earnings per share (1) cents   182,4   143,1   27%  
Normalised headline earnings per share (2) cents   228,7   282,0   -19%  
Diluted headline earnings per share cents   220,8   304,9   -28%  
Group administration cost ratio (3) %   27,8   27,1    
Group operating margin (4) %   20,8   21,1    
Gross business volumes:        
New business volumes R million   102 004   80 648   26%  
Net fund flows R million   11 363   (7 451)   
Value of new life insurance business        
   Value of new life insurance business R million   567   434   31%  
   Life insurance PVNBP (5) R million   23 886   20 308   18%  
   Life new business margin (6) %   2,37   2,14    
Value of new non-life linked and loan business R million   69   64   8%  
Group Equity Value:        
Group Equity Value R million   51 293   46 811   10%  
Group Equity Value per share  cents   2 350   2 047   15%  

Return on Group Equity Value per share (7)

%   18,8   31,0    

 

       

SANLAM LIFE INSURANCE LIMITED

       
Shareholders' fund R million   37 933   34 197    
Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) R million   7 525   5 800    

CAR covered by prudential capital

times   3,5   4,4    
             

Notes

  1. Core earnings = net result from financial services and net investment income (including dividends received from non-operating associates).
  2. Normalised headline earnings = core earnings, net investment surpluses, secondary tax on companies and equity-accounted headline earnings less dividends received from non-operating associates, but excluding fund transfers. Headline earnings include fund transfers.
  3. Administration costs as a percentage of income after sales remuneration.
  4. Result from financial services as a percentage of income after sales remuneration.
  5. PVNBP = present value of new business premiums and is equal to the present value of new recurring premiums plus single premiums.
  6. Life new business margin = value of new business as a percentage of life insurance PVNBP.
  7. Growth in Group Equity Value per share (with dividends paid, capital movements and cost of treasury shares acquired reversed) as a percentage of Group Equity Value per share at the beginning of the period.

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