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Trading statement in respect of the year ended 31 December 2015
Standard Bank Group Limited
Registration No. 1969/017128/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
JSE share code: SBK
ISIN: ZAE000109815
NSX share code: SNB
NSX share code: SNB ZAE000109815
(“Standard Bank Group” or “the group”)
Trading statement in respect of the year ended 31 December 2015
Standard Bank Group will announce its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 (“the results”)
on Thursday, 3 March 2016.
The group has established that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that these results will differ,
as set out below, from those reported for the year ended 31 December 2014 (“the comparable
period”).
In considering the improvement in earnings reflected below, shareholders are reminded that
headline earnings in the comparable period included the impact of losses incurred in the outside
Africa discontinued operation of R3.7 billion, which losses have reduced meaningfully in 2015.
Furthermore, there are gains recorded outside of headline earnings in 2015 related to the disposal
of the abovementioned discontinued operation, which gains were not present in the comparable
period. These gains were explained in detail in the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE (“SENS”)
announcement of the group’s interim results to 30 June 2015, dated 14 August 2015. We further
draw attention to the SENS announcement dated 30 November 2015 regarding settlement
agreements reached by Standard Bank Plc (now known as ICBC Standard Bank Plc) with certain
authorities.
The final effect of all these items on the results will be fully explained in the group’s results
announcement on 3 March 2016, which shareholders should consider in order to gain a full
appreciation of the group’s financial performance.
The expected range of earnings for the year ended 31 December 2015 as compared to the group’s
earnings as reported for the comparable period is set out below on both an International Financial
Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and a normalised basis. The “normalised” earnings measures are
presented in accordance with the definition as set out on pages 70 to 72 of the group’s 2014 annual
integrated report.
The group’s earnings for the year ended 31 December 2015 are expected to exceed the relevant
earnings for the comparable period by:
- between 25% and 35% in the case of both IFRS earnings per share (EPS) (both undiluted and
fully diluted) and of IFRS headline EPS (HEPS) (both undiluted and fully diluted);
- between 25% and 35% in the case of both undiluted and fully diluted normalised EPS; and
- between 20% and 30% in the case of both undiluted and fully diluted normalised HEPS.
The tables below set out the minimum and maximum expected values for these earnings measures
for the year ended 31 December 2015 compared to the actual values for the comparable period, on
an IFRS and a normalised basis.
Audited Minimum Maximum
year ended year ended year ended
IFRS basis – group 31 December 31 December 31 December
2014 2015 2015
(cents) (cents) (cents)
EPS 1 129.9 1 412.3 1 525.3
Diluted EPS 1 107.3 1 384.1 1 494.9
HEPS 1 081.4 1 351.8 1 459.9
Diluted HEPS 1 059.8 1 324.8 1 430.7
Minimum Maximum
year ended year ended
Year ended
Normalised basis – group 31 December 31 December
31 December
2015 2015
2014 (cents)
(cents) (cents)
EPS 1 117.7 1 397.1 1 508.9
Diluted EPS 1 106.8 1 383.5 1 494.2
HEPS 1 070.3 1 284.4 1 391.4
Diluted HEPS 1 059.8 1 271.8 1 377.7
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed and
reported on by the group’s external auditors.
Johannesburg
24 February 2016
Lead sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Independent sponsor
Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited
Namibian sponsor
Simonis Storm Securities (Proprietary) Limited
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