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CORONATION FUND MANAGERS LIMITED - Reviewed Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Financial Results For The Year Ended 30 September 2018

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Reviewed Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Financial Results For The Year Ended 30 September 2018

CORONATION FUND MANAGERS
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1973/009318/06
JSE share code: CML
ISIN: ZAE000047353
("Coronation" or "the company")

REVIEWED PRELIMINARY CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

- ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT (AUM) OF R587 billion

- DILUTED HEADLINE EARNINGS PER SHARE OF 420.7 cents

- TOTAL DIVIDEND PER SHARE OF 420.0 cents

Coronation's 25th year of managing the long-term investments of local and global clients was marked by extremely challenging conditions.

Due to the cyclical nature of the business, our revenue stream is highly geared to the returns of the markets and the level of performance that we generate 
on behalf of our clients. Over the past 12 months, these cyclical pressures have been particularly acute.

A very weak domestic economy, combined with meaningful pressure on emerging markets, resulted in the FTSE/JSE All Share Index producing a mediocre return of 3.3%
for the year. Emerging markets (as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index) lost 0.8%, while developed markets (as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index)
gained 9.8% (both in US dollars). Over the period, the local currency weakened by 4.3% against the US dollar to close at R14.20.

Against this backdrop, our total AUM declined by 4.4% to R587 billion (September 2017: R614 billion), but remained flat compared to that of end March 2018. 
While our average AUM increased by 3.1% for the 12 months in relation to that of the prior comparable period, revenue declined by 1.8% to R3.8 billion 
(September 2017: R3.9 billion) for the year.

Fixed expenses continued to be impacted by the implementation costs associated with changing our outsourced fund administration and unit trust client administration 
service providers, as well as related systems changes. These were mitigated by a commensurate decrease in variable expenses, resulting in total operating 
expenses remaining flat year on year - a credible performance in an economy with inflationary cost pressures. Headline earnings per share declined by 3.8% to 
420.7 cents (September 2017: 437.5 cents).

BUSINESS UPDATE

We are an independent active manager with a long-term, valuation-driven investment philosophy. Although certain strategies, such as our Fixed Interest and 
Frontier Markets portfolios, have had an excellent 12 months, our South African equity and Global Emerging Markets equity portfolios underperformed over 
this period. The long-term performance across our entire fund range remains excellent. This includes the full suite of local equity, fixed income, multi-asset class, 
frontier and emerging market equity products. Of the institutional and retail assets that have been invested with us for a period of at least 10 years, 99.1%* have 
outperformed their respective benchmarks since inception.

The past financial year saw continued substantial investments into our business through various initiatives aimed at enhancing our capacity to deliver world-class 
service to our significant local and growing offshore business. We have completed the implementation of our new fund administration model, which consolidates 
our asset administration service across local and offshore portfolios. In addition, we have insourced our retail client reporting and correspondence and will 
migrate our unit trust client administration to a black-owned business in the final quarter of calendar 2018.

*Asset-weighted portfolios

INSTITUTIONAL BUSINESS

Our institutional business manages R346 billion (September 2017: R376 billion) on behalf of South African institutions and a growing number of global clients.

South African clients

We continue to manage a meaningful share of assets in the local pension fund industry, representing a total AUM of R285 billion (September 2017: R305 billion), 
making us one of the largest independent managers of pension assets in the country.

Our local institutional portfolios recorded net outflows of R22.6 billion over the 12 months to end September 2018 (2017: R43.7 billion), representing 7.4% of 
our opening balance for local institutional assets and a material improvement on the outflows experienced in the three years prior. This outcome was significantly 
better than expected, given that the local institutional savings market continues to see structural net outflows and our SA Equity and Multi-Asset strategies 
only reopened to new institutional clients in March 2017. The reopening followed a five-year closed period, representing one of the longest institutional product 
closes by an asset manager in South Africa.

Within our South African specialist equity strategies:
- Coronation Houseview Equity has produced a return of 16.6% p.a. since its inception in October 1993, delivering an active return (alpha) of 2.3% p.a.

Within our market-leading multi-asset strategies:
- Coronation Global Houseview has delivered 15.9% p.a. since its launch in October 1993, thereby achieving a real return of 9.8% p.a., while Coronation Managed 
  has produced 16.1% p.a. since its launch in May 1996, representing a real return of 10.2% p.a.

Within our South African specialist fixed income strategies:
- Coronation Strategic Bond has produced a return of 9.8% p.a. since its inception in January 2008, thereby outperforming the All Bond Index by 1.4% p.a., while
  Coronation Active Bond has produced a return of 11.4% p.a. since its launch in July 2000, representing alpha of 1.0% p.a.

Global clients

We manage a combined total of R61 billion (September 2017: R71 billion) in our global strategies on behalf of several leading international retirement funds, 
endowments and family offices. Net outflows of R4.2 billion represented 5.9% of our opening AUM; a reasonable outcome, given the material shift towards passive 
strategies away from active managers. Our Global Emerging Markets strategy achieved its 10-year milestone in July and we are exceedingly proud of the performance 
and credibility achieved relative to the global peer group.

We remain confident in the long-term outlook for our global strategies as well as their value proposition to clients through active management:
- Our Africa Frontiers Strategy has delivered a strong absolute return of 9.5% p.a. (in US dollars) since its launch more than 10 years ago in October 2008, 
  placing it in the top quartile of its peer group globally.
- Despite experiencing some pressure in the short term, the long-term alpha generated by our Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy remains strong at 3.4% p.a. 
  since its inception more than a decade ago in July 2008. This performance places it in the top quartile of its peer group globally.
- Coronation Global Managed has delivered a return of 8.2% p.a. (in US dollars) since its inception in November 2009, representing a real return of 6.5% p.a.

All institutional performance returns are stated gross of fees.

RETAIL BUSINESS

We remain one of the country's leading managers of long-term assets in the collective investment schemes industry, with retail assets totalling R241 billion
(September 2017: R238 billion). Once again, net inflows at an industry level were subdued, driven by weak economic conditions impacting savings levels. Against this
backdrop, we experienced net outflows of R4.2 billion for the 12 months under review, compared to R6.9 billion for the previous reporting period to end September 2017.

Performance highlights across our domestic and international fund range are detailed below, reflecting consistent first-quartile rankings in their corresponding 
Morningstar categories since their respective inception dates:
- Coronation Top 20, a top-performing general equity fund, has outperformed its benchmark (FTSE/JSE Capped All Share Index) by 3.7% p.a. since its inception 
  in October 2000, and by 1.2% p.a. over the past 10 years.
- Coronation Balanced Plus, the no. 1 balanced fund in South Africa since its launch in April 1996, has outperformed its average competitor by 2.0% p.a. and 
  inflation by 8.7% p.a. over this same period.
- Coronation Capital Plus, the no. 1 multi-asset medium equity fund since its inception in July 2001, has delivered a real return of 6.2% p.a. over this same period.
- Coronation Balanced Defensive, a top-performing conservative fund, has produced a real return of 3.6% p.a. since its launch in February 2007.
- Coronation Strategic Income, the no. 1 multi-asset income fund since its launch in July 2001, has outperformed cash by, on average, 2.6% p.a. over this same period.
- Coronation Global Opportunities Equity [ZAR] Feeder, a top-performing global equity general fund since its launch in August 1997, has outperformed the global 
  equity market by 0.9% p.a. over its more than 20-year history.
- Coronation Global Managed [ZAR] Feeder, the no. 1 global multi-asset high equity fund in South Africa since its launch in October 2009, has outperformed 
  its average competitor by 1.5% p.a. over this same period.

All performance returns are stated net of fees for the respective retail classes.

TRANSFORMATION

As a proudly South African company, we are determined to ensure that our actions deliver sustainable long-term value to our stakeholders. More specifically, 
for the past quarter of a century, we have been active participants in advancing meaningful transformation not only within our own business, but also in the 
broader industry as well as the communities in which we operate. Key highlights include:
- For the past 11 years, we have committed 10% of our annual South African brokerage to emerging black stockbrokers through our Business Support Programme. 
  We also support the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa's (ASISA) Stockbroker Development Programme, an industry initiative aimed at accelerating 
  and further unlocking the growth potential of South African black stockbroking houses.
- We are a sponsor and co-founder of ASISA's Independent Financial Advisor (IFA) Development Programme, that provides business development support and skills
  training to black IFAs.
- Since our inception, we have created numerous new financial services businesses. More recently, we supported the establishment of an independent, black-owned
  unit trust client administration business.
- We are 23% black owned as measured by the Financial Sector Charter.
- 58% of our employees are black, of which 58% are black females.
- 67% of our non-executive directors are black, of which 50% are female.
- 78% of our new hires in the 2018 financial year are black.
- Based on our initial assessment of the revised Financial Sector Charter, we should move to a Level 2 rating*. Currently, we are rated Level 3

*This rating is yet to be confirmed by a verification agency.

FINAL DIVIDEND

We continue to reward shareholders through regular and significant distributions of free cash flow generated. We endeavour to distribute at least 75% of 
after-tax cash profit. After assessing any projected future cash requirements, a final gross dividend of 197.0 cents per share has been declared for the year ended 
30 September 2018 from income reserves, which has resulted in a final net dividend of 157.6 cents per share for shareholders subject to Dividends Tax (DT). 
Together with the interim gross dividend of 223.0 cents per share, this amounts to a total gross dividend of 420.0 cents per share for the year.

Last day to trade                         Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Shares trade ex dividend                Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Record date                                Friday, 7 December 2018
Payment date                              Monday, 10 December 2018

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 5 December 2018 and Friday, 7 December 2018, both days inclusive. In terms of DT, 
the following additional information is disclosed:
- The local DT rate is 20%.
- The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this declaration is 349 799 102.
- Coronation's tax reference number is 9 675 107 719.

PROSPECTS

While the South African economy remains beset with difficulties, we are encouraged by the actions taken by the current leadership. We believe they will translate 
into higher levels of confidence initially, and potentially higher levels of investment into the economy which will promote growth over the medium to long term.

We are also more optimistic about the outlook for the major South African asset classes which, following a period of very disappointing returns, are presenting 
above-average opportunities to long-term, valuation-driven investors such as ourselves. The outlook for global asset classes is more mixed, which too has enabled 
us to construct differentiated portfolios. We remain optimistic that the current positioning of our strategies will generate higher future returns for our clients. 
Together with our increased investment in our infrastructure, technology and people over the past year to support the provision of world-class service to our 
clients, we believe this will ensure the delivery of sustainable long-term value for all stakeholders.

EXTERNAL AUDIT REVIEW

External auditor, EY, reviewed the preliminary condensed consolidated statement of financial position of Coronation as at 30 September 2018 and the related 
condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and other explanatory notes. The review has 
been conducted in accordance with the International Standard on Review Engagements 2410. Copies of the unqualified report of EY are available for inspection at 
the registered office of the company. The auditor's report does not necessarily report on all the information contained in this announcement.

Shareholders are therefore advised that, in order to obtain a full understanding of the nature of the auditor's engagement, they should obtain a copy of the 
auditor's report, together with the accompanying financial information, from the issuer's registered office.

Shams Pather   Anton Pillay                John Snalam
Chairman       Chief executive officer     Chief financial officer

Cape Town
20 November 2018

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

                                                                                             REVIEWED      AUDITED
                                                                                              30 SEPT      30 SEPT
                                                                                                 2018         2017         %
                                                                                            R MILLION    R MILLION    CHANGE             

Fund management activities
Revenue                                                                                         3 848        3 919        (2)
Other income                                                                                       18            6
Total operating expenses*                                                                      (1 933)      (1 934)       (0)
Other expenses*                                                                                    (3)          (6)
Operating expenses*                                                                            (1 930)      (1 928)
Results from operating activities                                                               1 933        1 991        (3)
Finance and dividend income                                                                        38           37
Finance expense                                                                                   (24)         (23)
Share of profit of equity-accounted investee                                                        8            8
Profit from fund management                                                                     1 955        2 013        (3)
Income attributable to policyholder linked assets and investment partnerships                       5            2
Net fair value gains on policyholder and investment partnership financial instruments              99           45
Administration expenses borne by policyholders and investors in investment partnerships           (94)         (43)
Profit before income tax                                                                        1 960        2 015        (3)
Income tax expense                                                                               (489)        (492)
Taxation on shareholder profits                                                                  (484)        (490)
Taxation on policyholder investment contracts                                                      (5)          (2)
Profit for the year                                                                             1 471        1 523        (3)
Other comprehensive income (to be reclassified to profit and loss in future periods)               55           67
Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations                                    22          (24)
Net change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets                                    33           91

Total comprehensive income for the year                                                         1 526        1 590
Profit attributable to:
- equity holders of the company                                                                 1 471        1 523        (3)
- non-controlling interest                                                                          -            -
Profit for the year                                                                             1 471        1 523
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
- equity holders of the company                                                                 1 526        1 590        (4)
- non-controlling interest                                                                          -            -
Total comprehensive income for the year                                                         1 526        1 590
Earnings per share (cents)
- basic                                                                                         420.7        435.4        (3)
- diluted                                                                                       420.7        435.4        (3)
Note to the statement of comprehensive income
Earnings attributable to shareholders                                                           1 471        1 523
Non-controlling interest                                                                            -            -
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders                                                  1 471        1 523
Profit on disposal of financial assets available for sale                                           -            7
Headline earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders                                         1 471        1 530

Headline earnings per share (cents)
- basic                                                                                         420.7        437.5        (4)
- diluted                                                                                       420.7        437.5        (4)
Dividend per share (cents)
- interim                                                                                       223.0        220.0         1
- final                                                                                         197.0        217.0        (9)

* The following changes have been made to the presentation of operating expenses in order to more appropriately describe the nature
  of such expenses. 'Other expenses' now includes foreign exchange losses as well as share-based payment expenses. Previously the
  share-based payment expense was separately disclosed as 'Share-based payment expense'. No foreign exchange losses were incurred
  in the 2017 financial year, and the foreign exchange losses reported at interim this year have all reversed.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
                                                                                             REVIEWED      AUDITED
                                                                                              30 SEPT      30 SEPT
                                                                                                 2018         2017 
                                                                                            R MILLION    R MILLION    
Assets
Intangible assets                                                                               1 088        1 088 
Equipment                                                                                          20           21 
Investment in equity-accounted investees                                                           41           39 
Deferred tax asset                                                                                125          171 
Investments backing policyholder funds and investments held through investment partnerships    51 424       55 721 
Investment securities                                                                           1 190          934 
Taxation receivable                                                                                15            -
Trade and other receivables                                                                       448          558 
Cash and cash equivalents                                                                         805          564 
Total assets                                                                                   55 156       59 096 

Liabilities
Long-term borrowings (note 3)                                                                     300          150 
Deferred tax liabilities                                                                           23           24 
Policyholder investment contract liabilities and liabilities to holders of interests in 
 investment partnerships                                                                       51 421       55 718 
Short-term portion of long-term borrowings (note 3)                                                 -          150 
External investors in consolidated funds (note 5)                                                 221            -
Taxation payable                                                                                    -           35 
Trade and other payables                                                                          935          747 
Total liabilities                                                                              52 900       56 824 

Net assets                                                                                      2 256        2 272 
Equity
Share capital and premium                                                                         256          256 
Retained earnings                                                                               1 539        1 607 
Reserves                                                                                          301          243 
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company                                      2 096        2 106 
Non-controlling interest in consolidated funds (note 5)                                           160          166 
Total equity                                                                                    2 256        2 272 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                                                                                             REVIEWED      AUDITED
                                                                                              30 SEPT      30 SEPT
                                                                                                 2018         2017 
                                                                                            R MILLION    R MILLION
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit from fund management                                                                     1 955        2 013 
Non-cash and other adjustments                                                                    (15)          15 
Operating cash flows before changes in working capital                                          1 940        2 028 
Working capital changes                                                                           314           (5)

Cash flows from policyholders and investment partnership activities                            (2 427)        (977)
Cash (utilised by)/generated from operations                                                     (173)       1 046 
Interest paid                                                                                     (24)         (23)
Income taxes paid                                                                                (490)        (454)

Net cash from operating activities                                                               (687)         569 

Cash flows from investing activities
Finance and dividend income                                                                        38           37 
Acquisition of equipment                                                                          (12)         (10)
Net (acquisition)/disposal of investment securities                                                (8)           9 

Net cash from investing activities                                                                 18           36 

Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid                                                                                 (1 539)      (1 532)
Net cash from financing activities                                                             (1 539)      (1 532)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents                                                          (2 208)        (927)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents - shareholders                                          219           50 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents - policyholders and investment partnerships          (2 427)        (977)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period                                            8 259        9 210 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period - shareholders                                   564          538 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period - policyholders and investment partnerships    7 695        8 672 

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held                                                  22          (24)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period                                                  6 073        8 259 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period - shareholders                                         805          564 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period - policyholders and investment partnerships          5 268        7 695 

The above cash flows include the policyholder and investment partnership activities. These cash flows represent net contributions and withdrawals by 
policyholders and investment partnerships and the related investing activities. Cash and cash equivalents of policyholders and investment partnerships are 
not available for use by the shareholders of the group.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED SEGMENT REPORT
                                                     AFRICA                    INTERNATIONAL                  GROUP
                                                            AUDITED                      AUDITED
                                             REVIEWED       30 SEPT       REVIEWED       30 SEPT      REVIEWED       AUDITED
                                              30 SEPT          2017        30 SEPT          2017       30 SEPT       30 SEPT
R MILLION                                        2018      RESTATED**         2018      RESTATED**        2018          2017
Segment external revenue                        2 516         2 525          1 332         1 394         3 848         3 919 
Segment operating expenses                     (1 457)       (1 461)          (476)         (473)       (1 933)       (1 934)
Segment profit                                  1 059         1 064            856           921         1 915         1 985 
Share of income of equity-accounted investee        8             8              -             -             8             8 
Net finance and other income/(expense)             10            17             22             3            32            20 
Profit from fund management                     1 077         1 089            878           924         1 955         2 013 
Income*                                                                                                      5             2
Profit before income tax                                                                                 1 960         2 015 
Segment assets                                  1 557         1 121            921           956         2 478         2 077 
Investments*                                                                                            52 678        57 019 
Total assets                                                                                            55 156        59 096 

*  Income and investments are attributable to and backing policyholder funds and investments held through investment partnerships, 
   consolidated funds and other assets.
** Segmental assets to the value of R505 million previously categorised as Africa assets have been restated as International assets.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

                                                                                                               ISSUE CAPITAL
                                                                                                                AND RESERVES
                                                SHARE       FOREIGN                                             ATTRIBUTABLE
                                              CAPITAL      CURRENCY                  SHARE BASED                   TO EQUITY     NON-
                                                  AND   TRANSLATION       RETAINED       PAYMENT   REVALUATION    HOLDERS OF TROLLING        TOTAL
R MILLION                                     PREMIUM       RESERVE       EARNINGS       RESERVE       RESERVE   THE COMPANY INTEREST       EQUITY
Balance at 30 September 2016 (audited)            256           155          1 586            29            16         2 042      136        2 178 
Total comprehensive income for the year
Profit for the year                                                          1 523                                     1 523                 1 523 
Other comprehensive income (available to be 
 recycled to profit and loss in future periods)
Currency translation differences                                (24)                                                     (24)                  (24)
Revaluation of available-for-sale 
 financial assets                                                                                           91            91                    91                
Total other comprehensive income                   -            (24)             -             -            91            67        -           67 
Total comprehensive income for the year            -            (24)         1 523             -            91         1 590        -        1 590 
Transactions with owners recorded directly 
 to equity
Share-based payments                                                                           6                           6                     6 
Transfer to retained earnings                                                   30           (30)
Dividends paid                                                              (1 532)                                   (1 532)               (1 532)
Change in non-controlling interest in 
 consolidated funds (note 5)                                                                                                       30           30 
Total transactions with owners                     -              -         (1 502)          (24)            -        (1 526)      30       (1 496)
Balance at 30 September 2017 (audited)           256            131          1 607             5           107         2 106      166        2 272 
Total comprehensive income for the year
Profit for the year                                                          1 471                                     1 471                 1 471 
Other comprehensive income (available to be
recycled to profit and loss in future periods)
Currency translation differences                                 22                                                       22                    22 
Revaluation of available-for-sale 
 financial assets                                                                                           33            33                    33 
Total other comprehensive income                   -             22              -             -            33            55        -           55 
Total comprehensive income for the year            -             22          1 471             -            33         1 526        -        1 526 
Transactions with owners recorded directly
 to equity
Share-based payments                                                                           3                           3                     3 
Dividends paid                                                              (1 539)                                   (1 539)               (1 539)
Change in non-controlling interest in 
 consolidated funds (note 5)                                                                                                       (6)          (6)
Total transactions with owners                     -              -         (1 539)            3             -        (1 536)      (6)      (1 542)
Balance at 30 September 2018 (reviewed)          256            153          1 539             8           140         2 096      160        2 256 

Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements

1. Basis of preparation and accounting policies
   The financial information has been prepared in accordance with the framework concepts and the measurement and recognition requirements of the International 
   Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); the International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting; the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited; the 
   SAICA Financial Reporting Guides as issued by the Accounting Practices Committee and Financial Reporting Pronouncements as issued by the Financial Reporting 
   Standards Council, as well as the South African Companies Act, Act 71 of 2008. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the 
   information required for a complete set of IFRS annual financial statements.

   These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments 
   which are stated at fair value. The condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in rand, rounded to the nearest million. The accounting policies 
   applied in the presentation of the condensed financial statements are in terms of IFRS and are consistent with those presented in the previous annual financial 
   statements. IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 will not have a material impact on opening equity for the 2019 financial year. Comparatives will not be restated.

   These reviewed results have been prepared under the supervision of H Rawoot CA(SA).

2. Related party transactions
   Related party transactions for the current year are similar to those disclosed in the group's annual financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2017. 
   No new significant related party transactions arose during the current year.

3. Long-term and short-term borrowings
   Cumulative redeemable preference shares with dividends linked to prime are payable on a quarterly basis, with R150 million capital repayments due on 1 April 2020 
   and 1 April 2021 respectively. The latter was previously due on 31 March 2018.
4. Fair value disclosure
   The table below analyses financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. The different levels have been defined as follows:
   Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 
   Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as closing prices) or indirectly 
   (i.e. derived from closing prices). The majority of Level 2 investments are deposits held with financial institutions. The fair values of these deposits are 
   determined using a discounted cash flow valuation methodology based on market rates, reflecting the time value of money and counter party credit risk. The fair 
   value of policyholder and investment partnership liabilities that are included in Level 2 of the hierarchy are measured with reference to the quoted prices in an 
   active market of the investments underlying the liabilities. Cash and cash equivalent balances along with their related liabilities of R1 383 million 
   (R2 253 million: 30 September 2017) have been excluded from the below table in current and prior years respectively.
   Level 3: Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

   R MILLION                                                       LEVEL 1     LEVEL 2  LEVEL 3        TOTAL
   September 2018
   Investments backing policyholder funds and investments 
    held through investment partnerships                            45 017       5 024        -       50 041 
   Investment securities                                             1 189           -        1        1 190 
                                                                    46 206       5 024        1       51 231 

   Policyholder, external investor and investment 
    partnership liabilities                                              -      50 259        -       50 259 

   September 2017
   Investments backing policyholder funds and investments 
    held through investment partnerships                            46 960       6 508        -       53 468 
   Investment securities                                               933           -        1          934 
                                                                    47 893       6 508        1       54 402 
   Policyholder, external investor and investment 
    partnership liabilities                                              -      53 465        -       53 465 

   During the current year, a net amount of R63 million in debentures were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 as these are now considered to be held in an inactive market.

   Fair value for all other financial assets and liabilities have not been presented because they are not carried at fair value and their carrying amounts approximate 
   fair value.

5. Non-controlling interest in consolidated funds and external investors in consolidated funds
   The non-controlling interest in consolidated funds arises as a result of the continued consolidation of Coronation Global Frontiers Fund. The group's interest in 
   the Coronation Global Equity Select Feeder Fund increased to 52% during the period under review to augment regulatory capital held within the group. As a result 
   the fund is now consolidated and there has been no material change to the acquisition value as at year end.                   


6. Contingent liabilities: South African Revenue Service (SARS) matters
   From time to time, in common with other organisations, companies in the group are subject to review by SARS. One of our companies has been the subject of a review 
   on a matter of principle relating to international operations, and assessed for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 financial periods, to which management strongly disagrees 
   and has objected. Management is confident, supported by external advisors, of the company's position and an outflow is not considered probable should the matter 
   be interpreted by a court of law, the ultimate tax authority on these matters. Any amounts involved are currently not considered capable of reliable estimation.

Directors:
S Pather (Chairman)*, A C Pillay (CEO), J A Snalam (CFO), L Boyce*, J G February*, J D McKenzie*, H A Nelson*, A Watson*
(* Independent non-executive)

Registered office:
7th Floor, MontClare Place,
Cnr Campground and Main Roads,
Claremont 7708, Cape Town
Postal address:
PO Box 44684, Claremont 7735,
Cape Town

Registration number:
1973/009318/06

Transfer secretaries:
Computershare Investor Services
(Pty) Ltd, Rosebank Towers
15 Biermann Avenue
Rosebank
2196

Sponsor:
PSG Capital (Pty)Ltd
1st Floor, Ou Kollege Building
35 Church Street
Stellenbosch
7600

JSE share code: CML

ISIN: ZAE000047353

Any forward-looking information contained in this announcement has not been reviewed or reported on by the company's external auditors.



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