Kumba Iron Ore earnings reconciliation

RNS Number : 7750W

Anglo American PLC

14 February 2017

 

14 February 2017
Anglo American plc notification: Kumba Iron Ore Limited interim year end results 2016

Anglo American wishes to draw attention to Kumba Iron Ore Limited's announcement of its results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Kumba Iron Ore Limited reported headline earnings of R8,724 million.

Anglo American will report underlying earnings in respect of Kumba Iron Ore Limited of $438 million for the year ended 31 December 2016, which takes into account certain adjustments.

$ million						Year ended 31.12.16		Year ended 31.12.15
Headline earnings						607		304
Kumba Envision Trust(1)						22		19
One-off tax charges(1)						59		82
Restructuring costs(1)						14		2
Other adjustments						(11)		(1)
						691		406
Non-controlling interests						(207)		(126)
Exploration						5		7
Elimination of intercompany interest income						(19)		(1)
Other adjustments						-		(8)
Corporate cost allocation						(32)		(40)
Contribution to Anglo American underlying earnings					438			238

⁽¹⁾These items are included in Headline earnings but are special items so are excluded from Anglo American underlying earnings.

Anglo American will report results for the year ended 31 December 2016 on 21 February 2017.  The above figures are unaudited.

Underlying earnings

Underlying earnings is profit attributable to equity shareholders before special items and remeasurements, and is therefore presented after net finance costs, income tax and non-controlling interests. Special items are those items of financial performance that the Group believes should be separately disclosed to assist in the understanding of the underlying financial performance achieved by the Group.

 

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