Financial Statements
Headline earnings reconciliation
| December 2008 | December 2007 | |||||||||
| Net of | Net of | |||||||||
| Rm | Gross | taxation | Gross | taxation | ||||||
| Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent | 6 410 | 6 025 | ||||||||
| Less: non-trading and capital items | 756 | 645 | 111 | 104 | ||||||
| Net profit on sale of subsidiaries, investments, and property and equipment | 767 | 656 | 118 | 111 | ||||||
| Net impairment of investments, property and equipment, and capitalised development costs | (11) | (11) | (7) | (7) | ||||||
| Headline earnings | 5 765 | 5 921 | ||||||||