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Summary of results  
         
 
  31 March
2008
31 March
2007
%
Change
Income statement and selected returns      
Adjusted earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders before goodwill and non-operating items (£'000) 344 695 300 704 14.6%
Operating profit before goodwill, non-operating items and taxation (£'000) 537 671 466 585 15.2%
Operating profit before goodwill, non-operating items and taxation:SA (% of total) 63.2% 57.6%  
Operating profit before goodwill, non-operating items and taxation:Non-SA (% of total) 36.8% 42.4%  
Cost to income ratio 56.1% 59.0%  
Staff compensation to operating income ratio 37.2% 40.9%  
Return on average adjusted shareholders’ equity (post tax) 23.6% 26.1%  
Return on average adjusted tangible shareholders' equity (post tax) 28.6% 31.7%  
Operating profit per employee (£'000) 89.3 92.3  
Net interest income as a percentage of operating income net of insurance claims 39.3% 29.2%  
Non-interest income as a percentage of operating income net of insurance claims 60.7% 70.8%  
Effective operational tax rate 22.6% 26.3%  
       
Balance sheet      
Total capital resources (including subordinated liabilities) (£'million) 3 275 2 665 22.9%
Total shareholders' equity (including preference shares and minority interests) (£'million) 2 210 1 820 21.4%
Shareholders' equity (excluding minority interests) (£'million) 1 911 1 542 23.9%
Total assets (£'million) 34 104 26 300 29.7%
Core loans and advances to customers (£'million) 12 854 10 095 27.3%
Core loans and advances to customers as a percentage of total assets 37.7% 38.4%  
Third party assets under management (£'million) 52 749 56 121 (6.0%)
Capital adequacy ratio:Investec plc* 15.3% 24.7%  
Capital adequacy ratio:Investec Limited* 13.9% 14.7%  
       
Salient financial features and key statistics      
Adjusted earnings per share before goodwill and non-operating items (pence) 56.9 53.3 6.8%
Basic earnings per share (pence) 57.7 54.7 5.5%
Headline earnings per share (pence) 49.7 52.3 (4.9%)
Diluted earnings per share (pence) 54.0 50.4 7.1%
Dividends per share (pence) 25.0 23.0 8.7%
Dividend cover (times) 2.28 2.32 (1.7%)
Net tangible asset value per share (pence) 215.0 178.6 20.4%
Weighted number of ordinary shares in issue (million) 606.2 563.8 7.5%
Total number of shares in issue (million) 657.6 609.3 7.9%
Closing share price (pence) 339 658 (48.5%)
Market capitalisation (£'million) 2 229 4 009 (44.4%)
Number of employees in the group 6 333 5 430 16.6%
Closing ZAR/£ exchange rate 16.17 14.20 13.9%
Ave ZAR/£ exchange rate 14.31 13.38 7.0%
 
     
  Notes:  
  Refer to the definitions. View the nine year review.  
     
  *     2008 information is presented in terms of Basel II and 2007 information is presented in terms of Basel I.  
     
  Presentation of financial information  
  Under the contractual arrangements implementing the DLC structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited effectively form a single economic enterprise, in which the economic and voting rights of ordinary shareholders of the companies are maintained in equilibrium relative to each other. In accordance with this structure, the directors of the two companies consider that for financial reporting purposes, the fairest presentation is achieved by combining the results and financial position of both companies. Accordingly, the results for Investec plc and Investec Limited set out in this report reflect the results and financial position of the combined DLC group under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), denominated in Pounds Sterling (i.e. “Investec's consolidated results”). All references in this document referring to “Investec” or “the group” relate to the combined DLC group comprising Investec plc and Investec Limited.   
     
         
   
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