illovo sugar malawi ltd 2015 annual report
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ILLOVO SUGAR (MALAWI) LIMITED
A N N U A L R E P O R T
2015
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I LLOVO SUGAR (MALAWI) L IMITED
Flood Disaster ResponseDuring the first quarter of 2015 the Company rallied to the assistance of tens of thousandsof people affected by extreme flooding in the southern region of the country where Illovo’sNchalo agricultural and factory operations are situated.
The lower Shire Valley area was the most affected by
regional cyclonic activity which commenced in mid-
January and brought with it heavy rains to the area
amounting to around 550 mm, representing almost three
times the long term mean for the month. More than 250
people lost their lives and in excess of 250 000 people
were displaced in what was described as the worst
floods since 1967.
While relief assistance was provided by the Government
supported by a range of NGOs including Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF), the Red Cross, UNICEF and others, the
staff and family members of Illovo Malawi also workedclosely with the Government in their relief operations and
offered various types of assistance which included:
• Providing Company-owned land at Nchalo for three
relief camps housing around 3 000 displaced people;
• Supplying clean water to the camp inhabitants as well
as medical services where these were required;
• Making donations of tarpaulins (used for making
shelters), sugar, maize and sizeable cash contributions
for relief efforts and also providing electricity to the
various camps via standby generators;
• Providing access to the company’s air strip for the
Malawi Defence Force and other relief teams as a
base for rescue operations and also provided for their
accommodation needs.
Inset top: Illovo contributed funds in order to assist the flood victims. Inset bottom: Sekeni II camp, one of the three camps,on Company-owned land at Nchalo Estate. Main picture: Clean water for drinking and cooking was provided by the Companyvia mobile water tanks to some 3 000 residents of the relief camps on Company land.
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Key Features
2015 2014
Results (K million)
Revenue 92 508 87 848
Oprating prot 23 429 28 613
Nt prot for th yar 13 531 18 816
Headline earnings 13 531 18 816
Share performance (tambala per share)
Headline earnings 1 897 2 637
Dividends paid/proposed 750 1 850- Paid rst intrim 750 750
- Dclard scond intrim - 1 040
- Proposd nal - 60
Nt worth 5 864 5 750
Yar-nd markt pric 29 420 29 200
Financial statistics
Rtrn on avrag sharholdrs' qity (%) 32.7 50.9
Rtrn on nt assts (%) 37.6 54.8
Intrst covr (tims) 6.0 17.3
Dividnd covr (tims) 2.5 1.4
ILLOVO SUGAR (MALAWI) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Contents
Ky Fatrs 1
Operating Locations 2
Grop Profil 3
Grop Strctr and Sharholding 4
Corporat Information 4Directorate 5
Board and Committ Mtings Attndanc 5
Directors’ Report 6
Corporate Governance 8
Val Addd Statmnt 13
Fiv Yar Rviw 14
Annal Financial Statmnts 16
Analysis of Sharholdrs 52
Sharholdrs’ Diary 52
Notic of Mting 53
Form of Proxy
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KARONGA
Mzuzu
DWANGWA
BALAKA
LIMBe
NCHALO
L A K e
M
A L A W I
LILONGWe
Operating Locations
KEY
Cane estates andsugar factories
Cities
Distributioncentres
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Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited was initially incorporated in Malawi as a private company
(The Sugar Corporation of Malawi (SUCOMA) Limited) on 31 May 1965 and then converted to a public
company on 15 September 1997. The name was officially changed from SUCOMA to Illovo Sugar
(Malawi) Limited on 11 November 2004. It is part of the Illovo Sugar group, a leading, global, cost
competitive African sugar producer and a significant manufacturer of high-value downstream products.
The Illovo Sugar group is the continent’s biggest sugar producer and has extensive agricultural and
manufacturing operations in six African countries.
Th company is listd on th Malawi Stock
exchang and compriss 31% of th markt
capitalisation of all th domstic contrs. Th
Illovo grop holds 76% of th issd shar capital
with th balanc of th shars bing hld by pblic
and othr instittional invstors. Th ltimat
holding company is Associatd British Foods, in
th unitd Kingdom, which holds 51% of Illovo’s
issd shar capital.
Illovo Sgar (Malawi) Limitd is th contry’s sol
prodcr of sgar and plays a significant rol
within th Malawian conomy in gnral, providing
prmannt as wll as sasonal mploymnt for
10 000 popl. Many local indstris ar dpndnt
pon Illovo for thir viability and th mploymnt
cratd by ths bsinsss provids an incom
bas for many mor familis than ar dirctly
mployd. It frthr spports an stimatd 3 700
popl throgh varios otgrowr schms. Illovo
Malawi is th contry’s largst privat-sctor
mployr and taxpayr and th grop gnrats
valabl forign xchang throgh xport sgar
sals and is a major sorc of rvn to th
Malawian tax athoritis throgh both dirct and
indirct taxs.
Illovo Malawi has dvlopd significant agricltral
and milling assts at th Dwangwa stat sitatdin th mid-cntral rgion of th contry at
Nkhotakota and at th Nchalo stat in th soth at
Chikhwawa. With accss to scr watr sorcs
for irrigation, good soils and gnrally favorabl
climatic conditions th company, togthr with
its otgrowrs, has th capacity to prodc
2.4 million tons of sgar can and approximatly
290 000 tons of sgar annally.
Can cltivatd at Dwangwa is irrigatd from th
Dwangwa and Rpash Rivrs, spplmntd
by watr from Lak Malawi, whilst th Nchalo
opration sorcs its watr from th Shir Rivr.
Both factoris prodc raw and rfind sgar
with th Nchalo factory also manfactring val-
addd spciality sgars. Ovr half of th sgar
prodcd is sold into th local dirct consmption
markt throgh th company’s chain of distribtion
cntrs sitatd throghot Malawi and also into
th local indstrial markt, 30% into markts in
th eropan union (eu) and th unitd Stats
of Amrica (uSA) with th rmaindr sold into
rgional African markts. Both milling oprations
prodc molasss, a by-prodct of th sgar
manfactring procss, which is crrntly sold
as a frmntation raw matrial to th ethanol
Company and Prsscan fl alcohol distillrisin Malawi.
Rcognising th significant dvlopmnt nds
of th commnitis in which it oprats, Illovo
Malawi oprats wid-ranging corporat social
rsponsibility initiativs focssing on dcation
and halth, togthr with a broadr objctiv to
complmnt Malawi’s national stratgy to allviat
povrty. Th grop contins to partnr with
govrnmnt, non-govrnmntal organisations and
othr agncis to addrss ths dvlopmnt
issues.
Th grop rcogniss th ssntial rol that a
managd and protctd nvironmnt plays in thgrowing of sgar can sd in th prodction of
sgar and manags th impact of its activitis,
striving to maintain an nvironmnt which mts
th nds of crrnt and ftr gnrations and
contining to dvlop its bsinss in a socially
rsponsibl mannr and it contins to invstigat
mans to rdc th nvironmntal impact of its
operations.
Group Profile
I l lovo Sugar (Malawi ) L imi ted
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I l l o v o
S u g a r M a l a w i
ILLOVO SUGAR MALAWI
100%
DWANGWA SUGAR
CORPORATION
ILLOVO
SUGAR GROUP
100%
OLD MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
8%
SUCOMA
HOLDINGS
76%
PUBLIC AND
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
16%
ASSOCIATED
BRITISH FOODS
51%
Corporate Information
Secretaries / : Malawi Sugar Limited / G S GarsonCompliance Officer
Business address and : Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited,
registered office Illovo House, Churchill Road,
Limbe, Malawi
Postal address : Private Bag 580, Limbe, MalawiTelephone : +265 (0)1 843 988
Fax : +265 (0)1 840 761
E-mail address : [email protected]
Website address : www.Illovosugar.com
Transfer secretaries : First Merchant Bank Transfer Secretaries,2nd Floor, Livingstone Towers,Glyn Jones Road, Blantyre, Malawi
Postal address : Private Bag 122, Blantyre, Malawi
Telephone : +265 (0)1 823 950
Fax : +265 (0)1 823 314
E-mail address : [email protected]
Auditors : Deloitte
Attorneys : Chisanga and TomokaSavjani and Company
Principal bankers : Standard Bank Limited
Group Structure and Shareholding
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* Adit Committ Mmbr ISL = Illovo Sgar Limitd
• Rmnration Committ Mmbr ISML = Illovo Sgar (Malawi) Limitd
# Risk Managmnt Committ Mmbr
NAME QUALIFICATIONS APPOINTED POSITION
CHAIRMAN
G B Dalglish (49) • BSceng(Chm), MSceng(Chm) 2012 Managing Dirctor – ISL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
R J d Allnd (56) BA 2015 Managing Dirctor – ISML
S L Robrt (33) BCom(Acct)(Hons), CA(SA) 2012 Financial Dirctor – ISML
K M J Tmbo (52) Dip(Indeng) 2014 Gnral Managr – Nchalo – ISML
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
M H Abdool-Samad (44) *# BCom, Dip(Acc), CA(SA) 2011 Financial Dirctor – ISL
Dr M A P Chikaonda (60) Dip(Bs), BA(Hons), MBA, PhD 2006 Dirctor of Companis
J P Hlly (55) # Dip (Mcheng), MDP 2013 Grop Oprations Dirctor – ISL
S L G Malata (53) * BCom, MSc(Fin&Acc) 2003 Gnral Managmnt
D B Mawindo (57) • LLB(Hons), MBA 2005 Dirctor of Companis
A R Mpngw (64) •# BA(Hons) 2006 Dirctor of Companis
G H Williams (48) * CA(SA) 2015 Grop exctiv – Trad and Indstry Affairs – ISL
Board Meeting Audit CommitteeMeeting
Risk ManagementCommittee
Meeting
RemunerationCommittee
Meeting
Annual GeneralMeeting
A B A B A B A B A B
M H Abdool-Samad 4 4 2 2 2 2 N/A N/A 1 1
Dr M A P Chikaonda 4 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1
G B Dalglish 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1 1 1
R J de Allende + 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0
J P Hlly 4 4 N/A N/A 2 2 N/A N/A 1 1
S L G Malata 4 1 2 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1
D B Mawindo 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0 1 1
A R Mpngw 4 3 N/A N/A 2 2 1 1 1 1
I P G O Mitchll ++ 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1
I G Parrott +++ 4 4 2 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1
S L Robrt 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1
K M J Tmbo 3 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 1
G H Williams ++++ 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0
Colmn A indicats th nmbr of mtings hld dring th yar and colmn B indicats th nmbr of mtings attndd
by th dirctor whilst a mmbr of th board/committ.
+ R J d Allnd was appointd as a dirctor with ffct from 6 Fbrary 2015.
++ I P G O Mitchll rsignd as a dirctor with ffct from 5 Fbrary 2015.
+++ I G Parrott rsignd as a dirctor with ffct from 5 Fbrary 2015.
++++ G H Williams was appointd as a dirctor with ffct from 6 Fbrary 2015.
Directorate
Board and Committee Meetings AttendanceAttndanc at board and committ mtings dring th yar ndd 31 March 2015
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OVERVIEWOperations at both Nchalo and Dwangwa commenced
later than planned due to wet weather at the beginning
of the season. Plant reliability performance at Nchalo
was below expectation for the season which impacted
negatively on sugar production. Dwangwa had a
generally satisfactory performance for the season.
Overall sugar cane production for the season totalled
2.4 million tons of which 450 000 tons, representing
19% of total cane harvested, was sourced from
outgrowers. Final sugar production for the season
totalled 283 000 tons.
Overall sugar sales into the local and export markets
amounted to 273 000 tons. The domestic marketaccounted for over 50% of these volumes. The
balance was exported to Europe, North America and
the region. Sales into regional markets were below
expectation mainly as a result of the importation of
cheap world market sugar into the region and import
license restrictions implemented by the Zimbabwean
authorities, all but halting sugar sales into this
traditional market. Adverse market pricing pressure
and Euro weakness also impacted sales revenue from
EU markets.
Economic conditions during the year were challenging
with significant exchange and interest rate movements,
resulting in negligible growth in the local market andan overall decline in operating margins. Continuous
improvement and cost containment initiatives remained
an area of focus. Overall, in terms of the year’s financial
results, profit from operations declined by 18% to
K 23 billion, with headline earnings declining by 28%.
OPERATIONS
CANE GROWING
Adverse weather conditions affected both estates
with Nchalo experiencing heavy rains during April
2014 at the commencement of the harvesting season
and again during January and February 2015 when
extremely heavy rains resulted in mass flooding in the
Chikhwawa area. Conversely very dry conditions were
experienced mid- to late-season during the period
August to December 2014. Dwangwa was similarly
affected by adverse weather conditions during April
2014 with harvesting operations delayed by heavy
rainfall. Power interruptions from the national gridagain affected irrigation supplied to both the miller-
cum-planter and outgrowers’ cane. Outbreaks of
thryps, red spider mite and yellow aphid infestations
were experienced at Nchalo, and Dwangwa was
affected by an outbreak of yellow aphids. These pest
and diseases were well controlled through spraying
programmes. Despite these setbacks, the Nchalo
operations achieved slightly better cane yields and
higher sucrose content cane than achieved in the
previous season, with Dwangwa’s own agricultural
operations and outgrowers recording record harvested
production.
Overall sugar cane production totalled 2.4 million tons.
Directors’ Report
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SUGAR PRODUCTION
At Nchalo, poor plant prformanc with frqnt
brakdowns in procssing qipmnt and rratic can
spply at tims d to advrs wathr conditions
rsltd in ovrall sgar prodction dclining almost
4% ovr th prvios sason. Howvr, th Dwangwa
mill prformd gnrally satisfactorily and prodcd126 000 tons of sgar, matching th prvios yar’s
production.
Total sgar prodction for th yar from both mills
amontd to 283 000 tons.
MARKETING
Whil domstic sals rcordd a wlcom improvmnt
ovr that sold in th prvios yar, total sgar sals
across all markts for th yar amontd to jst ovr
273 000 tons, rprsnting a significant dcras
compard to th 291 000 tons sold in 2013/14.
DOMESTIC MARKET
Domstic markt sals for th yar amontd to
170 000 tons, which was a marginal incras abov
thos rcordd in th prvios yar. A growing trnd
of cstomr collction dirctly from th company’s
oprations at Nchalo and Dwangwa, dspit having
distribtion cntrs sitatd stratgically throghot
th contry, is a nw fatr in th markt which
at tims, rsltd in warhos congstion at th
loading facilitis. Th company is rsponding to ths
challngs.
EXPORT MARKET
In total, sgar xports for th yar dclind by an
avrag of 15% whn compard to prvios yar
sals, with xports to th eu and uSA dcrasing 4%
and thos into th rgional markt by 55%.
DEEP WATER MARKET
Raw and spciality sgar sals of 88 000 tons to
erop dcrasd slightly compard to th prvios
yar with contractd raw blk sgar sals acconting
for most of this tonnag at 56 000 tons.
Sals into th uSA dirct consmption markt stood
at 2 500 tons compard to 3 000 tons sold in 2013/14.
REGIONAL MARKET
Total sals into rgional markts rflctd a significant
dclin ovr thos achivd in 2013/14 with import
licncing rstrictions and tariff barrirs bing
introdcd on sgar xports into zimbabw svrly
rstricting sals into this traditional markt. Plasingly,
mor than 8 000 tons of sgar was sold ndr th
SADC qota into Soth Africa, with som sals also
taking plac into th Grat Laks ara. Low cost world
markt sgar importd into th rgion affctd th
company’s sals prformanc.
LOGISTICS
Dring th yar, a shortag of railway rolling stock as
wll as poor road conditions affctd th movmnt
of xport sgar to th ports of Bira and Nacala, with
th sitation frthr xacrbatd by th havy rains in
Janary and Fbrary 2015 which rsltd in svr
washaways on th Nacala railway lin.
QUALITY
Sgar qality was an ara of contining focs and
svral continos improvmnt projcts wr
implmntd in both th packing halls and sgar
warhoss in an on-going ffort to nsr that th
strictst standards of food safty and qality ar
obsrvd in th manfactring and dlivry procss.
Both agricltral and factory oprations rtaind
accrditation ndr th ISO qality managmnt
systm, with th implmntation of th Haards Analysis
and Critical Control Points (HACCP) programmat both factoris maintaind. Th Nchalo factory
rtaind its Fondation for Food Safty Crtification
(FFSC) accrditation, ndr th Food Safty Systm
Crtification (FSSC) 22000 standard. Dwangwa was
crtifid ndr th Spplir Giding Principls (SGP)
to provid Coca-Cola with spcification sgar.
FINANCIAL
Challnging oprational and markt conditions
rsltd in hadlin arnings dcrasing to
K 13.5 billion, rprsnting a 28% rdction compard
to th prvios yar. Th fall in profits was chiflyattribtd to a dclin in ovrall sgar prodction,
th markd rdction in xport sals into th rgion,
togthr with th challnging conomic fndamntals
in Malawi, particlarly in rspct of xchang rat
flctations and an nvironmnt of xtrmly high
interest rates.
PROSPECTS
Sgar prodction for th 2014/15 sason is xpctd
to b similar to that achivd last yar.
It is xpctd that factory prformanc at Nchalo will
rtrn to accptabl lvls of plant fficincis andrcovry of scros from can. This prformanc
improvmnt, copld with th Dwangwa factory
prforming at similar lvls to that achivd in th
prvios yar, is xpctd to rslt in a modst ovrall
increase in sugar production.
Total sgar sals for th coming yar ar xpctd
to improv abov thos rcordd in 2014/15, with th
anticipation of improvd volms bing xportd into
both th eu spcials markt and rgional markts
whr an ptak in rfind sgar has bn forcast.
Rlativ to th local Malawi conomy, inflation rats,
togthr with xchang and intrst rat movmnts,
will contin to hav a markd ffct on profitability.Th company will contin to maintain its contining
focs on cost control initiativs drivn throgh its
continos improvmnt programms.
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COMPLIANCE / GOVERNANCE
The directors are committed to the implementation of, and endorse the applicable codes, guidelines, legislation,
regulations and standards in terms of corporate governance.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Th following statmnt, which shold b rad in
conjnction with th aditor’s rport, is mad forth prpos of clarifying to mmbrs th rspctiv
rsponsibilitis of th dirctors and th aditors in th
prparation of annal financial statmnts.
Th dirctors ar rqird by th Companis Act, 1984,
to prpar financial statmnts for ach financial yar,
which giv a tr and fair viw of th stat of affairs
and profit or loss of th grop. Th dirctors considr
that, in prparing th financial statmnts, appropriat
acconting policis ar consistntly applid and
spportd by rasonabl and prdnt jdgmnts and
stimats and confirm that all applicabl acconting
standards hav bn followd.
Aftr making appropriat nqiris, th dirctors hava rasonabl xpctation that th grop has adqat
rsorcs to contin in oprational xistnc in th
yar ahad. For this prpos, thy contin to adopt
th going-concrn basis in prparing th financial
statmnts. Th xtrnal aditors concr with this
opinion.
Th dirctors hav rsponsibility for nsring that th
grop maintains acconting rcords which disclos
with rasonabl accracy at any tim th financial
position of th grop and which nabl thm to
nsr that th financial statmnts comply with th
rqirmnts of th Companis Act, 1984.
Th dirctors also hav rsponsibility for safgardingth assts of th grop and for th prvntion and
dtction of frad and othr irrglaritis.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Th grop has a nitary board of dirctors that
is balancd btwn xctiv and non-xctivdirectors.
Th board sprviss th managmnt of th grop’s
bsinss and affairs and is involvd in all dcisions
that ar matrial to th bsinss. In doing so, th
board acts at all tims in th bst intrst of th grop.
Th board mts at last onc in ach qartr with
additional mtings hld whn appropriat. At ach
board mting a complt pdat on th affairs and
bsinss of th grop is prsntd by xctiv
managmnt.
In addition, th articls of association provid for
dcisions takn btwn mtings to b confirmd byway of dirctors’ rsoltions.
Th rols of th chairman and th chif xctiv
ar sparatd and th chairman is a non-xctiv
director.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
exctiv managmnt mts rglarly to discss
isss matrial to th oprations of th grop.
To nsr that thr is adqat intraction btwn
managmnt and th board, thr mmbrs of
xctiv managmnt ar dirctors.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Th adit committ compriss of thr dirctors, all
of whom ar non-xctiv. Th committ mts at
last twic a yar with managmnt and has both
xtrnal and intrnal aditors in attndanc.
Th committ rviws annal aditd financial
statmnts, th intrim financial rslts and th
xtrnal and intrnal aditors’ rports and dtails
its findings to th board for considration whn
approving th financial statmnts for dlivry to th
sharholdrs.
Th adit committ, on bhalf of th board, rviws
th scop and covrag of intrnal adit togthr withits findings.
CorporateGovernance
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RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Th risk managmnt committ is chaird by a non-
xctiv dirctor. A comprhnsiv risk assssmnt
adit is ndrtakn twic pr annm of factors which
cold hav a matrial impact on grop rslts.As wll as financial assssmnt, othr aditd
aras incld agricltral, lctrical and mchanical
risk, halth and safty, qality and food safty,
nvironmntal complianc and xposr to changs
in th conomic nvironmnt. Th rports ar rviwd
by th committ to nsr that risk idntification,
mitigation and managmnt ar ndrtakn. A
comprhnsiv ntrpris risk managmnt stratgy
has bn adoptd by th grop with robst risk
improvmnt plans dvlopd and bsinss
continity planning and tsting rglarly ndrtakn.
REMUNERATION COMMITTEETh rmnration committ compriss thr non-
xctiv dirctors. Th commit t is rsponsibl for
rviwing compnsation of th xctiv dirctors
and xctiv managmnt of th grop.
ETHICAL STANDARDS
Th grop has adoptd a cod of managmnt
practics that applis to th grop’s managmnt
and staff. Th cod provids a bnchmark against
which mploy condct can b assssd to nsr
that th highst thical standards ar mt.
FRAUD CONTROL
Th grop has a frad hotlin that nabls mploys
and mmbrs of th pblic to rais vidnc of
irrglar activity dirctly with an indpndnt ntity.
Th grop has implmntd a comprhnsiv
anti-bribry and corrption policy which has bn
implmntd throghot th organisation to all
officrs and mploys and has adoptd a ro-
tolranc approach to corrption and frad.
INTERNAL CONTROL
Th board has ovrall rsponsibility for th grop’s
systms of intrnal control and for monitoring thirffctivnss. Th systms ar dsignd to safgard
th grop’s assts and sharholdrs’ invstmnts.
Th grop’s xtrnal aditors ar grantd nrstrictd
accss to all information that may b rqird in
th xction of thir dtis. Rports from th
xtrnal aditors ar rglarly monitord to assss
th ffctivnss of th grop’s systms of intrnal
control.
Th dirctors and xtrnal aditors hav not dtctd
any advrs information that wold indicat a matrial
brakdown in systms of intrnal control dring th
yar ndr rviw.
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ADVOCACY / STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT / SUSTAINABILITY
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP / SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
An important part of th grop’s stratgic intnt
is “to b wlcomd in th commnitis in which it
oprats bcas of what it dos, how wll it dos
it and b accptd as a progrssiv company by all
commnitis and also to b cognisant of th rral
locations of its oprations and th impact that it has
on job cration and povrty allviation in sch aras”.
Contributing to Malawi’s eConoMy
Th grop contins to play a significant rol inMalawi’s conomy throgh dirct impacts (wags
paid to mploys, can paymnts to otgrowrs, tax
paymnts, intrst spnding and dividnds), indirct
impacts throgh its val chain and indcd impacts
in th form of incrasd consmption and spnding
in th conomy as a whol.
INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES
Th grop spnt arond 15% of its total rvns on
rmnration and mploy bnfits. All mploys,
inclding agricltral and factory workrs, arn abov
th national minimm wag and th World Bank’s
povrty lin.
As an agricltral basd bsinss, th grop oprats
in rral aras with gnrally high lvls of povrty.
Infrastrctr is gnrally lacking and thrfor th
grop provids halthcar, hosing, lctricity and
watr and schooling assistanc to its mploys
and thir dpndants, with significant social bnfits
accring to local commnitis srronding its
operations.
In total, 12 company-rn clinics oprat on both
stats which ar staffd by mdical doctors and
othr qalifid halth prsonnl. On avrag,
ths clinics attnd to mor than 25 000 patints
on a monthly basis, inclding mmbrs of localcommnitis who do not hav accss to halth car,
and Illovo’s contractors.
Dring th yar, almost 5 000 mploys and thir
dpndnts attndd HIV/AIDS volntary conslling
and tsting programms. Thr ar mor than
3 000 affctd patints on th company’s “wllnss”
programm. Clinics also dispns antirtroviral
drgs on bhalf of th Govrnmnt. Malaria control
also rcivd considrabl focs dring th yar
with ongoing ngagmnt with th National Malaria
Control Programm. Th bsinss has ntrnchd
and ffctiv occpational halth rgims and
contins to look aftr th wll-bing of its own
popl, both in trms of halth and th provision of a
halthy and saf workplac.
“a mp p f h p’ cintent is “to be welcomed in the communities inwhich it operates because of what it does, howwell it does it and be accepted as a progressivecompany by all communities...”
Corporate Governance (continued)
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Hosing is providd to ovr 4 500 mploys and
thir family nits. Th hoss ar srvicd and
lctricity, clan drinking watr and swrag andwast srvics ar providd. Ongoing hosing
pgrads and th constrction of nw hosing nits
contind dring th yar.
Thr ar mor than 13 000 ppils attnding company-
administrd schools which rciv comprhnsiv
spport from th company inclding, in som cass,
th paymnt of tachr’s wags and a contining
initiativ to provid dsks and larning matrials.
Svral constrction and rhabilitation projcts
rlatd to abltion facilitis, classrooms, girls’ hostls
and tachr accommodation wr ndrtakn dring
th yar.
Th grop contins to bild ftr capacitythrogh strong training and dvlopmnt at all
lvls of th organisation and activly promotd th
mploymnt and dvlopmnt of local talnt throgh
apprnticships and its managmnt dvlopmnt
programms.
Bsinss ndrstanding programms rachd all
mploys dring th yar, assisting thm to dvlop
ffctiv sharing of rlvant information and gain a
bttr ndrstanding of th organisation’s ongoing
prformanc.
Th grop also ndrtaks rglar discssions with
mploy rprsntativs which frthr facilitats
ffctiv consltation by managmnt with itsworkforc.
SUPPORTING OUTGROWERS AND
THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
SUGAR INDUSTRY
Th grop rmaind a strong spportr of otgrowr
schms in trms of both matrial and tchnical
inputs.
Ovr 10% of total rvns wr spnt dring th yar
procring sgar can from otgrowrs srronding
both stats. This rprsntd a significant spport
to th livlihoods of small scal rral farmrs, thir
familis and also to th local commnitis.
In addition th organisation spportd local bsinss
with th prchas of goods and srvics throgh
non-cane suppliers and also entered into contracts
with small bsinsss that hav bn stablishd to
provid agricltral srvics sch as can ctting
and weeding.
“Over 10% of total revenues werespent during the year procuringsugar cane from outgrowerssurrounding both estates. Thisrepresented a significant supportto the livelihoods of small scalerural farmers, their families andalso to the local communities.”
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INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY
It is stimatd that ovr 70 000 popl liv on th
grop’s prmiss at Dwangwa and Nchalo and th
company administrs a robst social rsponsibilityprogramm in an attmpt to plift living standards
and th gnral wll-bing of ths commnitis.
Mai was again grown by th grop and distribtd
to vlnrabl commnitis, inclding th ldrly and
orphans, within its aras of oprations. Significant
rlif aid sch as food, mdical car and shltr, was
providd to villagrs affctd by xtnsiv flooding
in th sothrn rgion of th contry, srronding
th Nchalo opration, in th arly part of 2015. In
an ongoing ffort to provid saf drinking watr,
th grop contind to drill and qip borhols in
aras srronding th stats. Mdical qipmnt
worth K 400 million was scrd dring th yar in
collaboration with Projct CuRe and distribtd to
stat clinics and srronding commnitis’ halth
facilitis dring th yar.
Th grop contind to fortify all sgar for dirct
consmption within th local markt with vitamin A in
an ffort to contribt to govrnmnt’s aim to rdc
micro-ntrint dficincis within targtd sgmnts
of th commnity and also contind its activ
involvmnt in school fding programms.
Illovo Malawi maintaind its proactiv approach in
liminating child labor whrvr possibl throgh its
vast spply chain.
PROMOTING SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
BEST PRACTICE
Safty awarnss throghot th grop is an
important focs ara with awarnss and trainingactivitis aimd at protcting th safty and wll-
bing of or own mploys, xtrnal contractors and
th widr commnity contining throghot th yar.
Daily safty brifings ar ndrtakn to r-nforc
safty masrs and contining fforts ar applid
to inclcat a safty mind-st throghot all aras
of th bsinss. Visibl signag was also rctd in
stratgic locations to constantly rmind of a “safty
first” cltr. Rgrttably, dspit ths ongoing
fforts, an mploy did in an nfortnat accidnt
on th factory floor dring th yar.
Th grop is cognisant of its rsponsibility to nsr
that it manags th nvironmntal impact of itsactivitis and strivs to maintain an nvironmnt which
mts th nds of crrnt and ftr gnrations. It
also acknowldgs th pblic awarnss concrning
nvironmntal isss and th ssntial rol that a
managd and protctd nvironmnt plays in th
growing of sgar can sd in th prodction of
sgar. Both sgar factoris hav pgradd thir
wast-watr discharg systms, rslting in watr
from th milling procss bing sttld bfor bing
rcycld for s as irrigation watr on th filds.
This procss spplmnts lak / rivr watr dmand
and rdcs th rqirmnt from ths sorcs for
crop irrigation. Biomass, rsidal can mattr aftr
harvsting and can fibr or bagass, th fibrosrsid following th xtraction procss, ar sd
as a bio-rnwabl fl sorc by th factory boilrs
to prodc stam for procssing rqirmnts. Both
estates participate in annual tree planting activities in
an ffort to rtard nvironmntal dgradation and soil
rosion and contin to mak sbstantial donations of
tr sdlings to affctd commnitis.
“It is estimated that over 70 000 people live on the
p’ pm D d nch d hcompany administers a robust social responsibilityprogramme in an attempt to uplift living standardsand the general well-being of these communities.”
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The value added statement shows the wealth the group has been able to create through manufacturing, trading and
investment operations and its subsequent distribution and reinvestment in the business.
Wealth distributed (%)
To employees as salaries, wagesand other benets
36
To lenders of capital as interest 10
To shareholders as dividends 33
To the government as taxation 7
86
Wealth reinvested (%)
Retained prots in holding andsubsidiary company
1
Depreciation 2
Deferred taxation 11
14
Value Added Statement
2015K million
Wealth created
Revenue 92 508
Income from investments 52
Paid to growers for cane purchases (9 285)
Cane growing and manufacturing costs (44 604)
38 671
Wealth distributed
To employees as salaries, wages and other benets 13 653
To lenders of capital as interest 3 931
To shareholders as dividends 13 199
To the government as taxation 2 680
33 463
Wealth reinvested
Retained prots in holding and subsidiary company 332
Depreciation 902
Deferred taxation 3 974
5 208
38 671
Analysis of taxes paid to and collected on behalf of the government
Central and local government
Current taxation 2 045
Customs duties, import surcharges and other taxes 635
Total contribution to central and local government 2 680
The above amount contributed excludes the following:
- employees taxation deducted from remuneration 1 889
- net VAT amount collected on behalf of the government 328
- withholding tax on dividends 890
3 107
Total contributed to government 5 787
1% Retainedprofts inholding andsubsidiarycompany
2% Depreciation
36% To employeesas salaries,wages andother benefts
10% To lendersof capital asinterest
33% To shareholdersas dividends
7% To thegovernmentas taxation
11% Deferredtaxation
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K million 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Statements of prot or loss and other comprehensive income
Revenue 92 508 87 848 63 185 36 450 30 809
Oprating prot 23 429 28 613 32 478 12 034 9 736
Dividnds incom 52 82 24 - -
Nt nanc costs (3 931) (1 657) (2 494) (384) (557)
Prot bfor taxation 19 550 27 038 30 008 11 650 9 179
Nt prot for th yar 13 531 18 816 20 933 8 080 6 425
Headline earnings 13 531 18 816 20 904 8 079 6 414
Dividends paid (13 199) (10 524) (8 810) (4 587) (4 994)
Reconciliation of headline earnings
Nt prot for th yar 13 531 18 816 20 933 8 080 6 425
Adjstd for :
Nt prot on sal of proprty, plant and qipmnt - - (29) (1) (11)
Headline earnings 13 531 18 816 20 904 8 079 6 414
Statements of nancial position
Sharholdrs' qity 41 834 41 023 32 907 20 634 17 181
Dfrrd tax 20 867 16 728 13 511 8 601 7 947
Intrst-baring dbt 4 150 3 219 2 164 355
Total fnding 66 851 57 754 46 637 31 399 25 483
Proprty, plant and qipmnt 22 945 17 678 11 769 8 559 7 989Cane roots 25 827 19 963 14 687 10 182 9 230
Crrnt assts - cash 121 1 695 1 714 5 393 732
Crrnt assts - othr 52 254 38 392 35 710 17 076 15 173
Total assets 101 147 77 728 63 880 41 210 33 124
Intrst-fr liabilitis (34 296) (19 974) (17 243) (9 811) (7 641)
Net assets 66 851 57 754 46 637 31 399 25 483
Earnings and dividends Note
Basic and diltd arnings pr shar 1 tambala 1 896.6 2 637.3 2 934.1 1 132.5 900.6
Hadlin arnings pr shar 2 tambala 1 896.6 2 637.3 2 930.0 1 132.4 899.0
Dividends paid and proposed tambala 750.0 1 850.0 1 465.0 795.0 630.0
Dividnd covr on hadlin arnings 3 tims 2.5 1.4 2.0 1.4 1.4
Financial statistics
Rtrn on avrag sharholdrs' qity 4 % 32.7 50.9 78.2 42.7 39.0
Return on net assets 5 % 37.6 54.8 83.2 42.3 39.4
Gearing 6 % 10 - - - -
Interest cover 7 tims 6.0 17.3 13.0 29.5 17.2
Nt worth pr shar 8 tambala 5 864 5 750 4 612 2 892 2 408
Five Year Review
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2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Operational statistics
Cane harvested (hectares) 18 961 19 567 20 179 19 698 19 521Nchalo 12 602 13 246 13 568 13 312 13 102
Dwangwa 6 359 6 321 6 611 6 386 6 419
Tons cane per hectare (weighted average) 103 101 104 105 109
Nchalo 97 97 105 104 111
Dwangwa 113 111 103 107 106
Cane crushed (tons) 2 398 991 2 399 926 2 460 735 2 369 098 2 389 058
Nchalo 1 227 088 1 280 346 1 418 834 1 381 516 1 450 380
Dwangwa 721 143 704 036 683 168 683 746 682 636
Outgrowers 450 760 415 544 358 733 303 836 256 042
Sucrose percent (weighted average) 14.22 14.26 14.26 13.95 14.06
Nchalo 13.85 13.74 13.72 13.39 13.64
Dwangwa 14.71 15.09 15.20 15.04 14.93
Outgrowers 14.46 14.47 14.58 14.02 14.09
Sugar produced (tons) 282 962 289 013 299 494 283 487 282 445
Nchalo157 229
163 169 177 108 163 851 168 573
Dwangwa 125 733 125 844 122 386 119 636 113 872
Analysis of sugar sales by destination (tons) 273 244 290 505 293 938 291 504 277 799
Domstic markt 169 836 168 461 161 469 168 159 170 681
export markt 103 408 122 044 132 469 123 345 107 118
Notes
1 Basic and diluted earnings per share
Net profit for the year divided by theweighted average number of ordinary shares
in issue.
2 Headline earnings per share
Headline earnings divided by the weighted
average number of ordinary shares in issue.
3 Dividend cover on headline earnings
Headline earnings per share divided by
dividends per share.
4 Return on average shareholders’ equity
Net profit for the year expressed as a
percentage of average shareholders’ equity.
5 Return on net assets
Operating profit expressed as a percentageof average net operating assets.
6 Gearing
Interest-bearing debt (net of cash) expressed
as a percentage of shareholders’ equity.
7 Interest cover
Operating profit divided by net financing
costs.
8 Net worth per share
Shareholders’ equity divided by the number
of shares in issue at the end of the year.
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Annual Financial StatementsFor the year ended 31 March 2015
Illovo Sugar Malawi
Approval of Annual Financial Statements 17
independent audto’ repot 18
Statutory Information 19
Accounting Policies 21
sttement of Pot o lo ndOther Comprehensive Income 30
Statements of Financial Position 31
Statements of Changes in Equity 32
Statements of Cash Flows 33
Notes to the Statements of Cash Flows 34
Notes to the Financial Statements 35
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Th dirctors of Illovo Sgar (Malawi) Limitd ar rsponsibl for th prparation and th intgrity of
th annal financial statmnts of th grop and th company and th objctivity of othr information
prsntd in th annal financial statmnts. In ordr to flfil this rsponsibility, th grop maintains
intrnal acconting and administrativ control systms dsignd to provid rasonabl assranc that
assts ar safgardd and that transactions ar xctd and rcordd in accordanc with th grop’s
policies and procedures.
Th going-concrn basis has bn adoptd in prparing ths financial statmnts. Th dirctors hav
no rason to bliv that th grop and th company will not b a going-concrn in th forsabl ftr.
Th grop’s xtrnal aditors, Dloitt, aditd th financial statmnts and th aditor’s rport is
represented on page 18.
Th annal financial statmnts of th grop and th company which appar on pags 21 to 51 wr
approvd by th board of dirctors on 7 May 2015 and ar signd on its bhalf by:
G B Dalgleish R J de Allende
Chairman Managing Dirctor
7 May 2015
Approval of Annual Financial
Statements
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idpd d’ p h mm f iv s (M) lmd
W hav aditd th consolidatd annal financial statmnts of Illovo Sgar (Malawi) Limitd and its sbsidiary as st ot
on pags 21 to 51, which compris th consolidatd and sparat statmnts of profit or loss and othr comprhnsiv
incom for th yar ndd 31 March 2015, th consolidatd and sparat statmnts of financial position, th consolidatd
and sparat statmnts of changs in qity and th consolidatd and sparat statmnts of cash flows for th yar
thn ndd and a smmary of significant acconting policis and othr xplanatory nots.
Directors’ responsibility for the financial statements
Th dirctors ar rsponsibl for th prparation of th financial statmnts that giv a tr and fair viw in accordancwith Intrnational Financial Rporting Standards and in a mannr rqird by th Companis Act, 1984 and for sch
intrnal control as th dirctors dtrmin is ncssary to nabl th prparation of financial statmnts that ar fr from
matrial misstatmnt whthr d to rror or frad.
Auditor’s responsibility for the financial statements
Or rsponsibility is to xprss an opinion on ths financial statmnts basd on or adit. W condctd or adit in
accordanc with Intrnational Standards on Aditing. Ths standards rqir that w comply with thical rqirmnts
and plan and prform th adit to obtain rasonabl assranc whthr th financial statmnts ar fr from matrial
misstatmnt.
An adit involvs prforming procdrs to obtain adit vidnc abot th amonts and disclosrs in th financial
statmnts. Th procdrs slctd dpnd on th aditor’s jdgmnt, inclding th assssmnt of th risks of matrial
misstatmnt of th financial statmnts, whthr d to rror or frad. In making ths risk assssmnts, th aditorconsidrs intrnal control rlvant to th ntity’s prparation of th financial statmnts that giv a tr and fair viw in
ordr to dsign adit procdrs that ar appropriat in th circmstancs, bt not for th prpos of xprssing an
opinion on th ffctivnss of th ntity’s intrnal control. An adit also inclds valating appropriatnss of acconting
policis sd and th rasonablnss of acconting stimats mad by th dirctors, as wll as valating th ovrall
prsntation of th financial statmnts.
W bliv that th adit vidnc w hav obtaind is sfficint and appropriat to provid a basis for or adit opinion.
Opinion
In or opinion, th financial statmnts giv a tr and fair viw of th consolidatd and sparat financial position of Illovo
Sgar (Malawi) Limitd and its sbsidiary as of 31 March 2015 and of its consolidatd and sparat financial prformanc
and its consolidatd and sparat cash flows for th yar thn ndd in accordanc with Intrnational Financial Rporting
Standards and in accordanc with th provisions of th Companis Act, 1984, so far as concrns th mmbrs of th
company.
Public Accountants
Blantyr, Malawi
7 May 2015
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1. NATURE OF BUSINESS
Th principal activitis of th grop ar th growing of sgar can and th manfactr of sgar. This
is mor flly dscribd ndr th grop profil apparing on pag 3.
2. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
Dtaild commntary is givn in th dirctors’ rport on pags 6 to 7.
3. ACQUISITIONS
Thr wr no acqisitions of invstmnts in th crrnt yar.
4. SHARE CAPITAL
Fll dtails of th crrnt athorisd and issd shar capital ar st ot in th statmnts of changs
in qity on pag 32 of th financial statmnts. Thr hav bn no changs in th crrnt yar.
5. SHAREHOLDERS
An analysis of sharholdrs and thir sharholdings is givn on pag 52.
Th rgistr of mmbrs rflcts six bnficial sharholdings qal to or gratr than 1% of th issd
ordinary shar capital. Dtails ar givn on pag 52.
6. DIVIDENDS
A first intrim ordinary dividnd of 750 tambala pr shar (2014: 750 tambala pr shar) was dclard
on 29 Octobr 2014 and was paid to sharholdrs on 9 Janary 2015.
D to th cash flow constraints of th grop and th ngativ intrst rat nvironmnt th dirctors
rcommnd that a final dividnd shold not b paid.
Total distribtion for th yar will b 750 tambala pr shar (2014: 1 850 tambala pr shar).
Th dirctors of th wholly ownd and only sbsidiary of th company, Dwangwa Sgar Corporation
Limitd, dclard and paid dividnds of K 5.00 billion (2014: K 5.00 billion) to th company dring th
yar.
7. ILLOVO SUGAR MALAWI EMPLOYEES’ SHARE PURCHASE SCHEME
Dring th yar ndr rviw th trsts of th schm disposd of 7 100 shars (2014: 19 900 shars)
and prchasd 50 000 shars (2014: 28 800 shars) in th company bringing th total nmbr of shars
hld to 737 146 shars (2014: 694 246 shars).
8. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
Information concrning th sbsidiary of th company is st ot in not 8 to th financial statmnts.
Statutory Information
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9. DIRECTORATE AND SECRETARIES
Th nams of th scrtaris and complianc officr togthr with th company’s bsinss and postal
addrsss and th dirctors in offic at th dat of this rport, ar st ot on pags 4 and 5 rspctivly.
In trms of th company’s articls of association, a third of th non-xctiv dirctors rtir by rotation
at th forthcoming annal gnral mting. Accordingly, Mssrs M H Abdool-Samad, J P Hlly and
A R Mpngw will rtir and bing ligibl, offr thmslvs for r-lction.
S L G Malata holds 104 759 ordinary shars (2014: 101 336 ordinary shars) in th company as at
31 March 2015.
Th rgistr of shars of th company is availabl for inspction at th rgistrd offic.
No chang in th intrst of dirctors has occrrd btwn th yar-nd and th dat of approval of
ths financial statmnts.
10. DIRECTORS’ FEES
At th last annal gnral mting hld on 21 Agst 2014 sharholdrs approvd th fs payabl
to ach dirctor and th chairman to b K 1 875 000 pr annm with ffct from 1 April 2014. At th
forthcoming annal gnral mting, it will b proposd that sch fs b incrasd to K 2 250 000 pr
annm for th nsing yar.
11. HOLDING COMPANY
SuCOMA Holdings Limitd (incorporatd in Maritis) is th holding company of Illovo Sgar (Malawi)
Limitd (incorporatd in Malawi) with a 75.98% intrst in its issd shar capital. Illovo Sgar Limitd
(incorporatd in th Rpblic of Soth Africa) owns 100% sharholding in SuCOMA Holdings Limitd.Th ltimat holding company is Associatd British Foods plc (incorporatd in th unitd Kingdom).
12. AUDITOR
Dloitt will contin in offic in accordanc with th provisions of sction 191(1) of th Companis Act,
1984.
13. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Thr wr no spcial rsoltions adoptd dring th financial yar.
14. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
Thr hav bn no mattrs of matrial intrst to rport on in th priod btwn th nd of th
financial yar and th dat of approval of th financial statmnts.
Statutory Information (contind)
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The principal accounting policies of the group conform to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
which have been consistently applied.
1. COMPLIANCE WITH IFRS
Th financial statmnts hav bn prpard in accordanc with IFRS.
2. ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS
2.1 Standards and interpretations affecting amounts reported and/or disclosed in the financial
statements
In th crrnt yar, th grop has adoptd thos nw and rvisd standards and intrprtations
issd by th Intrnational Acconting Standards Board (IASB) and th Intrnational Financial
Rporting Intrprtations Committ (IFRIC) of th IASB that ar rlvant to its oprations and
ar ffctiv for annal rporting priods bginning on 1 Janary 2014.
Th adoption of ths nw and rvisd standards and intrprtations did not hav a significant
impact on th financial statmnts of th grop.
2.2 International Financial Reporting Standards in issue, but not yet effective
At th dat of approval of ths financial statmnts, th following rlvant standards and
intrprtations wr in iss, bt not yt ffctiv:
IAS 1 Presentation of financial statements
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2012-2014 cycl (amndmnts toaddrss prcivd impdimnts to prparrs xrcising thir jdgmnts in prsnting thir
financial rports). Issd Sptmbr 2014. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or
aftr 1 Jly 2016.
IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment
Amnds th dfinition of a barr plant and rqirs biological assts that mt th dfinition
of a barr plant to b accontd for as proprty, plant and qipmnt in accordanc with
this standard. Issd Jn 2014. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr
1 Janary 2016.
IAS 19 Employee benefits
Amndmnts clarify th rqirmnts that rlat to how contribtions from mploys or third
partis that ar linkd to srvic shold b attribtd to priods of srvic. Issd Novmbr
2013. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Jly 2014.
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2012-2014 cycl (clarifis high qality
bonds sd in stimating th discont rat). Issd Sptmbr 2014. effctiv dat – annal
priods bginning on or aftr 1 Jly 2016.
Accounting Policies
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IAS 24 Related party disclosures
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2010-2012 cycl (managmnt ntitis).Issd Dcmbr 2013. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Fbrary
2015.
IAS 27 Separate financial statements
Amndd to prmit invstmnts in sbsidiaris, joint vntrs and associat to b optionally
accontd for sing th qity mthod. Issd Agst 2014. effctiv dat – annal priods
bginning on or aftr 1 Janary 2016.
IAS 34 Interim financial reporting
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2012-2014 cycl (clarifis th maning
of ‘lswhr in th intrim rport’ and rqir a cross rfrnc). Issd Sptmbr 2014.
effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Jly 2016.
IAS 41 Agriculture
Clarifis that prodc growing on barr plants rmains within th scop of IAS 41. Issd
Jn 2014. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Janary 2016.
IFRS 2 Share based payments
Amndmnts rslting to Annal Improvmnts 2010-2012 cycl (amnds th dfinitions of
‘vsting condition’ and ‘markt condition’ and adds dfinitions for ‘prformanc condition’
and ‘srvic condition’). Issd Dcmbr 2013. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning
on or aftr 1 Fbrary 2015.
IFRS 5 Non-current assets held and discontinued operation
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2012-2014 cycl (clarifis th
rclassification of an asst from ‘hld for sal’ to ‘hld for distribtion’ or vic vrsa). Issd
Sptmbr 2014. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Jly 2016.
IFRS 7 Financial instrument: Disclosure
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2012-2014 cycl (clarifis offstting
disclosr). Issd Sptmbr 2014. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr
1 Jly 2016.
IFRS 8 Operating segments
Amndmnts rslting to Annal Improvmnts 2010-2012 cycl (rqirs disclosr of th
jdgmnts mad by managmnt). Issd Dcmbr 2013. effctiv dat – annal priods
bginning on or aftr 1 Fbrary 2015.
IFRS 9 Financial instrument: Disclosure
Contains acconting rqirmnts for financial instrmnts, rplacing IAS 39 Financial
Instrmnts: Rcognition and masrmnt. Issd Novmbr 2013. effctiv dat – annal
priods bginning on or aftr 1 Janary 2018.
IFRS 10 Consolidated financial statements
Consolidation xcption for invstmnt ntitis. Issd Dcmbr 2014. effctiv dat –
annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Janary 2016.
Accounting Policies (contind)
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IFRS 12 Disclosure of interests in other entities
Consolidation xcption for invstmnt ntitis. Issd Dcmbr 2014. effctiv dat –annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Janary 2016.
IFRS 13 Fair value movement
Amndmnts rslting from Annal Improvmnts 2010-2012 cycl (clarifis masrmnt of
crtain short-trm rcivabls and payabls on an ndiscontd basis). Issd Dcmbr
2013. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Jly 2014.
Annal Improvmnts 2011-2013 cycl (clarifis scop of th portfolio xcption in paragraph
52). Issd Dcmbr 2013. effctiv dat – annal priods bginning on or aftr 1 Jly 2014.
IFRS 15 Revenue from contracts with customers
Provids a singl, principls basd fiv-stp modl to b applid to all contracts withcstomrs. Issd May 2014. Applicabl to an ntity’s first annal IFRS financial statmnts
for a priod bginning on or aftr 1 Janary 2017.
Th grop is in th procss of valating th ffcts of ths nw standards, amndmnts and
intrprtations, and whilst thy ar not xpctd to hav a significant impact on th grop’s rslts,
additional disclosrs may b rqird. Th dirctors anticipat that othr than IAS 41 ths
standards and intrprtations in ftr priods will hav no significant impact on th financial
statmnt of th bsinss.
3. BASIS OF PREPARATION
Th consolidatd financial statmnts hav bn prpard on th historical cost basis, xcpt for th
rvalation of crtain non-crrnt assts and financial instrmnts. No othr procdrs ar adoptd to
rflct th impact on th financial statmnts of spcific pric changs or changs in th gnral lvl
of prics.
Th prparation of financial statmnts in conformity with IFRS rqirs th s of crtain critical
acconting stimats. It also rqirs managmnt to xrcis its jdgmnt in th procss of applying
th grop’s acconting policis. Th aras involving a highr dgr of jdgmnt or complxity, or aras
whr assmptions and stimats ar significant to th consolidatd financial statmnts, ar disclosd
in not 1 to th financial statmnts.
4. BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION
Th consolidatd financial statmnts incorporat th financial statmnts of th company and its
sbsidiary. All significant intr-company transactions and balancs ar liminatd on consolidation.
5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Proprty, plant and qipmnt ar statd at cost lss accmlatd dprciation and any accmlatd
impairmnt losss. Cost inclds profssional fs and, for qalifying assts, borrowing costs capitalisd
in accordanc with th grop’s acconting policy.
Dprciation is chargd so as to writ-off th cost of assts ovr thir stimatd sfl livs, sing th
straight-lin mthod. Dprciation commncs whn th assts ar rady for thir intndd s and is
calclatd at rats appropriat in trms of managmnt’s crrnt assssmnt of sfl livs and rsidal
values. Land is not depreciated.
Managmnt rviws th rsidal vals of assts annally taking into considration markt conditions
and projctd disposal vals. In th annal assssmnt of sfl livs, maintnanc programms and
tchnological innovations ar considrd. Borrowing costs xpndd on nw prodctiv capacity prior
to commncmnt of prodction ar capitalisd whr sch xpnditr is incrrd ovr a priod in
xcss of 12 months.
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6. CANE ROOTS AND GROWING CANE
Can roots and growing can ar vald at fair val dtrmind on th following basis:
Can roots - th scalatd avrag cost, sing appropriat inflation rlatd indics, of
ach yar of planting adjstd for th rmaining xpctd lif.
Growing can - th stimatd scros contnt in can at 31 March vald at th stimatd
scros pric for th following sason, lss th stimatd costs for harvsting and transport.
7. LEASED ASSETS
Lass ar classifid as financ lass whnvr th conditions of th las transfrs sbstantially all
risks and rwards of ownrship to th lss. All othr lass ar classifid as oprating lass.
Assts sbjct to financ las agrmnts ar capitalisd at thir cash cost qivalnt and th
corrsponding liabilitis ar raisd. Las paymnts ar apportiond btwn financ chargs and
rdction of th las obligation so as to achiv a constant rat of intrst on th rmaining balanc
of th liability.
Th cost of th asst is dprciatd at appropriat rats on th straight-lin basis ovr th stimatd
sfl lif of th asst. Las financ chargs ar chargd to profit or loss as thy ar incrrd.
Rntals payabl ndr oprating lass ar chargd to profit or loss on a straight-lin basis ovr th
trm of th rlvant las. Bnfits rcivd and rcivabl as an incntiv to ntr into an oprating
las ar also sprad on a straight-lin basis ovr th las trm.
8. INVENTORIES
Invntoris ar statd at th lowr of cost and nt ralisabl val. Th basis of dtrmining cost is th
avrag mthod.
Th cost of finishd goods compriss all costs of prchas, costs of convrsion and othr costs
incrrd in bringing sch invntoris to thir prsnt location and condition.
Maintnanc stors ar vald at avrag cost with obsolt itms bing writtn-off. Rdndant and
slow-moving invntoris ar idntifid and writtn-down to thir nt ralisabl vals.
9. FACTORY OVERHAUL COSTS
Factory ovrhal costs rprsnt xpnditr actally incrrd on plant and qipmnt for th ovrhalof th factory in prparation for th nw sgar prodction sason. This xpnditr is flly writtn-off
in th following yar.
10. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash qivalnts consist of cash rsorcs comprising cash on hand, balancs with bankrs
and invstmnts in short-trm mony markt instrmnts.
11. INVESTMENTS
Invstmnts ar statd at cost to th grop lss amonts writtn-off.
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12. FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Th individal financial statmnts of th grop ar prsntd in th crrncy of th primary conomic
nvironmnt in which th ntity oprats (its fnctional crrncy). For th prpos of th financial
statmnts, th rslts and financial position of ach ntity ar xprssd in Malawi Kwacha (K), which
is th fnctional crrncy of th grop and th prsntation crrncy for th consolidatd financial
statmnts.
In prparing th financial statmnts of th individal companis, transactions in crrncis othr than
th grop’s fnctional crrncy (forign crrncis) ar rcordd at th rats of xchang prvailing on
th dats of th transactions. At ach rporting dat montary itms dnominatd in forign crrncis
ar rtranslatd at th rats prvailing on th rporting dat.
Non-montary itms carrid at fair val that ar dnominatd in forign crrncis ar rtranslatd
at th rats prvailing on th dat whn th fair val was dtrmind. Non-montary itms that ar
masrd in trms of historical cost in a forign crrncy ar not rtranslatd.
exchang diffrncs arising on th sttlmnt of montary itms, and on th rtranslation of montary
itms, ar incldd in profit or loss for th priod. exchang diffrncs arising on th rtranslation
of non-montary itms carrid at fair val ar incldd in profit or loss for th priod xcpt for
diffrncs arising on th rtranslation of non-montary itms in rspct of which gains and losss ar
rcognisd dirctly in qity. For sch non-montary itms, any xchang componnt of that gain or
loss is also rcognisd dirctly in qity.
13. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Financial assts and financial liabilitis ar rcognisd on th grop’s statmnts of financial position
whn th grop bcoms a party to th contractal provisions of th instrmnt.
Financial assts and financial liabilitis ar offst and th nt amont rportd in th statmnts of
financial position whn th company has a lgal nforcabl right to st off th rcognisd amonts and
intnds to sttl on a nt basis or to ralis th asst and sttl th liability simltanosly.
Financial assets
A financial asst is cash, an qity instrmnt, a contractal right to rciv cash or anothr financial
asst from anothr ntity, or to xchang financial assts or financial liabilitis with anothr ntity ndr
conditions that ar potntially favorabl to th ntity.
Financial assts ar initially masrd at fair val pls transaction costs. Howvr, transaction costs
for financial assts dsignd as hld ‘at fair val throgh profit or loss’ ar xpnsd.
Financial assts ar accontd for ‘at fair val throgh profit or loss’ whr th financial asst is ithr
hld for trading or is dsignatd as ‘at fair val throgh profit or loss’. Trad and othr rcivabls ar
classifid as ‘loans and rcivabls’ and ar masrd at amortisd cost, sing th ffctiv intrst
rat mthod. Appropriat allowancs for stimatd irrcovrabl amonts ar rcognisd in profit or
loss whn thr is objctiv vidnc that th asst is impaird.
Cash and cash qivalnts compris cash on hand and dmand dposits and othr short-trm
highly liqid invstmnts that ar radily convrtibl to a known amont of cash and ar sbjct to an
insignificant risk of chang in val. Cash and cash qivalnt ar classifid as ‘loans and rcivabls’
and masrd at fair val.
Invstmnts ar classifid as ‘hld to matrity’ whr th grop has th xprssd intntion and ability
to hold th invstmnt to matrity. Hld to matrity invstmnts ar masrd at amortisd cost sing
th ffctiv intrst rat mthod, lss any impairmnt losss rcognisd to rflct irrcovrabl
amonts. Othr invstmnts ar classifid as ‘availabl for sal’ and ar masrd at fair val withany gains or losss bing rcognisd throgh othr comprhnsiv incom and accmlatd in th
invstmnts’ rvalation rsrv. Whr th invstmnt is disposd of, or is dtrmind to b impaird,
th cmlativ gain or loss accmlatd in qity is rclassifid to profit or loss. Fair val, for this
prpos, is markt val if listd or a val arrivd at by sing appropriat valation modls if nlistd.
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Financial liabilities
A financial liability is a contractal obligation to dlivr cash, or anothr financial asst to anothr ntity,or to xchang financial assts or liabilitis with anothr ntity ndr conditions that ar potntially
nfavorabl to th ntity.
Financial liabilitis ar initially masrd at fair val pls transaction costs. Howvr, transaction costs
in rspct of financial liabilitis dsignd as hld ‘at fair val throgh profit or loss’ ar xpnsd.
Financial liabilitis ar accontd for ‘at fair val throgh profit or loss’ whr th financial asst is
ithr hld for trading or is dsignatd as ‘at fair val throgh profit or loss’.
Intrst–baring bank loans and ovrdrafts ar masrd at amortisd cost sing th ffctiv intrst
rat mthod. Any diffrnc btwn th procds (nt of transaction costs) and th sttlmnt or
rdmption of th borrowings is rcognisd ovr th trm of th borrowings in accordanc with th
grop’s acconting policy for borrowing costs.
Trad and othr payabls ar initially masrd at fair val and ar sbsqntly masrd atamortisd costs, sing th ffctiv intrst rat mthod.
Derivative financial instruments
Th grop ntrs into drivativ financial instrmnts to manag its xposr to forign xchang rat
risks.
Th s of financial drivativs is govrnd by th grop’s policis, which provid principls on th s
of financial drivativs consistnt with th grop’s risk managmnt stratgy. Th grop dos not s
drivativ financial instrmnts for spclativ prposs.
Drivativ financial instrmnts ar initially masrd at fair val on th contract dat and ar
sbsqntly rmasrd to fair val at ach rporting dat. Th rslting gain or loss is rcognisd
in profit or loss immdiatly nlss th drivativ is dsignatd and ffctiv as a hdging instrmnt,
in which vnt th timing of th rcognition in profit or loss dpnds on th natr of th hdg
rlationship.
Drivativ financial instrmnts mbddd in non-drivativ host contracts ar tratd as sparat
drivativs whn thir risks and charactristics ar not closly rlatd to thos of th host contract and
th host contract is not carrid at fair val with nralisd gains or losss rportd in profit or loss.
Equity
Dbt and qity instrmnts ar classifid as ithr financial liabilitis or as qity basd on th
sbstanc of th contractal arrangmnt. An qity instrmnt is any contract that vidncs a
rsidal intrst in th assts of th grop aftr ddcting all its liabilitis.
eqity instrmnts issd by th company ar rcordd at th val of th procds rcivd, nt of
direct issue costs.
Hedge accounting
Th grop dsignatd crtain hdging instrmnts as ithr fair val hdgs, cash flow hdgs or
hdgs of nt invstmnts in forign oprations.
Changs in th fair val of drivativs that ar dsignatd and qalify as fair val hdgs ar
rcognisd in profit or loss immdiatly, togthr with any changs in th fair val of th hdgd asst
and liability that ar attribtabl to th hdgd risk.
Th ffctiv portion of th changs in fair val of drivativ financial instrmnts that ar dsignatd
and qalify as hdgs of ftr cash flows is rcognisd dirctly in othr comprhnsiv incom andaccmlatd in qity. Th gain or loss rlating to th inffctiv portion is rcognisd immdiatly in
profit or loss. A hdg of forign crrncy risk of a firm commitmnt is dsignatd and accontd for
as a cash flow hdg.
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Changs in th fair val of drivativ financial instrmnts that do not qalify for hdg acconting ar
rcognisd in profit or loss as thy aris.
Hdg acconting is discontind whn th hdging instrmnt xpirs, or is sold, or trminatd, or
xrcisd, or no longr qalifis for hdg acconting. At that tim, any gain or loss rcognisd in
othr comprhnsiv incom and accmlatd in qity rmains in qity ntil th forcast transaction
occrs. If th forcast transaction is no longr xpctd to occr thn th gains or losss ar rcognisd
immdiatly in profit or loss.
14. TAXATION
Incom tax xpns rprsnts th sm of th tax crrntly payabl and dfrrd tax. Th tax crrntly
payabl is basd on taxabl profit for th yar. Taxabl profit diffrs from profit as rportd in th
statmnts of profit or loss and othr comprhnsiv incom bcas it xclds itms of incom or
xpns that ar taxabl or ddctibl in othr yars and it frthr xclds itms that ar nvr taxabl
or ddctibl. Th grop’s liability for crrnt tax is calclatd sing tax rats that hav bn nactd orsbstantivly nactd by th rporting dat.
Dfrrd tax is rcognisd on diffrncs btwn th carrying amonts of assts and liabilitis in th
financial statmnts and th corrsponding tax bass sd in th comptation of taxabl profit and
is accontd for sing th liability mthod. Dfrrd tax assts ar rcognisd to th xtnt that it is
probabl that taxabl profits will b availabl against which ddctibl tmporary diffrncs can b
tilisd and dfrrd tax liabilitis ar gnrally rcognisd for all taxabl tmporary diffrncs. Sch
assts and liabilitis ar not rcognisd if th tmporary diffrnc ariss from goodwill or from th initial
rcognition (othr than in a bsinss combination) of othr assts and liabilitis in a transaction that
affcts nithr th acconting profit nor th taxabl profit.
Th carrying amont of dfrrd tax assts is rviwd at ach rporting dat and rdcd to th xtnt
that it is no longr probabl that sfficint taxabl profits will b availabl to allow all or part of th asst
to b rcovrd.
Dfrrd tax is calclatd at th tax rats that ar xpctd to apply in th priod whn th asst is
ralisd or th liability sttld. Dfrrd tax is chargd or crditd to profit or loss, xcpt whn it rlats
to itms chargd or crditd dirctly to qity, in which cas th dfrrd tax is also dalt with in qity.
Dfrrd tax assts and liabilitis ar offst whn thr is a lgally nforcabl right to st off crrnt tax
assts against crrnt tax liabilitis and whn thy rlat to incom taxs lvid by th sam taxation
athority and th grop intnds to sttl its crrnt tax assts and liabilitis on a nt basis.
15. REVENUE RECOGNITION
Rvn is masrd at th fair val of th considration rcivd or rcivabl and rprsnts
amonts rcivabl for goods and srvics providd in th normal cors of bsinss nt of discontsand sals rlatd taxs. Sals of goods ar rcognisd whn goods ar dlivrd and titl is passd.
16. DIVIDEND AND INTEREST REVENUE
Dividnd rvn from invstmnts is rcognisd whn th sharholdr’s right to rciv paymnt has
bn stablishd.
Intrst rvn is accrd on a tim basis by rfrnc to th principal otstanding and at th ffctiv
intrst rat applicabl, which is th rat that xactly disconts stimatd ftr cash rcipts throgh
th xpctd lif of th financial asst to that asst’s nt carrying val.
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17. RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Th grop provids rtirmnt bnfits for its mploys throgh two dfind contribtion plans, th
SuCOMA Grop Pnsion Schm and th Illovo Sgar (Malawi) Limitd Pnsion Fnd.
Contribtions by grop companis to dfind contribtion rtirmnt plans ar rcognisd as an
xpns in th yar in which th rlatd srvics ar rndrd by mploys.
18. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Th calclation of basic and diltd arnings pr shar is basd on th nt profit attribtabl to th
sharholdrs and th wightd avrag nmbr of ordinary shars in iss dring th yar. Whr nw
qity shars ar issd for no considration, th profit is apportiond ovr th shars in iss aftr th
iss and th corrsponding figrs for th arlir priods ar adjstd accordingly.
19. DIVIDENDS PER SHARE
Dividnds on ordinary shars ar rcognisd in qity in th priod in which thy ar approvd by th
company’s board of dirctors.
Dividnds for th yar that ar dclard aftr th rporting dat ar dalt with in a not.
Th calclation of dividnd pr shar is basd on th dividnds dclard to sharholdrs dring th
priod dividd by th nmbr of ordinary shars of sharholdrs on th dat of paymnt.
20. PROVISIONS
Provisions ar rcognisd whn th grop has a prsnt obligation (constrctiv or lgal) as a rslt
of a past vnt and it is probabl that th grop will b rqird to sttl that obligation and a rliabl
stimat can b mad of th amont of th obligation.
Th amont rcognisd as a provision is th bst stimat of th considration rqird to sttl th
prsnt obligation at th rporting dat. Whr a provision is masrd sing th cash flows stimatd
to sttl th prsnt obligation, its carrying amont is th prsnt val of thos cash flows.
Whn som or all of th conomic bnfits rqird to sttl a provision ar xpctd to b rcovrd
from a third party, th rcivabl is rcognisd as an asst if it is virtally crtain that rimbrsmnt
will b rcivd and th amont of th rcivabl can b masrd rliably.
21. ASSET IMPAIRMENT REVIEW
At ach rporting dat th grop rviws th carrying amonts of its tangibl and intangibl assts
to dtrmin whthr thr is any indication that thos assts hav sffrd an impairmnt loss. If
any sch indication xists, th rcovrabl amont of th asst is stimatd in ordr to dtrmin th
xtnt of th impairmnt loss (if any). Whr it is not possibl to stimat th rcovrabl amont of
an individal asst th grop stimats th rcovrabl amont of th cash gnrating nit to which
th asst blongs. Rcovrabl amont is th highr of fair val lss costs to sll and val in s. In
assssing val in s, th stimatd ftr cash flows ar discontd to thir prsnt val sing a
pr-tax discont rat that rflcts crrnt markt assssmnts of th tim val of mony and th risks
spcific to th asst. If th rcovrabl amont of an asst (or cash gnrating nit) is stimatd to
b lss than its carrying amont, th carrying amont of th asst (or cash gnrating nit) is rdcd
to its rcovrabl amont. An impairmnt loss is rcognisd immdiatly in profit or loss. Whr an
impairmnt loss sbsqntly rvrss, th carrying amont of th asst (or cash gnrating nit) is
incrasd to th rvisd stimat of its rcovrabl amont, so that th incrasd carrying amontdos not xcd th carrying amont that wold hav bn dtrmind had no impairmnt loss bn
rcognisd for th asst (or cash gnrating nit) in prior yars. A rvrsal of an impairmnt loss is
rcognisd immdiatly in profit or loss.
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22. COMPARATIVE FIGURES
Whn acconting policis ar changd with rtrospctiv ffct, comparativ figrs ar rstatd in
accordanc with th nw policis. In addition, comparativ figrs ar adjstd to conform to changs
in prsntation in th crrnt yar.
23. BORROWING COSTS
Borrowing costs ar rcognisd in profit and loss in th priod in which thy ar incrrd. Borrowing
costs xpndd on nw prodctiv capacity prior to commncmnt of prodction ar capitalisd
whr sch xpnditr is incrrd ovr a priod in xcss of 12 months.
24. SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
Sgmntal rporting is prsntd in rspct of th grop’s bsinss sgmnts. Th primary format
is basd on th grop’s intrnal rporting and managmnt strctr and combins bsinsss with
common charactristics. Intr-sgmnt pricing is dtrmind on an arm’s lngth basis.
Assts and liabilitis incld itms dirctly attribtabl to a sgmnt as wll as thos that can b
allocatd on a rasonabl basis. Sgmntal capital xpnditr is th total cost incrrd dring th
priod to acqir sgmnt assts that ar xpctd to b sd for mor than on yar.
Th grop is comprisd of th following bsinss sgmnts:
Can growing - th growing of sgar can for s in th sgar prodction procss;
Sgar prodction - th manfactr of sgar from sgar can.
25. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS
Illovo Sgar Limitd isss cash sttld shar basd paymnts to mploys who incld snior
managrs of th grop. A liability qal to th portion of th goods or srvics rcivd is rcognisd
at crrnt fair val dtrmind at ach rporting dat.
Illovo Sgar Limitd also introdcd th Illovo Sgar Phantom Shar Schm dring th yar ndd
31 March 2006 rplacing th Illovo Sgar 1992 Shar Option Schm and th participants ar
xctiv dirctors and snior managrs of th parnt company which inclds som snior managrs
of th grop. Whilst th rls of th phantom schm ar modlld on thos of th option schm,
th important diffrnc is that th phantom schm is ‘cash sttld’ rathr than ‘qity sttld’. Th
vsting priods ar on-third bcoming vstd on ach of th third, forth and fifth annivrsaris
of th rlvant grant dat, with th maximm priod for th xrcising of options bing tn yars.
In trms of th rls of th phantom schm, th grant pric of an option is dtrmind as bing qalto th avrag of th closing markt prics of Illovo Sgar Limitd shars on th Johannsbrg Stock
exchang for th 30 days trading days immdiatly prcding th grant dat of th rlvant option. Th
cash sttlmnt amont of an option is qal to th diffrnc btwn th closing markt pric of th
shars on th trading day immdiatly prcding that on which an option is xrcisd and th grant
pric. Th Nomination/Rmnration committ approvs th granting of all shar options in trms of
th phantom schm.
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Statementsof Profit or Loss and OtherComprehensive IncomeFor th yar ndd 31 March 2015
GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014 Notes K million K million K million K million
Revenue 2 92 508 87 848 52 286 49 711
Operating prot 3 23 429 28 613 11 412 14 910
Dividnd incom 52 82 5 000 5 000
Financ costs 4 (3 985) (1 682) (2 514) (1 037)
Intrst incom 4 54 25 54 25
Prot before taxation 19 550 27 038 13 952 18 898
Taxation 5 (6 019) (8 222) (2 813) (4 258)
Net prot for the year 13 531 18 816 11 139 14 640
Other comprehensive income
Itms that may b rclassid sbsqntly to prot and loss
Adjstmnt in rspct of cash ow hdgs 644 (252) 644 (252)
Tax ffct of th cash ow hdgs (165) 76 (165) 76
Total comprehensive income for the year 14 010 18 640 11 618 14 464
Basic and diltd arnings pr shar (tambala) 23 1 897 2 637
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Statementsof Financial PositionAs at 31 March 2015 GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014 Notes K million K million K million K million
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Proprty, plant and qipmnt 6 22 945 17 678 17 067 12 995
Cane roots 7 25 827 19 963 17 967 14 123
Invstmnts 8 - - 324 324
48 772 37 641 35 358 27 442
Current assets
Inventories 9 7 499 4 768 4 489 2 721
Growing cane 10 28 425 24 552 16 954 14 987
Factory ovrhal costs 11 3 297 2 205 2 366 1 291
Trad and othr rcivabls 12 11 379 6 830 10 644 6 381
Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 16 1 068 - 1 068 -Othr nancial assts 17 586 37 586 37
Cash and cash qivalnts 13 121 1 695 120 1 694
52 375 40 087 36 227 27 111
Total assets 101 147 77 728 71 585 54 553
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Capital and reserves
Shar capital and prmim 782 782 782 782
Hedging reserves 413 (66) 413 (66)
Retained earnings 40 639 40 307 22 675 24 735
41 834 41 023 23 870 25 451
Non-current liabilities
Dfrrd tax 14 20 867 16 728 13 762 11 058
20 867 16 728 13 762 11 058
Current liabilities
Trad and othr payabls 15 14 368 9 781 11 216 7 190
Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 16 19 068 6 358 19 498 9 731
Bank ovrdrafts 13 4 150 3 4 150 3
Othr nancial liabilitis 17 36 131 36 131Taxation payabl 824 3 704 (947) 989
38 446 19 977 33 953 18 044
Total equity and liabilities 101 147 77 728 71 585 54 553
Th nancial statmnts wr athorisd for iss by th board of dirctors on 7 May 2015 and wr signd on its bhalf by:
G B Dalgleish (Chairman) R J de Allende (Managing Director)
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Statementsof Changes in EquityFor th yar ndd 31 March 2015
Share Share Hedging Retained Total
Capital Premium Reserves Earnings
K million K million K million K million K million
GROUP
Balance at 31 March 2013 14 768 110 32 015 32 907
Total comprhnsiv incom for th yar (176) 18 816 18 640
- prot for th yar - 18 816 18 816
- cash ow hdgs (176) - (176)
Dividends declared (10 524) (10 524)
- Scond intrim for th yar ndd 31 March 2013 (4 816) (4 816)
- Final for th yar ndd 31 March 2013 (357) (357)
- First intrim for th yar ndd 31 March 2014 (5 351) (5 351)
Balance at 31 March 2014 14 768 (66) 40 307 41 023
Total comprhnsiv incom for th yar 479 13 531 14 010
- prot for th yar - 13 531 13 531
- cash ow hdgs 479 - 479
Dividends declared (13 199) (13 199)
- Scond intrim for th yar ndd 31 March 2014 (7 420) (7 420)
- Final for th yar ndd 31 March 2014 (428) (428)
- First intrim for th yar ndd 31 March 2015 (5 351) (5 351)
Balance at 31 March 2015 14 768 413 40 639 41 834
COMPANY
Balance at 31 March 2013 14 768 110 20 619 21 511
Total comprhnsiv incom for th yar (176) 14 640 14 464
- prot for th yar - 14 640 14 640
- cash ow hdgs (176) - (176)
Dividends declared (10 524) (10 524)
Balance at 31 March 2014 14 768 (66) 24 735 25 451
Total comprhnsiv incom for th yar 479 11 139 11 618
- prot for th yar - 11 139 11 139
- cash ow hdgs 479 - 479
Dividends declared (13 199) (13 199)
Balance at 31 March 2015 14 768 413 22 675 23 870
ANALYSIS OF SHARE CAPITAL AND PREMIUM GROUP AND COMPANY
2015 2014 K million K million
Athorisd shar capital
1 000 000 000 (2014: 1 000 000 000) ordinary shars of 2 tambala ach 20 20
Issd shar capital
713 444 391 (2014: 713 444 391) ordinary shars of 2 tambala ach 14 14
Shar prmim 768 768
782 782
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Statementsof Cash FlowsFor th yar ndd 31 March 2015 GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014 Notes K million K million K million K million
Cash ows from operating activities
Oprating prot bfor working capital rqirmnts a 14 490 21 041 6 134 10 517
Working capital rqirmnts b 7 857 2 413 5 619 3 895
Cash gnratd from oprations 22 347 23 454 11 753 14 412
Financ costs (3 985) (1 682) (2 514) (1 037)
Intrst incom 54 25 54 25
Taxation paid c (4 925) (4 643) (2 210) (2 626)
Dividends paid (13 199) (10 524) (13 199) (10 524)
Net cash inows/(outows) from operating activities 292 6 630 (6 116) 250
Cash ows from investing activities
Prchas of proprty, plant and qipmnt (6 169) (6 593) (4 711) (5 121)
Procds on disposal of proprty, plant and qipmnt 104 78 106 71
Dividends received 52 82 5 000 5 000
Net cash (outows)/inows from investing activities (6 013) (6 433) 395 (50)
Net cash (outows)/inows before nancing activities (5 721) 197 (5 721) 200
Nt (dcras)/incras in cash and cash qivalnts (5 721) 197 (5 721) 200
Cash and cash qivalnts at bginning of yar 1 692 1 495 1 691 1 491
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 13 (4 029) 1 692 (4 030) 1 691
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014K million K million K million K million
a. Operating prot before working capital requirements is calculated as follows:
Oprating prot 23 429 28 613 11 412 14 910
Add back: Dprciation 902 684 639 471
Prot on disposal of proprty, plant and qipmnt (104) (78) (106) (70)
Chang in fair val of can roots (5 864) (5 276) (3 844) (3 505)
Chang in fair val of growing can (3 873) (2 902) (1 967) (1 289)
Oprating prot bfor working capital rqirmnts 14 490 21 041 6 134 10 517
b. Working capital requirements comprise the following:
Movmnt in invntoris (2 731) (756) (1 768) (359)
Movmnt in factory ovrhal costs (1 092) (614) (1 075) (403)
Movmnt in trad and othr rcivabls (4 549) 1 441 (4 263) 1 002
Movmnt in advancs to holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 11 642 1 589 8 699 2 836
Movmnt in trad and othr payabls 4 587 939 4 026 967
Movmnt in othr liabilitis - (186) - (148)
Working capital rqirmnts 7 857 2 413 5 619 3 895
c. Taxation paid is reconciled to the amounts disclosed in the statements of
comprehensive income as follows:
Amonts payabl at bginning of yar (3 704) (3 418) (989) (1 401)
Pr statmnts of comprhnsiv incom (xclding dfrrd taxation) (2 045) (4 929) (274) (2 214)
Amonts payabl at nd of yar 824 3 704 (947) 989
Taxation paid (4 925) (4 643) (2 210) (2 626)
Notes to the Statementsof Cash FlowsFor th yar ndd 31 March 2015
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Notes to the Financial StatementsFor th yar ndd 31 March 2015
1. Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
Critical accounting judgements made by management
In th procss of applying th grop’s acconting policis, managmnt has mad th following jdgmnt, apart from
thos involving stimations, that affct th amonts rcognisd in th financial statmnts and rlatd disclosrs:
Impairment of assets
In making its jdgmnt, managmnt asssss at ach rporting dat whthr thr is an indication that itms
of proprty, plant and qipmnt and othr assts may b impaird. If any sch indication xists, th rcovrabl
amont of th asst is assssd in ordr to dtrmin th xtnt of th impairmnt loss, if any. Th rcovrabl
amont is th highr of fair val lss costs to sll and val in s.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
In th procss of applying th grop’s acconting policis, managmnt has mad th following ky assmptions
concrning th ftr and othr ky sorcs of stimation ncrtainty at th rporting dat:
Property, plant and equipment residual values and useful lives
Ths assts ar writtn down to thir stimatd rsidal vals ovr thir anticipatd sfl livs sing thstraight-lin basis. Managmnt rviws th rsidal vals annally considring markt conditions and
projctd disposal vals. In assssing sfl livs, maintnanc programms and tchnological innovations ar
considrd. Th carrying val of proprty, plant and qipmnt is disclosd in not 6 to th financial statmnts.
Cane roots valuation
Th scalatd avrag cost of planting can roots ar adjstd for th rmaining xpctd lif. This rqirs anstimation by managmnt of th avrag nmbr of ratoons xpctd from th crop. Th carrying val of can
roots is disclosd in not 7 to th financial statmnts.
Growing cane valuation
Growing can is vald at th stimatd scros contnt, vald at th stimatd scros pric for thfollowing sason, lss th stimatd costs for harvsting and transport. Th stimatd scros contnt rqirsmanagmnt to assss th xpctd can and scros yilds for th following sason considring wathrconditions and harvsting programms. In rviwing th stimatd scros pric, managmnt is rqird to
assss into which markts th forthcoming crop will b sold and stablish domstic and xport prics as wll asth rlatd forign crrncy xchang rats. Th carrying val of growing can is disclosd in not 10 to th
financial statmnts.
Provision for doubtful debts
Allowancs for dobtfl dbts ar rcognisd against trad rcivabls of mor than 60 days basd on stimatdirrcovrabl amonts dtrmind by rfrnc to past dfalt xprinc of th contrparty and an analysis ofth contrparty’s crrnt financial position.
Thr ar no othr ky assmptions concrning th ftr, or ky sorcs of stimation ncrtainty at th rporting dat,
that managmnt hav assssd as having a significant risk of casing a matrial adjstmnt to th carrying amonts
of assts and liabilitis within th nxt financial yar.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
(continued)
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014K million K million K million K million
2. Revenue
Rvn rprsnts th procds rcivabl from:
Sugar 89 147 86 049 50 180 48 582
Molasss and othr prodcts 3 361 1 799 2 106 1 129
92 508 87 848 52 286 49 711
Inclds rvn from xports 25 860 32 691 15 014 18 456
3. Operating protRevenue 92 508 87 848 52 286 49 711
Cost of sals (43 806) (38 132) (26 973) (23 467)
Distribtion xpnss (10 033) (9 293) (5 587) (5 216)
Administration xpnss (15 240) (11 810) (8 314) (6 118)
Operating prot after changes in fair value of biological assets 23 429 28 613 11 412 14 910
Lss fair val adjstmnts:
- cane roots (5 864) (5 276) (3 844) (3 505)
- growing cane (3 873) (2 902) (1 967) (1 289)
Operating prot before changes in fair value of biological assets 13 692 20 435 5 601 10 116
Oprating prot has bn dtrmind aftr taking into
accont th following itms:
Depreciation (902) (684) (639) (471)
Prot on disposal of proprty, plant and qipmnt 104 78 106 70
Factory ovrhal costs (2 205) (1 591) (1 290) (887)
Dirctors' fs (15) (15) (15) (15)
Aditor's rmnration:
- stattory adit fs (58) (50) (37) (32)
- fs for othr srvics (39) (31) (25) (20) - xpnss (4) (2) (4) (2)
Managmnt fs and srvics (2 063) (1 306) (1 238) (784)
Oprating las chargs (566) (659) (448) (486)
Contribtion to rtirmnt bnt fnds (584) (423) (456) (323)
Forign xchang gains 1 021 793 927 630
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
4. Finance costs
Financ costs - intrst xpns on bank borrowings (3 985) (1 682) (2 514) (1 037)
Interest income
Intrst incom - intrst incom on short-trm bank dposits 54 25 54 25
5. Taxation
Crrnt tax 2 045 4 929 274 2 214
Dfrrd tax 3 974 3 293 2 539 2 044
6 019 8 222 2 813 4 258
% %
Rconciliation of rat of taxation:
Malawi corporation rat of taxation 30.0 30.0
Add incras in charg for yar d to:
Disallowabl xpnditr 0.8 0.4
effctiv rat of taxation 30.8 30.4
For incom tax prposs th Malawi Rvn Athority trats th grop as on tax paying ntity.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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6. Property, plant and equipment
GROUP
Cost
Opning balanc at 1 April 2013 2 112 - 13 429 15 541
Adjstmnt to opning balanc 23 2 753 (2 776) -
Additions 218 1 208 5 167 6 593
Disposals - (145) (4) (149)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2014 2 353 3 816 15 816 21 985
Opning balanc at 1 April 2014 2 353 3 816 15 816 21 985
Additions 500 1 435 4 234 6 169
Disposals - (62) (7) (69)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2015 2 853 5 189 20 043 28 085
Depreciation
Opning balanc at 1 April 2013 404 - 3 368 3 772
Adjstmnt to opning balanc (27) 887 (860) -
Charg for th yar 40 327 317 684
Disposals - (145) (4) (149)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2014 417 1 069 2 821 4 307
Opning balanc at 1 April 2014 417 1 069 2 821 4 307
Charg for th yar 46 438 418 902
Disposals - (62) (7) (69)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2015 463 1 445 3 232 5 140
Net book value
Closing balanc at 31 March 2014 1 936 2 747 12 995 17 678
Closing balanc at 31 March 2015 2 390 3 744 16 811 22 945
Th grop's sgar and can growing activitis ar sitatd on land ndr99 yar las from th Govrnmnt of Malawi as follows:
2015 2014
Hectares Hectares
Commncmnt:
1 Janary 1965 4 763 4 763
1 March 1966 4 4
1 Octobr 1974 12 391 12 391
1 March 1977 13 300 13 300
1 Jly 1992 3 767 3 767
Land andbuildings
K million
Vehiclesand
aircraft
K million
Plant,equipment
andfurnitureK million
Total
K million
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6. Property, plant and equipment (continued)
COMPANY
Cost
Opning balanc at 1 April 2013 1 628 - 9 376 11 004
Adjstmnt to opning balanc 23 1 807 (1 830) -
Additions 207 835 4 079 5 121
Disposals - (120) (4) (124)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2014 1 858 2 522 11 621 16 001
Opning balanc at 1 April 2014 1 858 2 522 11 621 16 001
Adjstmnt to opning balanc - - (10) (10)
Additions 346 801 3 564 4 711
Disposals - (62) (7) (69)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2015 2 204 3 261 15 168 20 633
Depreciation
Opning balanc at 1 April 2013 280 - 2 378 2 658
Adjstmnt to opning balanc (27) 887 (860) -
Charg for th yar 30 225 216 471
Disposals - (119) (4) (123)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2014 283 993 1 730 3 006
Opning balanc at 1 April 2014 283 993 1 730 3 006
Adjstmnt to opning balanc - (264) 254 (10)
Charg for th yar 36 309 294 639
Disposals - (62) (7) (69)
Closing balanc at 31 March 2015 319 976 2 271 3 566
Net book value
Closing balanc at 31 March 2014 1 575 1 529 9 891 12 995Closing balanc at 31 March 2015 1 885 2 285 12 897 17 067
2015 2014
Th company’s sgar and can growing activitis ar sitatd on land ndr99 yar las from th Govrnmnt of Malawi as follows:
Hectares Hectares
Commncmnt:
1 Janary 1965 4 763 4 763
1 March 1966 4 4
1 Octobr 1974 12 391 12 391
1 Jly 1992 3 767 3 767
Th rgistr of land and bildings is opn for inspction at th rgistrd ofc.
Land andbuildings
K million
Vehiclesand
aircraft
K million
Plant,equipment
andfurnitureK million
Total
K million
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
7. Cane roots
Th carrying val of can roots can b rconcild as follows:
Carrying val at bginning of yar 19 963 14 687 14 123 10 618
Chang in fair val 5 864 5 276 3 844 3 505
Carrying val at nd of yar 25 827 19 963 17 967 14 123
Th grop’s ara ndr can for th prpos of valing of can roots as at 31 March 2015 was 19 908 ha (2014: 20 108 ha). Thcompany’s ara ndr can for th prpos of valing of can roots as at 31 March 2015 was 13 494 ha (2014: 13 493 ha). Th fairvals of can roots ar dtrmind sing inpts that ar nobsrvabl, sing th bst information availabl in th circmstancsfor valing th can roots and thrfor fall into th lvl 3 fair val catgory. Th xpctd livs of can roots, for both th crrntand th prvios yars, is 8 yars. Th ination rats sd in th valation of prior yar can roots as at 31 March 2015 was28% (2014: 27%).
A 1% chang in th ination cold incras or dcras th fair val of th can roots to th following vals:
GROUP COMPANY
2015 2015 2015 2015K million K million K million K million
+ 1% -1% + 1% -1%
Fair val of can roots 26 749 24 905 18 609 17 325
8. Investments
Investment in subsidiary company
Th only sbsidiary of th company is Dwangwa Sgar Corporation Limitd, a company rgistrd in Malawi.
Intrst in th sbsidiary is as follows:
Issued capital 42 42
effctiv prcntag holding 100% 100%
Shars at cost 324 324
Th dirctors' valation of th shars basd on th nt asst val of th company at nd of yar 18 287 15 898
Other investments
unlistd invstmnt at cost:
ethanol Company Limitd 0.2 0.2
210 000 Ordinary shars of K 1 ach, rprsnting 7.64% ofissd shar capital.
0.2 0.2
Th dirctors’ valation of th shars basd on th nt asst val ofth company at nd of yar 321 270
Th fair val of th othr invstmnts is dtrmind sing inpts that ar nobsrvabl, th nt asst val was th bstinformation availabl in th circmstancs and thrfor fall into th lvl 3 fair val catgory.
9 . Inventories
Consmabls 3 599 3 461 2 273 2 089
Sugar 3 900 1 307 2 216 632
7 499 4 768 4 489 2 721
Th grop ddctd stock provisions of K59 million (2014: K64 million) to arriv at ths nmbrs.
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
10. Growing caneTh carrying val of growing can can b rconcild as follows:
Carrying val at bginning of yar 24 552 21 650 14 987 13 698
Chang in fair val 3 873 2 902 1 967 1 289
Carrying val at nd of yar 28 425 24 552 16 954 14 987
Th fair val of th growing can is dtrmind sing inpts that ar nobsrvabl, sing th bst information availabl in thcircmstancs for sing th growing can and thrfor fall into th lvl 3 fair val catgory.
Th following ar th ky assmptions in th valation of growing can:
expctd ara to harvst th following sason (ha) 19 054 19 573 12 754 13 193
estimatd yild (tons can/ha) 102 102 98 100
Avrag matrity of can at 31 March 67% 67% 68% 67%
A 1% chang in th ination cold incras or dcras th fair val of th growing can to th following vals:
GROUP COMPANY
2015 2015 2015 2015K million K million K million K million
+ 1% -1% + 1% -1%
estimatd scros contnt 29 440 27 410 17 560 16 349
estimatd scros pric 29 441 27 389 17 558 16 348
11. Factory overhaul costsBalanc at bginning of yar 2 205 1 591 1 291 888
Capitalisd dring th yar 3 297 2 205 2 365 1 290
Amortisd dring th yar (2 205) (1 591) (1 290) (887)
Balanc at nd of yar 3 297 2 205 2 366 1 291
12. Trade and other receivables
Trad and othr rcivabls 8 719 5 111 8 719 5 111
Othr rcivabls and prpaymnts 2 660 1 719 1 925 1 270
11 379 6 830 10 644 6 381
Th dirctors considr that th carrying amont of trad and othr rcivabls approximats thir fair val. Trad and othrrcivabls incld dbtors dnominatd in forign crrncis amonting to K 2 240 million (2014: K 4 140 million). Th provisionfor dobtfl dbts as at 31 March 2015 is nil (2014: nil).
Th forign dbtors ar dnominatd in th following crrncis:
European Euro 1 943 3 649 1 943 3 649
United States Dollar 297 491 297 491
2 240 4 140 2 240 4 140
Th ag analysis of trad rcivabls is as follows:
Not past due 8 302 3 211 8 302 3 211
Past d by 30 days 38 1 651 38 1 651
Past d by 60 days 119 146 119 146
Past d by 90 days 260 1 260 1
Past d by 120 days and ovr - 102 - 102
8 719 5 111 8 719 5 111
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
13. Cash and cash equivalents
Th grop and th company hav ovrdraft and garant facilitis with varios Malawian banking instittions. Local facilitisattract intrst rats btwn 28.0% and 37.0% (2014: 31.5% and 38.0%).
Bank balancs ar mad p of th following crrncis:
European Euro 1 2 1 2
Malawi Kwacha 100 1 679 99 1 678
Soth African Rand 2 - 2 -
United States Dollar 18 14 18 14
121 1 695 120 1 694
Bank ovrdraft balancs ar mad p of th following crrncis:
Malawi Kwacha 4 150 3 4 150 3
4 150 3 4 150 3
Total cash and cash qivalnts (4 029) 1 692 (4 030) 1 691
unscrd bank ovrdraft facility, rviwd annally payabl at call:
Amont sd 4 150 3 4 150 3
Amont nsd 15 150 9 972 15 150 9 972
Total bank ovrdraft facility 19 300 9 975 19 300 9 975
14. Deferred tax
Th movmnt in th yar is analysd blow:
Balanc at bginning of yar 16 728 13 511 11 058 9 090
Crrnt yar othr comprhnsiv incom charg/(rlif) 165 (76) 165 (76)
Crrnt yar incom statmnt charg 3 974 3 293 2 539 2 044
Balanc at nd of yar 20 86716 728
13 76211 058
Analysis of dfrrd tax liability:
excss capital allowancs ovr dprciation 3 152 2 812 2 593 2 253
Cane roots and growing cane 16 276 13 355 10 476 8 733
Othr 1 439 561 693 72
20 867 16 728 13 762 11 058
15. Trade and other payables
Trad payabls 5 820 4 278 3 857 2 815
Othr payabls and accrals 8 548 5 503 7 359 4 375
14 368 9 781 11 216 7 190
Th othr payabls and accrals incld K 252 million (2014: K 258 million) in rspct of a govrnmnt grant rcivd fromIrishAID and unitd Nations Childrn’s Fnd throgh th Malawi Govrnmnt in 2013. Th mony was sd by th grop to startfortifying domstic dirct consmption sgar with vitamin A.
Government grant
At bginning of yar 258 - 219 -
Grant rcivd dring th yar - 258 - 219
Amortisd dring th yar (6) - (6) -
At nd of yar 252 258 213 219
Th dirctors considr that th carrying amont of trad and othr payabls approximats thir fair val. Th grop’s trad andothr payabls incld liabilitis dnominatd in forign crrncis amonting to K 372 million (2014: K 358 million).
Th forign crditors ar dnominatd in th following crrncis:
Soth African Rand 114 82 51 26
United States Dollar 258 276 258 276
372 358 309 302
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
16. Holding company and fellow subsidiaries
Amont d from holding company and fllow sbsidiaris:
Illovo Grop Markting Srvics Limitd 181 - 181 -
Illovo Sgar Soth Africa 881 881
Kilombro Sgar Company Limitd 4 - 4 -
zambia Sgar Plc 2 - 2 -
1 068 - 1 068 -
Amonts d from holding company and fllow sbsidiaris ardnominatd in th following crrncis:
European Euro 80 - 80 -
Soth African Rand 883 - 883 -
United States Dollar 105 - 105 -1 068 - 1 068 -
Amont d to holding company and fllow sbsidiaris:
Dwangwa Sgar Corporation Limitd - - 2 265 4 297
Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 19 068 6 358 17 233 5 434
19 068 6 358 19 498 9 731
Amonts d to holding company and fllow sbsidiaris ardnominatd in forign crrncis xcpt for Dwangwa SgarCorporation Limitd.
Amonts d to holding company and fllow sbsidiaris compris:
east African Spply (Pty) Limitd 148 115 148 115Illovo Grop Holdings Limitd 4 6 4 6
Illovo Grop Markting Srvics Limitd 4 669 1 529 4 669 1 529
Illovo Sgar Limitd 3 271 1 315 3 243 1 315
Illovo Sgar Limitd - Procrmnt 7 132 3 226 5 328 2 302
Illovo Sgar Limitd (Shar-basd paymnts) 119 167 119 167
Illovo Sgar Soth Africa 39 - 39 -
Scoma Holdings Limitd 3 659 - 3 659 -
ubombo Sgar Limitd 5 - 2 -
zambia Sgar Plc 22 - 22 -
19 068 6 358 17 233 5 434
Amonts d to holding company and fllow sbsidiaris ardnominatd in th following crrncis:
European Euro 1 933 1 444 1 933 1 444
Soth African Rand 10 714 4 823 8 880 3 899
United States Dollar 2 762 91 2 762 91
15 409 6 358 13 575 5 434
Crtain snior mploys of th company participat in th Illovo Sgar Limitd grop shar-basd paymnt schm. Dringth yar, th company rcordd a rdction in th liability of K 90.8 million (2014 xpnss of K 33.7 million) rlating to th cash-sttld shar-basd paymnt schm.
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20. Operating lease commitments
GROUP AND COMPANY
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2015 2014 onwards Total Total
K million K million K million K million K million K million K million
Byts Tchnology Grop 210 188 160 44 - 602 234
Land and bildings 96 96 96 96 1 864 2 248 2 637
Motor vhicls 396 94 94 94 94 772 1 622
702 378 350 234 1 958 3 622 4 493
GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
17. Other nancial assets
At bginning of yar 37 182 37 182
Raisd dring th yar - valation of FeCs (cash ow hdg) 586 37 586 37
untilisd amonts rvrsd (37) (182) (37) (182)
At nd of yar 586 37 586 37
Other nancial liabilities
At bginning of yar 131 24 131 24
Raisd dring th yar - valation of FeCs (cash ow hdg) 36 131 36 131
untilisd amonts rvrsd (131) (24) (131) (24)At nd of yar 36 131 36 131
Th nancial instrmnt liabilitis rlat to forign xchang contracts dsignatd as cash ow hdgs to covr xpctderopan ero and unitd Stats Dollar xport procds.
Th fair vals of drivativ nancial instrmnts ar dtrmind sing inpts that ar obsrvabl ithr dirctly or indirctly andthrfor fall into th lvl 2 fair val catgory.
18. Capital commitments
Contracted 967 744 730 618
Approvd bt not contractd 1 579 2 678 761 2 2642 546 3 422 1 491 2 882
Capital xpnditr commitmnts ar to b nancd from intrnal rsorcs and xisting facilitis.
19. Contingent liabilities
Thr ar lgal claims mad against th grop in th ordinary cors of bsinss, th otcom of which is ncrtain. An amontof K 243.0 million (2014: K 228.0 million) rprsnts an stimat of th cost to th grop in th vnt that lgal procdings ndth grop to b liabl.
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GROUP AND COMPANY
2015 2014
K million K million
21. Related party transactions
Rlatd party rlationships xist btwn th company and its sbsidiary and othr sbsidiaris of th Illovo Sgar Grop.All transactions ar concldd at arm’s lngth. Yar-nd balancs ar statd in not 16 and on th fac of th statmnts ofnancial position.
Th annal paymnt transactions with rlatd partis ar as follows:
Illovo Sgar Limitd - managmnt fs 2 063 1 306Illovo Sgar Limitd - Procrmnt - prchas of srvics andqipmnt
9 854 9 854
11 917 11 160
Th annal sals transactions with rlatd partis ar as follows:
Acarra ebro SLu 3 372 2 213
Illovo Sgar Soth Africa Limitd 1 731 -
Mitra Sgar Limitd 10 578 10 846Th Silvr Spoon Company, a trading division of British Sgar plc 115 531
15 796 13 590
Th annal intrst payabl with rlatd partis is as follows:
Illovo Sgar Limitd - Procrmnt 300 121
300 121
22. Exchange rates and ination
Th avrag of th yar-nd bying and slling rats of th forign crrncis most affcting th prformanc of th grop isstatd blow, togthr with th incras in th consmr pric indx for th yar, which rprsnts an ofcial masr of ination.
Kwacha/eropan ero 471.8 593.3
Kwacha/Soth African Rand 36.3 41.4
Kwacha/unitd Stats Dollar 440.3 425.0
Ination 18.2% 24.0%
23. Basic and diluted earnings per share
Th calclation of th basic and diltd arnings pr shar attribtabl to th ordinary qity holdrs of th grop is basd onth following data:
Earnings
earnings for th prposs of basic and diltd arnings pr shar 13 531 18 816
Number of shares ('000s)
Wightd avrag nmbr of ordinary shars for th prpos of basic/diltd arnings pr shar 713 444 713 444
Basic and diluted earnings per share (tambala) 1 897 2 637
Reconciliation of headline earnings:
Nt prot for th yar 13 531 18 816
Headline earnings 13 531 18 816
Headline earnings per share (tambala) 1 897 2 637
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GROUP AND COMPANY
2015 2014K million K million
24. Dividend per share
Dividnd pr shar is calclatd by dividing th total dividnds dclard in th yar by th wightd avrag nmbr of ordinaryshars in iss dring th yar.
First intrim dividnd paid (for crrnt yar) 5 351 5 351
Scond intrim dividnd paid (for prvios yar) 7 420 4 816
Final dividnd paid (for prvios yar) 428 357
13 199 10 524
Nmbr of shars in iss ('000) 713 444 713 444
Wightd avrag nmbr of shars on which dividnd pr shar is basd ('000) 713 444 713 444
Dividnd paid pr shar (tambala) 1 850 1 475
A scond intrim and nal dividnd for th yar ndd 31 March 2015 of nil tambala pr shar (2014: 1 040 tambala pr shar)and nil tambala pr shar (2014: 60 tambala pr shar) rspctivly, amonting to a nil dividnd (2014: K 7.848 billion), wasapprovd/rcommndd by th board of dirctors on 7 May 2015.
25. Compensation of key management personnel
Th rmnration of dirctors and ky managmnt dring th yar was as follows:
Short-trm bnts 1 705 1 407
Post-rtirmnt bnts 143 194
Othr long-trm bnts 275 122
2 123 1 723
Th rmnration of dirctors and ky xctivs is dtrmind by th rmnration committ having rgard to th prformancof individals and markt trnds.
26. Retirement benet plans
Th grop oprats two dnd contribtion plans. Th SuCOMA Grop Pnsion Schm, which is managd intrnally by
Trsts, is a dnd contribtion schm and th contribtions by mploys and th grop ar 7.5% (2014: 7.5%) and12.5% (2014: 12.5%) of th fnd mmbr’s basic pnsionabl salaris, rspctivly. Th Illovo Sgar (Malawi) Limitd PnsionFnd, which is managd intrnally by Trsts, is also a dnd contribtion schm and th contribtions by mploys andth grop ar 7.5% (2014: 7.5%) and 12.5% (2014: 12.5%) of th fnd mmbr’s basic pnsionabl salaris, rspctivly. Thtrsts ar mploys of th grop. Th administration of both pnsion fnds has bn sbcontractd to Nico Lif InsrancCompany Limitd. Nico Holdings Limitd is th invstmnt managr for th two fnds.
Th total xpns rcognisd in prot or loss of K 584.2 million (2014: K 422.7 million) rprsnts contribtions payabl to thsplans by th grop.
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Sugarproduction
K million
Canegrowing
K million TOTAL
K million
27. Segmental analysis
Th primary bsinss sgmnts of th grop ar classid into sgar prodction and can growing as follows:
GROUPYear to 31 March 2015
Revenue 53 543 38 965 92 508Operating prot 15 237 8 192 23 429Interest revenue 49 5 54Dividend income 52 - 52Interest expense (2 962) (1 023) (3 985)Income tax expense (3 016) (3 003) (6 019)
Statements of nancial positionNon-current assets 13 949 34 823 48 772
Proprty, plant and qipmnt 13 949 8 996 22 945Cane roots - 25 827 25 827
Current assets 20 396 31 979 52 375Inventories 4 696 2 803 7 499Growing cane - 28 425 28 425Factory ovrhal costs 3 297 - 3 297Trad and othr rcivabls 10 629 750 11 379Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 1 068 - 1 068Financial instrmnt - assts 586 - 586
Cash and cash qivalnts 120 1 121
Current liabilities 16 665 21 781 38 446Trad and othr payabls 9 021 5 347 14 368Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 3 203 15 865 19 068Bank ovrdrafts 4 150 - 4 150Financial instrmnt - liabilitis 36 - 36Taxation payabl 255 569 824
Non-current liabilities 8 556 12 311 20 867Long-trm borrowings - - -Dfrrd taxation 8 556 12 311 20 867
Net assets value 9 124 32 710 41 834
Proprty, plant and qipmnt transactions ar catgorisd as follows:Prchass dring th yar 3 886 2 283 6 169Depreciation 306 596 902
GROUPYear to 31 March 2014
Revenue 50 700 37 148 87 848Operating profit 16 985 11 628 28 613Interest revenue 21 4 25Dividend income 82 - 82Interest expense (1 243) (439) (1 682)Income tax expense (3 849) (4 373) (8 222)
Statements of nancial positionNon-current assets 10 973 26 668 37 641
Proprty, plant and qipmnt 10 973 6 705 17 678Cane roots - 19 963 19 963
Current assets 13 543 26 544 40 087Inventories 3 321 1 447 4 768Growing cane - 24 552 24 552Factory ovrhal costs 2 205 - 2 205Trad and othr rcivabls 6 284 545 6 830Financial instrmnt - assts 38 - 38Cash and cash qivalnts 1 695 - 1 695
Current liabilities 10 397 9 580 19 977Trad and othr payabls 6 566 3 215 9 781Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 3 132 3 226 6 358Bank ovrdrafts 3 - 3Financial instrmnt - liabilitis 131 - 131Taxation payabl 564 3 140 3 704
Non-current liabilities 6 738 9 990 16 728Dfrrd taxation 6 738 9 990 16 728
Net assets value 7 381 33 642 41 023
Proprty, plant and qipmnt transactions ar catgorisd as follows:Prchass dring th yar 4 306 2 286 6 593Depreciation 257 428 684
Th gographical sgmnt of th grop’s bsinss has not bn prpard bcas all th grop’s oprations ar hld withinMalawi. Thr wr no signicant non-cash transactions dring th crrnt or prior yars.
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
28. Financial instruments
Introduction and overview
Th grop has xposr to th following risks arising from its transactions in nancial instrmnts:
Capital
Trasry
Forign crrncy
Interest rate
Credit
Liqidity
This not, in addition to nots 12,13,15,16 and 17 prsnts information abot th grop’s xposr to ach of th abov risks,th grop’s objctivs, policis and procsss for idntication, masrmnt, monitoring and controlling risk and th grop’smanagmnt of capital.
28.1 Categories of nancial instruments
Financial assets
Loans and rcivabls (inclding cash and cash qivalnts) 13 154 8 562 12 418 8 112
Financial liabilities
At amortisd cost 37 622 16 273 34 900 17 055
Th dtails of nancial liabilitis at amortisd costs ar as follows:
Trad and othr payabls 14 368 9 781 11 216 7 190
Holding company and fllow sbsidiaris 19 068 6 358 19 498 9 731
Bank ovrdrafts 4 150 3 4 150 3
Othr nancial liabilitis 36 131 36 131
37 622 16 273 34 900 17 055
28.2 Capital risk management
Th grop manags its capital to nsr that it rmains a going concrn whilst maximising th rtrns to stakholdrs throghth optimisation of th dbt and qity balanc.
Th capital strctr of th grop consists of dbt (which inclds short-trm borrowings nt of cash and cash qivalnts)and qity.
28.3 Treasury risk management
A trasry risk managmnt committ, consisting of snior xctivs in th grop, mts priodically to analys crrncy andintrst rat xposrs and formlat trasry managmnt stratgis in th light of prvailing markt conditions and crrntconomic forcasts. This committ oprats within grop policis approvd by th board.
Th grop sks to minimis th ffcts of ths risks by sing drivativ nancial instrmnts to hdg ths risk xposrs.Th s of nancial drivativs is govrnd by th grop’s policis approvd by th board of dirctors, which provid principlson forign xchang risk, intrst rat risk, crdit risk, th s of nancial drivativs and non-drivativ nancial instrmntsand th invstmnt of xcss liqidity. Complianc with policis and xposr limits is rviwd by th intrnal aditors on arglar basis. Th grop dos not ntr into nor trad in nancial instrmnts, inclding drivativ nancial instrmnts, for
speculative purposes.
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GROUP COMPANY
2015 2014 2015 2014
K million K million K million K million
28.4 Foreign currency risk management
Th grop ndrtaks crtain transactions dnominatd in forign crrncis, hnc xposrs to xchang rat ctationsaris. exchang rat xposrs ar managd within approvd policy paramtrs tilising forward xchang contracts, whrncssary.
Th carrying amonts of th grop’s nhdgd and ncovrd forign crrncy dnominatd assts and montary liabilitis atth rporting dat ar as follows:
Assets
European Euro 2 023 3 649 2 023 3 649
Soth African Rand 883 - 883 -
United States Dollar 402 491 402 491
3 308 4 140 3 308 4 140
LiabilitiesEuropean Euro 1 933 1 444 1 933 1444
Soth African Rand 10 828 4 905 8 931 3925
United States Dollar 3 020 367 3 020 367
15 781 6 716 13 884 5 736
28.4.1 Foreign currency sensitivity analysis
Th grop is largly xposd to th eropan ero, Soth African Rand and unitd Stats Dollar. Th following tabl dtailsth grop’s snsitivity to a 10% incras and dcras in th Malawi Kwacha (K) against th rlvant forign crrncis. A10% movmnt is th sal snsitivity rat sd whn rporting forign crrncy risk intrnally to ky prsonnl and rprsntsmanagmnt assssmnt of th chang in forign xchang rats. Th snsitivity analysis inclds only otstanding forigncrrncy dnominatd montary itms. A positiv/ngativ nmbr blow dnots a dcras/incras in prot bfor taxwhr th Kwacha wakns/strngthns against th rlvant crrncy.
European South African United StatesEuro impact Rand impact Dollar impact
2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014K million K million K million K million K million K million
Prot or loss 9 221 995 491 (262) 12
In managmnt’s opinion, th snsitivity analysis is nrprsntativ of th inhrnt forign xchang risk as th yar-ndxposr dos not rct th avrag xposr dring th yar. Prchass from forign spplirs ar sasonal with highrprchass towards th last qartr of th yar in ordr to mt dmand.
28.5 Interest rate risk management
Taking cognisanc of th sasonality of th grop's cash ow and long-trm intrst rat forcasts, th risk managmntcommitt positions th grop’s intrst rat xposrs according to xpctd movmnts in local and intrnational intrstrates.
28.5.1 Interest rate sensitivity analysis
Th snsitivity analysis has bn dtrmind basd on th xposr to intrst rats on th nancial assts and liabilitis at thrporting dat and a 5% intrst rat chang taking plac at th bginning of th yar.
If intrst rats had bn 500 basis points highr/lowr and all othr variabls hld constant, th grop’s prot bfor tax for th
yar ndd 31 March 2015 wold mov by K 197 million (2014: K 84 million).
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28.6 Credit risk management
Crdit risk rfrs to th risk that a contrparty will dfalt on its contractal obligations rslting in nancial loss to th grop.Th grop has adoptd a policy of only daling with crditworthy contrpartis and obtaining sfcint collatral, whrappropriat, as a mans of mitigating th risk of nancial loss from dfalts. Th grop ss othr pblicly availabl nancialinformation and its own as a mans of mitigating th risk of nancial loss from dfalts. Th grop ss othr pblicly availablnancial information and its own trading rcords to rat its major cstomrs. Th grop’s xposr and th prformanc of itscontrpartis ar continosly monitord.
Crdit xposr is controlld by contrparty limits that ar rviwd and approvd annally.
Trad rcivabls consist of a larg nmbr of cstomrs, sprad across divrs indstris and gographical aras.On-going crdit valation is prformd on th nancial condition of acconts rcivabl and whr appropriat, crditgarant insranc covr is prchasd.
Th grop dos not hav any signicant crdit risk xposr to any singl contrparty or any grop of contrpartishaving similar charactristics. Th grop dns contrpartis as having similar charactristics if thy ar rlatd ntitis.
Concntration of crdit risk did not xcd 5% of gross montary assts at any on tim dring th yar. Th crdit risk on liqidfnds is limitd bcas th contrpartis ar rptabl banks.
Thr ar no off-statmnt nancial position crdit xposrs.
Th highst crdit xposr otsid th bank balancs was K 5 957 million (2014: K 769 million) in rlation to domstic tradrcivabls.
28.7 Liquidity risk management
ultimat rsponsibility for liqidity risk managmnt rsts with managmnt, which has bilt an appropriat liqidity riskmanagmnt framwork for th managmnt of th grop’s short, mdim and long-trm fnding and liqidity rqirmnts.Th grop manags liqidity risk by maintaining adqat rsrvs and banking facilitis, continosly monitoring forcastand actal cash ows and matching of th matrity prols of nancial assts and liabilitis. Incldd in not 13 is a listing of
additional ndrawn facilitis that th grop has accss to if th nd ariss.
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28.7.1 Liquidity and interest risk tables
Th following tabls dtail th grop’s rmaining contractal matrity for its non-drivativ nancial liabilitis. Th tabl hasbn drawn p basd on th actal cash ows of nancial liabilitis basd on th arlist dat on which th grop can brqird to pay. Th tabl blow shows both intrst and principal cash ows.
Weightedaverageeffective
rate 1 yearMore than
1 year
% K million K million
2015Bank overdraft 33.0 4 150 -
2014
Bank ovrdraft 29.5 3 -
Th grop’s non-nancial assts ar intrst-fr and thir matrity priod is indnit.
Th following tabl dtails th grop’s xpctd matrity for its non-drivativ nancial assts. Th tabl has bn drawn pbasd on th ndiscontd contractal matritis of th nancial assts inclding intrst that will b arnd on thos assts.Th inclsion of information on non-drivativ nancial assts is ncssary in ordr to ndrstand th grop’s liqidity riskmanagmnt as th liqidity is managd on a nt asst and liability basis.
1-3months
3 monthsto 1 year 1 - 5 years 5+ years Total
K million K million K million K million K million
31 March 2015
Trad and othr rcivabls 11 379 - - - 11 379
Cash and cash qivalnts 121 - - - 121
11 500 - - - 11 500
31 March 2014
Trad and othr rcivabls 6 830 - - - 6 830
Cash and cash qivalnts 1 695 - - - 1 6958 525 - - - 8 525
Th amonts incldd abov for variabl intrst rat instrmnts for both non-drivativ nancial assts and liabilitis arsbjct to chang if changs in variabl intrst rats diffr to thos stimats of intrst rats dtrmind at th nd of threporting period.
Th grop has accss to nancing facilitis as dscribd in not 13 of which K 15.150 billion (2014: K 9.972 billion) wasnsd at th nd of th rporting priod. Th grop xpcts to mt its obligations from oprating cash ows and procdsof matring nancial assts.
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Financial / Statutory
Financial yar-nd March
Annal gnral mting August
Reports and prot statements
Prot annoncmnt for th yar May
Annal rport and nancial statmnts August
Intrim rport Octobr
Dividends
First intrim Declaration Octobr
Paymnt Janary
Scond intrim Declaration May
Paymnt Jly
Final Declaration August
Paymnt Octobr
31 March 2015
Shareholders Ordinary Shares
Category Number % Number held% of shares
issued
Individuals
1 – 5 000 1 663 73.88 2 249 421 0.32
5 001 – 10 000 248 11.01 2 060 587 0.29
10 001 – 50 000 231 10.26 4 597 924 0.64
50 001 – 100 000 26 1.16 2 019 368 0.28
100 001 – 200 000 25 1.11 3 645 444 0.51
200 001 – 500 000 20 0.89 6 172 956 0.87
500 001 – and over 38 1.69 692 698 691 97.09
2 251 100.00 713 444 391 100.00
Banks and nomins 43 1.91 14 722 576 2.06
Holding company 1 0.04 542 084 186 75.98Individuals 1 994 88.58 33 462 072 4.69
Insranc, invstmnt and trst companis 58 2.58 24 104 207 3.38
Non-residents 62 2.76 4 331 641 0.61
Othr corporat bodis 55 2.44 18 874 328 2.65
Pnsion and providnt fnds 38 1.69 75 865 381 10.63
2 251 100.00 713 444 391 100.00
Shareholders holding 1% or more of the total equity
SuCOMA Holdings Limitd 542 084 186 75.98
Old Mtal Lif Assranc Company (Malawi) Limitd 59 073 471 8.28
Ramsh Haridas Savjani 14 821 735 2.08
Press Trust 11 642 404 1.63
First Mrchant Bank Limitd 9 378 616 1.31
National Invstmnt Trst Limitd 8 107 611 1.14
Analysis of shareholders
Shareholders’ Diary
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Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the 50th annual general meeting of members of the company will be held at Country Club Limbe,
Limbe, Malawi on Friday, 14 August 2015 at 14h30 to transact the following business:
1. Financial statements
To rciv and adopt th annal financial statmnts for th yar ndd 31 March 2015.
2. Re-election of directors
To r-lct Mssrs M H Abdool-Samad, J P Hlly and A R Mpngw who rtir by rotation in trms of th articls
of association, and who, bing ligibl, offr thmslvs for r-lction.
3. Ordinary business
To considr and, if dmd fit, to pass with or withot modification th following ordinary rsoltions:
3.1 That nlss othrwis dtrmind by th company in gnral mting, ach dirctor shall b ntitld to
rmnration for his/hr srvics as sch at th rat of K 2 250 000 pr annm and that th rmnration
hrin dtrmind shall b payabl by th company vry for months in arrars with ffct from
1 April 2015.
3.2 That Dloitt b r-appointd as aditors for th March 2016 financial yar and that th dirctors
b athorisd to fix thir rmnration.
3.3 That no final dividnd for th yar ndd 31 March 2015 as rcommndd by th dirctors b dclard.
4. Other business
To transact sch othr bsinss as may b transactd at an annal gnral mting of mmbrs.
A mmbr ntitld to attnd and vot at th mting is ntitld to appoint a proxy to attnd, spak and vot in his/hr stad.
Th proxy nd not b a mmbr of th company. Proxy forms shold b forwardd to rach th company’s rgistrd offic
or th offic of th transfr scrtaris not latr than 16h00 on Friday, 31 Jly 2015.
By order of the Board
Malawi Sgar Limitd
Secretaries
Limb, Malawi7 May 2015
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FORM OF PROXY FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
I/W
(Nam/s in block lttrs)
of
(Addrss) Nmbr of vots
bing th sharholdr/mmbr of th abovnamd company and ntitld to
(1 shar = 1 vot)
do hrby appoint
1. of or failing him/hr;
2. of or failing him/hr;
3. th chairman of th mting as my/or proxy to attnd, spak and vot for m/s and on my/or bhalf
at th annal gnral mting of th company to b hld at Contry Clb Limb, Limb, Malawi on
Friday, 14 Agst 2015 at 14h30 and at any adjornmnt throf as follows:
Agnda Itm Mark with X whr applicabl
Agenda Item
Mark with X where applicable
In favour Against Abstain
1. Adoption of 2015 annal nancial statmnts.
2. R-lction of dirctors.
3.1 Dtrmination of dirctors’ rmnration.
3.2 R-appointmnt of Dloitt as aditors.
3.3 Dclaration of nal dividnd.
Signd at on this day of 2015
Signature
Assistd by m (whr applicabl) (s not 3)
Fll nam/s of signatory/is if signing in a rprsntativ capacity (s not 4)
Nots:
1. A mmbr ntitld to attnd and vot at th mting is ntitld to appoint on or mor proxis to attnd, spak
and vot in his/hr stad. A proxy nd not b a mmbr of th company.
2. If this proxy form is rtrnd withot any indication as to how th proxy shold vot, th proxy will b ntitld to
vot or abstain from voting as h/sh thinks fit.
3. A minor mst b assistd by his/hr gardian.
4. Th athority of a prson signing a proxy in a rprsntativ capacity mst b attachd to th proxy nlss th
company has alrady rcordd that athority.
5. In ordr to b ffctiv, proxy forms mst rach th rgistrd offic of th company (Illovo Sgar (Malawi)
Limitd, Illovo Hos, Chrchill Road, Privat Bag 580, Limb, Malawi) or th transfr scrtaris (First Mrchant
Bank Transfr Scrtaris, 2nd Floor, Livingston Towrs, Glyn Jons Road, Privat Bag 122, Blantyr, Malawi)
by no latr than 16h00 on Friday, 31 Jly 2015.
6. Th dlivry of th dly compltd proxy form shall not prcld any mmbr or his/hr dly athorisd
rprsntativ from attnding th mting, spaking and voting instad of sch dly appointd proxy.
7. If two or mor proxis attnd th mting, thn that prson attnding th mting whos nam appars first on
th proxy form, or whos nam is not dltd, shall b rgardd as th appointd proxy.
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