Stock Analysis

• Underlying EBIT, a measure of operating profit before interest and tax, rose 1 per cent to $1,554 million.

• Statutory net profit was A$245.3 million, compared with A$2.4 million.

• A majority of supermarkets, 58 per cent according to one results, also pay turnover rent once sales pass a threshold, linking part of the income to trading performance.

• The scheme requires more than 50% of votes cast for theCapitalreduction resolution, and for the scheme resolution a majority by number of voting shareholders plus at least 75% of votes cast.

• The realised gold price was A$6,019 per ounce, which implies an AISCMarginof about A$3,363 per ounce.

• The Duketon operations in Western Australia produced 56,100 ounces, while Regis's 30 per cent share of the Tropicana joint venture contributed 27,000 ounces.

• According to the company's results call, group gold production was roughly 44,000 ounces, made up of about 31,000 ounces from Syama in Mali and about 13,000 ounces from Mako in Senegal.