annual report 2009

Foschini Limited Appendix 1: Subsidiary Companies

    Issued     2009 2008
    share 2009 2008 Indebted- Indebted-
    capital Cost Cost ness ness
Name of Subsidiary Note R Rm Rm Rm Rm
Trading Subsidiaries            
Foschini Retail Group (Pty) Limited 2, 3, 7 2 102,5 102,5 1 142,6 1 864,6
Retail Credit Solutions (Pty) Limited 2 18 200
What U Want To Wear (Pty) Limited 2 66 200 0,1 0,1
Markhams (Pty) Limited 2 1
Fashion Retailers (Pty) Limited 4 250 006 0,2 0,2
Foschini Finance (Pty) Limited 2, 6 6 219,9
Foschini Stores (Pty) Limited 2, 6 1 528,6 528,6
Foschini Swaziland (Pty) Limited 5 2
Foschini Investments (Pty) Limited 2 10
Pienaar Sithole and Associates (Pty) Limited 2, 6 100 1,8
Total trading subsidiaries     102,8 102,8 1 892,9 2 393,2
Other*     1,1 1,1 (0,9) (0,9)
Total     103,9 103,9 1 892,0 2 392,3
             
          2009 2008
Summary         Rm Rm
Investment in shares at cost         103,9 103,9
Amounts owing by subsidiaries – non-current portion   1 142,6 1 864,6
Total non-current portion         1 246,5 1 968,5
Amounts owing by subsidiaries – current portion   749,3 527,7
Total interest in subsidiaries         1 995,8 2 496,2
 
Notes
1. The company owns, directly or indirectly, all the ordinary shares in the subsidiaries listed above.
2. Incorporated in South Africa
3. Included is an amount of R102,5 (2008: R102,5) million representing the fair value of 102 500 R1 preference shares issued on 28 February 2002. The directors’ valuation thereof at 31 March 2009 is R102,5 (2008: R102,5) million.
4. Incorporated in Namibia
5. Incorporated in Swaziland
6. The loan to subsidiary is unsecured, interest-free and no fixed date for repayment has been determined.
7. The loan to subsidiary is unsecured, bears interest at rates determined from time to time and no fixed date for repayment has been determined. By mutual agreement the loan will not be repayable within the next 12 months.

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