for the year ended 31 March 2005
| | 2005 | |
| Nature of | Carrying value | |
| business | of subsidiaries | | Holding |
| | | Rm | | % |
| Directly held | | | | |
| Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd | F | 2 800.0 | | 100% |
| Indirectly held | | | | |
| Incorporated in South Africa | | | | |
| Barons Furnishers (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Dan Hands (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Kingtimm (Pty) Ltd | L | | | 100% |
| Lewis Stores (Bophuthatswana) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Lewis Stores (Butterworth) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Lewis Stores (Mount Frere) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Lewis Stores (Transkei) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Lewis Stores (Umzimkulu) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Lewis Stores (Venda) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Lifestyle Living (Pty) Ltd | F | | | 100% |
| M. Lewis Estates (Kenilworth) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| M. Lewis Estates (Queenstown) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| M. Lewis Estates (Randfontein) (Pty) Ltd | R | | | 100% |
| Monarch Insurance Co. Ltd | I | | | 100% |
| Incorporated in Botswana | | | | |
| Lewis Stores (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd | F | | | 100% |
| Lewis Management Services (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd | M | | | 100% |
| Incorporated in Swaziland | | | | |
| Lewis Stores (Swaziland) (Pty) Ltd | F | | | 100% |
| Incorporated in Namibia | | | | |
| Lewis Stores (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd | F | | | 100% |
| Lewis Management Services Namibia (Pty) Ltd | M | | | 100% |
| Incorporated in Lesotho | | | | |
| Lewis Stores (Lesotho) (Pty) Ltd | F | | | 100% |
| Cost of subsidiaries | | 2 800.0 | |
| Amounts due by subsidiaries | | | | |
| Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd | | 2.1 | |
| Interest in subsidiaries | | 2 802.1 | |
| F | Furniture dealer |
| I | Insurance company |
| M | Management services company |
| R | Dormant; in process of being deregistered |
| L | Company holding property leases |
