annual report 2008

annual financial statements: interest in subsidiary companies
for the year ended 31 March 2008


      2008   2007  
  Nature
of
business		   Carrying
value
of
subsidiaries
Rm		 %
Holding		 Carrying
value
of
subsidiaries
Rm		 %
Holding
Directly held            
Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd F   2 800.0 100% 2 800.0 100%
             
Indirectly held            
Incorporated in South Africa            
Kingtimm (Pty) Ltd L     100%   100%
Lifestyle Living (Pty) Ltd F     100%   100%
Monarch Insurance Co. Ltd I     100%   100%
Incorporated in Botswana            
Lewis Stores (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd F     100%   100%
Lewis Management Services (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd M     100%   100%
Incorporated in Swaziland            
Lewis Stores (Swaziland) (Pty) Ltd F     100%   100%
Incorporated in Namibia            
Lewis Stores (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd F     100%   100%
Lewis Management Services Namibia (Pty) Ltd M     100%   100%
Incorporated in Lesotho            
Lewis Stores (Lesotho) (Pty) Ltd F     100%   100%
Cost of subsidiaries     2 800.0   2 800.0  
Amounts due by subsidiaries            
Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd     0.6   4.9  
Interest in subsidiaries     2 800.6   2 804.9  
             
F Furniture dealer            
I Insurance company            
M Management services company            
L Company holding property leases