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Earnings per share

Figures in Rand thousand 2019    Restated 
2018 		  
Loss per share and diluted loss per share             
Loss attributable to owners of EOH Holdings Limited from continuing and discontinued operations  (4 874 052)    (1 976 195)   
Weighted average number of shares in issue  162 742     144 597    
Loss per share from continuing and discontinued operations (cents) (2 995)    (1 367)   
Loss per share from continuing operations (cents) (2 464)    (1 277)   
Reconciliation between weighted average number of shares and diluted weighted average number of shares in issue             
Weighted average number of shares in issue  162 742     144 597    
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares – Treasury shares held in the Group share incentive schemes*  –     –    
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares – Treasury shares held by wholly owned subsidiaries of the             
Company that will not be cancelled*  –     –    
Diluted weighted average number of shares in issue  162 742     144 597    
* 38 000 (2018: 38 000) potential ordinary shares are held in the Group share incentive schemes and 1 216 000 (2018: 3 815 000) potential ordinary shares held by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company that will not be cancelled. However, as they would be anti-dilutive for the year ended, the diluted loss per share and diluted headline loss per share have been calculated based on the weighted average number of shares in issue.