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Audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023, availability of annual report and notice of AGM

Published: 2024-03-27 08:05:43 ET
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                                                                   AUDITED CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                                                     FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023, AVAILABILITY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT AND
                                                                                         NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


                                                                   TURNOVER                        HEPS                            EBITDA*                            OPERATING PROFIT
                                                                   Increased 14% to                Increased to                    Increased 86% to                   Increased 7% to
 METAIR INVESTMENTS LIMITED
       (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
         (“Metair” or “the group” or “the company”)

                (Reg No. 1948/031013/06)
                                                                   R15.9bn                         135cps                          R1.1bn                            R487m
 JSE and A2X share code: MTA • ISIN code: ZAE 000090692



                                                                         * Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation – calculated as group operating profit and
                                                                             equity-accounted earnings plus depreciation, amortisation and impairments on non-financial assets.



Shareholders are advised to refer to the group’s annual report (which may be accessed via the links provided below) for commentary in respect of the
results for the year ended 31 December 2023.
                                                                     Year ended
                                                              31 December          31 December                                                   HIGHLIGHTS
                                                                      2023                 2022                   Change
FINANCIAL SUMMARY                                                    R’000                R’000                       %
Revenue                                                         15 856 456             13 905 467                         14                         NET ASSET                              EARNINGS
                                                                                                                                                        VALUE                                                   B-BBEE
Operating profit                                                  486 598                  452 708                         7                                                               PER SHARE
                                                                                                                                                     PER SHARE                                                maintained at
EBITDA                                                            927 110                  825 659                        12
                                                                                                                                                     increased to                          increased to
                                                                                                                                                                                           49 cents             Level 1
EBITDA before impairments on non-financial
assets including equity earnings                                 1 100 767                 592 449                        86                      2 790 cents
Earnings/(loss) per share (cents)                                      49                        (21)                  (333)                       per share                               per share
Headline earnings/(loss) per share (cents)                            135                        (17)                  (894)
No. of shares in issue ('000)                                     198 986                  198 986                         –                       INVESTOR AND ANALYST AUDIO WEBCAST
Net asset value per share (cents)                                    2 790                    2 615                        7                                           of the presentation will be broadcast on
Cash generated from operations                                   1 156 969                 151 196                      665
                                                                                                                                                                     Wednesday, 27 March 2024
NO DIVIDEND IS BEING DECLARED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (2022: NIL)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This announcement is the responsibility of the directors of the company.
Shareholders are advised that the forecast financial information contained in this announcement has not been reviewed or reported on by the company’s auditors
and is the responsibility of the directors of the company. As the information in this announcement does not provide all of the details, any investment decisions
should be based on the published audited consolidated annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 available through the JSE cloudlink at:
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2024/JSE/ISSE/MTA/AFS2023.pdf and on Metair’s website at: https://www.metair.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Metair-IAR_2023.pdf.
The consolidated annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 have been audited by the company’s auditors, Ernst & Young Inc., who expressed an
unmodified audit opinion thereon.
An investor and analyst webcast of the annual results presentation will be broadcast live on Wednesday, 27 March 2024 at 10h00 (SAST), which presentation will be available on
the company’s website: https://www.metair.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Year-end-results.pdf . Investors and analysts are advised to utilise the following link to gain
access to the webinar: https://www.corpcam.com/Metair27032024 .

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND AVAILABILITY OF INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT

Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at Metair’s registered office, Suite 7, Ground Floor, Building 2, Oxford & Glenhove, 114 Oxford Road,
Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, 2198, Republic of South Africa and remotely through an electronic interactive platform hosted by The Meeting Specialist (Pty) Ltd (TMS) on
Tuesday, 7 May 2024 at 14h00, as set out in the notice of AGM, which is incorporated into the group’s integrated annual report for the year ended 31 December 2023, available on
the company website https://www.metair.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Metair-IAR_2023.pdf and which will be mailed to shareholders on Thursday, 4 April 2024.
The additional information required in terms of paragraph 8.62 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements is contained in the group’s 2023 integrated annual report.
Shareholders who wish to electronically attend, participate in and/or vote at the AGM are required to contact TMS at proxy@tmsmeetings.co.za or on +27 84 433 4836,
+27 81 711 4255, +27 61 440 0654 as soon as possible, in any event by no later than 14h00 on Friday, 3 May 2024. Shareholders are encouraged to read the notice of AGM for
further information on, inter alia, how to attend electronically, participate in and vote at the AGM and/or details on how to submit forms of proxy.
The record date for purposes of determining which shareholders are entitled to receive the notice of AGM is Thursday, 28 March 2024. The record date for purposes of
determining which shareholders must be registered as such in the company’s securities register in order to attend and vote at the AGM is Friday, 26 April 2024. The last day to
trade in order to be entitled to vote at the AGM will therefore be Tuesday, 23 April 2024. Duly completed proxy forms must be received by the company or by TMS by no later
than Friday, 3 May 2024 at 14h00.
27 March 2024
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                                                                         EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS: PS O’Flaherty (CEO); A Jogia (CFO)
                                                        INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS: TN Mgoduso (Chairperson); B Mawasha (Lead Independent);
                                                                      PH Giliam; N Medupe; NL Mkhondo; MH Muell (German); AK Sithebe;
                                                                          S Sithole (Zimbabwean) (Alternate director to NL Mkhondo)
                                                                                     COMPANY SECRETARY: SM Vermaak