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Salient features of the unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2022 and cash dividend declaration

Published: 2022-08-10 14:45:41 ET
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                                                                                                                               SALIENT FEATURES
                                      Sabvest Capital                                                                          OF THE UNAUDITED
                                      Limited                                                                                  RESULTS
                                      Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
                                      Registration number 2020/030059/06
                                                                                                                               for the six months ended
                                      “Sabcap” or “the group” or “the company”                                                 30 June 2022
                                      ISIN: ZAE000283511
                                                                                                                               and cash dividend declaration
                                      JSE share code: SBP

PROFILE
Sabvest Capital Limited (Sabcap) is an investment group first listed on the JSE in 1988 as Sabvest Limited and as Sabcap from 2020. The Seabrooke Family Trust (SFT) has
voting control of Sabcap through an unlisted Z share and has an economic interest of 40,5% through its holding in the listed ordinary shares. At the period end Sabcap had
39 470 000 shares in issue net of treasury shares (31 Dec 2021: 39 530 000).
Sabcap has long-term interests in twelve unlisted and three listed investments, all accounted for on a fair value basis. Sabcap’s primary focus is on industrial and service
businesses, usually unlisted and co-invested with family, management or financial partners in terms of Sabcap’s Partnership Principle. Sabcap also makes finance advances
and holds listed debt, equity and cash portfolios when it has surplus liquidity, and undertakes other fee and profit earning activities from time to time.

RESULTS
                                                                                    % increase                   % increase
                                                                                  30 June 2022                 30 June 2022            Unaudited             Unaudited               Audited
                                                                                  compared to                  compared to            6 months to           6 months to         12 months to
                                                                             31 December 2021                  30 June 2021               30 June              30 June          31 December
                                                                                    – 6 months                  – 12 months                  2022                 2021                 2021

 Net asset value per share – cents                                                             10,9                       26,1             10 388                8 240                 9 371
 Shareholders’ funds – R’m                                                                     10,7                       23,8            4 100,3               3 311,8              3 704,3
 Gross assets – R’m                                                                            11,1                       24,1            4 741,6               3 820,1              4 265,2
 Dividends per share – cents                                                                                              50,0                30                    20                   75
 Profit after taxation – R’m                                                                                              23,3              394,4                320,6                 679,2
 Headline earnings per share – cents                                                                                      26,2            1 001,3                793,2               1 689,7
 Earnings per share – cents                                                                                               26,2            1 001,1                793,2               1 689,6


GROWTH METRICS
Sabcap’s primary financial metric is growth in NAV per share. This is measured annually and growth rates over different periods are included in the year-end results.
The 15-year compounded annual growth rate in NAV per share to the 2021 year-end was 16,9%, calculated without re-investing dividends. The compounded annual growth
rate in NAV per share over 15 years with dividends reinvested was 18,6%*. The 15 year compound annual growth rate in the share price was 16,0%^.
* Calculated with dividends notionally not paid and the amounts notionally retained by the Company growing at 10% per annum.
^ Calculated with reference to the weighted average share prices of the Sabvest ordinary and ‘N’ ordinary shares.


INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PER SECTOR
as at 30 June 2022

                                                                                                                                              Number of          Economic               Fair
                                                                                                                               Listed/          ordinary           interest           value
                                                                                                                               Unlisted      shares/units               %             R’000
 Industrial and Services
 Apex Partners Holdings (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                 U                                   44,8           443 460
 ARB Holdings (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                           U                                   18,5           207 869
 Classic Food Brands (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                    U                                   40,0             9 428
 DNI-4PL Contracts (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                      U                                   19,1         1 014 452
 Flexo Line Products (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                    U                                   47,5            66 197
 Halewood International South Africa (Pty) Ltd                                                                                    U                                   19,0           116 539
 ITL Holdings Group                                                                                                               U                                   34,4           768 778
 Metrofile Holdings Limited                                                                                                       L           56 000 000              12,9           184 800
 Rolfes Holdings (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                        U                                   25,1           228 883
 SA Bias Industries (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                     U                                   85,2           885 134
 Sunspray Food Ingredients (Pty) Ltd                                                                                              U                                   27,7            77 978
                                                                                                                                                                                   4 003 518
 Mining and Agriculture
 Masimong Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd                                                                                                U                                   10,0           365 885
                                                                                                                                                                                     365 885
 Specialised Financial and Technology
 Corero Network Security Plc                                                                                                      L           50 000 000              10,1           106 868
 Revix Group                                                                                                                      U                                   11,0                 –
 Transaction Capital Limited                                                                                                      L            5 000 000                  0,7        183 550
                                                                                                                                                                                     290 418
 Non-current investment holdings                                                                                                                                                  4 659 821
 Current investments
 Capital Group New Perspective Fund (LUX – Equity)                                                                                L              146 685                              43 430
                                                                                                                                                                                      43 430
 TOTAL HOLDINGS                                                                                                                                                                   4 703 251

PROSPECTS
Sabcap is comfortable with the current performance and future prospects of its investees and in particular of the new investments concluded during the period.
Accordingly, Sabcap expects continued satisfactory growth for the remainder of the 2022 financial year.

CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION
Notice is hereby given that an interim dividend of 30 cents (2021: 20 cents) per ordinary share for the six months ended 30 June 2022 has been declared out of income
reserves.
The issued share capital of the Company at the declaration date is 39 550 000 ordinary shares. The income tax number of the Company is 9660061186.
Withholding tax on dividends at a rate of 20% will be deducted for all shareholders who are not exempt in terms of the applicable legislation. This will result in a net cash
dividend of 24 cents per ordinary share to non-exempt shareholders.
Last date to trade “CUM” dividend                                                                                                                                   Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Trading “EX” dividend commences                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Record date                                                                                                                                                        Friday, 2 September 2022
Dividend payment date                                                                                                                                            Monday, 5 September 2022
No dematerialisation or rematerialisation of share certificates will be allowed during the period Wednesday, 31 August 2022 to Friday, 2 September 2022, both days inclusive.


Sandton
10 August 2022
The above announcement is a summary of information in the full announcement and does not contain full or complete details and is the responsibility of the directors. Any investment
decisions by investors and/or shareholders should be based on the full announcement which is available on
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2022/JSE/ISSE/SBPE/Int22.pdf and published on the company’s website on http://www.sabvestcapital.com/pdf/2022/IntRes22.pdf
on 10 August 2022. The full announcement is also available at Sabvest’s registered office and the offices of the sponsor at no charge, between 8:30 and 17:00, Monday to Friday.

                                     Registered address: 4 Commerce Square, 39 Rivonia Road, Sandhurst, Sandton 2196
                                   Communications: Postal address: PO Box 78677, Sandton 2146, Republic of South Africa
                                             Telephone: (011) 268 2400 • Fax: (011) 268 2422 • e-mail: ho@sabvest.com
   Transfer secretaries: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd, Rosebank Towers, 15 Biermann Avenue, Rosebank 2196 (Private Bag X9000, Saxonwold 2132)
         Directors: K Pillay # (Chairperson), BJT Shongwe # (Deputy Chairperson and Lead Independent Director), CS Seabrooke * (Chief Executive), K De Matteis *,
                                        O Ighodaro #, L Mthimunye #, L Rood *                           *Executive    #
                                                                                                                       Independent
       Sponsor: Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited), 1 Merchant Place, Corner of Fredman Drive and Rivonia Road, Sandton 2196
                                                   Company Secretary: Levitt Kirson Business Services (Pty) Ltd
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