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JSE – SPA                                Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2020 – Issue 2
                                                              NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 8 206
                The SPAR Group Ltd.                           DIRECTORS: Koyana L (ind ne),
        SPA                                                    WallerAG(ind ne), Godfrey M W (Group FD),
                                                               Hankinson M J (Chair, ind ne),
                                                               Mashologu M (ind ne), MehtaHK(ind ne),
                                                               Mnganga Dr P (ind ne), O’Connor G O (CEO)
                                                              POPULAR BRAND NAMES: S Buys Group, SPAR,
                                                               SUPERSPAR, KWIKSPAR, SPAR Express, TOPS
                                                               at SPAR, Pharmacy at SPAR, Bean Tree, SaveMor,
                                                  Scan the QR code to  Build it, EUROSPAR, MACE, XL, Value Centre,
       ISIN: ZAE000058517  SHORT: SPAR  CODE: SPP              Londis, Maxi
       REG NO: 1967/001572/06 FOUNDED: 1967  LISTED: 2004  visit our website
                                                              POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 1589, Pinetown,
                                                               3600
        NATURE OF BUSINESS:                       EMAIL: kyla.armstrong@spar.co.za
        SPAR is the registered licensee of the SPAR brand in Southern  WEBSITE: www.spar.co.za
        Africa. The company is also the registered owner of the TOPS  TELEPHONE: 031-719-1900  FAX: 031-719-1990
        and Build it trademarks. The nature of the relationship  COMPANY SECRETARY: Mandy J Hogan
        between the company and independently owned SPAR stores  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Link Market Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
        (grocery outlets), TOPS stores (liquor outlets), Build it stores  SPONSOR: One Capital
                                                  AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
        (building material outlets) and Pharmacy at SPAR stores is  BANKERS: Rand Merchant Bank Ltd.
        one of joint co-operation for the benefit of the members of this
                                                  CALENDAR               Expected     Status
        association. SPAR operates under ‘voluntary trading’ princi-  Next Interim Results  13 May 2020  Estimate
        pleswhich meansthatwhileweencourageourretailerstotake  Next Final Results  18 Nov 2020  Estimate
        advantage of SPAR’s trading power, our retailers can source  Annual General Meeting  Feb 2021  Unconfirmed
        goods from local traders. SPAR focuses on:  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  AUTHORISED    ISSUED
        * the wholesale distribution and supply of goods and services  SPP  Ords of 0.06c ea  250 000 000  192 602 355
        to independently owned SPAR, TOPS, Build it and Pharmacy  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
        at SPAR stores from seven regional distribution centres;  Ords of 0.06c ea  Ldt  Pay  Amt
        * and the managing of voluntary trading groups.  Final No 30  3 Dec 19  9 Dec 19  516.00
        SPAR’s revenue stream is derived from the provision of goods  Interim No 29  4 Jun 19  10 Jun 19  284.00
        and services to SPAR, TOPS, Build it and Pharmacy at SPAR  Final No 28  4 Dec 18  10 Dec 18  459.00
                                                  Interim No 27      19 Jun 18  25 Jun 18  270.00
        stores. The financialperformanceofindividual storesdoesnot  LIQUIDITY: Mar20 Ave 4m shares p.w., R794.5m(109.4% p.a.)
        form part of the company’s financial results. The foundations
        of SPAR’s business have been built on the company’s core  FOOR  40 Week MA  SPAR
        competencies of managing voluntary trading groups,                             22112
        providing distribution and logistical services, brand manage-
                                                                                       20577
        ment and strong operational management.
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       SECTOR: Consumer Srvcs—Retail—Food&Drug—Food
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Dec 2019                                   17507
         Government Employees Pension Fund  17.51%
         Coronation Fund Managers          6.12%                                       15972
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
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       (R million)  Sep 19  Sep 18  Sep 17  Sep 16  Sep 15  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |
                     Final Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final  Final
       Turnover    109 477  101 018  95 373  90 689  73 259  Recent Announcements
       Op Inc        2 979  2 779  2 576  2 577  2 294  Tuesday, 11 February 2020: Challenging start to the year
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  16   24   - 17  12    92   -Group sales increased by 5.4% to R39.79 billion
       Tax            618  637   645   624  537   -SPAR Southern Africa sales growth of 4.9%
       Att Inc       2 163  1 827  1 821  1 815  1 421  -Core SPAR business sales increased by 6.1% and like-for-like sales
       TotCompIncLoss  1 843  2 091  2 231  1 562  1 427  increased 4.6%, with internally measured price inflation of 4.2%
       Hline Erngs-CO  2 173  1 860  1 835  1 833  1 446  -Liquor sales slowed with growth of 4.5%
       Fixed Ass     7 184  6 652  6 554  6 160  3 221
       Inv in Assoc   103  157   117   38    32   -Build It sales growth declined by 3.4%, reflecting the extreme
       Inv & Loans   1 132  696  406   218  103    pressure experienced by the building materials’ sector
       Def Tax Asset  75    14    21   37    34   -SPARIrelandincreasedturnoverby0.7%(euro-denominated)
       Tot Curr Ass  19 841  18 176  17 021  16 968  12 559  -SPAR Switzerland turnover down 1.9% (Swiss franc currency
       Ord SH Int    7 467  7 110  6 560  5 628  3 328  terms) reflecting continued poor Swiss retail environment
       LT Liab       8 405  8 037  7 875  8 127  3 868  Group
       Tot Curr Liab  18 181  16 108  14 541  14 351  12 134  The Group increased sales by 5.4% from R37.75 billion to
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)      R39.79 billion for the eighteen (18) week trading period ended
       EPS (ZARc)  1 124.10  948.90  945.50 1 010.00  820.80  31 January 2020 when compared to the corresponding previous
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  1 129.10  965.70  952.80 1 020.00  835.50  period in 2019.
       Pct chng p.a.  16.9  1.4  - 6.6  22.1  6.9
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  8.1  7.2  9.5  13.0  9.3
       DPS (ZARc)   800.00  729.00  675.00  665.00  632.00
       Pct chng p.a.  9.7   8.0  1.5   5.2  17.0
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  8.3  8.6  9.6  12.1  11.9
       NAV PS (ZARc)  3 879.90 3 692.20 3 407.00 3 140.10 1 922.60
       3 Yr Beta     0.64  1.05  0.95  0.79  0.23
       Price High   21 072  22 700  20 499  21 971  20 617
       Price Low    16 418  16 553  15 018  16 161  12 142
       Price Prd End  19 101  18 413  16 708  19 222  18 500
       RATIOS
       Ret on SH Fnd  28.97  25.70  27.75  32.25  42.69
       Ret On Tot Ass  10.18  10.36  10.41  10.67  13.69
       Oper Pft Mgn  2.72  2.75  2.70  2.84  3.13
       D:E           1.46  1.13  1.24  1.53  1.32
       Int Cover    174.44  105.87  n/a  203.86  22.24
       Current Ratio  1.09  1.13  1.16  1.18  1.04
       Div Cover     1.41  1.32  1.41  1.52  1.30
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