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JSE – SPA                                Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2020 – Issue 3
                                                              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
                                                              POSTALADDRESS:POBox1589,Pinetown,3600
                                                              EMAIL: kyla.armstrong@spar.co.za
        NATURE OF BUSINESS:
        SPAR is the registered licensee of the SPAR brand in Southern  WEBSITE: www.spar.co.za  FAX: 031-719-1990
                                                  TELEPHONE: 031-719-1900
        Africa. The company is also the registered owner of the TOPS  COMPANY SECRETARY: Mandy J Hogan
        and Build it trademarks. The nature of the relationship  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Link Market Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
        between the company and independently owned SPAR stores  SPONSOR: One Capital
        (grocery outlets), TOPS stores (liquor outlets), Build it stores  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
        association. SPAR operates under ‘voluntary trading’ princi-  CALENDAR  Expected  Status
        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:  Next Interim Results  May 2021  Unconfirmed
        * the wholesale distribution and supply of goods and services
        to independently owned SPAR, TOPS, Build it and Pharmacy
        at SPAR stores from seven regional distribution centres;  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  AUTHORISED  192 602 355
                                                                                     ISSUED
                                                       Ords of 0.06c ea
                                                                        250 000 000
                                                  SPP
        * and the managing of voluntary trading groups.
        SPAR’s revenue stream is derived from the provision of goods  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
        and services to SPAR, TOPS, Build it and Pharmacy at SPAR  Ords of 0.06c ea  Ldt  Pay  Amt
        stores. The financial performance of independent retailers do  Interim No 31  9 Jun 20  15 Jun 20  200.00
        not form part of the company’s financial results. The founda-  Final No 30  3 Dec 19  9 Dec 19  516.00
        tions of SPAR’s business have been built on the company’s  Interim No 29  4 Jun 19  10 Jun 19  284.00
        core competencies of managing voluntary trading groups,  Final No 28  4 Dec 18  10 Dec 18  459.00
        providing distribution and logistical services, brand manage-  LIQUIDITY: Jun20 Ave 4m shares p.w., R789.0m(111.0% p.a.)
        ment and strong operational management.           FOOR       40 Week MA   SPAR
       SECTOR: Consumer Srvcs—Retail—Food&Drug—Food                                    22112
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 02 Jun 2020
         Government Employees Pension Fund  17.51%                                     20577
         Coronation Fund Managers          6.12%
         JP Morgan Chase and Co            5.14%                                       19042
                                                                                       17507
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       (R million)  Mar 20  Sep 19  Sep 18  Sep 17  Sep 16
                                                                                       15972
                   Interim  Final Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final
       Turnover     59 749  109 477  101 018  95 373  90 689
                                                                                       14437
       Op Pft        1 335  2 979  2 779  2 576  2 577  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  144  16    24   - 17  12
       Tax            317  618   637   645  624   Recent Announcements
       Att Inc        750  2 163  1 827  1 821  1 815  SPAR interim results March 2020 - Thursday, 21 May 2020:
       TotCompInc(Loss)  1 114  1 843  2 091  2 231  1 562  Revenue for the interim period increased by 10.1% to R59.749
       Hline Erngs-CO  785  2 173  1 860  1 835  1 833  billion (2019: R54.273 billion), gross profit climbed to R6.729
       Fixed Ass     8 807  7 184  6 652  6 554  6 160  billion (2019: R5.651 billion), operating profit fell 3.4% to
       Inv in Assoc   123  103   157   117   38    R1.335billion(2019:R1.383billion),while profitfortheperiod
       Loans & Receivables  757  1 132  696  406  218  attributable to ordinary shareholders decreased by 25% to
       Def Tax Asset  210   75    14   21    37
       Tot Curr Ass  23 695  19 841  18 176  17 021  16 968  R750.4 million (2019: R1.001 billion). Furthermore, headline
       Capital & Reserves  6 931  7 467  7 110  6 560  5 628  earnings per share decreased 22.1% to 408 cents per share
       LT Liab      19 400  8 405  8 037  7 875  8 127  (2019: 523.6 cents per share).
       Tot Curr Liab  25 288  18 181  16 108  14 541  14 351  Dividend
                                                   Noticeis hereby giventhat aninterim grosscash dividend of200
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       EPS (ZARc)   390.00 1 124.10  948.90  945.50 1 010.00  cents (2019: 284 cents) per share has been declared by the board
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  408.00 1 129.10  965.70  952.80 1 020.00  in respect of the six months ended 31 March 2020. The dividend
       Pct chng p.a.  - 27.7  16.9  1.4  - 6.6  22.1  has been declared out of income reserves.
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  -  8.1  7.2  9.5  13.0
       DPS (ZARc)   200.00  800.00  729.00  675.00  665.00
       Pct chng p.a.   -    9.7  8.0   1.5   5.2
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  -  8.3  8.6  9.6  12.1
       NAV PS (ZARc)  3 602.70 3 879.90 3 692.20 3 407.00 3 140.10
       3 Yr Beta     0.41  0.64  1.05  0.95  0.79
       Price High   21 622  21 072  22 700  20 499  21 971
       Price Low    14 225  16 418  16 553  15 018  16 161
       Price Prd End  18 175  19 101  18 413  16 708  19 222
       RATIOS
       Ret on SH Fnd  20.60  28.97  25.70  27.75  32.25
       Ret On Tot Ass  5.25  10.18  10.36  10.41  10.67
       Oper Pft Mgn  2.23  2.72  2.75  2.70  2.84
       D:E           3.30  1.46  1.13  1.24  1.53
       Int Cover     8.26  174.44  105.87  n/a  203.86
       Current Ratio  0.93  1.09  1.13  1.16  1.18
       Div Cover     1.95  1.41  1.32  1.41  1.52
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