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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2020 – Issue 3                        JSE – BEL
                                                              DIRECTORS: BartonJR(ld ind ne), BellAJ(ne),
                 Bell Equipment Ltd.                           Goordeen A (alt), LawranceDH(ind ne),
                                                               Naidu R (ind ne), Ramathe M (ind ne),
        BEL
                            ISIN: ZAE000028304                 van der MerweHR(ind ne),
                            SHORT: BELL                        Bell G W (Chair, ne), Goosen L (CEO),
                            CODE: BEL                          van Haght K J (Group FD)
                            REG NO: 1968/013656/06            POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag X20046,
                            FOUNDED: 1968                      Empangeni, 3880
                            LISTED: 1995                      EMAIL: Diana.McIlrath@bellequipment.com
                                                              WEBSITE: www.bellequipment.com
                                                  Scan the QR code to
        NATURE OF BUSINESS:                        visit our Investor  TELEPHONE: 035-907-9111
                                                              FAX: 035-797-4453
        Bell Equipment is a leading global manufacturer, distributor  Centre  COMPANY SECRETARY: D McIlrath
        and exporter of a wide range of heavy equipment for the con-  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Link Market Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
        struction, mining, quarrying, sugar, forestry and waste  SPONSOR: Investec Bank Ltd.
        handling industries worldwide.            AUDITORS: Deloitte & Touche
        The ADTis thegroup’s coreOEMproduct andBellis acknowl-  BANKERS: Absa Bank Ltd., Barclays Bank Plc, Commerz Bank AG, First
                                                   National Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Ltd., Investec Bank Ltd.,
        edgedgloballyasanADTspecialistforitsongoinginnovations  Landesbank, Nedbank Ltd., Stanbic Bank Zambia, Stanbic Bank
        and the class leading performance of its ADTs.  Zimbabwe, Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd.
        Machines are marketed, distributed and supported, both  SEGMENTAL REPORTING as at 31 Dec 19 (asa%of Assets)
        locally and internationally, through a wide network of  Manufacturing, assembly, logistics and sales  90.01%
                                                    Direct Sales operations
                                                                                     32.68%
        branches and independent dealers.           Other operations and inter-segmental eliminations  -22.69%
        The group has also strengthened its trading base through
                                                  CALENDAR               Expected     Status
        strategicallianceagreementswith other globalcompaniesand  Annual General Meeting  15 Jul 2020  Confirmed
        is an appointed distributor in selected African territories rep-  Next Interim Results  Sep 2020  Unconfirmed
        resenting several leading international brands with almost  Next Final Results  Mar 2021  Unconfirmed
        200 products well suited to all applications.
                                                  CAPITAL STRUCTURE   AUTHORISED     ISSUED
        As a South African company that employs locally, Bell  BEL  Ords no par value  100 000 000  95 629 385
        Equipment is an integral part of the communities in which it  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
        operates and takes its responsibilities as a corporate citizen  Ords no par value  Ldt  Pay  Amt
        seriously. The group purchases from local suppliers wherever  Interim  23 Sep 19  30 Sep 19  20.00
        possible and invests in meaningful outreach opportunities  Final  2 Apr 19  8 Apr 19  25.00
                                                  Interim            18 Sep 18  25 Sep 18  20.00
        with a particular focus on education, training and  Final    3 Apr 18  9 Apr 18  25.00
        development both internally and externally.  LIQUIDITY: Jun20 Ave 64 204 shares p.w., R575 517.7(3.5% p.a.)
       SECTOR: Ind—Ind Goods&Srvcs—Ind Engineering—Vehicles&Trucks  INDE  40 Week MA  BELL
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 27 Dec 2019                                   1600
         I A Bell and Company (Pty) Ltd.  38.09%
         John Deere                       31.37%                                       1300
         Investec                          3.82%
                                                                                       1000
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       (R million)  Dec 19  Dec 18  Dec 17  Dec 16  Dec 15
                                                                                       700
                     Final  Final Final(rst) Final(rst) Final(rst)
       Turnover      7 823  7 543  6 873  6 002  5 901                                 400
       Op Inc         231  454   403   148  268
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  112  48    -    33    61                                        100
                                                     2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |
       Tax            58   129   131   77    65
       Minority Int   - 15   7    12    1     -   Recent Announcements
       Att Inc        75   270   260   37   141   Friday, 26 June 2020: In accordance with paragraph 16.21(g) and
       TotCompIncLoss  28  426   247  - 166  427   Appendix 1 to Section 11 of the JSE Listings Requirements,
       Hline Erngs-CO  76  265   257   46   132    notice is hereby given that the Company’s annual compliance
       Fixed Ass      910  886   691   704  687    report in terms of section 13(G)(2) of the Act has been
       Investments    26    24    -     -     -    published and is available on the Company’s website.
       Def Tax Asset  150  128   102   91    97
       Tot Curr Ass  5 398  5 184  4 246  3 478  3 856  Friday, 12 June 2020: Integrated annual report and no change
       Ord SH Int    3 434  3 353  2 977  2 758  2 940  statementBellEquipmentshareholders areadvisedthattheinte-
       Minority Int    4    19    12    -     7    grated annual report of the Company for the year ended 31
       LT Liab        567  606   352   322  293    December 2019 (“integrated annual report”), which incorpo-
       Tot Curr Liab  3 027  2 551  2 017  1 427  1 648  rates the summarised consolidated annual financial statements
                                                   and the notice of the annual general meeting, will be distributed
                                                   to Bell Equipment shareholders today, Friday 12 June 2020. The
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       EPS (ZARc)    79.00  283.00  273.00  39.00  148.00
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  80.00  278.00  270.00  48.00  138.00  integrated annual report is also available on the Company’s
       Pct chng p.a.  - 71.2  3.0  462.5  - 65.2  181.6  website (www.bellir.co.za). The audited summarised consoli-
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  102.1  101.5  97.1  1.2  205.4  dated annual financial statements contain no modifications to
       DPS (ZARc)    20.00  45.00  45.00  -   -    the audited annual financial statements for the year ended 31
       Pct chng p.a.  - 55.6  -   -     -     -    December2019 released onthe StockExchangeNews Serviceof
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  - 11.1  -  - 20.0  - 20.0  - 20.0  the JSE on Friday 29 May 2020.
       NAV PS (ZARc)  3 595.00 3 526.00 3 136.00 2 894.00 3 098.00  The audited annual financial statements are audited by Deloitte
       3 Yr Beta     0.44  0.84  0.92  - 0.24  - 0.15  & Touche whose unmodified audit report is contained in the
       Price High    1 265  1 700  1 641  1 400  1 040  audited annual financial statements which are available on the
       Price Low      700  1 100  765  875  556    Company’s website (www.bellir.co.za).
       Price Prd End  925  1 265  1 285  1 210  875  Notice of the annual general meeting
                                                   Notice is hereby given that the 52nd annual general meeting
       RATIOS
       Ret on SH Fnd  1.77  8.20  9.10  1.35  5.17  (“AGM”)of Bell Equipment Limited shareholders will be acces-
       Ret On Tot Ass  1.76  6.44  7.86  3.95  5.95  sible through electronic communication, as permitted by the
       Oper Pft Mgn  2.95  6.02  5.87  2.47  4.55  JSE Limited and the provisions of the Companies Act and the
       D:E           0.65  0.53  0.36  0.15  0.14  Company’s Memorandum of Incorporation, on Wednesday 15
       Int Cover     2.06  9.36  n/a  4.55  4.37   July 2020 at11h00, toconsider and, if deemed fit, topass with or
       Current Ratio  1.78  2.03  2.11  2.44  2.34  without modification all of the ordinary and special resolutions
       Div Cover     3.95  6.29  6.07   -     -    set out in the notice of AGM forming part of the integrated
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 3 229                  annual report.
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