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JSE – SPA                                Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2021 – Issue 1
                                                              NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 10 168
                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,
        NATURE OF BUSINESS:                                    3600
        SPAR is the registered licensee of the SPAR brand in Southern  EMAIL: kyla.armstrong@spar.co.za
        Africa. The company is also the registered owner of the TOPS  WEBSITE: www.spar.co.za  FAX: 031-719-1990
                                                  TELEPHONE: 031-719-1900
        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
        (building material outlets) and Pharmacy at SPAR stores is  AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
        one of joint co-operation for the benefit of the members of this  BANKERS: Rand Merchant Bank Ltd.
        association. SPAR operates under ‘voluntary trading’ princi-  CALENDAR  Expected  Status
        pleswhich meansthatwhileweencourageourretailerstotake
                                                  Annual General Meeting  Feb 2021  Unconfirmed
        advantage of SPAR’s trading power, our retailers can source  Next Interim Results  May 2021  Unconfirmed
        goods from local traders. SPAR focuses on:
        * the wholesale distribution and supply of goods and services  Next Final Results  Nov 2021  Unconfirmed
        to independently owned SPAR, TOPS, Build it and Pharmacy  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  AUTHORISED  ISSUED
        at SPAR stores from seven regional distribution centres;  SPP  Ords of 0.06c ea  250 000 000  192 602 355
        * and the managing of voluntary trading groups.  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
        SPAR’s revenue stream is derived from the provision of goods  Ords of 0.06c ea  Ldt  Pay  Amt
        and services to SPAR, TOPS, Build it and Pharmacy at SPAR  Final No 32  8 Dec 20  14 Dec 20  665.00
                                                                     9 Jun 20
                                                  Interim No 31
                                                                                      200.00
                                                                             15 Jun 20
        stores. The financial performance of independent retailers do  Final No 30  3 Dec 19  9 Dec 19  516.00
        not form part of the company’s financial results. The founda-  Interim No 29  4 Jun 19  10 Jun 19  284.00
        tions of SPAR’s business have been built on the company’s  LIQUIDITY: Nov20 Ave 4m shares p.w., R765.7m(112.4% p.a.)
        core competencies of managing voluntary trading groups,
                                                          FOOR       40 Week MA   SPAR
        providing distribution and logistical services, brand manage-
        ment and strong operational management.                                        22112
       SECTOR: Consumer Srvcs—Retail—Food&Drug—Food                                    20577
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 02 Jun 2020
         Government Employees Pension Fund  17.51%                                     19042
         Coronation Fund Managers          6.12%
         JP Morgan Chase and Co            5.14%                                       17507
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                                                                                       15972
       (R million)  Sep 20  Sep 19  Sep 18  Sep 17  Sep 16
                     Final  Final Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final
                                                                                       14437
       Turnover    124 277  109 477  101 018  95 373  90 689  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2020
       Op Inc        3 443  2 979  2 779  2 576  2 577
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  404  16    24   - 17  12   Recent Announcements
       Tax            740  618   637   645  624   Changes to the board:
       Minority Int  - 119   -    -     -     -   Graham O’Connor, the group CEO and Mike Hankinson, the
       Att Inc       2 075  2 163  1 827  1 821  1 815  Chairman of the board of directors (board), will be retiring at
       TotCompIncLoss  2 433  1 843  2 091  2 231  1 562  the annual general meeting (AGM) that will be held in February
       Hline Erngs-CO  2 184  2 173  1 860  1 835  1 833
       Fixed Ass     8 725  7 184  6 652  6 554  6 160  2021. Accordingly, subject to shareholder approval at the AGM,
       Inv in Assoc   103  103   157   117   38    where applicable, the board has resolved to appoint:
       Loans & Receivables  795  1 132  696  406  218  • Brett Botten, the current Managing Director of SPAR South
       Def Tax Asset  223   75    14   21    37     Rand as the group CEO;
       Tot Curr Ass  24 363  19 841  18 176  17 021  16 968  • Graham, as a non-executive director and Chairman of the
       Capital & Reserves  7 960  7 467  7 110  6 560  5 628
       LT Liab      19 694  8 405  8 037  7 875  8 127  Board; and
       Tot Curr Liab  25 155  18 181  16 108  14 541  14 351  • Andrew Waller, an independent non-executive director, as
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)       the lead independent director of the Board.
       EPS (ZARc)  1 078.70 1 124.10  948.90  945.50 1 010.00  Ms Mandy Hogan has resigned as the Company Secretary of
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  1 135.30 1 129.10  965.70  952.80 1 020.00  SPAR with effect from 31 December 2020.
       Pct chng p.a.  0.5  16.9  1.4  - 6.6  22.1
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  6.9  8.1  7.2  9.5  13.0
       DPS (ZARc)   865.00  800.00  729.00  675.00  665.00
       Pct chng p.a.  8.1   9.7  8.0   1.5   5.2
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  6.5  8.3  8.6  9.6  12.1
       NAV PS (ZARc)  4 102.20 3 879.90 3 692.20 3 407.00 3 140.10
       3 Yr Beta     0.07  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  18 965  19 101  18 413  16 708  19 222
       RATIOS
       Ret on SH Fnd  24.79  28.97  25.70  27.75  32.25
       Ret On Tot Ass  6.50  10.18  10.36  10.41  10.67
       Oper Pft Mgn  2.77  2.72  2.75  2.70  2.84
       D:E           2.65  1.46  1.13  1.24  1.53
       Int Cover     7.83  174.44  105.87  n/a  203.86
       Current Ratio  0.97  1.09  1.13  1.16  1.18
       Div Cover     1.25  1.41  1.32  1.41  1.52
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