EasyETFs (RF) PROPRIETARY LIMITED - ASBI Final Liquidation Announcement

ASBI Final Liquidation Announcement

EasyETFs (RF) Proprietary Limited
(Registration number 2013/078096/07)
(Being the manager of the EasyETFs Scheme)

EasyETFs S&P African Sovereign Bond ETF
(Being a portfolio under the EasyETFs Scheme, registered in the Republic of South Africa in
terms of the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 45 of 2002)
JSE code: ASBI
ISIN: ZAE000297354
("ASBI ETF")


EASYETFS S&P SOVEREIGN AFRICA BOND ETF ("ASBI ETF") FINAL LIQUIDATION
ANNOUNCEMENT


Participatory interest holders ("unitholders") are referred to the ASBI ETF announcement
published on SENS on 3 August 2023 and the subsequent updates of such announcement,
latest published on SENS on 6 November 2023 in which they were advised that, EasyETFs
(RF) (Pty) Ltd ("we" or "us" or "our"), in its capacity as the manager of the EasyETFs Scheme,
applied to the Financial Sector Conduct Authority ("Authority") for the winding up of the ASBI
ETF.
The Authority approved the winding up of the ASBI ETF and the effective date of the final
liquidation will be 29 December 2023.
The manager and trustees of the EasyETFs Scheme [being EasyETFs (RF) Proprietary
Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited, acting through Rand Merchant Bank Trustee Services
Division], respectively, have declared a distribution to holders of the ASBI ETF recorded in the
register on Friday, 29 December 2023 in respect of the final liquidation. The distribution rate
will be published on SENS in the finalisation announcement.

Trading in ASBI ETF is suspended.


Salient dates

 Declaration date                                                Thursday, 7 December, 2023

 Publication of finalisation information                         Thursday, 14 December 2023

 Last day to trade                                                 Friday, 22 December 2023
 
 Record date                                                      Friday, 29 December, 2023

 Payment date                                                       Tuesday, 2 January 2024

 Termination of listing                                          Wednesday, 3 January, 2024


Payments

Payments will be done in the form of a final distribution, announced on SENS, and
administered by Strate Proprietary Limited, to your relevant controlled, or non-controlled,
securities account.

Tax implications

The winding-up of the portfolio will constitute a Capital Gains Tax ("CGT") event for you, and
you may be liable to pay CGT at your next income tax assessment. If you require tax advice,
please contact your tax consultant.


Johannesburg
7 December 2023
Listing Advisor: Prescient Structured Product Advisory (Pty) Ltd

Date: 08-12-2023 07:10:00
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