Short-Form Announcement Of The Condensed Reviewed Six Months Financial Results Ended 31 August 2020
RH BOPHELO LIMITED
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration number: 2016/533398/06)
JSE & RSE Share Code: RHB, ISIN: ZAE000244737
(“RHB” or “the Company”)
SHORT-FORM ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONDENSED REVIEWED SIX MONTHS FINANCIAL RESULTS
ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020
The Board of Directors ("the Board") of the Company is pleased to present the reviewed results for the six
months ended 31 August 2020.
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
The key financial indicators reflected in these financial results are:
• Net asset value per share increased by 18%, current period R12,85 compared to prior period R10,86;
• Net asset value increased by 30% when compared to the prior period, from of R583,6 million to
R756,6 million;
• Investment income increased by 160% when compared to the prior period, from R44,1 million to
R114,8 million;
• Total income before tax increased by 168% when compared to the prior period, from R38,4 million to
R103 million;
• Total income after tax increased by 161% when compared to the prior period, from R31 million to
R81 million; and
• No dividends were declared in the current and prior period.
Aug-20 Aug-19* Feb-20
Reviewed Restated Audited
R R R
Investment income 114 859 350 44 169 598 105 386 661
Other Income 138 000 123 866 1 984 110
Total expenses (11 925 752) (5 837 152) (16 912 042)
Total income before tax 103 071 598 38 456 312 90 458 729
Income tax (21 942 494) (7 432 262) (20 469 771)
Total income after tax 81 129 104 31 024 050 69 988 958
Earnings per share
Per share information
Basic and Headline earnings per share (R) 2,79 1,20 1,31
Weighted average number of issued shares 29 067 120 25 759 713 53 592 090
Aug-20 Aug-19* Feb-20
Reviewed Restated Audited
R R R
Net Asset value 756 697 948 583 643 936 646 608 844
Cash and cash equivalents 44 164 704 265 094 836 120 069 140
Number of shares in issue 58 875 000 53 750 000 55 934 179
Tangible and Net Asset Value per share (R) 12,85 10,86 11,56
*Prior period has been restated due to a reclassification of accounts and amounts in the statement of
profit or loss and other comprehensive, the statement of financial position and calculation of the
weighted average numbers of issued shares from a 12month average to a 6month average.
SHORT-FORM NOTICE
This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the Directors of the Company. It is a summary of the
full announcement released on SENS and published on the company’s website
(https://www.rhbophelo.co.za/investment/investors) on 29 October 2020, and does not contain full or
complete details.
This announcement is itself not independently reviewed but extracted from independently reviewed results,
on which Mazars has issued an unmodified review conclusion, supporting that there was no material
uncertainty relating to the going concern assumption of the business. The results are available on the
Company’s website: (https://www.rhbophelo.co.za/investment/investors).
Any investment decisions by investors and/or shareholders should be based on consideration of the full
announcement available on the Company’s website and SENS, the full announcement can be accessed using
the following links:
• company website (https://www.rhbophelo.co.za/investment/investors).
• JSE Link: https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2020/jse/isse/RHBE/Half2020.pdf
The full announcement can be requested from the company secretary via an email
(ragni@corporate-vision.co.za).
On behalf of the Board
Quinton Zunga
CEO
Dion Mhlaba
CFO
Johannesburg
29 October 2020
Registered Office Sponsor South Africa
3rd floor, 18 Melrose Boulevard Deloitte & Touche Sponsor Services Proprietary
Melrose Arch, Melrose North Limited
Johannesburg, 2076
South Africa Sponsor Rwanda
Tel +27 (0) 10-007-2171 Faida Securities Rwanda Limited
Email: invest@rhbophelo.co.za
Auditors
Mazars
Directors 54 Glenhove Road
Q Zunga (Chief executive officer) Melrose Estate
KD Mhlaba (Chief financial officer) Johannesburg
VP Nomvalo (Executive director) Gauteng
C Clarke (Executive director) 2196
Dr. SG Motuba (Lead independent non-executive Director)
Dr. KR Ntshwana (Independent non-executive Director)
JR Oliphant (Non-executive chairman)
Dr. PD Sekete (Non-executive Director)
D Lerutla (Independent non-executive Director)
B Segooa (Independent non-executive Director)
R Nkadimeng (Independent non-executive Director)
Company Secretary
Corporate Vision Consulting Proprietary Limited
Date: 29-10-2020 12:40:00
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