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MARSHALL MONTEAGLE PLC - Summarised audited results for the year ended 31 March 2023 and dividend declaration

Release Date: 23/06/2023 14:55
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Summarised audited results for the year ended 31 March 2023 and dividend declaration

 Marshall Monteagle PLC
 (Incorporated in Jersey)
 (Registration number: 102785)
 (External registration number:
 2010/024031/10)
 JSE Code: MMP ISIN: JE00B5N88T08
 (“the Company”)




Summarised audited results for the year ended 31 March 2023 and dividend declaration

Note : This announcement is published to correct a formatting error that occurs in the
long form Audited Annual Results for the year ended 31 March 2023 of the Company,
which was published on the JSE website on 21 June 2023 and contains no other
amendments.


Marshall Monteagle is an Investment Company. It is listed on the JSE Limited and has a broad and
diversified range of investments. The investments fall broadly into the following categories:

    •   Blue Chip International listed companies;
    •   Industrial Property in the United States of America and South Africa; and
    •   Financing and Trading Companies that operate on an international basis.

The Company’s objective is to invest for the long term to generate reliable profits, cash flow and
dividends for our shareholders; thereby achieving capital growth for the benefit of all stakeholders. The
performance of the Group’s investments is monitored and regularly reviewed by the Board.

As a result of the change in year end of the Company in 2022, the previous financial accounts for the
period ending 31 March 2022 was for an 18 month period. When compared to the current 12 month
period to 31 March 2023, it should be highlighted that this can have a skewing effect on the percentage
figures stated in the salient features below. Detailed analysis of the financial results is provided in the
financial statements.


Salient Features
                                                           %         12 months to 31      18 months to 31
                                                       change            March 2023           March 2022

Total revenue                                           (38)%          $125,327,000          $201,123,000
Operating profit                                        (77)%            $2,932,000           $12,562,000
Profit before tax                                       (91)%              $792,000            $8,142,000
Basic earnings (rands)                                  (94)%              ZAR0.11               ZAR1.87
Headline earnings (rands)                              (156)%             ZAR(0.78)             ZAR1.154
Basic earnings (cents per share)                        (95)%                   0.6c                12.8c
Headline earnings (cents per share)                    (156)%                 (4.4)c                 7.9c
Weighted average number of ordinary shares                               35,857,512            35,857,512


Dividend

The Directors have declared a final gross dividend for the year ended 31 March 2023 of US 1.90000
cents per share (34.55625 ZAR cents per share). The dividend will be paid on Friday 28 July 2023 to
those shareholders registered at the close of business on Friday, 14 July 2023.
Shareholders on the South African register will receive their dividend in South African Rand converted
from US Dollars at the closing rate of exchange on Monday, 19 June 2023 which was US$1 = ZAR
18.18750).

In respect of the normal gross cash dividend, and in terms of the South African Tax Act, the following
dividend tax ruling only applies to those shareholders who are registered on the South African register
on Friday, 14 July 2023. All other shareholders are exempt.

•     The dividend has been declared from income reserves, which funds are sourced from the Jersey
      holding company’s main bank account in Switzerland.

•     The gross dividend in ZAR cents is 34.55625 cents.

•     The dividend withholding tax rate is 20% resulting in a net dividend of US 1.52000 cents
      (27.64500 ZAR cents) per share to those shareholders who are not exempt from the dividend
      withholding tax.

The issued number of shares as at declaration date is 35,857,512.

The Company’s Jersey tax number is CH4513.


Salient dates for the dividend:

Last day to trade                                 Tuesday 11 July 20223

Shares trade ex-dividend                          Wednesday 12 July 2023

Record date                                       Friday 14 July 2023

Pay date                                          Friday, 28 July 2023

No dematerialisation or rematerialisation of share certificates, nor transfer of shares between the
registers in Jersey and South Africa will take place between Wednesday 12 July 2023 and Friday 14
July 2023, both dates inclusive.

Audit Report

This report for the year ended 31 March 2023 was prepared under the supervision of the Financial
Director, Mr E.J. Beale. Although these financial results were themselves not audited they are extracted
from the consolidated and company annual financial statements which were audited by Grant Thornton
Limited who issued an unmodified audit opinion on the financial statements. Their audit opinion,
together with the audited annual financial statements, can be viewed at www.city-group.com/london-
finance-investment-group-plc/marshall-monteagle-plc/ which also provides more details on the key
audit matters on pages 55 to 60 of the annual financial statements. The audited Annual Report will be
mailed to shareholders on 30th June 2023.

Full Announcement

This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the Directors of the Company and is a summary of the
information in the full announcement which is available for viewing on the following website:

JSE website: https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2023/jse/isse/mmp/mmp23-2.pdf

Any investment decision by investors and/or shareholders should be based on consideration of the full
announcement, copies of which are also available for inspection at our offices and available from the
company secretary at: melissa.bourgeois@city-group.com on business days, during business hours, at no
charge:

On behalf of the Board

United Kingdom
23 June 2023

JSE Sponsor to the Company
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited

Date: 23-06-2023 02:55:00
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