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CURRO HOLDINGS LIMITED - Trading Statement And Publication Date Of The Financial Results For The Year Ended 31 December 2021

Release Date: 03/02/2022 16:50
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Trading Statement And Publication Date Of The Financial Results For The Year Ended 31 December 2021

CURRO HOLDINGS LIMITED
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration No. 1998/025801/06)
JSE Equity Alpha Code: COH
ISIN: ZAE000156253
JSE Debt Alpha Code: COH1
(“Curro” or “the Company”)

TRADING STATEMENT AND PUBLICATION DATE OF THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

In terms of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, a listed company is required to publish a
trading statement as soon as it becomes reasonably certain that the financial results for the
next period to be reported on will differ by 20% or more from the financial results for the
previous corresponding period. The Company hereby advises that it expects the financial
results for the year ended 31 December 2021 to fall within the following ranges:

                              Reported results                   Forecast
                             for the year ended             for the year ended
                             31 December 2020                 31 December 2021
                                    cents               cents                change
    Recurring headline
                                                                       Increase of between
    earnings per share              38.0             39.0 to 43.0
                                                                         2.6% and 13.2%
    (RHEPS)

    Headline earnings                                                  Increase of between
                                    36.4             39.0 to 43.0
    per share (HEPS)                                                     7.1% and 18.1%

                                                                     Increase from a loss of
    Earnings / (Loss) per                                            6.5 cents to earnings of
                                    (6.5)            41.0 to 45.0
    share (EPS)                                                      between 41.0 cents and
                                                                           45.0 cents

In evaluating these results, shareholders should take the following into account:

•      Recurring headline earnings will increase by between 30.3% and 43.7% from
       R179 million in the previous financial year and headline earnings will increase by
       between 36.0% and 50.0% from R171 million in the previous financial year.

•      The rights offer in September 2020 resulted in an additional 27% weighted average
       shares in issue during the financial year ended December 2021 compared to the
       previous financial year, which consequently reduce the respective earnings per share
       figures meaningfully. The company had 597 961 595 shares in issue throughout the 2021
       financial year, compared to a weighted average of 470 998 749 shares for the previous
       comparable period.

•      Curro recognised impairments of R207 million (net of tax) in the previous financial year,
       relating to lower-yielding school assets. These impairment charges were included in the
       calculation of EPS, but are added back for purposes of the calculation of HEPS, and
       accordingly accounted for the key difference between HEPS and EPS in the previous
       financial year.

Results announcement

The Company is currently finalising its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2021.
These results will be published on Wednesday, 23 February 2022 and a webcast of the
results presentation is scheduled for 10:30 on Wednesday, 23 February 2022.

The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or
reported on by the auditor of the Company.

Durbanville
3 February 2022

Equity and Debt Sponsor
PSG Capital

Independent Joint Equity Sponsor
UBS South Africa

Date: 03-02-2022 04:50:00
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