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YEBOYETHU (RF) LIMITED - Results for the year ended 31 March 2018 and dividend declaration

Release Date: 14/05/2018 09:05
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Results for the year ended 31 March 2018 and dividend declaration

YeboYethu (RF) Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 2008/014734/06)
Share code: YYLBEE            ISIN: ZAE000218483
("YeboYethu” or the “company”)


Results for the year ended 31 March 2018 and dividend declaration

YeboYethu’s only material investment is its investment in Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited (‘Vodacom
SA’). Shareholders are advised that Vodacom Group Limited ("Vodacom") has released its annual
results for the year ended 31 March 2018 on SENS. The annual results announcement includes
selected information on the Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited operations and is available for download on
the Vodacom website hosted at www.vodacom.com

Audited YeboYethu results for the year ended 31 March 2018 are also available on YeboYethu's
website at www.yeboyethu.co.za. The salient features include:

    -     Gain on remeasurement of financial instrument of R624.0 million (2017: R352.7 million);
    -     Vodacom SA option asset up 38.2% (2017: 27.5%) to R2 258.8 million;
    -     Basic earnings per share of 3 464.0 cents (2017: 2 012.1 cents); and
    -     A gross dividend of 100 cents (2017: 112 cents) per ordinary share to be paid on 4 June
          2018.

Audited results of Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited for the year ended 31 March 2018 are also
available on YeboYethu's website at www.yeboyethu.co.za

Declaration of final dividend number 10 - payable from income reserves

Notice is hereby given that a gross final dividend number 10 of 100 cents per ordinary share in
respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2018 has been declared payable on Monday 4 June
2018 to shareholders recorded in the register at the close of business on Friday 1 June 2018. The
number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this declaration is 14 395 300. The dividend will be
subject to a local dividend withholding tax rate of 20% which will result in a net dividend to those
shareholders not exempt from paying dividend withholding tax of 80 cents per ordinary share.

Last day to trade shares cum dividend             Tuesday 29 May 2018
Shares commence trading ex-dividend               Wednesday 30 May 2018
Record date                                       Friday 1 June 2018
Payment date                                      Monday 4 June 2018

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday 30 May 2018
and Friday 1 June 2018, both days inclusive.

On Monday 4 June 2018, the final dividend will be electronically transferred into the bank accounts
of all certificated shareholders where this facility is available. Shareholders who hold dematerialised
shares will have their accounts at their CSDP or broker credited on Monday 4 June 2018.

YeboYethu (RF) Limited tax reference number is 9087475175

Midrand

Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited

14 May 2018

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