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ALVIVA HOLDINGS LIMITED - General Repurchase Of Shares Announcement

Release Date: 23/11/2020 08:30
Code(s): AVV     PDF:  
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General Repurchase Of Shares Announcement

Alviva Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number 1986/000334/06
Share Code: AVV
ISIN: ZAE000227484
(“Alviva” or “The Company”)

GENERAL REPURCHASE OF SHARES ANNOUNCEMENT

1.     INTRODUCTION

      The board of directors of Alviva (“the Board”) hereby advises shareholders that, in terms of the
      general authority granted by shareholders through a special resolution at the annual general
      meeting held on 18 November 2020, Alviva has cumulatively repurchased 3,732,492 ordinary
      shares in aggregate, representing 3.02% of the Company’s issued shares (excluding the 6 384
      955 shares repurchased on 13 November 2020, as per the SENS announcement dated 16
      November 2020, and the Forfeitable Share Plan (“FSP”) shares) (“Repurchase(s)”).

2.    DETAILS OF THE REPURCHASES

      Date of Repurchases:                             19 November 2020
      Number of shares repurchased:                    3,732,492
      Lowest repurchase price per share (cents):       780
      Highest repurchase price per share (cents):      800
      Total value of Repurchases:                      R29 165 319.24

      Following the repurchases the Company will hold a total of 10,117,447 shares, including the
      above 3,732,492 shares, all of which will be cancelled and delisted before 30 November 2020.
      The Company holds 6,415,000 FSP shares as Treasury Shares, both before and after the above
      repurchases.

      The repurchases were effected through the order book operated by the JSE Limited and done
      without any prior understanding or arrangement between the Company and the counterparties.

      Following the Repurchases, the extent of the balance of the general authority to repurchase
      shares is 20,971,066 ordinary shares, representing 16.98% of the total issued shares of Alviva,
      at the time the authority was granted.

3.    OPINION OF THE BOARD

      The Board had considered the effect of the Repurchases and was of the opinion that, for a period
      of 12 months following the dates of the respective repurchases:

            -    the Company and the group will be able in the ordinary course of business to pay its
                 debts;
            -    the assets of the Company and the group will be in excess of the liabilities of the
                 company and the group. For this purpose, the assets and liabilities were recognised
                 and measured in accordance with the accounting policies used in the latest audited
                 group annual financial statements;
            -    the share capital and reserves of the Company and the group will be adequate for
                 ordinary business purposes;
            -    the working capital of the Company and the group will be adequate for ordinary
                 business purposes; and
            -   the Company and the group have passed the solvency and liquidity test and since the
                test was performed, there have been no material changes to the financial position of
                the group.


4.    SOURCE OF FUNDS

      The Repurchases were funded from the Company’s available cash resources.

5.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

      Cash balances and issued share capital decrease by R29 165 319.24 as a result of the
      Repurchases. The impact on other areas of the Company’s financial information is immaterial.

6.    COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 5.72 OF THE JSE LISTINGS REQUIREMENTS

      The Repurchases took place outside of any closed period.


Midrand
23 November 2020


Company Secretary: Ms SL Grobler
Sponsor: Deloitte & Touche Sponsor Services (Pty) Ltd

Date: 23-11-2020 08:30:00
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