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Trading Statement For The Six Months Ended 31 March 2022
Pepkor Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 2017/221869/06)
Share Code: PPH
Debt Code: PPHI
ISIN: ZAE000259479
(“Pepkor” the “group” or the “company”)
TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
In terms of the JSE Limited (“JSE”) Listings Requirements (the “Requirements”), a listed company
is required to publish a trading statement as soon as it becomes aware that a reasonable degree
of certainty exists that the financial results for the financial period to be reported on next will differ
by at least 20% from the financial results for the previous corresponding period.
Shareholders and noteholders are hereby advised that a reasonable degree of certainty exists
that the group’s statutory earnings per share (“EPS”) and headline earnings per share (“HEPS”)
for the six months ended 31 March 2022, when compared to the previous corresponding period,
are expected to increase within the ranges reflected in the table below.
STATUTORY STATUTORY STATUTORY
RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS
Six months ended Six months ended Expected change
31 March 2021 31 March 2022 (%)
(cents) (cents)
EPS 71.4** 85.7 to 92.7 20.1% to 29.8%
HEPS 71.3** 87.2 to 94.1 22.3% to 31.9%
The increase in EPS and HEPS is attributed to improved operational performance and the
recovery of Pepkor’s exposure to the management investment company, Business Venture
Investments 1499 (RF) Proprietary Limited (“BVI”), as first reported in 2018. BVI was invested in
Steinhoff International N.V. (“Steinhoff”) shares and Pepkor fully provided for its exposure to a
financial guarantee on behalf of BVI and associated loans. This follows the successful
implementation of the Steinhoff global settlement and included the settlement of all claims and
litigation of former Tekkie Town owners and management against Steinhoff and Pepkor.
The Pepkor board is of the view that this is a very positive conclusion for Pepkor. The company
is therefore able to honour its commitment made to shareholders in 2018 to recover the funds.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based, has not been reviewed or
reported on by the company's external auditors.
Publication of results
Pepkor's results for the six months ending 31 March 2022 will be published on the Stock
Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on Friday, 27 May 2022.
A live webcast of the results presentation will be broadcast at 10:00am (SAST) and the webcast
registration link will be made available closer to the time on the Pepkor website:
www.pepkor.co.za
** EPS and HEPS for the six months ended 31 March 2021 were remeasured and restated to
reclassify The Building Company as continuing operations following the termination of the
transaction to dispose of the business as announced on 12 August 2021 on SENS. As a result,
the reported EPS of 66.7 cents and HEPS of 74.0 cents were restated as reflected in the table
above.
Parow
28 April 2022
Equity Sponsor
PSG Capital
Debt Sponsor and Corporate Broker
Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Date: 28-04-2022 02:30:00
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