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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 June 2026 and Dividend Declaration
BELL EQUIPMENT LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1968/013656/06)
Share code: BEL
ISIN: ZAE000028304
("Bell Equipment" or "the Company")
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2026 AND DIVIDEND DECLARATION
INTRODUCTION
Bell Equipment is a Proudly South African and global company with more than 70 years of experience in the manufacture,
distribution and support of materials handling equipment. Our comprehensive network of Bell branches and independent dealers
supplies equipment solutions, ancillary products and after-sales services to the agriculture, forestry, waste handling,
construction and mining industries worldwide.
This short form announcement and the results contained in this short form announcement have been prepared in compliance with
the JSE Limited's Listings Requirements.
The content of this short form announcement, which is only a summary of the information in the full announcement, is the
responsibility of the board of directors of the Company and has not been audited or reviewed by the Company's auditors.
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are available on the Company's website at www.bellir.co.za.
Any investment decisions by investors should be based on a consideration of the full announcement as a whole as the information
in this announcement does not provide all of the details and investors are encouraged to review the full announcement,
which is available for viewing on the Company's website (www.bellir.co.za).
Link to full results https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2026/jse/isse/BEL/Interim26.pdf
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS
Six months Six months
ended ended
30 June 2026 30 June 2025 % change
R'000 R'000
Revenue 5 348 104 6 104 635 (12)
Profit from operating activities 120 192 302 804 (60)
Profit for the interim period 77 593 227 888 (66)
Net cash inflow for the period 137 382 487 040 (72)
Earnings per share (basic)(cents) 70 225 (69)
Headline earnings per share (basic)(cents) 65 248 (74)
Net asset value per share (cents) 6 076 6 167 (1)
Dividend per share (cents) 30 - -
DIVIDEND CONSIDERATION
Notice is hereby given that the directors have declared a gross interim cash dividend of 30 cents per ordinary share for the
six-month period ended 30 June 2026 payable to ordinary shareholders in accordance with the timetable below.
The net interim dividend is 24 cents per share for ordinary shareholders who are subject to the 20 percent
dividend withholding tax.
The dividend has been declared from income reserves.
The company's income tax reference number is 9022169206.
The issued share capital at the declaration date is 95 629 385 ordinary shares.
Last day of trade to receive a dividend Monday, 21 September 2026
Shares commence trading "ex" dividend Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Record date Friday, 25 September 2026
Payment date Monday, 28 September 2026
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Tuesday, 22 September 2026 and Friday, 25 September 2026,
both days inclusive.
A shareholders' presentation is available on the Company's website.
On behalf of the board
Gary Bell Izak van Niekerk
Chairman Chief Executive
Richards Bay
4 September 2026
DIRECTORS
Non-executive
GW Bell (Chairman), HR van der Merwe* (Lead Independent), AJ Bell,
ME Ramathe*, R Naidu*, U Maharaj*, M Geyer*,
S Fitzpatrick*, H Ramsumer*
*Independent
DH Lawrance retired as non-executive director on 4 June 2026.
Executive
IJM van Niekerk (Group Chief Executive), SR Jones (Alternate),
KJ van Haght (Group Finance Director), A Goordeen (Alternate)
Appointed: IJM van Niekerk was appointed as Group Chief Executive with effect from 1 September 2026.
Appointed: SR Jones was appointed as alternate executive director to IJM van Niekerk from 3 September 2026.
Resigned: AJ Bell resigned as Group Chief Executive with effect from 31 August 2026.
From 1 September 2026, AJ Bell's designation changed from executive director to non-executive director.
Company Secretary
D McIlrath
Registered Office
13 - 19 Carbonode Cell Road, Alton, Richards Bay, 3900
Transfer Secretaries
JSE Investor Services Proprietary Limited
One Exchange Square, 2 Gwen Lane, Sandown, Sandton, 2196
Sponsor
Investec Bank Limited
100 Grayston Drive, Sandown, Sandton, 2196
Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
www.bellir.co.za
Announcement date: 4 September 2026
Date: 04/09/2026 01:00:00
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