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RH BOPHELO LIMITED - Short-Form Announcement Of The Condensed Reviewed Six Months Financial Results Ended 31 August 2020

Release Date: 29/10/2020 12:40
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Short-Form Announcement Of The Condensed Reviewed Six Months Financial Results Ended 31 August 2020

RH BOPHELO LIMITED
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration number: 2016/533398/06)
JSE & RSE Share Code: RHB, ISIN: ZAE000244737
(“RHB” or “the Company”)


SHORT-FORM ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONDENSED REVIEWED SIX MONTHS FINANCIAL RESULTS
ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020


The Board of Directors ("the Board") of the Company is pleased to present the reviewed results for the six
months ended 31 August 2020.

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
The key financial indicators reflected in these financial results are:

  •   Net asset value per share increased by 18%, current period R12,85 compared to prior period R10,86;
  •   Net asset value increased by 30% when compared to the prior period, from of R583,6 million to
      R756,6 million;
  •   Investment income increased by 160% when compared to the prior period, from R44,1 million to
      R114,8 million;
  •   Total income before tax increased by 168% when compared to the prior period, from R38,4 million to
      R103 million;
  •   Total income after tax increased by 161% when compared to the prior period, from R31 million to
      R81 million; and
  •   No dividends were declared in the current and prior period.

                                                                    Aug-20          Aug-19*           Feb-20
                                                                  Reviewed         Restated          Audited
                                                                          R                R                R
       Investment income                                        114 859 350       44 169 598      105 386 661
       Other Income                                                 138 000          123 866        1 984 110
       Total expenses                                          (11 925 752)      (5 837 152)     (16 912 042)
       Total income before tax                                  103 071 598       38 456 312       90 458 729
       Income tax                                              (21 942 494)      (7 432 262)     (20 469 771)
       Total income after tax                                    81 129 104       31 024 050       69 988 958

       Earnings per share
       Per share information
       Basic and Headline earnings per share (R)                       2,79            1,20             1,31
       Weighted average number of issued shares                  29 067 120      25 759 713       53 592 090




                                                                    Aug-20          Aug-19*             Feb-20
                                                                 Reviewed           Restated           Audited
                                                                            R              R                    R
        Net Asset value                                        756 697 948       583 643 936       646 608 844
        Cash and cash equivalents                               44 164 704       265 094 836       120 069 140
        Number of shares in issue                               58 875 000        53 750 000         55 934 179


        Tangible and Net Asset Value per share (R)                       12,85         10,86              11,56

        *Prior period has been restated due to a reclassification of accounts and amounts in the statement of
        profit or loss and other comprehensive, the statement of financial position and calculation of the
        weighted average numbers of issued shares from a 12month average to a 6month average.

SHORT-FORM NOTICE

This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the Directors of the Company. It is a summary of the
full   announcement    released    on    SENS       and    published     on   the    company’s    website
(https://www.rhbophelo.co.za/investment/investors) on 29 October 2020, and does not contain full or
complete details.

This announcement is itself not independently reviewed but extracted from independently reviewed results,
on which Mazars has issued an unmodified review conclusion, supporting that there was no material
uncertainty relating to the going concern assumption of the business. The results are available on the
Company’s website: (https://www.rhbophelo.co.za/investment/investors).

Any investment decisions by investors and/or shareholders should be based on consideration of the full
announcement available on the Company’s website and SENS, the full announcement can be accessed using
the following links:
    •    company website (https://www.rhbophelo.co.za/investment/investors).
    •    JSE Link: https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2020/jse/isse/RHBE/Half2020.pdf

The full announcement can be requested from the company secretary via an email
(ragni@corporate-vision.co.za).



On behalf of the Board
Quinton Zunga
CEO

Dion Mhlaba
CFO

Johannesburg
29 October 2020

 Registered Office                                              Sponsor South Africa
 3rd floor, 18 Melrose Boulevard                                Deloitte & Touche Sponsor Services Proprietary
 Melrose Arch, Melrose North                                    Limited
 Johannesburg, 2076
 South Africa                                                   Sponsor Rwanda
 Tel +27 (0) 10-007-2171                                        Faida Securities Rwanda Limited
 Email: invest@rhbophelo.co.za
                                                                Auditors
                                                                Mazars
 Directors                                                      54 Glenhove Road
 Q Zunga (Chief executive officer)                              Melrose Estate
 KD Mhlaba (Chief financial officer)                            Johannesburg
 VP Nomvalo (Executive director)                                Gauteng
 C Clarke (Executive director)                                  2196
 Dr. SG Motuba (Lead independent non-executive Director)
 Dr. KR Ntshwana (Independent non-executive Director)
 JR Oliphant (Non-executive chairman)
 Dr. PD Sekete (Non-executive Director)
 D Lerutla (Independent non-executive Director)
 B Segooa (Independent non-executive Director)
 R Nkadimeng (Independent non-executive Director)

 Company Secretary
 Corporate Vision Consulting Proprietary Limited

Date: 29-10-2020 12:40:00
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