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                   aReit Prop Ltd.                         Argent Industrial Ltd.
        ARE                                        ARG
                  SUSPENDED COMPANY               ISIN: ZAE000019188  SHORT: ARGENT  CODE: ART
       ISIN: ZAE000306585  SHORT: AREIT  CODE: APO  REG NO: 1993/002054/06  FOUNDED: 1994  LISTED: 1994
       REG NO: 2021/837953/06  FOUNDED: 2021  LISTED: 2022  NATURE OF BUSINESS: Argent Industrial Ltd. is largely a steel-based
       NATUREOFBUSINESS:aReitPropholdsaslightlydiversifiedportfoliooftwo  beneficiation group with a very diverse portfolio of businesses that include
        hospitality properties (Cresta Grande Hotel and Fountains Hotel) and one  international brands.
        medical property (Lady Hamilton) at the Last Practicable Date. Rental income  SECTOR:Inds—IndsGoods&Services—IndsSupptServ—IndustrialSupplies
        is also derived from lease of a billboard on top of the Cresta Grande Hotel.  NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 3 416
        The acquisition of the leasehold properties is with effect from 31 December  DIRECTORS: Angus C (ind ne), ChristofidesPA(ind ne), Litschka A F,
        2021, which acquisition provides the cession of the existing lease agreements  Mapasa K (ind ne), Scharrighuisen T (Chair, ne, Neth),
        with effect from 1 January 2022 with four tenants, namely Cresta Hotels,  Hendry T R (CEO, UK), Meyer H (FD)
        Afrirent, Suncare and Supasite.           MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Mar 2024
       SECTOR: RealEstate—RealEstate—REITS—Diversified  Saxo Bank                    21.46%
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0                       Clearstream Banking SA Luxembourg  9.40%
       DIRECTORS: Chase S (ind ne), KrugerJA(ld ind ne), Nel T (ld ind ne),  Citiclient Nominees No 8  7.79%
        Osse J (Chair, ne, Neth), Jaspers M (CEO, Neth), Ismail A (FD)  POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 5108, La Lucia, Ridge Office Estate, 4019
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 01 Sep 2023  MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ART
         New Line Investments 101 (Pty) Ltd.  88.71%  COMPANY SECRETARY: Jaco Dauth
       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 325, Goodwood, 7459  TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/APO  SPONSOR: PSG Capital (Pty) Ltd.
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Light Consulting (Pty) Ltd.  AUDITORS: RSM South Africa
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  AUTHORISED  ISSUED
       SPONSOR: AcaciaCap Advisors (Pty) Ltd.     ART  Ords no par value  200 000 000  54 430 980
       AUDITORS: PFK (Pretoria) Inc.
                                                  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE   AUTHORISED     ISSUED  Ords no par value     Ldt     Pay    Amt
       APO  Ords no par val  100 000 000  100 000 000  Final No 48   16 Jul 24  22 Jul 24  60.00
       DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]                       Interim No 47     11 Dec 23  18 Dec 23  55.00
       Ords no par val       Ldt    Pay     Amt   LIQUIDITY: Oct24 Avg 423 732 shares p.w., R7.8m(40.5% p.a.)
       Final No 6        13 Aug 24  19 Aug 24  10.99
       Final No 5        23 Apr 24  29 Apr 24  33.00      SUPS       40 Week MA   ARGENT
       LIQUIDITY: Oct24 Avg 190 shares p.w., R510.7(-% p.a.)
               REIV       40 Week MA   AREIT                                           2211
                                           945
                                                                                       1726
                                           806
                                                                                       1241
                                           667
                                                                                       757
                                           528
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                                                     2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  2024
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                                                  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                                           250    (Amts in ZAR’000)  Mar 24  Mar 23  Mar 22  Mar 21  Mar 20
            2022   |     2023   |     2024
                                                                Final  Final  Final  Final  Final
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS                       Turnover   2 544 216 2 459 359 2 432 702 1 965 960 1 727 721
       (Amts in ZAR’000)    Jun 23        Dec 22  Op Inc      342 729  304 358  264 259  189 534  133 383
                            Interim        Final  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  303  11 597  11 650  13 700  14 721
       NetRent/InvInc        31 517        63 602  Minority Int  7 381  5 744  1 868  1 693  1 693
       Total Inc             31 517        63 974  Att Inc    244 924  230 521  190 208  130 362  96 221
       Attrib Inc            19 888        39 598  TotCompIncLoss  291 446  298 434  183 017  109 740  117 368
       TotCompIncLoss        19 888        39 578  Fixed Ass  484 127  481 362  456 745  452 494  466 120
       Ord UntHs Int        933 806       923 521  Tot Curr Ass  1 669 964 1 355 022 1 191 456  943 537  837 568
       FixedAss/Prop        913 918       913 918
       Tot Curr Ass         20 716         10 036  Ord SH Int  1 695 724 1 492 955 1 262 210 1 116 039 1 027 305
       Total Ass            934 634       923 954  Minority Int  26 185  20 038  15 187  17 369  20 176
       Tot Curr Liab          828           433   LT Liab     139 071  156 351  181 097  197 213  292 681
                                                  Tot Curr Liab  653 690  490 245  521 185  355 379  237 394
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       HEPLU-C (ZARc)        32.60         63.97  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       DPLU (ZARc)              -          39.59  HEPS-C (ZARc)  438.50  411.30  339.20  217.90  133.40
       NAV (ZARc)           933.80         923.52  DPS (ZARc)  115.00  95.00  42.00  -   -
       Price Prd End          380           600   NAV PS (ZARc)  3 115.40 2 683.60 2 238.30 1 910.20 1 674.00
       Price High             600           800   3 Yr Beta     0.24  0.34  0.41  0.25  - 0.29
       Price Low              349           400   Price High    1 940  1 550  1 599  999  620
       RATIOS                                     Price Low     1 380  1 101  880  390  401
       RetOnSH Funds          4.26          4.29  Price Prd End  1 858  1 470  1 348  910  495
       RetOnTotAss            6.74          6.92  RATIOS
       OperRetOnInv           6.90          6.96  Ret on SH Fnd  14.65  15.62  15.04  11.65  9.35
       OpInc:Turnover        96.67         97.17
                                                  Oper Pft Mgn  13.47  12.38  10.86  9.64  7.72
                                                  D:E           0.09  0.12  0.18  0.20  0.29
                                                  Current Ratio  2.55  2.76  2.29  2.66  3.53
                                                  Div Cover     3.84  4.35  7.86   -     -
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