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Crookes Brothers Ltd. Curro Holdings Ltd.
CRO CUR
ISIN: ZAE000001434 SHORT: CROOKES CODE: CKS ISIN: ZAE000156253 SHORT: CURRO CODE: COH
REG NO: 1913/000290/06 FOUNDED: 1913 LISTED: 1948 REG NO: 1998/025801/06 FOUNDED: 1998 LISTED: 2011
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Crookes Brothers Ltd. is a South African NATURE OF BUSINESS: Curro was established in 1998 and is the leading
company with agricultural operationsin the KwaZulu-Natal,Mpumalanga for-profit independent school provider in southern Africa. It develops,
and Western Cape provinces of South Africa, as well as in Swaziland, acquires and manages independent schools for learners from the age of
Zambia and Mozambique. three months to Grade 12. The different school models are Curro Castles
The group’s head office is located at Mount Edgecombe, Durban. (nursery schools), Curro, Curro Academy, Meridian and Select schools.
SECTOR:ConsStaples—Food,Beverage&Tobacco—FoodProducers—Farmers SECTOR: ConsDiscr—ConsProducts&Servcs—ConsServcs—EducationServcs
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1 119 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 6 557
DIRECTORS: ChanceRGF(ind ne), CrookesTJ(ne), DentonTK(ne), DIRECTORS: Fernandez C (ne), Mathe B (ind ne), Molebatsi L (ne),
Mall F (ind ne), Stewart R (ind ne), Vaughan-Smith G (ne), MoutonPJ(ne), RamaphosaDM(ind ne), van der Merwe DrCR(ne),
Xaba T (ind ne), Riddle L W (Chair, ind ne), Naidoo N (Group CFO), Baloyi T (Chair Designate, ind ne), Loubser C (CEO),
Sinclair K (Group CEO) Lategan M (Deputy CEO), September B (CFO)
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Mar 2024 MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 14 Jun 2024
Silverlands (SA) Plantations SARL 44.80% Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd. 15.06%
Ellingham Estate (Pty) Ltd. 5.50% Camissa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. 11.20%
Government Employees Pension Fund 4.83% Allan Gray 6.10%
POSTAL ADDRESS:POBox611, Mt.Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal,4300 POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 2436, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7551
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CKS MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/COH
COMPANY SECRETARY: Highway Corporate Services (Pty) Ltd. COMPANY SECRETARY: Elizabeth Mpeke
TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
SPONSOR: Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd. SPONSOR: PSG Capital (Pty) Ltd.
AUDITORS: Deloitte & Touche Inc. AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
CKS Ords 25c ea 16 000 000 15 264 317 COH Ords no par value 600 000 000 576 101 913
DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc] DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
Ords 25c ea Ldt Pay Amt Ords no par value Ldt Pay Amt
Final No 208 5 Aug 24 12 Aug 24 200.00 Final No 5 9 Apr 24 15 Apr 24 14.64
Final No 207 3 Aug 21 10 Aug 21 50.00 Final No 4 11 Apr 23 17 Apr 23 11.08
LIQUIDITY: Jan25 Avg 13 188 shares p.w., R406 994.8(4.5% p.a.) LIQUIDITY: Jan25 Avg 3m shares p.w., R37.7m(29.3% p.a.)
FOOD 40 Week MA CROOKES 40 Week MA CURRO
2101
5086 1791
4402 1481
3719 1171
3035 861
2352 551
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
FINANCIAL STATISTICS FINANCIAL STATISTICS
(Amts in ZAR’000) Sep 24 Mar 24 Mar 23 Mar 22 Mar 21 (R million) Jun 24 Dec 23 Dec 22 Dec 21 Dec 20
Interim Final Final Final Final Interim Final Final Final Final
Turnover 519 055 727 913 615 730 576 654 635 583 Turnover 2 588 4 764 4 156 3 543 3 094
Op Inc 94 529 111 163 - 148 560 42 744 97 859 Op Inc 466 847 645 508 455
NetIntPd(Rcvd) 14 892 40 180 39 009 19 405 31 428 NetIntPd(Rcvd) 157 274 208 170 223
Minority Int 22 594 28 002 - 3 441 16 376 19 572 Minority Int - 6 - 9 - 4 - 8 - 12
Att Inc 37 876 61 326 - 196 134 62 610 23 235 Att Inc 228 41 239 259 - 31
TotCompIncLoss 22 633 94 453 - 134 098 63 572 25 769 TotCompIncLoss 219 34 271 303 - 108
Fixed Ass 601 750 618 271 618 969 773 561 751 297
Inv & Loans 123 997 121 701 114 118 113 637 67 152 Fixed Ass 10 727 10 543 10 487 9 800 9 120
Tot Curr Ass 764 556 733 351 676 571 629 947 632 272 Tot Curr Ass 674 553 535 578 800
Ord SH Int 983 428 1 014 428 947 522 1 080 400 1 039 440 Ord SH Int 7 167 7 151 7 270 7 110 6 768
Minority Int 95 656 73 063 61 122 64 563 50 227 Minority Int - 29 - 23 - 14 - 10 - 2
LT Liab 503 640 421 757 502 252 514 986 481 057 LT Liab 4 552 4 420 4 330 3 505 3 781
Tot Curr Liab 253 616 314 000 379 743 174 621 182 186 Tot Curr Liab 982 762 678 947 553
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
HEPS-C (ZARc) 225.50 150.70 - 708.80 229.60 272.20 HEPS-C (ZARc) 40.20 73.20 61.40 40.90 36.40
DPS (ZARc) - 200.00 - - 50.00 DPS (ZARc) - 14.64 11.08 8.20 -
NAV PS (ZARc) 6 442.66 6 645.75 6 608.00 7 501.00 7 139.00 NAV PS (ZARc) 1 267.00 1 229.00 1 224.00 1 189.00 1 132.00
3 Yr Beta 0.24 0.09 0.01 0.12 - 0.06 3 Yr Beta 0.62 0.60 1.46 1.60 1.76
Price High 3 695 3 600 4 224 4 749 5 000 Price High 1 225 1 280 1 450 1 310 1 839
Price Low 2 299 2 450 2 802 3 750 3 700 Price Low 974 702 805 902 469
Price Prd End 3 400 2 799 2 887 4 050 4 310 Price Prd End 1 127 1 165 900 1 245 948
RATIOS RATIOS
Ret on SH Fnd 11.21 8.21 - 19.79 6.90 3.93 Ret on SH Fnd 6.22 0.45 3.24 3.54 - 0.64
Oper Pft Mgn 18.21 15.27 - 24.13 7.41 15.40 Oper Pft Mgn 18.01 17.78 15.52 14.34 14.71
D:E 0.53 0.55 0.72 0.50 0.50
Current Ratio 3.01 2.34 1.78 3.61 3.47 D:E 0.64 0.62 0.60 0.49 0.56
Div Cover - 2.01 - - 3.04 Current Ratio 0.69 0.73 0.79 0.61 1.45
Div Cover - 0.48 3.62 5.28 -

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