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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2025 – Issue 1                       JSE – MER
               Merafe Resources Ltd.                      Metair Investments Ltd.
        MER                                        MET
       ISIN: ZAE000060000  SHORT: MERAFE  CODE: MRF  ISIN: ZAE000090692  SHORT: METAIR  CODE: MTA
       REG NO: 1987/003452/06  FOUNDED: 1987  LISTED: 1988  REG NO: 1948/031013/06  FOUNDED: 1948  LISTED: 1949
       NATURE OF BUSINESS: Merafe is listed on the Johannesburg Stock  NATURE OF BUSINESS: Metair is a publicly-owned company listed on the
        Exchange (JSE)andA2Xinthe GeneralMiningsectorunderthe sharecode  Johannesburg Stock Exchange. From its headquarters in Johannesburg the
        MRF. Merafe’s business is the 20.5% participation through its  group manages an international portfolio of companies that manufacture,
        wholly-owned subsidiary, Merafe Ferrochrome, in the earnings before  distribute and retail products for energy storage and automotive
        interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of the Venture in  components.Metairwasformedin1948,becomingasupplierofautomotive
        which Glencore OperationsSouth Africa (Pty) Ltd. (Glencore) has a 79.5%  components to a single OEM in South Africa in 1964. As Metair has grown,
        participation. The group’s major shareholders are Glencore (Netherlands)  our strategy has evolved to meet the challenges of competing in the global
        B.V. (Glencore BV)and the Industrial Development Corporation of South  automotive industry. Today, Metair is a truly international company with
        Africa (IDC). Merafe and Glencore formed the Venture in July 2004 when  multiple OEM customers around the world, a broad range of aftermarket
        they pooled their chrome operations to create the largest ferrochrome  and non-automotive products, operations in five countries and ambitions to
        producer in the world.                     grow into five continents within the next five years.
       SECTOR:BasicMaterials—BasicResrcs—IndMet&Min—GeneralMining  SECTOR: Consumer Discretionary—Auto&Parts—Auto&Parts—Auto
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 6 719                 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 16 750
       DIRECTORS: Green D (ne), Mabusela-Aikhuere N (ind ne),  DIRECTORS: GiliamPH(ind ne), Mawasha B (ld ind ne),
        McClaughlan J (ind ne), McGluwa D (ne), Tlale K (ind ne), Vuso M J (ind ne),  Medupe N (ind ne), MkhondoNL(ind ne), MuellMH(ind ne),
        Phiri S D (Chair, ind ne), Matlala Z (CEO), Chocho D (FD)  SithebeAK(ind ne), Sithole S (alt), Mgoduso T N (Chair, ind ne),
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2023  O’Flaherty P S (CEO), Jogia A (CFO)
         Glencore BV                      28.82%  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 17 Jul 2024
         Industrial Development Corporation of SA Ltd.  21.88%  Coronation Fund Managers  20.96%
         Ninety One (Cape Town)            6.21%    Old Mutual                        7.16%
       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 652157, Benmore, 2010  Value Active PFP H4 QI Hedge Fund  6.94%
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/MRF  POSTAL ADDRESS:PostNetSuite231, PrivateBagX31,Saxonwold,2132
       COMPANY SECRETARY: CorpStat Governance Services  MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/MTA
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  COMPANY SECRETARY: S M Vermaak
       SPONSOR: One Capital Sponsor Services (Pty) Ltd.  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       AUDITORS: Deloitte & Touche Inc.           SPONSOR: One Capital
                                                  AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Inc.
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE   AUTHORISED     ISSUED
       MRF  Ords 1c ea      3 500 000 000  2 499 126 870  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  AUTHORISED  ISSUED
                                                  MTA  Ords no par value  400 000 000  198 985 886
       DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
       Ords 1c ea            Ldt    Pay     Amt   DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
       Interim No 20      3 Sep 24  9 Sep 24  20.00  Ords no par value  Ldt     Pay    Amt
       Final No 19        9 Apr 24  15 Apr 24  22.00  Final No 71    5 Apr 22  11 Apr 22  90.00
                                                  Final No 69       13 Apr 21  19 Apr 21  75.00
       LIQUIDITY: Jan25 Avg 10m shares p.w., R13.7m(19.8% p.a.)
                                                  LIQUIDITY: Jan25 Avg 2m shares p.w., R19.7m(41.9% p.a.)
               INDM       40 Week MA   MERAFE
                                                          AUTM       40 Week MA   METAIR
                                           185
                                           154
                                                                                       2645
                                           123
                                                                                       2230
                                           91
                                                                                       1816
                                           60
                                                                                       1401
                                           29
          2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  2024  |
                                                                                       986
                                                      2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       (R million)  Jun 24  Dec 23  Dec 22  Dec 21  Dec 20  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                   Interim  Final  Final  Final  Final  (R million)  Jun 24  Dec 23  Dec 22  Dec 21  Dec 20
       Revenue       4 744  9 244  7 939  8 063  4 780        Interim  Final  Final  Final  Final
       Op Inc         973  2 315  1 925  2 315  - 1 351  Turnover  7 951  15 856  13 905  12 621  10 235
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  - 30  - 38  - 25  - 11  - 5  Op Inc       134  487   453  1 159  561
       Att Inc        720  1 753  1 410  1 674  - 1 003  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  446  741  377  145  164
       TotCompIncLoss  720  1 753  1 410  1 674  - 1 003  Minority Int  - 5  33  36  18  11
       Fixed Ass     1 473  1 388  1 075  713  339  Att Inc       9    96   - 40  675  174
       Tot Curr Ass  5 255  5 182  4 509  4 179  2 609  TotCompIncLoss  268  407  1 495  - 208  - 100
       Ord SH Int    5 428  5 259  4 330  3 770  2 277  Fixed Ass  4 258  4 078  3 771  2 637  2 618
       LT Liab        488  419   418   283  192   Inv & Loans    229  216   193    -     -
       Tot Curr Liab  912  971   908   892  644   Tot Curr Ass  7 486  7 242  7 492  5 536  5 539
                                                  Ord SH Int    5 674  5 406  5 068  3 759  4 106
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  28.20  60.10  56.40  66.95  - 0.80  Minority Int  136  127  130  116  109
       DPS (ZARc)    20.00  42.00  25.00  29.00  -  LT Liab     1 764  1 700  912  2 242  1 028
       NAV PS (ZARc)  217.21  210.42  173.27  150.43  90.69  Tot Curr Liab  6 270  5 877  6 723  2 959  4 056
       3 Yr Beta     0.81  1.13  1.45  1.66  1.11  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       Price High     161  146   196   124   89   HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 3.00  135.00  - 17.00  354.00  148.00
       Price Low      120  104   103   41    24   DPS (ZARc)      -     -     -  90.00  75.00
       Price Prd End  148  130   132   120   42   NAV PS (ZARc)  2 923.00 2 790.00 2 615.00 1 946.00 2 133.00
       RATIOS                                     3 Yr Beta     0.59  0.41  0.92  0.99  1.08
       Ret on SH Fnd  26.51  33.34  32.56  44.39  - 44.05  Price High  1 862  2 763  3 134  3 250  2 400
       Oper Pft Mgn  20.52  25.04  24.25  28.71  - 28.27  Price Low  957  1 329  2 161  1 717  1 192
       D:E           0.09  0.08  0.10  0.08  0.08  Price Prd End  1 100  1 775  2 750  2 750  1 875
       Current Ratio  5.76  5.33  4.97  4.68  4.05  RATIOS
       Div Cover     1.44  1.67  2.26  2.30   -   Ret on SH Fnd  0.11  2.32  - 0.08  17.88  4.40
                                                  Oper Pft Mgn  1.69  3.07  3.26  9.18  5.48
                                                  D:E           0.89  0.81  0.86  0.73  0.70
                                                  Current Ratio  1.19  1.23  1.11  1.87  1.37
                                                  Div Cover       -     -     -  3.89  1.21
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