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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: 6 940
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), Lategan M
Sinclair K (Group CEO) (Deputy CEO), September B (CFO)
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Mar 2024 MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 17 Apr 2025
Silverlands (SA) Plantations SARL 44.80% JF Mouton Familietrust 17.21%
Ellingham Estate (Pty) Ltd. 5.50% Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd. 14.95%
Government Employees Pension Fund 4.83% Camissa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. 11.20%
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 600 000 000 571 814 362
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 6 8 Apr 25 14 Apr 25 16.60
Final No 207 3 Aug 21 10 Aug 21 50.00 Final No 5 9 Apr 24 15 Apr 24 14.64
LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 11 307 shares p.w., R357 399.2(3.9% p.a.) LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 4m shares p.w., R44.1m(36.2% p.a.)
FOOD 40 Week MA CROOKES JS4021 40 Week MA CURRO
2190
5086 1903
4402 1615
3719 1328
3035 1040
2352 753
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
FINANCIAL STATISTICS FINANCIAL STATISTICS
(Amts in ZAR’000) Sep 24 Mar 24 Mar 23 Mar 22 Mar 21 (R million) Dec 24 Dec 23 Dec 22 Dec 21 Dec 20
Interim Final Final Final Final Final Final Final Final Final
Turnover 519 055 727 913 615 730 576 654 635 583 Turnover 5 144 4 764 4 156 3 543 3 094
Op Inc 94 529 111 163 - 148 560 42 744 97 859 Op Inc 934 847 645 508 455
NetIntPd(Rcvd) 14 892 40 180 39 009 19 405 31 428 NetIntPd(Rcvd) 314 274 208 170 223
Minority Int 22 594 28 002 - 3 441 16 376 19 572 Minority Int - 8 - 9 - 4 - 8 - 12
Att Inc 37 876 61 326 - 196 134 62 610 23 235 Att Inc 105 41 239 259 - 31
TotCompIncLoss 22 633 94 453 - 134 098 63 572 25 769 TotCompIncLoss 90 34 271 303 - 108
Fixed Ass 601 750 618 271 618 969 773 561 751 297 Fixed Ass 10 548 10 543 10 487 9 800 9 120
Inv & Loans 123 997 121 701 114 118 113 637 67 152 Tot Curr Ass 573 553 535 578 800
Tot Curr Ass 764 556 733 351 676 571 629 947 632 272 Ord SH Int 7 041 7 151 7 270 7 110 6 768
Ord SH Int 983 428 1 014 428 947 522 1 080 400 1 039 440 Minority Int 168 - 23 - 14 - 10 - 2
Minority Int 95 656 73 063 61 122 64 563 50 227 LT Liab 3 934 4 420 4 330 3 505 3 781
LT Liab 503 640 421 757 502 252 514 986 481 057 Tot Curr Liab 1 178 762 678 947 553
Tot Curr Liab 253 616 314 000 379 743 174 621 182 186 PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) HEPS-C (ZARc) 83.00 73.20 61.40 40.90 36.40
HEPS-C (ZARc) 225.50 150.70 - 708.80 229.60 272.20 DPS (ZARc) 16.60 14.64 11.08 8.20 -
DPS (ZARc) - 200.00 - - 50.00 NAV PS (ZARc) 1 246.00 1 229.00 1 224.00 1 189.00 1 132.00
NAV PS (ZARc) 6 442.66 6 645.75 6 608.00 7 501.00 7 139.00 3 Yr Beta 0.73 0.60 1.46 1.60 1.76
3 Yr Beta 0.24 0.09 0.01 0.12 - 0.06 Price High 1 379 1 280 1 450 1 310 1 839
Price High 3 695 3 600 4 224 4 749 5 000 Price Low 974 702 805 902 469
Price Low 2 299 2 450 2 802 3 750 3 700 Price Prd End 1 305 1 165 900 1 245 948
Price Prd End 3 400 2 799 2 887 4 050 4 310 RATIOS
RATIOS Ret on SH Fnd 1.35 0.45 3.24 3.54 - 0.64
Ret on SH Fnd 11.21 8.21 - 19.79 6.90 3.93 Oper Pft Mgn 18.16 17.78 15.52 14.34 14.71
Oper Pft Mgn 18.21 15.27 - 24.13 7.41 15.40 D:E 0.55 0.62 0.60 0.49 0.56
D:E 0.53 0.55 0.72 0.50 0.50 Current Ratio 0.49 0.73 0.79 0.61 1.45
Current Ratio 3.01 2.34 1.78 3.61 3.47 Div Cover 1.12 0.48 3.62 5.28 -
Div Cover - 2.01 - - 3.04

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