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Bytes Technology Group plc CAFCA Ltd.
BYT CAF
ISIN: GB00BMH18Q19 SHORT: BYTES CODE: BYI ISIN: ZW0009011942 SHORT: CAFCA CODE: CAC
REG NO: 12935776 FOUNDED: 2020 LISTED: 2020 REG NO: 40/45 FOUNDED: 1945 LISTED: 1946
NATURE OF BUSINESS: The Bytes Group is one of the UK’s leading NATURE OF BUSINESS: CAFCA Ltd. manufactures and supplies cable for
providers of IT software offerings and solutions, with a focus on cloud and the transmission and distribution of electrical energy and information
security products. The Bytes Group enables effective and cost-efficient primarily in Southern and Central Africa. We manufacture over 900
technology sourcing, adoption and management across software, services, cabling products including 11kV XLPE cables all to British, South African
including in the areas of security and cloud. It aims to deliver the latest and Zimbabwean quality standards.
technology to a diverse and embedded non-consumer customer base and SECTOR: Inds—IndsGoods&Services—Elec&ElecEquip—Components
has a long track record of delivering strong financial performance. NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 212
SECTOR: Technology—Technology—Software & CompSer—Software DIRECTORS: ChidzongaETZ(ne), Chigumbu T (ne), Corte L (ne),
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 666 MangwengwendeSE(ne), Maparura S (ne), Tapambgwa J (ne),
DIRECTORS: Chindalur S (ind ne), Maw D (ne, UK), Paterson R (ind ne), Mkushi H P (Chair, ne), Webster R N (MD)
Schraner Dr E (snr ind ne), Vikström Persson A (ind ne), MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Sep 2024
De Smedt P (Chair, ne, Blgm), Mudd S (CEO), Holden A (CFO) Reunert Electrical Engineering (Pty) Ltd. 28.17%
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 04 Apr 2025 Cape Canary 24.49%
Coronation Fund Managers 10.99% Crystal Ball Group Investment 15.32%
Biltron 7.63% POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 1651, Harare, Zimbabwe
JP Morgan Asset Management 6.20% MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CAC
POSTAL ADDRESS: Bytes House, Randalls Way, KT22 7TW COMPANY SECRETARY: C Kangara
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/BYI TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
COMPANY SECRETARY: Willem Karel Groenewald AUDITORS: Grant Thornton
TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
SPONSOR: Investec Bank Ltd. CAC Ords ZWL0.00001c 50 000 000 33 389 000
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young ea
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED DISTRIBUTIONS [USDc]
BYI Ord shares - 241 068 265
Ords ZWL0.00001c ea Ldt Pay Amt
DISTRIBUTIONS [GBPp] Final No 71 21 Jan 25 27 Jan 25 4.90
Ord shares Ldt Pay Amt Final No 70 28 Nov 23 20 Dec 23 7.90
Interim No 7 5 Nov 24 22 Nov 24 3.10 LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 130 shares p.w., R468.8(-% p.a.)
FinalNo 6 16 Jul24 2 Aug 24 6.00
ELEE 40 Week MA CAFCA
LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 644 607 shares p.w., R71.5m(13.9% p.a.)
378
SCOM 40 Week MA BYTES
16000 311
13442 243
10883 176
8325 108
5767 41
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
3208 FINANCIAL STATISTICS
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
(million) Sep 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20
FINANCIAL STATISTICS Final Final Final Final Final
(Amts in GBP’000) Aug 24 Feb 24 Feb 23 Feb 22 Feb 21 Turnover 598 109 635 12 218 3 377 861
Interim Final Final Final(rst) Final Op Inc 199 61 380 5 686 1 120 422
Turnover 105 472 207 021 184 421 145 836 393 569 NetIntPd(Rcvd) 5 1 656 776 84 13
Op Inc 35 613 56 712 50 883 42 155 26 844 Att Inc 124 50 876 3 851 762 318
NetIntPd(Rcvd) - 5 821 - 4 718 491 589 181 TotCompIncLoss 601 50 876 3 851 762 318
Att Inc 30 447 46 851 40 421 32 854 19 933 Fixed Ass 519 504 33 3 4
Fixed Ass 8 215 8 478 8 380 8 049 8 275 Tot Curr Ass 408 66 411 7 971 1 546 641
Tot Curr Ass 294 178 322 467 269 681 231 634 135 168 Ord SH Int 814 40 935 4 284 1 204 395
Ord SH Int 77 585 78 336 61 497 47 567 16 748 LT Liab 21 - - - -
LT Liab 3 386 3 451 3 528 3 676 5 238 Tot Curr Liab 91 27 033 3 875 389 254
Tot Curr Liab 269 904 297 931 255 742 232 325 167 568
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) HEPS-C (ZARc) 257.02 3 005.76 1 144.90 91.07 38.17
HEPS-C (ZARc) 297.87 457.27 341.61 279.34 182.16 DPS (ZARc) 88.59 147.06 123.18 - -
DPS (ZARc) 70.45 406.19 348.14 247.58 - NAV PS (ZARc) 1 702.89 2 422.95 382.67 144.22 47.47
NAV PS (ZARc) 32.30 790.31 570.20 410.31 150.72 3 Yr Beta 0.91 0.12 0.07 0.06 0.62
3 Yr Beta 0.61 0.71 - - - Price High 378 130 125 100 100
Price High 14 295 16 200 10 000 13 000 9 226 Price Low 130 125 100 100 100
Price Low 10 513 7 885 7 350 7 962 5 635 Price Prd End 378 130 125 100 100
Price Prd End 11 211 13 674 8 859 9 388 8 269 RATIOS
RATIOS Ret on SH Fnd 15.20 124.29 89.89 63.33 80.46
Ret on SH Fnd 78.49 59.81 65.73 69.07 119.02 Oper Pft Mgn 33.23 55.99 46.53 33.16 48.97
Oper Pft Mgn 33.77 27.39 27.59 28.91 6.82 D:E 0.03 0.10 0.39 0.11 0.23
D:E 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.31 Current Ratio 4.48 2.46 2.06 3.98 2.52
Current Ratio 1.09 1.08 1.05 1.00 0.81 Div Cover 2.93 20.48 9.31 - -
Div Cover 4.23 1.13 0.98 1.13 -

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