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                    Vunani Ltd.                            Weaver Fintech Ltd.

       ISIN: ZAE000163382   SHORT: VUNANI   CODE: VUN  ISIN: MT0000850108   SHORT: WEAVER   CODE: WVR
       REG NO: 1997/020641/06   FOUNDED: 1997   LISTED: 2007  REG NO: C171926   FOUNDED: 2014   LISTED: 2014
       NATURE  OF  BUSINESS:  Vunani  is  an  independent  black-owned   NATURE OF BUSINESS: Weaver Fintech Ltd. is a diversified digital
        and  managed  diversified  financial  services  group  with  a  robust   consumer services group incorporated in Mauritius and listed on
        operational  platform  that  supports  an  innovative  and  fully   the  JSE  Ltd. The  group  has  developed  considerable  expertise  in
        integrated range of products and services. The company is owner-  the provision of financial services and retail products targeted to
        managed by professionals who have a passion for entrepreneurship   the mass market who are increasingly adopting the use of mobile
        and  has  solidified  its  position  as  one  of  the  country’s  leading   phones to engage with the group digitally.
        boutique providers.                       SECTOR: ConsDiscr--Retail--Retailers--DiversifiedRetailers
       SECTOR: Fins--FinServcs--InvBnkng&BrokerServcs--Investment Services  NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1 855
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 386                   DIRECTORS: Gutierrez-Garcia E (ne), Harris M (ind ne), Joubert P G
       DIRECTORS: Anderson N M, Golding M J A (ne), Khoza B M, Macey J   (ld ind ne), Lartigue G (ne), Ogunsanya A (alt), Phillips R (ind ne),
        (ind ne), Mazwi N S (ind ne), Mthethwa S (ne), Nzalo G (ind ne),    Maltz S (Chair), Wibberley S (CEO), Burnett P (CFO)
        Jacobs L I (Chair, ind ne), Dube E G (Group CEO), Mika T (CFO)  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2024
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 28 Feb 2025   GFM                           70.20%
        Bambelela Capital (Pty) Ltd.      49.20%   ADP II Holdings 3 Ltd.            21.60%
        Geomer Investments (Pty) Ltd.     18.60%  POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag X123, Claremont, 7735
       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 652419, Benmore, 2010  MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/WVR
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/VUN  COMPANY SECRETARY: Sanlam Trustees International (Mauritius)
       COMPANY SECRETARY: CIS Company Secretaries (Pty) Ltd.  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Singular Systems (Pty) Ltd.  SPONSOR: Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Ltd.)
       SPONSOR: Vunani Sponsors                   AUDITORS: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Mauritius)
       AUDITORS: BDO South Africa Inc.            CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  WVR     Ords 0.01c ea     200 000 000     106 730 376
       VUN     Ords no par value     500 000 000     161 155 915  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
       DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]                       Ords 0.01c ea     Ldt       Pay      Amt
       Ords no par value  Ldt     Pay       Amt   Final No 18     8 Apr 25  14 Apr 25  97.00
       Final No 15     8 Jul 25  14 Jul 25  35.00  Interim No 17  3 Sep 24  9 Sep 24  95.00
       Final No 14     9 Jul 24  15 Jul 24  9.00  LIQUIDITY: Jul25 Avg 18 259 shares p.w., R557 421.0(0.9% p.a.)
       LIQUIDITY: Jul25 Avg 110 882 shares p.w., R224 330.9(3.6% p.a.)
                                                    WEAVER  40 Week MA  GERE
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                                                  Note: HomeChoice International plc changed name to Weaver
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS                        Fintech Ltd. on 23 July 2025.
                    Feb 25  Feb 24   Feb 23   Feb 22   Feb 21   FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       (R ’000)
                     Final  Final Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final  Dec 24   Dec 23   Dec 22   Dec 21   Dec 20
       Turnover    543 130 496 407  548 423  676 705  544 928  (R million)  Final  Final Final(rst)  Final  Final
       Op Inc       79 966  55 182  124 617  112 965  101 082  Turnover  4 427  3 672  3 651  3 432  3 275
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  3 556  2 322  304  - 1 349  451  Op Inc   820  619   482   263   270
       Minority Int  8 375  9 860  5 012  10 919  - 20 826  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  303  225  126  87  88
       Att Inc     - 11 502  14 355  52 404  60 785  20 667  Minority Int  - 2  - 8  - 6  - 3  -
       TotCompIncLoss  - 3 381  24 172  57 947  71 423  - 5 273  Att Inc  413  335  308  170  167
       Fixed Ass    38 772  36 690  40 294  23 508  17 964  TotCompIncLoss  411  327  302  167  167
       Inv & Loans  692 608 616 769  530 557  464 702  11 307  Fixed Ass  449  428  421  448  476
       Tot Curr Ass  592 318 364 214  429 282  418 205  430 814  Tot Curr Ass  6 669  5 195  4 733  3 998  3 767
       Ord SH Int  290 763 319 348  328 385  315 686  280 052  Ord SH Int  3 874  3 654  3 469  3 264  3 116
       Minority Int  70 493  70 516  71 465  65 367  53 452  Minority Int  - 17  - 15  - 7  - 1  -
       LT Liab     667 802 619 996  597 739  567 318  519 686  LT Liab  3 039  1 966  1 574  1 131  1 054
       Tot Curr Liab  589 931 336 454  334 105  288 423  338 098  Tot Curr Liab  776  467  545  433  422
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)     PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 2.80  7.40  30.10  34.70  33.60  HEPS-C (ZARc)  393.90  309.30  288.50  203.50  164.20
       DPS (ZARc)    35.00  18.00  20.00  20.50  12.50  DPS (ZARc)  192.00  153.00  141.00  67.00  -
       NAV PS (ZARc)  180.40  198.20  203.80  196.50  173.80  NAV PS (ZARc)  3 629.71  3 423.58  3 250.25 3 058.17  2 992.47
       3 Yr Beta     - 0.27  -  - 0.12  0.01  - 0.11  3 Yr Beta  - 0.11  - 0.29  - 0.06  - 0.17  - 0.08
       Price High    270   290   300   301   300  Price High    4 000  2 500  3 200  3 200  3 700
       Price Low     150   260   260   226   116  Price Low     1 400  1 235  1 685  1 880  660
       Price Prd End  190  270   290   280   245  Price Prd End  3 000  2 140  2 499  3 200  2 502
       RATIOS                                     RATIOS
       Ret on SH Fnd  - 0.87  6.21  14.36  18.82  - 0.05  Ret on SH Fnd  10.66  8.99  8.72  5.12  5.36
       Oper Pft Mgn  14.72  11.12  22.72  16.69  18.55  Oper Pft Mgn  18.52  16.86  13.20  7.66  8.24
       D:E           1.92  1.65  1.55  1.56  1.61  D:E          0.83  0.57  0.50  0.36  0.35
       Current Ratio  1.00  1.08  1.28  1.45  1.27  Current Ratio  8.59  11.12  8.68  9.23  8.93
       Div Cover     - 0.20  0.50  1.65  1.85  1.03  Div Cover  2.06  2.05  2.05  2.39   -
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