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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2025 - Issue 4                         JSE - LAB
                  Labat Africa Ltd.                     Lesaka Technologies Inc.

       ISIN: ZAE000018354   SHORT: LABAT   CODE: LAB  ISIN: US64107N2062   SHORT: LESAKA   CODE: LSK
       REG NO: 1986/001616/06   FOUNDED: 1995   LISTED: 1999  REG NO: 98-0171860   FOUNDED: 1997   LISTED: 2008
       NATURE OF BUSINESS: Labat Africa Ltd. is a local black owned and   NATURE  OF  BUSINESS:  Lesaka  is  a  South  African  financial
        managed  Investment  Holding  Company,  listed  on  the  Venture   technology company focused on serving the underserved. Lesaka
        Capital Market of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) as well   delivers financial services to consumers (B2C) and merchants (B2B)
        as the Frankfort Stock Exchange (“FSE”). Labat was founded and   in Southern Africa through its proprietary banking and payment
        incorporated in 1995 by Brian van Rooyen and Victor Labat and   technologies. The company offers banking, lending and insurance
        listed on the JSE in 1999 as one of the first listed BEE companies.  solutions  to  consumers,  and  cash  management  solutions,  bill
       SECTOR: Inds--IndsGoods & Services--IndsTransport--TransportSer  payment technology, value-added services, business funding and
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 48                    card acquiring solutions to formal and informal retail merchants.
       DIRECTORS: Kabila J (ne), Mohamed R (ind ne), Mohammed P (ne),   SECTOR: Inds--IndsGoods&Services--IndsSupptServ--TransactProcessServ
        van Rooyen S, van Rooyen B G (Interim CEO), Mohammed I N   NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 2 531
        (Joint CEO), Bodirwa M N (Interim Chair, ne), O’Neill D J (FD)  DIRECTORS: Ball A C (ind ne), Gobodo N (ind ne), Naidoo V (ind ne),
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 May 2024   Nkosi M M (ind ne), Pillay K (ld ind ne), Singh-Bushell E (ind ne, USA),
        All Trading Private Equity (Pty) Ltd.   14.36%   Sparrow D (ind ne), Mazanderani A (Chair), Kola N (COO),
        Stanton van Rooyen (as nominee)   10.84%   Smith D (CFO)
        Alpvest Equities (Pty) Ltd.        8.07%  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Jun 2025
       POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag X09-248, Weltevreden Park, 1715  Value Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd.   19.00%
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/LAB  IFC Investors                    12.00%
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Alred van Rooyen       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 2424, Parklands, 2121
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/LSK
       SPONSOR: Vunani Sponsors                  COMPANY SECRETARY: A M R Smith
       AUDITORS: P Mapfumo Accountants and Auditors  TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  SPONSOR: Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Ltd.)
       LAB     Ords no par val    5 000 000 000    1 132 375 595  AUDITORS: Deloitte & Touche Inc.
       LIQUIDITY: Oct25 Avg 4m shares p.w., R243 910.4(16.4% p.a.)  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  Authorised  Issued
                                                 LSK     Ords USD0.1c ea     200 000 000     84 216 009
         LABAT  40 Week MA  INDT                 LIQUIDITY: Oct25 Avg 35 340 shares p.w., R3.0m(2.2% p.a.)
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       FINANCIAL STATISTICS                       2021   2022   2023   2024   2025
                   May 25   May 24  May 23   May 22   Aug 21
       (R ’000)                                  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                     Final  Final  Final  Final  Final
       Turnover     98 850  48 536  49 534  23 043  29 270  (USD ’000)  Jun 25   Jun 23  Jun 22   Jun 21   Jun 20
       Op Inc      113 017  - 26 689 - 90 505  - 38 452  - 28 135  Final  Final  Final  Final Final(rst)
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  1 816  1 624  1 739  1 143  1 343  Turnover  659 701  527 971  226 609  130 786  144 299
       Minority Int  13 625  - 600  169  - 887  15  Op Inc    - 27 100  - 15 347 - 40 195  - 53 872  - 44 248
       Att Inc     110 991  - 25 804 - 86 901  - 36 083  - 22 770  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  18 857  16 714  3 740  566  4 836
       TotCompIncLoss  124 616  - 26 404 - 86 732  - 36 970  -  Minority Int  - 130  -  -  -  -
       Fixed Ass     2 529  3 345  3 834  3 855  700  Att Inc  - 87 504  - 35 074 - 43 876  - 38 057  - 78 358
       Tot Curr Ass  597 919  75 111  75 242  69 066  81 148  TotCompIncLoss  -  - 61 960 - 66 995  - 14 703  - 51 621
       Ord SH Int  145 451  - 23 801  416  77 250  91 592  Fixed Ass  44 924  27 447  24 599  7 492  6 656
       Minority Int  101 565  4 347  9 372  9 202  9 713  Inv & Loans  -  3 171  5 861  10 004  65 836
       LT Liab      80 148  49 219  47 549  61 161  66 004  Tot Curr Ass  216 825  163 636  217 732  294 317  319 306
       Tot Curr Liab  351 021  93 627  75 598  60 008  55 255  Ord SH Int  165 585  179 478  234 920  275 980  290 213
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    Minority Int  6 841   -    -     -     -
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  13.28  - 3.95  - 7.14  - 6.70  - 6.50  LT Liab  231 854  181 415  196 346  14 881  7 183
       NAV PS (ZARc)  21.87  - 2.99  1.58  15.40  21.10  Tot Curr Liab  133 778  101 912  145 870  52 490  71 303
       3 Yr Beta     0.36  0.45  2.13  1.62  1.50  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       Price High     13     9   26    40    68  HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 1 635.30  - 995.12 - 1 202.38  - 431.48 - 1 468.32
       Price Low       4     6    7    18    21  NAV PS (ZARc)  3 839.43  5 310.44 6 128.88  6 977.70  - 342.09
       Price Prd End   7     7    7    22    23  3 Yr Beta     - 0.10  0.96  0.34  - 0.81  - 1.43
       RATIOS                                    Price High    9 989  10 055  11 500  9 399  14 800
       Ret on SH Fnd  50.45  271.45 - 886.11  - 57.02  - 22.46  Price Low  7 002  5 500  5 540  4 188  3 860
       Oper Pft Mgn  114.33  - 54.99 - 182.71  - 166.87  - 96.12  Price Prd End  7 725  7 322  7 839  6 615  5 995
       D:E           0.34  - 2.74  5.30  0.76  0.70  RATIOS
       Current Ratio  1.70  0.80  1.00  1.15  1.47  Ret on SH Fnd  - 33.53  - 13.55  - 13.96  - 10.54  - 20.88
                                                 Oper Pft Mgn  - 4.11  - 2.91  - 17.74  - 41.19  - 30.66
                                                 D:E           1.03  0.84  0.86  0.08  0.06
                                                 Current Ratio  1.62  1.61  1.49  5.61  4.48



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