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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2025 - Issue 4 JSE - BYT
Bytes Technology Group plc CAFCA Ltd.

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
providers of IT software offerings and solutions, with a focus on cable for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy
cloud and security products. The Bytes Group enables effective and and information primarily in Southern and Central Africa. We
cost-efficient technology sourcing, adoption and management manufacture over 900 cabling products including 11kV XLPE cables
across software, services, including in the areas of security and all to British, South African and Zimbabwean quality standards.
cloud. It aims to deliver the latest technology to a diverse and SECTOR: Inds--IndsGoods&Services--Elec&ElecEquip--Components
embedded non-consumer customer base and has a long track NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 212
record of delivering strong financial performance. DIRECTORS: Chidzonga E T Z (ne), Chigumbu T (ne), Corte L (ne),
SECTOR: Technology--Technology--Software & CompSer--Software Mangwengwende S E (ne), Maparura S (ne), Tapambgwa J (ne),
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 666 Mkushi H P (Chair, ne), Webster R N (MD)
DIRECTORS: Chindalur S (ind ne), Maw D (ne, British), Paterson R (ind ne), MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Sep 2024
Schraner Dr E (snr ind ne), Vikström Persson A (ind ne), De Smedt P Reunert Electrical Engineering (Pty) Ltd. 28.17%
(Chair, ne, Belgium), Mudd S (CEO), Holden A (CFO) Cape Canary 24.49%
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 23 Oct 2025 Crystal Ball Group Investment 15.32%
Coronation Fund Managers 23.09% POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 1651, Harare, Zimbabwe
Biltron 7.63% MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CAC
JP Morgan Chase and Co 5.07% COMPANY SECRETARY: C Kangara
POSTAL ADDRESS: Bytes House, Randalls Way, KT22 7TW TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/BYI AUDITORS: Grant Thornton
COMPANY SECRETARY: Willem Karel Groenewald CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued
TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. CAC Ords no par val 50 000 000 33 389 000
SPONSOR: Investec Bank Ltd.
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young DISTRIBUTIONS [USDc]
CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued Ords no par val Ldt Pay Amt
21 Jan 25
27 Jan 25
BYI Ords GBO0.01 ea - 240 669 286 Final No 71 28 Nov 23 20 Dec 23 4.90
Final No 70
7.90
DISTRIBUTIONS [GBPp]
Ords GBO0.01 ea Ldt Pay Amt CAFCA 40 Week MA ELEE
Interim No 9 4 Nov 25 21 Nov 25 3.20 400
Final No 8 8 Jul 25 25 Jul 25 6.90 350
LIQUIDITY: Oct25 Avg 2m shares p.w., R188.7m(43.7% p.a.) 300
250
BYTES 40 Week MA SCOM
18000 200
16000
150
14000
100
12000
50
10000 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
8000
NOTE: CAFCA changed its currency from the Zimbabwe Dollar
6000
(ZWL) to Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) on 1 September 2024 due to a
4000
change in the legal tender currency.
2000
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Mar 25 Sep 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21
FINANCIAL STATISTICS (million) Interim Final Final Final Final
Aug 25 Feb 25 Feb 24 Feb 23 Feb 22
(GBP ’000) Turnover 479 598 109 635 12 218 3 377
Interim Final Final Final Final(rst) Op Inc 30 199 61 380 5 686 1 120
Turnover 108 082 217 134 207 021 184 421 145 836 NetIntPd(Rcvd) - 5 1 656 776 84
Op Inc 33 121 66 426 56 712 50 883 42 155 Att Inc 16 124 50 876 3 851 762
NetIntPd(Rcvd) - 5 488 - 8 195 - 4 718 491 589 TotCompIncLoss 16 601 50 876 3 851 762
Att Inc 29 031 54 841 46 851 40 421 32 854 Fixed Ass 458 519 504 33 3
Fixed Ass 13 947 13 581 8 478 8 380 8 049 Tot Curr Ass 467 408 66 411 7 971 1 546
Tot Curr Ass 354 342 391 517 322 467 269 681 231 634 Ord SH Int 858 814 40 935 4 284 1 204
Ord SH Int 77 423 98 043 78 336 61 497 47 567 LT Liab 23 21 - - -
LT Liab 5 685 3 303 3 451 3 528 3 676 Tot Curr Liab 43 91 27 033 3 875 389
Tot Curr Liab 336 832 353 885 297 931 255 742 232 325 PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) HEPS-C (ZARc) 31.82 257.02 3 005.76 1 144.90 91.07
HEPS-C (ZARc) 289.92 530.32 457.27 341.61 279.34 DPS (ZARc) - 88.59 147.06 123.18 -
DPS (ZARc) 74.11 478.55 406.19 348.14 247.58 NAV PS (ZARc) 1 693.75 1 702.89 2 422.95 382.67 144.22
NAV PS (ZARc) 752.68 952.60 790.31 570.20 410.31 3 Yr Beta 0.95 0.91 0.12 0.07 0.06
3 Yr Beta 0.41 0.64 0.71 - - Price High 378 378 130 125 100
Price High 13 600 14 295 16 200 10 000 13 000 Price Low 378 130 125 100 100
Price Low 7 753 9 493 7 885 7 350 7 962 Price Prd End 378 378 130 125 100
Price Prd End 9 750 9 989 13 674 8 859 9 388 RATIOS
RATIOS Ret on SH Fnd 3.67 15.20 124.29 89.89 63.33
Ret on SH Fnd 74.99 55.94 59.81 65.73 69.07 Oper Pft Mgn 6.31 33.23 55.99 46.53 33.16
Oper Pft Mgn 30.64 30.59 27.39 27.59 28.91 D:E 0.03 0.03 0.10 0.39 0.11
D:E 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.08 Current Ratio 10.87 4.48 2.46 2.06 3.98
Current Ratio 1.05 1.11 1.08 1.05 1.00 Div Cover - 2.93 20.48 9.31 -
Div Cover 3.91 1.11 1.13 0.98 1.13
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