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               Crookes Brothers Ltd.                          Datatec Ltd.
       ISIN: ZAE000001434   SHORT: CROOKES   CODE: CKS
       REG NO: 1913/000290/06   FOUNDED: 1913   LISTED: 1948
       NATURE  OF  BUSINESS:  Crookes  Brothers  Ltd.  is  an  agricultural
        business  growing  sugar  cane,  bananas  and  macadamia  nuts  in
        South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia and Mozambique, and has a long-
        term property development in Scottburgh, South Africa.
       SECTOR: ConsStaples--Food,Beverage&Tobacco--Food Producers--Farmers  ISIN: ZAE000017745   SHORT: DATATEC   CODE: DTC
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 2 009                REG NO: 1994/005004/06   FOUNDED: 1986   LISTED: 1994
       DIRECTORS: Chance R G F (ind ne), Crookes T J (ne), Denton T K (ne),   NATURE OF BUSINESS: Datatec is an international ICT solutions and
        Mall F (ind ne), Stewart R (ind ne), Vaughan-Smith G (ne), Xaba T   services Group operating in more than 50 countries across North
        (ind ne), Riddle L W (Chair, ind ne), Naidoo N (Group CFO), Sinclair K   America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-
        (Group CEO)                               Pacific.  Through  its  core  divisions,  the  Group  offers  Technology
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Mar 2025   Distribution (Westcon International) and Integration and Managed
        Silverlands (SA) Plantations SARL   44.80%   Services (Logicalis International and Logicalis Latin America).
        Government Employees Pension Fund   5.73%   SECTOR: Technology--Technology--Software & CompSer--ComputerService
        Ellingham Estate (Pty) Ltd.        5.50%  NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 11 269
       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 1319, Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, 3650  DIRECTORS: Everaet S (ind ne, Belgian), Jones C (ind ne, British),
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CKS  Njeke M J N (ind ne), Rapparini L (ind ne, Brazilian), Sita D (ind ne),
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Highway Corporate Services (Pty) Ltd.  Makanjee M (Chair, ind ne), Montanana J P (CEO, British),
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  Dittrich I P (CFO, USA)
       SPONSOR: Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd.  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Nov 2025
       AUDITORS: Deloitte SA                      Jens Montanana (director)         18.96%
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  Government Employees Pension Fund (PIC)(SA)   12.84%
                                                  Camissa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd.
                                                                                    12.34%
       CKS     Ords 25c ea       16 000 000     15 264 317  POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 76226, Wendywood, 2144
       DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]                      EMAIL: ir@datatec.com
       Ords 25c ea       Ldt      Pay       Amt  WEBSITE: www.datatec.com
       Final No 209    5 Aug 25  11 Aug 25  150.00  TELEPHONE: 011-233-1000
       Final No 208    5 Aug 24  12 Aug 24  200.00  COMPANY SECRETARY: S P Morris
       LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 9 704 shares p.w., R264 550.5(3.3% p.a.)  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
                                                 SPONSOR: Pallidus Exchange Services (Pty) Ltd.
                                                 AUDITORS: PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
                                                 CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised   Issued
                                                 DTC    Ords 1c ea         400 000 000     235 352 451
                                                 DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
                                                 Ords 1c ea        Ldt       Pay      Amt
                                                 Interim No 24   2 Dec 25  8 Dec 25  175.00
                                                 Final No 23     15 Jul 25  21 Jul 25  200.00
                                                 LIQUIDITY: Dec25 Avg 2m shares p.w., R143.7m(51.1% p.a.)
                                                    DATATEC  40 Week MA  SCOM
                                                                                     9000
                                                                                     8000
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS                                                          7000
                    Sep 25   Mar 25   Mar 24  Mar 23   Mar 22
       (R ‘000)                                                                      6000
                   Interim  Final Final(rst)  Final  Final                           5000
       Turnover    492 196  833 812  727 913  615 730  576 654                       4000
       Op Inc       46 655  132 527  111 163 - 148 560  42 744                       3000
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  14 888  26 913  40 180  39 009  19 405                        2000
       Minority Int  9 677  21 685  28 002  - 3 441  16 376
       Att Inc      19 603  68 138  61 326 - 196 134  62 610  2021  2022  2023  2024  2025  1000
       TotCompInc/Loss  19 602  69 395  94 453 - 134 098  63 572
       Fixed Ass   652 140  646 376  618 271  618 969  773 561  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       Inv & Loans  146 545  124 549  121 701  114 118  113 637  (USD million)  Aug 25   Feb 25   Feb 24   Feb 23   Feb 22
       Tot Curr Ass  704 540  715 746  733 351  676 571  629 947  Interim Final(rst) Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final
       Ord SH Int  1 018 463 1 030 770  1 014 428  947 522 1 080 400  Turnover  1 836  3 640  3 992  5 143  4 546
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                                                 Op Inc
       Minority Int  89 124  79 448  73 063  61 122  64 563  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  21  57  55  38  31
       LT Liab     592 043  489 644  421 757  502 252  514 986  Tax  27  35  26  13     9
       Tot Curr Liab  170 195  248 924  314 000  379 743  174 621  Minority Int  9  10  5  3  6
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    Att Inc        50    59    46   80    34
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  126.90  425.10  334.50  - 708.80  229.60  TotCompInc/Loss  5  49  48  73  35
       DPS (ZARc)      -  150.00  200.00  -   -  Hline Erngs-CO  51   59    32   - 23  28
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                                                 Fixed Ass
       NAV PS (ZARc)  6 672.18  6 752.81  6 645.75 6 608.00  7 501.00  Investments  2  2  5  6  13
       3 Yr Beta     0.42  0.27  0.09  0.01  0.12  Def Tax Asset  76  82    84   80    70
       Price High    3 460  3 899  3 600  4 224  4 749  Tot Curr Ass  3 388  3 047  2 885  3 005  2 399
       Price Low     2 500  2 299  2 450  2 802  3 750  Ord SH Int  488  521  501  472  563
       Price Prd End  2 800  2 850  2 799  2 887  4 050  Minority Int  80  74  68  60  68
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       RATIOS                                    LT Liab      3 313  2 941  2 796  2 839  2 152
                                                 Tot Curr Liab
       Ret on SH Fnd  5.29  8.09  8.21  - 19.79  6.90  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       Oper Pft Mgn  9.48  15.89  15.27  - 24.13  7.41  EPS (ZARc)  392.77  471.08  379.85  619.55  250.67
       D:E           0.50  0.51  0.55  0.72  0.50  HEPS-C (ZARc)  410.87  467.42  264.40  - 181.33  208.64
       Current Ratio  4.14  2.88  2.34  1.78  3.61  DPS (ZARc)  175.00  275.00  130.00  195.00  111.00
       Div Cover       -   2.98  2.01   -     -  NAV PS (ZARc)  3 724.49  4 126.68  4 238.78  3 960.30  4 078.80
                                                 3 Yr Beta    - 0.69  - 0.73  - 0.91  - 0.43  - 0.09
                                                 Price High   6 791  5 306  4 200  4 876  4 365
                                                 Price Low    4 790  3 324  3 101  2 800  2 355
                                                 Price Prd End  6 300  4 768  4 025  3 403  3 660
                                                 RATIOS
                                                 Ret on SH Fnd  20.80  11.65  8.95  15.69  6.39
                                                 Ret On Tot Ass  4.22  2.80  1.85  - 0.56  1.60
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