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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2026 - Issue 1                         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: 43                    card acquiring solutions to formal and informal retail merchants.
       DIRECTORS: Kabila J (ind ne), Maasdorp H, Paruk M F (ind ne),   SECTOR: Inds--IndsGoods&Services--IndsSupptServ--TransactProcessServ
        Mohammed I N (CEO), Bodirwa M N (Interim Chair, ind ne),    NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 2 531
        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 2025   Pillay K (ld ind ne), Singh-Bushell E (ind ne, USA), Sparrow D (ind ne),
        Christopher Mark Govender         17.66%   Mazanderani A (Chair), Kola N (COO), Smith D (CFO)
        Abdul Kader Moosa Mahomed         10.25%   MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Jun 2025
        All Trading Private Equity (Pty) Ltd.   8.06%  Value Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd.   19.00%
       POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag X09-248, Weltevreden Park,   IFC Investors       12.00%
        Roodepoort, 1715                         POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 2424, Parklands, 2121
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/LAB  MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/LSK
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Alred van Rooyen       COMPANY SECRETARY: A M R Smith
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       SPONSOR: Vunani Sponsors                  SPONSOR: Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Ltd.)
       AUDITORS: P Mapfumo Accountants and Auditors  AUDITORS: KPMG Inc.
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  CAPITAL STRUCTURE     Authorised   Issued
       LAB     Ords R0.01 ea    5 000 000 000    1 293 256 224  LSK  Ords USD0.1c ea     200 000 000     84 216 009
       LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 14m shares p.w., R814 117.9(57.0% p.a.)  LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 48 390 shares p.w., R3.8m(3.0% p.a.)








       FINANCIAL STATISTICS                      FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       (R ‘000)    Nov 25   May 25  May 24   May 23   May 22   (USD ‘000)  Sep 25   Jun 25  Jun 23   Jun 22   Jun 21
                   Interim  Final  Final  Final  Final       Quarter  Final  Final  Final  Final
       Turnover    150 884  199 400  48 536  49 534  23 043  Turnover  171 448  659 701  527 971  226 609  130 786
       Op Inc       96 932  120 277 - 26 689  - 90 505  - 38 452  Op Inc  383  - 27 100 - 15 347  - 40 195  - 53 872
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  465  1 756  1 624  1 739  1 143  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  4 359  18 857  16 714  3 740  566
       Minority Int  26 434  13 625  - 600  169  - 887  Minority Int  - 117  - 130  -  -  -
       Att Inc      44 523  117 867 - 25 804  - 86 901  - 36 083  Att Inc  - 4 297  - 87 504 - 35 074  - 43 876  - 38 057
       TotCompInc/Loss  70 957  131 492 - 26 404  - 86 732  - 36 970  TotCompInc/Loss  -  - - 61 960  - 66 995  - 14 703
       Fixed Ass      65   3 886  3 345  3 834  3 855  Fixed Ass  46 277  44 924  27 447  24 599  7 492
       Tot Curr Ass  718 467  597 637  75 111  75 242  69 066  Inv & Loans  -  -  3 171  5 861  10 004
       Ord SH Int  190 363  145 840 - 23 801  416  77 250  Tot Curr Ass  216 891  216 825  163 636  217 732  294 317
       Minority Int  123 430  101 565  4 347  9 372  9 202  Ord SH Int  170 351  165 585  179 478  234 920  275 980
       LT Liab      29 475  76 381  49 219  47 549  61 161  Minority Int  6 914  6 841  -  -  -
       Tot Curr Liab  426 557  351 728  93 627  75 598  60 008  LT Liab  237 359  231 854  181 415  196 346  14 881
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    Tot Curr Liab  125 452  133 778  101 912  145 870  52 490
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  3.64  5.40  - 3.95  - 7.14  - 6.70  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       NAV PS (ZARc)  25.13  22.23  - 2.99  1.58  15.40  HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 88.20 - 1 635.30 - 995.12 - 1 202.38  - 431.48
       3 Yr Beta     0.19  0.36  0.45  2.13  1.62  NAV PS (ZARc)  3 613.19  3 839.43 5 310.44  6 128.88  6 977.70
       Price High     14    13    9    26    40  3 Yr Beta     - 0.74  - 0.10  0.96  0.34  - 0.81
       Price Low       4     4    6     7    18  Price High    9 000  9 989  10 055  11 500  9 399
       Price Prd End   5     7    7     7    22  Price Low     6 507  7 002  5 500  5 540  4 188
       RATIOS                                    Price Prd End  8 019  7 725  7 322  7 839  6 615
       Ret on SH Fnd  45.23  53.15  135.73  - 886.11  - 57.02  RATIOS
       Oper Pft Mgn  64.24  60.32  - 54.99  - 182.71  - 166.87  Ret on SH Fnd  - 6.63  - 33.53  - 13.55  - 13.96  - 10.54
       D:E           0.11  0.33  - 2.74  5.30  0.76  Oper Pft Mgn  0.22  - 4.11  - 2.91  - 17.74  - 41.19
       Current Ratio  1.68  1.70  0.80  1.00  1.15  D:E        0.99  1.03  0.84  0.86  0.08
                                                 Current Ratio  1.73  1.62  1.61  1.49  5.61

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