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             Woolworths Holdings Ltd.                        YeboYethu Ltd.
       ISIN: ZAE000063863   SHORT: WOOLIES   CODE: WHL  ISIN: ZAE000218483   SHORT: YEBOYETHU   CODE: YYLBEE
       REG NO: 1929/001986/06   FOUNDED: 1929   LISTED: 1997  REG NO: 2008/014734/06   FOUNDED: 2008   LISTED: 2016
       NATURE  OF  BUSINESS:  Woolworths  Holdings  Ltd.  (WHL  or  the   NATURE  OF  BUSINESS:  YeboYethu  (RF)  Ltd.  (‘YeboYethu’)  was
        Group)  is  a  major  retail  group  with  a  presence  in  South  Africa,   incorporated  on  19  June  2008  under  the  laws  of  the  Republic
        Australia, New Zealand, and 10 sub-Saharan African countries. The   of  South  Africa.  YeboYethu  Investment  Company  (RF)  (Pty)  Ltd.
        Group consists of two omnichannel segments, Woolworths South   (‘YeboYethu Investment’) was created on 24 April 2018 as a wholly-
        Africa (Woolworths or WSA) and Country Road Group (CRG).   owned subsidiary of YeboYethu for the purpose of holding Vodacom
       SECTOR: ConsDiscr--Retail--Retailers--DiversifiedRetailers  Group  Ltd.  (‘Vodacom  Group’)  shares,  which  shares  are  held  as
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 40 168                security for the borrowings incurred from a consortium of funders.
       DIRECTORS: Bam L L (ind ne), Colfer C (ind ne, Canada), Collins R (ind ne),    The principal activities of the company and the Group as a whole are
        Earl B (ind ne, British), Gwagwa Dr N (ind ne), Kgaboesele I (ind ne),   to:• carry on business of acquiring and holding shares in Vodacom
        Moholi N T (ld ind ne), Skweyiya T (ind ne), Thomson C B (ind ne),   Group; and• receive and distribute dividends and other distributions
        Bagattini R (CEO), Manjra Z (Group FD), Ngumeni S (COO)  received by it pursuant to its holding in Vodacom Group.
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Oct 2025   SECTOR: Fins--FinServcs--OpEnd&Miscel Inv Veh--OpEnd&Miscel Inv Veh
        Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd.   20.04%   NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0
        Allan Gray                        17.40%   DIRECTORS: Conrad A (ind ne), Fuchs O (ne), Hall A (ind ne), Kobue K (ne),
        Ninety One SA (Pty) Ltd.           7.10%  Lucht U (ne), Roji F (ind ne), Silwanyana B (ind ne), Walljee T (ne),
       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 680, Cape Town, 8000  Mokgatlha T V (Chair, ind ne)
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/WHL  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Mar 2025
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Chantel Reddiar         Royal Bafokeng Resources Holding (Pty) Ltd.   28.56%
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  Vodacom Siyanda Employee Trust   21.54%
       SPONSOR: Investec Bank Ltd.                MIC Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.   11.33%
       AUDITORS: KPMG Inc.                       POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag X9904, Sandton, 2146
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/YYLBEE
       WHL     Ords no par val    2 410 600 000     981 773 961  COMPANY SECRETARY: Vodacom Group Ltd.
                                                 TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]                      SPONSOR: Tamela Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
       Ords no par val   Ldt      Pay       Amt  AUDITORS: Ernst & Young
       Final No 46    22 Sep 25  29 Sep 25  81.00  CAPITAL STRUCTURE    Authorised   Issued
       Interim No 45  25 Mar 25  31 Mar 25  107.00  YYLBEE  Ords no par val     100 000 000     52 915 960
       LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 21m shares p.w., R1 134.0m(112.3% p.a.)
                                                 DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
                                                 Ords no par val   Ldt       Pay      Amt
                                                 Interim No 26   9 Dec 25  15 Dec 25  101.00
                                                 Final No 25     1 Jul 25  7 Jul 25  101.00
                                                 LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 11 470 shares p.w., R391 637.6(1.1% p.a.)


       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                    Jun 25   Jun 24  Jun 23   Jun 22   Jun 21
       (R million)
                     Final Final(rst)  Final Final(rst) Final(rst)
       Revenue      80 243  77 335  72 688  65 739  80 942
       Op Inc        5 050  5 984  6 644  5 838  6 732
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  1 615  1 558  1 303  1 109  2 419  FINANCIAL STATISTICS Sep 25   Mar 25  Mar 24   Mar 23   Mar 22
       Minority Int   12     7    5     2     2  (R million)
       Att Inc       2 443  2 593  5 074  3 715  4 161  Turnover  Interim  Final  Final  Final  Final
                                                                           727
                                                                      652
                                                                383
                                                                                       950
                                                                                 881
       TotCompInc/Loss  2 285  2 205  6 724  4 448  2 748  Op Inc  373  633  700  865  933
       Fixed Ass     8 151  8 910  7 669  9 190  9 315
       Inv & Loans    97    85   51    92    100  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  337  709  710  572   451
       Tot Curr Ass  14 745  11 184  12 593  16 126  15 483  Att Inc  739  2 338  - 2 119  - 3 114  3 560
                                                                739
                                                                     2 338
                                                 TotCompInc/Loss
                                                                               - 3 114
                                                                         - 2 119
                                                                                      3 560
       Ord SH Int   10 640  10 864  11 991  11 775  9 305  Inv & Loans  15 255  14 358  11 279  13 968  18 312
       Minority Int   71    62   30    25    23
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                                                                            14
                                                                13
                                                                      12
                                                                                 13
       LT Liab      17 859  15 593  14 913  29 880  31 305  Tot Curr Ass  4 589  3 903  1 667  3 883  7 090
                                                 Ord SH Int
       Tot Curr Liab  12 277  12 183  12 293  14 399  14 955  LT Liab  10 673  10 462  9 621  10 093  11 230
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    Tot Curr Liab   6     4    4     4     4
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  268.10  364.20  423.40  368.70  374.40  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       DPS (ZARc)   188.00  265.50  313.00  229.50  66.00  HEPS-C (ZARc)  1 397.00  4 418.00 - 4 004.00 - 5 884.00  6 728.00
       NAV PS (ZARc)  1 192.95  1 211.00 1 338.30  1 245.10  973.00
                                                                         188.00
                                                                                     220.00
                                                                    197.00
                                                              101.00
                                                                               161.00
       3 Yr Beta     0.63  0.43  0.38  0.84  0.94  DPS (ZARc)  8 673.00  7 377.00 3 151.18  7 337.78 13 399.09
                                                 NAV PS (ZARc)
       Price High    7 065  8 113  8 047  6 449  5 700  3 Yr Beta  0.49  - 0.14  - 0.06  - 0.17  0.40
       Price Low     4 568  5 330  5 060  4 903  2 940
       Price Prd End  5 187  6 178  7 037  5 425  5 391  Price High  4 130  3 000  3 600  5 000  5 200
       RATIOS                                    Price Low     2 000  1 500  2 400  3 200  3 901
                                                                                3 430
                                                                                      4 500
                                                               3 850
                                                 Price Prd End
                                                                          2 450
                                                                     2 020
       Ret on SH Fnd  22.92  23.80  42.25  31.50  44.63  RATIOS
       Oper Pft Mgn  6.29  7.74  9.14  8.88  8.32  Ret on SH Fnd  32.22  59.88 - 127.05  - 80.19  50.21
       D:E           1.72  1.56  1.32  2.56  3.43  Oper Pft Mgn  97.27  97.00  96.31  98.13  98.25
       Current Ratio  1.20  0.92  1.02  1.12  1.04
       Div Cover     1.45  1.09  1.76  1.69  6.59  D:E         2.33  2.68  5.77  2.60  1.58
                                                 Current Ratio  2.22  3.09  3.30  3.07  3.04
                                                 Div Cover     13.83  22.43  - 21.30  - 36.55  30.58
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