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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2026 - Issue 1                        JSE - ARA
                     Araxi Ltd.                      ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.
       ISIN: ZAE000208245   SHORT: ARAXI   CODE: AXX  ISIN: ZAE000134961   SHORT: ARCMITTAL   CODE: ACL
       REG NO: 2014/253277/06   FOUNDED: 2014   LISTED: 2015  REG NO: 1989/002164/06   FOUNDED: 1928   LISTED: 1989
       NATURE OF BUSINESS: Araxi Ltd. is a financial technology company   NATURE OF BUSINESS: ArcelorMittal South Africa is the largest steel
        that seeks to serve and/or partner with established and emerging   producer in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, ArcelorMittal South Africa
        financial  institutions  and  other  clients.  The  Company  facilitates   made 2.8 million tonnes of liquid steel. This was 14% higher than the
        the provision of financial services and delivers contemporary and   amount ArcelorMittal South Africa produced in 2022 and 10% lower
        innovative technologies and solutions.    than Arcelormittal South Africa’s output of 3.1 million tonnes in 2021.
       SECTOR: Technology--Technology--Software & CompSer--ComputerService  SECTOR: Basic Materials--Basic Resrcs--Ind Met & Min--Iron & Steel
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 249                  NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 8 379
       DIRECTORS: Bulo B (ind ne), Dambuza A S P (ne), Dlamini K D (ld ind ne),   DIRECTORS: Cele L C Z (ind ne), Davey B (ne), Earp D (ind ne),
        Maqache R T (ne), Pimstein M (Exec Chair), Sekese V (ind ne),    Gouws G S (ne), Karol R (ne), Maasdorp M (ne), Nicolau N F (ind ne),
        Shapiro M, Sacks B (CEO), Douwenga S (CFO)  Mohale Prof B (Chair, ne), Verster H J (CEO), Griffiths G (CFO)
       MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 3 Apr 2025   POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 2, Vanderbijlpark, 1900
        Government Employees Pension Fund   26.71%   MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ACL
        Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd.   25.01%   COMPANY SECRETARY: FluidRock Co Sec (Pty) Ltd.
        Centric Capital Venture LLC        5.88%  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
       POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 785812, Sandton, 2146  SPONSOR: Absa Bank Ltd.
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/AXX  AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Inc.
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Peter Katz (PKF Octagon)  CAPITAL STRUCTURE   Authorised   Issued
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  ACL  Ords no par val    1 200 000 000    1 138 059 825
       SPONSOR: Investec Bank Ltd.
       AUDITORS: Deloitte & Touche Inc.          DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  Ords no par val  Ldt       Pay      Amt
                                                                                      55.00
       AXX     Ords no par val    10 000 000 000    1 310 000 000  Interim  26 Aug 11  5 Sep 11  150.00
                                                                27 Aug 10
                                                 Interim
                                                                           6 Sep 10
       DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]                      LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 5m shares p.w., R5.5m(22.1% p.a.)
       Ords no par val   Ldt      Pay       Amt
       Interim No 17  29 Dec 25  5 Jan 26   4.50
       Final No 16     8 Jul 25  14 Jul 25  7.50
       LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 6m shares p.w., R8.7m(22.7% p.a.)

                                                 FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                                                              Jun 25   Dec 24  Dec 23   Dec 22   Dec 21
                                                 (R million)
                                                             Interim  Final  Final  Final  Final
                                                 Turnover     17 118  38 596  41 637  40 771  39 708
       NOTE: Capital Appreciation Ltd. renamed to Araxi Ltd. on 1 October 2025.  Op Inc  - 533  - 4 447  - 2 937  3 499  7 976
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS                      NetIntPd(Rcvd)  490  1 372  1 057  952  1 163
                    Sep 25  Mar 25   Mar 24   Mar 23   Mar 22
       (R ‘000)                                  Att Inc       - 932  - 5 839  - 3 920  2 634  6 625
                   Interim  Final Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final  TotCompInc/Loss  - 940  - 5 837  - 3 915  2 655  6 620
       Turnover    652 913 1 250 733 1 161 981  995 113  830 978  Fixed Ass  8 204  8 063  8 676  10 307  8 819
       Op Inc      122 141  285 373  233 660  192 957  211 816  Inv & Loans  756  729  683  659  639
       NetIntPd(Rcvd)  - 11 263  - 13 436  - 32 944  - 36 219  - 22 069  Tot Curr Ass  17 887  15 953  19 517  18 851  19 541
       Minority Int   126  - 159  172  958   61  Ord SH Int    1 034  1 963  7 799  11 675  9 053
       Att Inc      90 838  207 064  165 017  90 953  163 230  LT Liab  8 377  7 706  5 061  5 547  5 755
       TotCompInc/Loss  90 747  207 143  164 845  91 160  163 333  Tot Curr Liab  17 620  15 272  16 250  12 779  14 285
       Fixed Ass    61 336  67 450  71 711  42 481  24 065  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       Inv & Loans   9 999  9 811  21 527  12 154  54 624  HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 91.00  - 458.00 - 170.00  234.00  615.00
       Tot Curr Ass  728 212  693 307  692 504  760 369  679 626  NAV PS (ZARc)  93.00  176.00  700.00  1 047.00  812.00
       Ord SH Int  1 515 319 1 533 376 1 470 338 1 392 755 1 482 531  3 Yr Beta  1.12  0.90  1.99  2.52  2.61
       Minority Int  1 714  1 588  1 747  2 054  1 096  Price High  157  239  529  1 134  940
       LT Liab      60 155  65 239  119 608  54 004  24 968  Price Low  59  86  79  423  99
       Tot Curr Liab  273 460  260 820  202 526  222 522  94 782  Price Prd End  105  134  164  474  888
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    RATIOS
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  7.82  17.57  13.99  7.44  13.40  Ret on SH Fnd  - 180.27  - 297.45  - 50.26  22.56  73.18
       DPS (ZARc)    4.50  12.00  10.00  8.25  7.50  Oper Pft Mgn  - 3.11  - 11.52  - 7.05  8.58  20.09
       NAV PS (ZARc)  115.67  117.05  112.24  106.32  120.60  D:E  12.05  5.79  1.16  0.77  0.88
       3 Yr Beta     0.81  0.65  0.74  0.38  0.65  Current Ratio  1.02  1.04  1.20  1.48  1.37
       Price High     190  190   165   190   220
       Price Low      123  111    95   116   95
       Price Prd End  184  133   119   157   185
       RATIOS
       Ret on SH Fnd  11.99  13.48  11.22  6.59  11.01
       Oper Pft Mgn  18.71  22.82  20.11  19.39  25.49
       D:E           0.04  0.04  0.08  0.04  0.02
       Current Ratio  2.66  2.66  3.42  3.42  7.17
       Div Cover     1.74  1.47  1.40  0.90  1.78



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