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              Choppies Enterprises Ltd.                  Cilo Cybin Holdings Ltd.
        ISIN: BW0000001072   SHORT: CHOPPIES   CODE: CHP  ISIN: ZAE000310397   SHORT: CILOCYBIN   CODE: CCC
        REG NO: 2004/1681   FOUNDED: 1986   LISTED: 2015  REG NO: 2022/320351/06   FOUNDED: 2022   LISTED: 2024
        NATURE OF BUSINESS: Choppies was initially established in Lobatse,   NATURE OF BUSINESS: The Company was incorporated as public
         Botswana in 1986 and has since grown into the largest retailer in   company on 23 February 2022 by Gabriel Theron under the name
         Southern Africa, outside of South Africa, with 11 388 employees   of  Cilo  Cybin  Holdings  Ltd.  and  was  listed  as  a  Special  Purpose
         (10 289 Choppies, 1 099 Kamoso) in 287 stores (185 grocery retail,   Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) on the AltX on 25 June 2024. As a
         75  liquor  stores,  27  hardware  stores)  across  Botswana,  Namibia,   SPAC, the company has not carried on any commercial or business
         Zambia and Zimbabwe with 10 distribution centres and a market   operations since the date of incorporation.
         capitalisation of BWP949 million. In 2023 Choppies diversified with   SECTOR: Fins--FinServcs--OpEnd&Miscel Inv Veh--OpEnd&Miscel Inv Veh
         the  Kamoso  acquisition  adding  liquor  stores,  hardware  retailers,   NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0
         milling production and distribution, grain packaging operations,   DIRECTORS: Tham Dr S K (Non-Executive, ne), Baduza S (ind ne),
         a tissue converting manufacturer and water bottling operations.  Chew Y L (ne), Low W S (ind ne), Mohd Razef B A (ind ne),
        SECTOR: CnsStp--PcDrugs&Groceries--PcDrugs&Groceries--Food  Moodley Theron J (ne), Teoh L (ne), Theron G (CEO), Ledwaba R M (CFO)
        NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 11 388               MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Mar 2025
        DIRECTORS: Chitalu V (ind ne), De Silva R P (ind ne), Graaff N (ne),   ALPS Global Holding Berhad   41.00%
         Harward C (ne), Corea U (Chair, ne), Pieterse K (COO), Ottapathu R   Dr Tham   41.00%
         (CEO, Botswana), Ismail F E (Dep Chair, ne, Botswana)  Gabriel Theron        5.00%
        MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Jun 2025   POSTAL ADDRESS: 7 Sterling Street, The Point Office Park, Unit C1,
         Ramachandran Ottapathu            28.96%   Samrand, 0157
         Farouk Ismail                     17.18%   MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CCC
         Ivygrove Holding (Pty) Ltd.       12.36%  COMPANY SECRETARY: Acorim (Pty) Ltd.
        POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag 00278, Gaborone, Botswana  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
        MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CHP  SPONSOR: DEA-RU (Pty) Ltd.
        COMPANY SECRETARY: BP Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd.  AUDITORS: Nexia SAB&T Inc.
        TRANSFER SECRETARY: Central Security Depository Botswana (CSDB)  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  Authorised  Issued
        SPONSOR: Motswedi Securities (Pty) Ltd., PSG Capital (Pty) Ltd.  CCC  Ords no par val    2 000 000 000     230 475 136
        AUDITORS: Forvis Mazars
        CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 22 805 shares p.w., R92 787.8(0.5% p.a.)
        CHP    Ords no par val       -    1 824 461 674
        DISTRIBUTIONS [BWPc]
        Ords no par val   Ldt      Pay       Amt
        Final No 7     21 Oct 25  5 Nov 25   0.60
        Interim No 6   22 Apr 25  8 May 25   1.60
        LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 574 610 shares p.w., R1.9m(1.6% p.a.)

                                                  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                                                  (R ‘000)        Sep 25    Mar 25   Mar 24
                                                                  Interim    Final    Final
                                                  Turnover         18 548    4 829     1 064
                                                  Op Inc           2 482     - 269     500
                                                  NetIntPd(Rcvd)   - 1 756    317       44
                                                  Att Inc         - 212 099  - 586     456
        FINANCIAL STATISTICS                      TotCompInc/Loss     -      - 586     455
                    Jun 25   Jun 24  Jun 23   Jun 22   Jun 21   Fixed Ass  9 773  29     -
        (BWP million)
                     Final Final(rst)  Final Final(rst) Final(rst)  Tot Curr Ass  90 080  59 029  63 276
        Turnover     9 107  7 940  6 433  6 042  5 331  Ord SH Int  100 166  57 335   52 080
        Op Inc        318   335   274  279   226  LT Liab          3 896     3 733       -
        NetIntPd(Rcvd)  100  105  109   99   110  Tot Curr Liab    4 871     1 698    11 196
        Minority Int   - 2   - 2   3     5    - 9  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
        Att Inc        97   138   147  140    68  HEPS-C (ZARc)   - 285.98   - 0.85    0.51
        TotCompInc/Loss  138  102  97  107    19  NAV PS (ZARc)    135.06    80.73     81.48
        Fixed Ass     908   754   632  538   507  Price High        500      1 000       -
        Inv & Loans    40    9     7     8     8  Price Low         220       200        -
        Tot Curr Ass  1 088  1 123  847  691  544  Price Prd End    395       402        -
        Ord SH Int    351   261   141  - 252  - 355  RATIOS
        Minority Int  - 127  - 125  - 99  - 102  - 106  Ret on SH Fnd  - 211.75  - 1.02  0.88
        LT Liab       790  1 012  899  1 133  1 207  Oper Pft Mgn  13.38     - 5.57    46.99
        Tot Curr Liab  1 921  1 679  1 236  1 107  958  D:E         0.04      0.07       -
        PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    Current Ratio    18.49     34.76     5.65
        HEPS-C (ZARc)  12.60  13.15  15.10  15.72  9.00
        DPS (ZARc)    2.98  4.06   -     -     -
        NAV PS (ZARc)  25.59  19.18  14.67  - 24.01  - 27.23
        3 Yr Beta    - 0.24  0.05  0.05  0.30  0.46
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        Price High    225    84   113  140   205   Impr    ess y    our
        Price Low      50    48   50    42    54
        Price Prd End  172   67   63    57    75
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        Ret on SH Fnd  42.41  100.00  357.14  - 40.96  - 12.93
        Oper Pft Mgn  3.49  4.22  4.26  4.62  4.24  Tailor-made Investor Relations (IR)
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        D:E           4.58  8.80  26.93  - 3.64  - 2.95
        Current Ratio  0.57  0.67  0.69  0.62  0.57
        Div Cover     2.38  2.56   -     -     -                               Scan QR code
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