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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. ISIN: ZAE000017745 SHORT: DATATEC CODE: DTC
SECTOR: ConsStaples--Food,Beverage&Tobacco--Food Producers--Farmers REG NO: 1994/005004/06 FOUNDED: 1986 LISTED: 1994
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 2 009 NATURE OF BUSINESS: Datatec is an international ICT solutions and
DIRECTORS: Chance R G F (ind ne), Crookes T J (ne), Denton T K (ne), services Group operating in more than 50 countries across North
Stewart R (ind ne), Vaughan-Smith G (ne), Xaba T (ind ne), America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-
Riddle L W (Chair, ind ne), De Castro M (CFO), Sinclair K (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: 11 051
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 1319, Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, 3650 DIRECTORS: Everaet S (ind ne, Belgium), Jones C (ind ne, British),
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CKS Mayet S (ind ne), Rapparini L (ind ne, Brazil), 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 27 Feb 2026
AUDITORS: Deloitte SA Jens Montanana (director) 18.62%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd. 16.57%
CKS Ords 25c ea 16 000 000 15 264 317 Camissa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. 10.23%
DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc] POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 76226, Wendywood, 2144
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: Apr26 Avg 14 131 shares p.w., R338 170.4(4.8% 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 400 000 000 238 655 530
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: Mar26 Avg 3m shares p.w., R174.3m(56.4% p.a.)
DATATEC 40 Week MA SCOM
9000
FINANCIAL STATISTICS 8000
Sep 25 Mar 25 Mar 24 Mar 23 Mar 22 7000
(R ‘000) Interim Final Final(rst) Final Final 6000
Turnover 492 196 833 812 727 913 615 730 576 654 5000
Op Inc 46 655 132 527 111 163 - 148 560 42 744 4000
NetIntPd(Rcvd) 14 888 26 913 40 180 39 009 19 405 3000
Minority Int 9 677 21 685 28 002 - 3 441 16 376 2000
Att Inc 19 603 68 138 61 326 - 196 134 62 610 1000
TotCompInc/Loss 19 602 69 395 94 453 - 134 098 63 572 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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 Aug 25 Feb 25 Feb 24 Feb 23 Feb 22
Tot Curr Ass 704 540 715 746 733 351 676 571 629 947 (USD million) 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
Minority Int 89 124 79 448 73 063 61 122 64 563 Op Inc 108 159 116 18 75
LT Liab 592 043 489 644 421 757 502 252 514 986 NetIntPd(Rcvd) 21 57 55 38 31
Tot Curr Liab 170 195 248 924 314 000 379 743 174 621 Tax 27 35 26 13 9
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) Minority Int 50 9 10 46 5 80 3 34 6
Att Inc
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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
NAV PS (ZARc) 6 672.18 6 752.81 6 645.75 6 608.00 7 501.00 Fixed Ass 31 32 36 33 33
3 Yr Beta 0.42 0.27 0.09 0.01 0.12 Investments 2 2 5 6 13
Price High 3 460 3 899 3 600 4 224 4 749 Def Tax Asset 76 82 84 80 70
Price Low 2 500 2 299 2 450 2 802 3 750 Tot Curr Ass 3 388 3 047 2 885 3 005 2 399
488
Ord SH Int
521
501
563
472
Price Prd End 2 800 2 850 2 799 2 887 4 050 Minority Int 80 74 68 60 68
RATIOS LT Liab 533 438 269 255 229
Ret on SH Fnd 5.29 8.09 8.21 - 19.79 6.90 Tot Curr Liab 3 313 2 941 2 796 2 839 2 152
Oper Pft Mgn 9.48 15.89 15.27 - 24.13 7.41 PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
D:E 0.50 0.51 0.55 0.72 0.50 EPS (ZARc) 392.77 471.08 379.85 619.55 250.67
Current Ratio 4.14 2.88 2.34 1.78 3.61 HEPS-C (ZARc) 410.87 467.42 264.40 - 181.33 208.64
Div Cover - 2.98 2.01 - - DPS (ZARc) 175.00 275.00 130.00 195.00 111.00
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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