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JSE - WEA                               Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2026 - Issue 2
                 Weaver Fintech Ltd.                    We Buy Cars Holdings Ltd.

        ISIN: MT0000850108   SHORT: WEAVER   CODE: WVR  ISIN: ZAE000332789   SHORT: WEBUYCARS   CODE: WBC
        REG NO: C171926   FOUNDED: 2014   LISTED: 2014  REG NO: 2020/632225/06  FOUNDED: 2020   LISTED: 2024
        NATURE OF BUSINESS: Weaver Fintech Ltd. is an investment holding   NATURE OF BUSINESS: In the early 2000s, brothers Faan and Dirk
         company,  focused  on  fintech  and  retail.    The  fintech  business   van  der  Walt  observed  that  for  individual  consumers,  selling
         operates  through  its  trading  brands  Finchoice  and  PayJustnow   an older vehicle in the South African market was a lengthy and
         and the retail business through the Homechoice brand. The group   difficult process. They established the WeBuyCars brand in 2001 to
         services more than 3.1 million customers.  provide vehicle owners with a quick, easy and trusted solution to
        SECTOR: ConsDiscr--Retail--Retailers--DiversifiedRetailers  sell their vehicles. The Company recognised a gap in the market to
        NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1 855                 facilitate efficient vehicle sales which it was able to achieve through
        DIRECTORS: Gutierrez-Garcia E (ne), Harris M (ind ne), Joubert P G   formalising  the  preowned  motor  vehicle  market.  The  ability  of
         (ld ind ne), Lartigue G (ne), Ogunsanya A (alt), Phillips R (ind ne),   customers to efficiently sell or buy a vehicle or to sell their vehicle
         Maltz S (Chair), Wibberley S (CEO), Burnett P (CFO)  to a reputable, trusted company, quickly grew the customer base
        MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2024   of WeBuyCars.
         GFM                               70.20%   SECTOR: ConsDisr--Retail--Retailers--SpecialityRetaillers
         ADP II Holdings 3 Ltd.            21.60%  NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 3 140
        POSTAL ADDRESS: Private Bag X123, Claremont, 7735  DIRECTORS: Amoils K B (alt), Kruger N A S (ld ind ne), Mathews B (ne),
        MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/WVR  Mendelowitz M (ne), Roos W T (ne), Totaram S (ne), van der Walt D J,
        COMPANY SECRETARY: Sanlam Trustees International (Mauritius)  Holtzhausen J A (Chair, ne), van der Walt A S (CEO), Rein C J (CFO)
        TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 30 Mar 2026
        SPONSOR: Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Ltd.)  Coronation Asset Management   29.75%
        AUDITORS: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Mauritius)  Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd.   15.78%
        CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised  Issued  I VDW Holdings(Pty) Ltd.          10.15%
        WVR    Ords 0.01c ea      200 000 000     106 730 376  POSTAL ADDRESS: Building 7, Byls Bridge Office Park, 6 Byls Bridge
                                                   Boulevard, Centurion, 0046
        DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]                      MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/WBC
        Ords 0.01c ea     Ldt      Pay       Amt  COMPANY SECRETARY: PJC Vorster
        Final No 20    14 Apr 26  20 Apr 26  132.00  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
        Interim No 19  26 Aug 25  1 Sep 25  140.00  SPONSOR: Pallidus Capital (Pty) Ltd., PSG Capital (Pty) Ltd.
        LIQUIDITY: Apr26 Avg 27 187 shares p.w., R1.5m(1.3% p.a.)  AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
                                                  CAPITAL STRUCTURE      Authorised   Issued
                                                  WBC     Ords no par val    10 000 000 000     417 882 796
                                                  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
                                                  Ords no par val   Ldt       Pay      Amt
                                                  Final No 3      2 Dec 25  8 Dec 25  30.00
                                                  Interim No 2    3 Jun 25  9 Jun 25  30.00
                                                  LIQUIDITY: Apr26 Avg 5m shares p.w., R243.7m(63.1% p.a.)
        NOTE: HomeChoice International plc renamed to Weaver Fintech Ltd.
         on Wednesday 23 July 2025.
        FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                    Dec 25   Dec 24   Dec 23   Dec 22  Dec 21
        (R million)
                     Final Final(rst) Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final
        Turnover      5 455  4 427  3 672  3 651  3 432
        Op Inc        909   820   619   482  263
        NetIntPd(Rcvd)  416  303  225   126   87  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
        Minority Int    8    - 2   - 8   - 6  - 3                      Sep 25        Sep 24
        Att Inc       404   413   335   308  170  (R ‘000)              Final         Final
        TotCompInc/Loss  412  411  327  302  167  Turnover           26 377 152     23 319 199
        Fixed Ass     452   449   428   421  448  Op Inc              1 337 466      748 792
        Tot Curr Ass  8 336  6 669  5 195  4 733  3 998  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  112 711     141 753
        Ord SH Int    3 990  3 874  3 654  3 469  3 264  Minority Int      -            - 5
        Minority Int    -   - 17  - 15   - 7  - 1  Att Inc             935 392       343 094
        LT Liab       4 511  3 039  1 966  1 574  1 131  TotCompInc/Loss  936 057    342 637
        Tot Curr Liab  819  776   467   545  433  Fixed Ass           1 701 508     1 152 588
        PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)    Tot Curr Ass        3 345 179     2 819 489
        HEPS-C (ZARc)  552.70  393.90  309.30  288.50  203.50  Ord SH Int  3 053 448  2 305 397
        DPS (ZARc)   272.00  192.00  153.00  141.00  67.00  LT Liab    784 769       977 953
        NAV PS (ZARc)  3 738.39  3 629.71  3 423.58  3 250.25 3 058.17  Tot Curr Liab  1 514 478  903 511
        3 Yr Beta     0.25  - 0.11  - 0.29  - 0.06  - 0.17  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
        Price High    6 500  4 000  2 500  3 200  3 200  HEPS-C (ZARc)  224.60         91.70
        Price Low     2 400  1 400  1 235  1 685  1 880  DPS (ZARc)     60.00          25.00
        Price Prd End  6 474  3 000  2 140  2 499  3 200  NAV PS (ZARc)  731.06       694.56
        RATIOS                                    Price High            6 085          3 149
        Ret on SH Fnd  10.33  10.66  8.99  8.72  5.12  Price Low        2 885          1 895
        Oper Pft Mgn  16.66  18.52  16.86  13.20  7.66  Price Prd End   5 538          2 952
        D:E           1.14  0.83  0.57  0.50  0.36  RATIOS
        Current Ratio  10.18  8.59  11.12  8.68  9.23  Ret on SH Fnd    30.63          14.88
        Div Cover     1.41  2.06  2.05  2.05  2.39  Oper Pft Mgn         5.07          3.21
                                                  D:E                    0.52          0.62
                                                  Current Ratio          2.21          3.12
                                                  Div Cover              3.73          3.66


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