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Cell C Holdings Ltd. Channel VAS Investments Ltd.
ISIN: ZAE000354007 SHORT: CELL C CODE: CCD ISIN: VGG2072E1016 SHORT: OPTASIA CODE: OPA
REG NO: 2025/688465/06 FOUNDED: 2025 LISTED: 2025 REG NO: 1750790 FOUNDED: 2012 LISTED: 2025
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Cell C is a telecommunications and NATURE OF BUSINESS: Optasia is an AI-enabled fintech platform
technology company within the South African market with a that provides Micro Financing Solutions (“MFS”) and Airtime Credit
recognisable brand and strong market presence. Cell C has a Solutions (“ACS”). Its AI powered Financial Services platform and
diversified business model across its retail and wholesale businesses credit decisioning algorithms process and analyse multiple customer
and is the leading enabler of MVNEs and MVNOs in South Africa. data points generating credit scoring and a credit decision.
SECTOR: Telecoms--Telecoms--TelecomServiceProvider--TelecomServices SECTOR: Fins--FinServcs--Finance&CreditServcs--Consumer Lending
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 883 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 356
DIRECTORS: Makanjee M (ind ne), Motsa G (ind ne), Vilakazi J S (ne), DIRECTORS: Dunne R J (ind ne, Ireland), Farroukh A (ind ne, Canada),
Zilwa S V (ind ne), Mthimunye J (Chair, ind ne), Mendez J J (CEO), Grobler R (ne), Haidar B S (ne, Ireland), Human L (ind ne),
Kope T (CFO) Jensen M (ne), Johnson L (ne), Ogunsanya O (ind ne, Nigeria),
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 28 Nov 2025 Jordaan Dr M (Chair, ind ne, German), Anglada S (CEO, Spain),
Allan Gray (Pty) Ltd. 15.54% Dabrowski M (CFO, Polish)
POSTAL ADDRESS: Waterfall Campus, Corner Pretoria Main Road MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 26 Mar 2026
and Maxwell Drive, Buccleuch, Midrand, 2090 Chronos Capital Ltd. 29.10%
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CCD FirstRand Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. 26.10%
COMPANY SECRETARY: Michelle Robinson TRG Africa Optasia Consortium SPV(Pty) Ltd. 10.10%
TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 146, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
AUDITORS: SNG Grant Thornton Inc. Islands, VG1110
CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/OPA
CCD Ords no par val 500 000 000 000 340 000 000 COMPANY SECRETARY: Margarita Evangelou
TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
LIQUIDITY: Apr26 Avg 413 904 shares p.w., R11.7m(6.3% p.a.) SPONSOR: Standard Bank of SA Ltd.
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Inc.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued
OPA Ords USD0.00004 ea 3 000 000 000 1 235 061 843
LIQUIDITY: Apr26 Avg 17m shares p.w., R338.0m(71.1% p.a.)
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
(R ‘000) Nov 25
Interim
Turnover 5 680 136
Op Inc 3 931 980
NetIntPd(Rcvd) 567 788 FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Att Inc 3 364 335 (USD ‘000) Dec 25
Final
TotCompInc/Loss 2 491 520
Fixed Ass 853 000 Turnover 265 357
Tot Curr Ass 3 218 679 Op Inc 71 407
NetIntPd(Rcvd)
12 386
Ord SH Int 2 491 520
LT Liab 1 892 891 Minority Int 3 269
Tot Curr Liab 5 554 373 Att Inc 39 856
TotCompInc/Loss
45 725
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) Fixed Ass 4 445
HEPS-C (ZARc) 20 584.00 Tot Curr Ass 254 535
NAV PS (ZARc) 732.80 Ord SH Int 121 376
Price High 3 200 Minority Int 3 267
Price Low 2 622 LT Liab 93 070
Price Prd End 3 100 Tot Curr Liab 84 454
RATIOS PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
Ret on SH Fnd 270.06 HEPS-C (ZARc) 60.43
Oper Pft Mgn 69.22 NAV PS (ZARc) 175.34
D:E 1.10 Price High 2 099
Current Ratio 0.58 Price Low 1 883
Price Prd End 2 047
RATIOS
Ret on SH Fnd 34.60
Oper Pft Mgn 26.91
D:E 0.91
Current Ratio 3.01
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