It is raining BEE schemes.

Ellies Holdings has concluded a
B-BBEE agreement with Imvula Education Empowerment Fund Trust valued at R18,5m.

Imvula subscribed to ~185m ordinary shares in Ellies at 10 cents per share, resulting in a BEE shareholding in Ellies Holdings of 23%
Imvula agreed to transaction terms that are favourable to Ellies
such as:

a 10-year lock-in period

Imvula funding the R18.5m from its own sources with no funding (vendor financing) assistance being required from Ellies.

More on vendor financing👇🏾

This changes the shareholding of Ellies Holdings significantly.

Imvula is the biggest shareholder with a 23% sharing.

Mazi Capital shareholding drops to 15,58% from 20.5%

Standard Financial Markets with 5,94% holding.

Standard Bank is the biggest lender to Ellies Holdings.
Today, Absa Group also announced that it is again considering implementing a new B-BBEE ownership transaction that could constitute up to 8% of Absa’s share capital.

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Year ended 28 Feb 2021, Medicare generated revenue of R1.1 billion, with dispensary contributing 67%
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Absa Group has re-engaged advisors and is again considering implementing a new B-BBEE ownership transaction.

It envisages that the scheme will be broad-based, will include both 3rd party investors and staff and that it could constitute up to 8% of Absa’s share capital.
When Barclays PLC sold its stake in Barclays Africa Group, it transferred 1.5% of its shareholding in Absa Group to an interim structure.

The Absa Empowerment Trust has utilised dividends received from Absa to purchase additional shares, increasing its stake in Absa to 1.9%
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R18.3m 2nd in the second year.

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6 IPOs in H1 2021 vs 4 in 2020. Image
There were 4 new Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) listed in H1 2021 vs 1 in H1 2020.

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