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.
Competition Tribunal has approved Dis-Chem’s acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital in and shareholder claims of Pure Pharmacy Holdings Ltd, trading as Medicare Health (50 pharmacies) from existing shareholders.
Dis-Chem will pay a final purchase consideration of R250m.
Many of the stores in the Medicare portfolio are in convenience centres, in geographies where Dis-Chem is currently under-represented which gives the Group access to new markets.
Year ended 28 Feb 2021, Medicare generated revenue of R1.1 billion, with dispensary contributing 67%
Dis-chem is on an acquisition spree.
Last year, Dis-Chem acquired Baby City in a transaction valued at ~R430 million.
Dis-Chem aims to open clinics to provide antenatal care to pregnant moms in the Baby City stores.
Baby City operates a network of 33 stores across SA.
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%
Who did Barclays get involved in Absa?
Barclays PLC acquired 55.5% of Absa Group Ltd in 2005.
At the time when Barclays PLC let Africa, it had a ~62.3% stake in Absa.
Former Pick n Pay CEO Richard Brasher stated that of the R200bn in sales growth expected in the South African grocery market to 2025, R140bn will come from the discount market where Pick n Pay is the least represented.
Shoprite Holdings has Usave.
Pick n Pay has Boxer.
Pick n' Pay is open to the idea of buying Massmart’s Cambridge Food chain (63 Cambridge and Rhino stores).
This will enable it to compete aggressively in the discount market with Boxer and Cambridge Food against Shoprite uSave?
Boxer opened 44 stores in 2020.
Pick n' Pay already operates in this market via the ownership of Boxer.
It owns 342 Boxer stores. Boxer is South Africa’s leading limited-range discount supermarket.
Cambridge Food caters for the low- to middle-income shoppers which PnP is targeting.
Arnot OpCo signed a 10year (2m tonnes of coal a year) Coal Supply Agreement with Eskom for the supply of coal for the Arnot Power Station.
In terms of the agreement, Arnot OpCo will supply the full coal requirement for the life of Arnot Power Station.
Who is Arnot OpCo?
Arnot OpCo a mining company that is half-owned by 1 038 former Exxaro Resources employees who were retrenched in 2015 from the Arnot Mine in Middelburg.
The other half is owned by Wescoal which is listed on the JSE.
How did the employees come about owning the 50%?
Minister of Mineral Resources granted consent in terms of s11 of the MPRDA for the cession of the mining right for Exxaro's Arnot coal mine to a Consortium which will benefit its former employees who had been retrenched.