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ARGENT INDUSTRIAL LIMITED - Unaudited, Unreviewed Interim Consolidated Results and Dividend Declaration for the 6 Months Ended 30 September 2025

Release Date: 20/11/2025 09:00
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Unaudited, Unreviewed Interim Consolidated Results and Dividend Declaration for the 6 Months Ended 30 September 2025

ARGENT INDUSTRIAL LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1993/002054/06)
Share code: ART
ISIN: ZAE000019188
("Argent" or "the company")

UNAUDITED AND UNREVIEWED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED RESULTS AND DIVIDEND
DECLARATION FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

 SUMMARISED GROUP FINANCIAL                              30 Sep 2025     30 Sep 2024      % change
 INFORMATION
 Income statement
 Revenue                                         R 000     1,421,806       1,264,427          12.4%
 EBITDA                                          R 000       229,835         203,013          13.2%
 Operating profit                                R 000       195,366         175,418          11.4%
 Profit for the period                           R 000       146,976         130,466          12.7%
 Statement of financial position
 Total assets                                    R 000     2,901,662       2,594,235          11.9%
 Total liabilities                               R 000       899,387         786,037          14.4%
 Total shareholders' funds                       R 000     2,002,275       1,808,198          10.7%
 Net asset value per share                       cents        3,654.9        3,265.9          11.9%
 Shares in issue
 Weighted average                                 000         54,020          54,431          -0.8%
 Earnings and dividends per share
 Basic earnings per share                        cents         263.3           231.7          13.7%
 Headline earnings per share                     cents         261.7           231.0          13.3%
 Dividends per share                             cents          67.0            60.0          11.7%

DIVIDEND DECLARATION

The directors of the company have declared and approved an interim gross dividend of 67 cents per
share for the six-month period ended 30 September 2025 from income reserves.

The following dates will apply to the abovementioned interim dividend:

Publication of declaration data:                           Thursday, 20 November 2025
Last day to trade cum dividend:                            Monday, 15 December 2025
Trading ex-dividend commences:                             Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Record date:                                               Friday, 19 December 2025
Dividend payment date:                                     Monday, 22 December 2025

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or re-materialised between Wednesday, 17
December 2025 and Friday, 19 December 2025, both days inclusive.

In determining the dividends tax of 20% to be withheld in terms of the Income Tax Act (No 58 of 1962),
those shareholders who are not exempt from the dividend tax will therefore receive a dividend of
53.6 cents per share net of dividend tax. The company has 53 852 476 ordinary shares in issue as at
20 November 2025 and its income tax reference number is 9096/002/71/3.

Ordinary shareholders who hold dematerialised shares will have their accounts at their CSDP or broker
credited/updated on Monday, 22 December 2025.
SHORT FORM ANNOUNCEMENT

This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the directors of the company. It contains only a
summary of the information in the full announcement ("Full Announcement") and does not contain full
or complete details. The Full Announcement can be found at:
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2025/JSE/ISSE/ART/INTERIMS.pdf.

Any investment decisions by investors and/or shareholders should be based on consideration of the
Full Announcement, as a whole.

Copies of the full announcement are available for viewing on the company's website at:
https://argent.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Interim-Results-Sep-2025.pdf.


Umhlanga
20 November 2025

Sponsor
PSG Capital

Date: 20-11-2025 09:00:00
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