LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number: 2003/002733/06 Income tax number: 9387/307/15/1
ISIN: ZAE000145892
Share code: LHC
("Life Healthcare" or "the Company" or "the Group")
LIFE HEALTHCARE FUNDING LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability) Registration number: 2016/273566/06
Bond company code: LHFI ("Life Healthcare Funding")
NO CHANGE STATEMENT, NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, CHANGES TO BOARD COMMITTEES AND AVAILABILITY OF B-BBEE COMPLIANCE REPORT AND INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT
No change statement
With regard to the audited Group results for the year ended 30 September 2022, shareholders are advised that the summarised Group annual financial statements, which form part of the Company's 2023 Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM), have been distributed to shareholders on Friday, 9 December 2022 and contain no modifications to the audited Group results which were released on SENS on 17 November 2022.
Audit Report
We confirm that there have been no changes to the unqualified auditor's report which was contained in the audited results announcement published on 17 November 2022.
Notice of the Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the AGM of Life Healthcare shareholders will be held on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 11h30 (SAST) via a virtual platform, to transact the business as stated in the Notice of AGM.
Salient details of the AGM | ||
Issuer name | Life Healthcare Group | |
Holdings Limited | ||
Type of instrument | Ordinary shares | |
ISIN number | ZA E000145892 | |
JSE and A2X code | LHC | |
Meeting type | Annual General Meeting | |
Meeting platform | Virtual | |
Record date - to determine which shareholders are entitled to receive | Friday, 2 December 2022 | |
the notice of meeting | ||
Publication/posting date | Friday, 9 December 2022 | |
Last day to trade - Last day to trade to determine eligible shareholders | Tuesday, 17 January 2023 | |
that may attend, participate, and vote at the AGM | ||
Record date - Record date to determine eligible shareholders that may | Friday, 20 January 2023 | |
attend, participate, and vote at the AGM | ||
Meeting deadline date (for administrative purposes, forms of proxy for | Monday, 23 January 2023 by | |
the meeting to be lodged) * | 11h30 (SAST) | |
Date of AGM | Wednesday, 25 January 2023 | |
at 11h30 (SAST) | ||
Publication of AGM results | Thursday, 26 January 2023 | |
Web site link | https://www.lifehealthcare.co.za/investor-relations/results-and-reports/ |
*Any proxies not lodged by this time must be handed to the chairman of the AGM immediately prior to such proxy exercising his/her right to vote at the AGM.
Changes to the Investment and Social, Ethics and Transformation Committees
In accordance with the JSE Limited's Listings Requirements, the board of directors of Life Healthcare (the Board) wishes to advise shareholders of the following changes to the various Board Committees.
Investment Committee
In line with the Board succession and diversity strategy, Garth Solomon will step down as Chairman of the Investment Committee with effect from, the date of the AGM, being 26 January 2023, and Caroline Henry will be appointed as the Chairman of the Investment Committee on the same date. Garth is thanked for his valuable contribution as the Chairman of the Investment Committee and will remain on the Investment Committee as a member.
Caroline is a Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of experience in finance. After serving articles at Coopers
- Lybrand ("PwC") in 1993, she spent 22 years at Eskom, culminating in leading the Treasury function and gaining invaluable experience in debt capital markets, risk and treasury. Caroline has had exposure to a wide variety of market sectors, business transactions and stakeholder interaction, both domestically and internationally.
Changes to the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee (SETCo)
In line with the Board succession strategy, Audrey Mothupi will step down as Chairman of the SETCo with effect from the date of the AGM, and Mahlape Sello will be appointed as the Chairman of the SETCo on the same date. Audrey currently chairs the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee (RemCo) and by stepping down as the Chairman of SETCo her attention can be focused on RemCo. Audrey is thanked for her considerable commitment as Chairman of the SETCo and we are pleased that she will remain on as a member of this Committee.
Advocate Mahlape Sello SC is a practising Senior Advocate and a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates and has been in practice since 2003. She holds a Master of Arts in Law from the Voronezh
State University, Russia, and a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is also currently pursuing a Master's Program in International Construction: Practice and Law, Master in Business Engineering (MBE) at Stuttgart University in Germany. She previously served on the Board of Murray & Roberts Limited and held the position of Chairman from 2013 to 2017. She is a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce Council and a Panellist with the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa and the China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre. She is also a former chairman of the Advertising Industry Tribunal of the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa.
Both Caroline and Mahlape are welcomed into their new roles and we look forward to their contributions.
Availability of B-BBEE Compliance Report
Shareholders are advised that the annual compliance report in terms of Section 13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act No.46 of 2013, is available on the Life Healthcare website at: https://www.lifehealthcare.co.za/investor-relations/results-and-reports/
Integrated Annual Report
With effect from today, the Integrated Annual Report will be available on the Life Healthcare website found at: https://www.lifehealthcare.co.za/investor-relations/results-and-reports/
Dunkeld
9 December 2022
Equity Sponsor and Debt Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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