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FINANCIAL RESULTS for the year ended 28 February 2018 Delivering on Mteto Nyati commitments Chief Executive Tim Jacobs Financial results Acting Chief Financial Officer Operational Andrew Holden overview Chief Operations Officer


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FINANCIAL RESULTS

for the year ended

28 February 2018

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Delivering on commitments

Mteto Nyati Chief Executive

Financial results

Tim Jacobs Acting Chief Financial Officer

Operational

  • verview

Andrew Holden Chief Operations Officer

Strategy and outlook

Mteto Nyati Chief Executive

Q & A session

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DELIVERING ON COMMITMENTS

Mteto Nyati Chief Executive

Overview – A solid performance

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Our continued operations highlights

Normalised Revenue Normalised EBITDA Normalised HEPS

+14%*

R14.7 billion

+19%*

R1.1 billion

+19%*

135 cents per share Free Cash Flow Normalised ROCE

R970 million

investing activities (own cash resources)

+110%

R47 million

21%

Net debt of

R1.5 billion

  • nce all disposals

completed We have positioned ourselves for growth

* Adjusted for constant currency (refer to the appendix for additional information)

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Altech Radio Holdings ➔ Becoming the broadband infrastructure roll-out partner of choice to the provincial governments and metros Bytes Document Solutions: ➔ Undertook a restructuring process ➔ Improving business results ➔ Increased market share by 3.5 pts to 18% Successfully integrated the acquisition of: ➔ Phoenix Software with Bytes UK ➔ EZY2C with Altech Netstar 4

Our performance highlights

Altech Netstar ➔ Continues its upward growth trend ➔ Gained market share both in consumer and commercial segments – in South Africa ➔ Won a strategic fleet management deal at eThekwini Municipality Bytes UK continues to deliver double digit revenue growth in a mature market Bytes Secure Transaction Solutions has built a Network and Security Operations Centre (NSOC) that provides security for customer networks globally from Linbro Business Park, South Africa

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We are guided by this strategy roadmap

01 02 03

FY’18

Positioning for Growth

FY’20 Delivering Growth FY’22 Accelerated Growth

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We have strengthened our leadership

Head-office Appointments Operations Appointments

Chad Baker Managing Director Bytes Managed Solutions Ike Dube Managing Director Altron Rest of Africa Lesley Moodley Managing Director Bytes Systems Integration Pierre Bruwer Managing Director Altech Netstar Collin Govender Group Executive Shared Services Dolores Mashishi Group Executive Human Capital Tim Jacobs Acting Chief Financial Officer Zipporah Maubane Group Executive Marketing & Investor Relations

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Phoenix Software Rationale Acquired for

An IT value-added reseller of software products and related services in the UK

➔ 3 000 customers ➔ 27 year history ➔ Number one software value added reseller in the

education and charity sectors in the UK

➔ Markets in which Bytes UK and Phoenix operate are

showing double digit growth

➔ Predominantly based in Northern England. Enables

Bytes UK to serve the total UK market

➔ One of the UK’s pre-eminent suppliers to public sector

  • rganisations, including the NHS, emergency services,

housing associations and a number of local authorities

➔ Opportunity to cross-sell Altron’s current offerings into

a new base, while offering Phoenix’s end-to-end solutions to Altron’s customers GBP35.9m Multiple of EBITDA = 7 7

Our Phoenix acquisition positions us as Microsoft’s largest partner

Funding Performance

➔ GBP19 million (R343 million) paid cash from Bytes UK ➔ GBP8 million (R143 million) loan from existing RSA

group facilities (repaid by Bytes UK within 4 months)

➔ GBP18 million (R322 million) trade finance facility was

raised and GBP9 million (R164 million) used to fund

  • transaction. The balance is unutilised and now

available to the group

➔ Normalised EBITDA of GBP1.5 million (R26.8 million) was achieved to

February 2018, meeting the business plan

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EZY2C Rationale Acquired for

An Australian fleet management and asset management solutions company

➔ Geographically expand Altech Netstar’s revenue stream ➔ Driving consolidation in a fragmented market with 9%

market share AUD15.9m Multiple of EBITDA = 6.14

Cape Office Machines (Stellenbosch) Rationale Settlement

Channel partner with significant wins, particularly in Managed Print Services Second largest contributor in the partner channel

➔ Buy back into our channel partners ➔ Reduce pricing and margin pressure ➔ Have a more integrated structure with the Bytes Document

Solutions direct channel

➔ Geographically grow market share opportunities through

Altron’s solution sets ZAR10m effective May 2018 Multiple of EBITDA = 4

Digicopiers (Port Elizabeth)

Xerox SA’s longest business partner with close to four decades of excellent service Joint venture Multiple of EBITDA = 2 8

We made strategic acquisitions to drive growth

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Tango Telecom ➔ Leading provider of data monetisation solutions ➔ Jointly launched Data Retail Engine (Tango DRE™) for African mobile operators ➔ Drives consistent consumer spending on data ➔ Technology provides a seamless and cost-effective service throughout Africa ➔Bytes Systems Integration will promote, sell, implement, integrate and maintain the Tango DRE™ for customers in African markets Performanta ➔Joint venture with Bytes Systems Integration to provide best-of-breed information security services to African enterprise customers ➔Created a specialist division – Bytes Security Powered by Performanta – to market the joint security offerings ➔Provide comprehensive, end-to-end information security solutions to customers across the region ➔Solutions are technology-agnostic to meet individual requirements based on an analysis of their information security risks IoT.Nxt ➔Well developed IoT application framework ➔Software as a Service (SaaS) business model which creates annuity base income ➔Solutions are technology agnostic – overcomes the challenge of connecting any and all devices or systems ➔Achieves interoperability and interconnectivity between deployed systems and devices ➔Allows rapid deployment and businesses to action an IoT strategy with little or no disruption to current operations

Data Analytics Security Internet

  • f Things

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Our strategic partnerships are informed by our chosen growth areas

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Sales team alignment

Selling to targeted new clients

Cross selling in existing clients Selling into new geographies Upselling in existing clients Customised interventions included: Sales pipeline & forecasting Sales management Mini account planning Solution selling Complex solution selling

Over 330 strong sales team

11 Sales Executives 33 Sales Managers 289 Account Managers

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We enabled cross-selling to increase wallet share within existing customers

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Group head office right-sizing

➔ Closed several head office functions:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Strategy & Technology
  • Intellectual Property Management
  • Business Development (Head office sales)
  • Corporate Affairs

➔ Internal Audit outsourced to Deloitte ➔ Tax, Treasury and Finance remains unaffected ➔ R54m savings annually

Business restructure

➔ Bytes Document Solutions restructure

  • R22m savings annually

➔ Bytes Universal Systems and Bytes Systems Integration

  • Initial integration yielded R20m savings

annually ➔ Bytes Managed Solutions

  • Cost-containment exercise

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We right-sized our head office and key operations

Group annual savings of R96 million

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Operations Highlights

Set up shared services function and derived 6.6% cost saving on existing cost base of R350m – for repeatable, transactional and standardised processes Centralising specific functions – Group IT, procurement (non-cost of sale related), recruitment, payroll, legal, real estate management and finance Focus on driving an improved employee experience through digital work place roll out Driving our own cloud transformation – we are one of the largest consumers of Microsoft Azure services Managed through legal department to reduce costs by managing our own IP and disputes Standardised recruitment through one portal across the group Finance: employing robotic process automation to drive cost reduction Introduced Power BI (dash-boarding tool) and data analytics practice for efficient dissemination of information for financials, HR and operational data 12

Our new shared-services model is delivering savings

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Discontinued operations Status Realised Deferred

Powertech Batteries Sale concluded R227 million R107 million Aberdare (17.5% put option) Sale concluded R928 million* R94 million PTSI Sale concluded R20 million Swanib Cables Sale concluded R56 million Crabtree Sale concluded R39 million Switchgear/Quadpro Sale concluded R10 million Powertech Transformers In progress R100 million expected 31 May 2018 R150 million CBI Telecom Cable In progress Expected FY 19 Altech Multimedia/UEC In progress Expected FY 19

* Realised FY 17

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Our disposals strategy is yielding results under difficult market conditions

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Continuing restructuring

➔ Bytes Systems Integration and Bytes Universal Systems restructuring announced last year is incomplete ➔ Reevaluate and streamline our service offerings to the market

Remaining disposals

➔ Altech Multi-Media – experienced delays due to Competition Commission investigation ➔ Independent firm (Bowmans Attorneys) investigation absolved the company of any wrong doing 14

Some execution challenges were experienced and we remain focused on getting things right

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The new B-BBEE codes have demanded a renewed focus on improving our rating across the group

LEVEL FY 17 FY 18 (Forecast) Altech Alcom Radio (ARD) 3 3 Altech Alcom Matomo (AAM) 2 1 Arrow Altech Distribution (AAD) 4 3 Bytes Universal Systems (BUS) 4 2 Bytes Managed Solutions (BMS) 4 3 Bytes Secure Transactions Solutions (BSTS) 4 4 Bytes People Solutions (BPS) 4 3 Bytes Document Solutions (BDS) 4 2 Bytes System Integration (BSI) 4 2 Altech Netstar 4 4 Altech Fleetcall (AFC) 4 4 Altron Group 4 4

Final B-BBEE rating expected end May 2018

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FINANCIAL RESULTS

Tim Jacobs Acting Chief Financial Officer

Ongoing cash management and good earnings growth in a difficult environment

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Summarised income statement

Continuing operations

Year ended 28 February R’million Statutory 2018 Statutory 2017 % Change Normalised 2018 Normalised* 2017 % Change Revenue 14 743 13 892 6 14 743 12 891 14 Operating profit before capital items 783 728 8 862 722 19 EBITDA 1 035 950 9 1 114 940 19 EBITDA margin (%) 7.0 6.8 7.6 7.3 Net finance expenses (178) (223) (178) (223) Capital items (38) 8 (38) 8 Taxation (145) (98) (165) (97) HEPS (cents) 119 114 4 135 113 19 EPS (cents) 109 117 (7) 125 115 9 ROCE (%) 18.5% 14.5% 21% 14.4%

* Adjusted for constant currency (refer to appendix for additional information)

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Normalised revenue and EBITDA

Continuing operations

Revenue Year ended February R’million 2018 2017 % Change Revenue as reported 14 743 13 892 6 Disposed businesses – (587) Constant currency adjustment – (414) Normalised revenue 14 743 12 891 14 Average exchange rate (Pounds) 17.18 18.92 EBITDA Year ended February R’million 2018 2017 % Change EBITDA as reported 1 035 950 9 Acquisition-related costs 8 – Once-off restructuring costs/closed business 77 6 Foreign currency gains on deferred acquisition liability (6) – Constant currency adjustment – (16) Normalised EBITDA before capital items 1 114 940 19

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Normalised EBITDA

Continuing operations

940 1 114 44 47 25 65 (7)

800 850 900 950 1 000 1 050 1 100 1 150 28 Feb 2017 * Altron ICT SA Altron ICT International Altech Netstar Altech Arrow Corporate and shared services 28 Feb 2018

R’million

* Adjusted for constant currency

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12 891 897 955

11 000 11 500 12 000 12 500 13 000 13 500 14 000 14 500 15 000

Normalised * Feb 2017 Acquisitive Organic Normalised Feb 2018 R’million

940 1 114 49 125

700 750 800 850 900 950 1 000 1 050 1 100 1 150

Normalised * Feb 2017 Acquisitive Organic Normalised Feb 2018 R’million

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Organic vs acquisitive

Continuing operations

14 743

EBITDA Revenue

Growth: 7.0% Acquisitive 7.4% Organic Growth: 5.2% Acquisitive 13.3% Organic

14.4% 18.5%

* Adjusted for constant currency

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Cash flow

16 (204)

(400) (200)

  • 200

400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 1 600 1 800

Opening balance 1 Mar 2017 Cash generated from

  • perations

Change in working capital Net finance expenses Taxation paid Dividends received Dividends paid Investment activities Finance activities Effect of exchange rate Closing balance 28 Feb 2018

R’million

329 1 233 (298) (239) (141) 32 (970) (160) (6)

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Investment activities

698 123 84 191 193 237 257

200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400

FY 17 FY 18 R’million

551 1 232

➔ Acquisition of Phoenix (UK) and EZY2C (Australia) ➔ Investment into PPE and intangibles slightly higher than the depreciation and amortisation charge in the continuing operations, broadly maintaining the capital base ➔ Contract fulfilment costs in Altech

  • Netstar. Reflects improved growth in

the subscriber base

* The graph presented excludes

proceeds from disposals of operations and other investments

Acquisition of subsidiaries Additions to intangible assets Additions to property, plant and equipment Contract fulfilment costs

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Summarised balance sheet

As at 28 February R’million 2018 2017 % Change Commentary Total non-current assets 3 709 2 816 32 Acquisition of Phoenix & EZY2C Current assets 4 267 3 718 15 Debtors ARH and acquisitions Assets held-for-sale 714 1 644 (57) Powertech & Altech Multimedia Cash balance 768 1 373 (44) Phoenix acquisition Total assets 9 458 9 551 (1) Shareholder’s equity 2 545 2 028 25 VCP equity injection Non-current liabilities 1 491 1 971 (24) Current liabilities 3 985 3 572 12 Acquisitions Liabilities held-for-sale 465 1 024 (55) Powertech & Altech Multimedia Bank overdraft 972 956 2 Total equity and liabilities 9 458 9 551 (1) Net debt 1 940 1 932 – NAV per share (cents) 752 669 12

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Net debt position

As at 28 February R’million 2018 2017 Net debt as reported 1 940 1 932

  • Net asset value of disposal group

249 620

  • Net debt in disposal group
  • 114
  • Deferred disposal receipts

201 116

  • Expected net debt once all disposals completed

1 490 1 082 Covenant ratios Covenant Net debt : Attributable EBITDA < 2.5x 1.6x 1.7x Attributable EBITDA interest cover > 3.5x 5.4x 4.1x

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Inventory days Debtors days ARH Acquisitions Creditor days

76 69 58 37 36 55 49 51 59 63 (112) (106) (105) (92) (114) FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 12 25

Working capital

71 19 4 4 (7)

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OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

Andrew Holden Chief Operations Officer

Good performance from

  • perations in a challenging

macro-economic environment

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Group normalised analysis

REVENUE* (R’m) EBITDA* (R’m)

12 891 14 743

11 500 12 000 12 500 13 000 13 500 14 000 14 500 15 000 FY 17 FY 18

940 1 114

850 900 950 1 000 1 050 1 100 1 150 FY 17 FY 18

14% 19%

* Adjusted for constant currency

Delivering on our strategy ➔ Improve revenue growth, improve profitability, transform the customer experience, and promote employee excellence ➔ Double digit EBITDA growth ➔ Collaborative selling – external (go-to-market) strategy of ONE ALTRON ➔ Be the leading technology solutions provider ➔ Focus on the growth areas of IoT, security, big data and cloud solutions ➔ Deliver shareholder value

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Altech Netstar overview

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

1 224 1 378

1 000 1 080 1 160 1 240 1 320 1 400 FY 17 FY 18

266 291

200 220 240 260 280 300 FY 17 FY 18

13% 9%

21.7% 21.1% Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Continued improvements in the performance ➔ Improved subscriber growth, particularly in stolen vehicle recovery, with churn and retentions under close control ➔ Australian acquisition performing in line with expectations ➔ 9% market share following EZY2C acquisition ➔ Focus on growing market share in telematics and fleet management ➔ Geographic expansion ➔ Alternative routes to market – direct sales to vehicle manufactures and insurers

180%

growth in net connections

ISO 9001:2015

certification

Car park jamming

solution

Insurance Telematics

fast report device

Jamming resistant

solution

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602 560

500 520 540 560 580 600 FY 17 FY 18

40 33

20 25 30 35 40 45 FY 17 FY 18

(7%)

6.6% 5.9%

(18%)

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Reduction in revenue and EBITDA following slow down in the defense industry ➔ Busy with key new lines of business ➔ Strong order book on hand and sizeable new business

  • pportunities

➔ Drive eCommerce business

No1

electronic component distributor

Blue chip IoT

connectivity

27%+

market share customers across electronic industry sectors Joint Venture Partner with high growth $27bn Arrow Electronics

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Arrow Altech Distribution overview

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

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4 090 5 245 843

2 500 3 300 4 100 4 900 5 700 6 500 FY 17 FY 18

155 169 37

50 90 130 170 210 250 FY 17 FY 18

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Bytes Technology UK overview

3.4% Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Performance positively impacted by the acquisition of Phoenix, contributing:

  • 19% of revenue growth, and
  • 16% EBITDA growth

➔ Existing businesses – 9% organic growth adjusted for constant currency ➔ Overall good performance by the UK operations ➔ Focus on the cloud and cloud migration ➔ Cross selling into 5 000 accounts within the UK ➔ Acquire strategic businesses ➔ Use SA IP to promote additional appropriate solution sets into

  • ur UK customers

* Adjusted for constant currency 206

33%

REVENUE* (R’m) EBITDA* (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

28%

3.8%

9%

Without Phoenix acquisition

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Bytes Systems Integration overview

(Includes. Bytes Universal Systems)

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Integration of BSI and BUS commenced October 2017 ➔ New MD appointed ➔ R20 million cost savings ➔ Strong EBITDA results, benefitting from some gains from integration ➔ Increase in EBITDA margin ➔ Refining the operating model through streamlining of the business ➔ Altron’s engine room to drive IoT, security, big data and cloud solutions ➔ Improving EBITDA margin by:

  • focusing on high growth areas
  • reducing overhead costs

30 000

service desk calls managed per month

Partnership

with Lumidigm

ISO 9001

certified named Best Partner in a Networking Project

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

1 943 1 897

500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 FY 17 FY 18

102 123

50 65 80 95 110 125 FY 17 FY 18

(2%)

5.2% 6.5%

21%

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Bytes People Solutions overview

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Marginal increase in revenue ➔ Focused on outbound sales campaigns ➔ Broadening skills development offering beyond ICT sector training ➔ Drive efficiencies in BPO environment by focusing on enabling technologies – robotic processes and multi-channels

+100 000

student days delivered annually

1.1 million

sales calls dialled monthly

+12 000

People received workplace experience

+2.4 million

calls managed monthly

+1 650 people with

disabilities gained workplace experience

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

426 438

400 408 416 424 432 440 FY 17 FY 18

41 29

20 25 30 35 40 45 FY 17 FY 18

3%

9.6% 6.6%

(29%)

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Altech Radio Holding overview

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Challenging trading conditions contributed to a marginal increase in revenue ➔ Broadband contributes 54% to revenue and narrowband the balance ➔ Built an exceptional sales pipeline on back of local and provincial government broadband strategy ➔ City of Tshwane broadband project delays due to legal action and other public projects delays due to protracted processes ➔ To win and deliver on current opportunities presented by broadband ➔ To evolve into the preferred safe city solution provider for the smart city evolution ➔ Start building similar competencies in selected markets within rest of Africa

1460 sites

Gauteng Broadband Network largest distributor of two-way radios

130 business

partners in SA Double Huawei certified

71 708

incidents managed 24/7 at the National Network Operations Centre

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

1 127 1 155

600 720 840 960 1 080 1 200 FY 17 FY 18

84 80

50 58 66 74 82 90 FY 17 FY 18

2%

7.5% 6.9%

(5%)

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Bytes Document Solutions overview

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Despite strengthening Rand and a declining print market, revenue remained flat ➔ Restructuring the business in line with industry trends ➔ Managed to increase market share by 3.7% ➔ Xerox launched 26 new products into growth segments in the print market ➔ Focus our attention on only three growth areas:

  • Managed print services
  • A4 print environment
  • High-end production environment

➔ Continue our growth strategy into Rest-of-Africa ➔ Collaborative cross-selling of other Altron products and services into BDS’s +4 500 customers

50%

market share high-end printers

ISO 9001

certified Largest Xerox distributor in the world

4 665

active customers

Stockholding

188 locations 788 items 526 147 units

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

1 365 1 353

600 760 920 1 080 1 240 1 400 FY 17 FY 18

57 70

30 40 50 60 70 80 FY 17 FY 18

(1%)

4.2% 5.2%

23%

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Bytes Managed Solutions overview

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Revenue and EBITDA down due to reduced spend from the big four banks ➔ New MD appointed in September 2017 ➔ Convert the traditional retail sector with new technologies such as self-service checkout ➔ Expand managed services to incorporate the Internet-of- Things (IoT) ➔ Currently launching cloud-based retail solutions for the hospitality and restaurant sector

259 949

retail devices

+40 000

service calls per month

14

African countries

+13 500

ATMs serviced per month

3 million

DELL devices

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

1 321 1 027

600 740 880 1 020 1 160 1 300 FY 17 FY 18

89 74

50 60 70 80 90 100 FY 17 FY 18

(22%)

6.7% 7.2%

(17%)

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Bytes Secure Transaction Solutions overview

Year at a glance Strategy ➔ Good revenue and EBITDA growth primarily in the FinTech space ➔ HealthTech companies continue to deliver to expectation ➔ Solid growth from FinTech with exceptional growth in the NuPay environment ➔ HealthTech – continues to grow eco systems and platforms to deliver higher value services to health care professionals as well as public health sector ➔ FinTech – evolve new product offerings into the unbanked environment – significant growth opportunity ➔ CyberTech – Built a technology centre to provide security for customer networks

+R1 billion

Collections/mth

7.8 million

member claims/mth

+6.7 million

transactions/mth

10 000

health service providers

Own IP

  • f solutions

REVENUE (R’m) EBITDA (R’m) and EBITDA margin (%)

992 1 073

940 970 1 000 1 030 1 060 1 090 FY 17 FY 18

212 253

190 205 220 235 250 265 FY 17 FY 18

8%

21.4% 23.6%

19%

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STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

Mteto Nyati Chief Executive

Delivering Growth

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FY’20

Delivering Growth

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We are guided by this strategy roadmap

FY’18 Positioning for Growth

01 02 03

FY’22 Accelerated Growth

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Our growth strategy is aligned with SA IT services spend

Our core growth areas:

Overview of IT services spending (Rm) by service area in South Africa, 2016 – 2021

IT Service area 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 CAGR System integration 11 968 12 926 14 089 15 357 16 739 18 246 8.8% Custom application development 2 307 2 630 2 972 3 299 3 629 3 955 11.4% Cloud enablement 108 130 155 181 205 230 16.4% Maintain, Support, Upgrade 10 624 11 261 11 937 12 534 13 160 13 753 5.3% Train 645 677 711 747 784 823 5.0% Managed Services 13 770 15 284 16 813 18 494 20 159 21 973 9.8% Full Outsource 9 779 10 170 10 678 11 212 11 773 12 244 4.6% Cloud services 2 994 3 605 4 309 5 026 5 696 6 398 16.4% IT Services total 59 223 64 427 70 168 76 135 82 213 88 507 8.4% Growth YoY 4.3% 8.8% 8.9% 8.5% 8.0% 7.7%

Internet of Things Security Data Analytics Cloud Services

ZA IT Services Market to Grow by CAGR 8.4% for next five years

* Source: BMIT, 2017

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Our target verticals are also aligned with the market

  • pportunity in SA

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% IT services breakdown by Service Area

1,0% 6,0% 8,0% 3,0% 4,0% 17,0% 5,0% 5,0% 28,0% 23,0%

IT services breakdown by Vertical

Agriculture Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water Construction Retail and wholesale Transport, storage and logistics Media and communication Financial, business and other services Overall government and personal services System integration Custom application development Maintain, Support, Upgrade Training Managed Services Full Outsource/Multisource Cloud services Cloud Enablement

8.8% 11.4% 16.4% 5.3% 5.0% 9.8% 4.6% 16.4%

ZA IT Services Market to Grow by CAGR 8.4% for next five years

Internet of Things Security Data Analytics Cloud Services * Source: BMIT, 2017

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Managed services

➔ Altech Radio Holdings

Outsourcing Rental subscription

➔ Altech Netstar ➔ Bytes Software Services UK

Transactional

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Our business model is evolving towards annuity-based business

Once-off

➔ Altech Netstar ➔ Bytes Systems Integration

Multi-year

➔ Altech Radio Holdings

Project based

~45%

Annuity income

~55%

Our strategy is to increase Cloud, Security, IoT, and Data Analytics revenue

➔ Bytes Systems Integration ➔ Bytes Systems Integration

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➔ Successful implementation of the 4 strategic initiatives ➔ Follow the customer strategy from SA to the rest of Africa ➔ Partnering with OEMs ➔ Right pricing model between OPCOs and BTG Companies: Zero margin (profit share) model ➔ Registration of BTG Companies in key markets

Organic growth

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Our rest of Africa strategy is largely evolutionary

Bytes Technology Group (BTG) Company Business from Mauritius Partner Entity

22

Countries

46

Partners

6

Bytes Technology Group companies

5

Countries

➔ Identification of partners to acquire ➔ Investment budget for partner acquisitions ➔ Identification of reputable in-country partners to work with and streamlining of existing partners ➔ Partner contracts should be between BTG Company or BTG Africa and country partner ➔ Relationship with partners to be managed in-country

Partner acquisition

➔ Identification of ICT companies or existing partners with established footprint in Africa for acquisition ➔ Investment budget for acquisitions ➔ Detailed in-country due diligences to be performed for all targets

Acquisitions

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EBITDA growth HEPS growth ROCE

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We have aligned our executive long term incentive plan to our growth strategy

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ONE GOAL 2-5-1

Double (2) EBITDA in 5 years and become number 1 in-market

  • Leading returns
  • Great place to work
  • Exceptional customer service
  • Doing good business while doing good

ONE SET OF VALUES

  • Openness, honesty & integrity
  • Collaborate across teams
  • Embrace diversity & inclusion
  • Get things done and enjoy doing it
  • Leading returns for shareholders
  • Passionate about employees, customers,

partners and communities

ONE SET OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

  • Revenue growth
  • Improving profitability
  • Transform the customer experience
  • Employee excellence

GROWTH AREAS

ONE PURPOSE

Delivering innovation that matters

ONE VISION

Be the leading technology solutions provider

Safety & Security Skills Development Financial Inclusion Healthcare Management

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Our Altron strategy

SOCIETAL IMPACT

Internet

  • f Things

Security Data Analytics Cloud Services

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Bytes Document Solutions continues to execute our joint venture dealer strategy in South Africa Altron to resume it’s dividend policy of 2.5 times cover from August 2018 45

Our outlook

Altech Netstar to make a step change in fleet management and telematics at the back of breakthroughs in our routes-to-market Altron has developed a Smart City blueprint in collaboration with key players in the local government

  • space. This blueprint has a strong bias towards safety,

security and healthcare. The broadband infrastructure being rolled out by Altech Radio Holdings is a key enabler Altron is building a Microsoft practice focusing on cloud computing, data analytics and security. These fourth industrial revolution capabilities are being built

  • rganically and through acquisitions

We are in our second year of our 2-5-1 strategic goal. In line with this goal, we plan to once again deliver double digit EBITDA and HEPS growth in FY19

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THANK YOU

Investor relations contacts

Tim Jacobs Acting Chief Financial Officer Email: tim.jacobs@altron.com Tel: +27 (0) 11 645 3600 Zipporah Maubane Group Executive: Marketing & Investor Relations Email: zipporah.maubane@altron.com Tel: +27 (0) 11 645 3600 46

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Disclaimer

The information contained in this document has not been verified independently. No representation or warranty express or implied is made as to and no reliance should be placed on the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information or opinions contained herein. Opinions and forward looking statements expressed represent those of the Company at the time. Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements and opinions because by nature, they are subjective to known and unknown risk and uncertainties and can be affected by other factors that could cause actual results and Company plans and

  • bjectives to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward looking statements. Neither

the Company nor any of its respective affiliates, advisors or representatives shall have any liability whatsoever (based on negligence or otherwise) for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this presentation or its contents or otherwise arising in connection with this presentation and do not undertake to publicly update or revise any of its opinions or forward looking statements whether to reflect new information or future events or circumstances otherwise. This presentation does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities and no part of it.

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APPENDIX

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Normalised operational review

Altron ICT Feb 2018 Revenue R’million Feb 2017 Revenue R’million Change Feb 2018 EBITDA R’million Feb 2017 EBITDA R’million Change Altech Radio Holdings Group 1 155 1 127 2% 80 84 (5%) Bytes Document Solutions Group 1 353 1 365 (1%) 70 57 23% Bytes Managed Solutions 1 027 1 321 (22%) 74 89 (17%) Bytes Secure Transaction Services 1 073 992 8% 253 212 19% Bytes Systems Integration SA Group* 1 897 1 943 (2%) 123 102 21% Bytes People Solutions 438 426 3% 29 41 (29%) Altron ICT South Africa 6 943 7 174 (3%) 629 585 8% Bytes Technology Group UK 6 088 4 504 35% 206 171 20% Other International operations 244 284 (14%) 16 20 (20%) Altron ICT International 6 332 4 788 32% 222 191 16% Shared Services and Corporate

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33 17 Total Altron ICT 13 275 11 967 11% 884 793 11%

* Bytes Systems Integration SA Group and Bytes Universal Systems were merged into one segment effective 1 October 2017

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Other Operations Feb 2018 Revenue R’million Feb 2017 Revenue R’million Change Feb 2018 EBITDA R’million Feb 2017 EBITDA R’million Change Total Altron ICT 13 275 11 967 11% 884 793 11% Altech Netstar Group 1 378 1 224 13% 291 266 9% Altech Arrow Group 560 602 (7%) 33 40 (18%) Total Operations 15 213 13 793 10% 1 208 1 099 10% Corporate, cons and financial services (470) (488) 4% (94) (143) 34% Total Altron – continued 14 743 13 305 11% 1 114 956 17%

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Shareholding

Shareholding as at 28 Feb 2018

Fund Managers Hedge Funds Private Investors Venter family Value Capital Partners Company

48,1% 12,3% 6,9% 16,3% 15,6% 0,8%

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Managed services Outsourcing Rental subscription Transactional Once-off Multi-year

➔ Altech Radio Holdings ➔ Bytes Document Solutions ➔ Bytes Systems Integration ➔ Bytes People Solutions ➔ Altech Netstar ➔ Bytes Software Services UK ➔ Bytes Document Solutions ➔ Bytes Secure Transaction Solutions

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Our business model

➔ Bytes Systems Integration ➔ Bytes People Solutions ➔ Altech Netstar ➔ Altech Radio Holdings

Project based

45%

Annuity income

55%

Our strategy is to increase annuity revenue with a strong focus on transaction and rental business

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Constant currency pro forma financial information

Basis of preparation The purpose of the Constant Currency Pro Forma Financial Information of the Company included in the 2018 SENS Announcement is solely to illustrate the impact of the Constant Currency Pro forma Adjustments on the Audited Financial Information as if the Constant Currency Pro forma Adjustments had been undertaken on 1 March 2016 for purposes of the pro forma normalised revenue from continuing operations, normalised EBITDA before capital items from continuing operations and normalised headline earnings from continuing operations for the year ended 28 February 2017. The constant currency adjustment was calculated by translating the prior year foreign currency amounts for normalised revenue from continuing

  • perations,

normalised EBITDA before capital items from continuing

  • perations and normalised headline earnings from continuing operations for the Bytes Technology Group UK

segment into Rands using the current year average exchange rate. The average exchange rate (Pounds) used to translate the prior year amounts was R17.18:GBP. The Constant Currency Pro Forma Financial Information included in the message to shareholders is prepared for illustrative purposes only, and because of its nature, it may not fairly present the issuer’s financial results of

  • perations.

A reasonable assurance report, prepared in terms of International Standard on Assurance Engagements (IASE) 3420, Assurance Engagements to Report on the Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information included in a Prospectus, has been obtained with regard to the Constant Currency Pro Forma Financial Information and is available for inspection at the Company’s registered office.

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The following depicts constant currency adjustments made to the reported financial information as reported in the segmental analysis:

Normalised revenue from continuing operations Year ended February R’million 2018 2017 % Change Normalised revenue as reported (unadjusted financial information) 1 14 743 13 305 Constant currency adjustment (pro forma adjustments) 3 – (414) Normalised revenue (pro forma financial information) 14 743 12 891 14 Exchange rate (Pounds) 17.18 18.92 EBITDA before capital items from continuing operations Year ended February R’million 2018 2017 % Change Normalised EBITDA before capital items as reported (unadjusted financial information) 1 1 114 956 Constant currency adjustment (pro forma adjustments) 3 – (16) Normalised EBITDA (pro forma financial information) 1 114 940 19

Constant currency pro forma financial information

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55 Headline earnings from continuing operations Year ended February R’million 2018 2017 % Change Normalised headline earnings as reported (unadjusted financial information) 2 441 387 Normalised adjustments after tax 2 59 4 Constant currency adjustment (pro forma adjustments) 3 – (9) Normalised headline earnings (pro forma financial information) 500 382 19

1 The information was obtained from the segment analysis included in the audited summarised consolidated

financial statements

2 This is the sum of all the normalised adjustments in respect of the continuing operations, adjusted for tax and

amounts attributable to non-controlling interests, obtained from the segment analysis and note 5 included in the audited summarised consolidated financial statements

3 The pro forma adjustments were calculated by converting the prior year foreign currency amounts related to the

Bytes Technology Group UK segment into Rands, using the average Rand/Pound exchange rate for the year ended 28 February 2018.

Constant currency pro forma financial information