AI assistant
BRAIT PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2026
Jul 16, 2026
48683_rns_2026-07-16_72817b21-e71c-4507-a9da-88d89fd27996.pdf
Capital/Financing Update
Open in viewerOpens in your device viewer
BRAIT P.L.C.
(Registered in Mauritius as a Public Limited Company)
(Registration No. 183309 GBC)
Share code: BAT ISIN: LU0011857645
Bond code: WKN: A2SBSU ISIN: XS2088760157
LEI: 549300VB8GBX4UO7WG59
("Brait" or the "Company")
NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE OR MAKING OF THE RIGHTS OFFER WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE BRAIT RIGHTS OFFER
Unless otherwise stated, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meanings given in the Circular to Shareholders and Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting dated Thursday, 18 June 2026.
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Brait shareholders ("Shareholders") are referred to the declaration announcement published on the Stock Exchange News Service ("SENS") of the JSE Limited ("JSE"), the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange ("LuxSE") and the Stock Exchange of Mauritius ("SEM") on Tuesday, 14 July 2026 relating to Brait's renounceable rights offer to Qualifying Shareholders ("Rights Offer") and are advised that all conditions precedent to the Rights Offer have been fulfilled.
TERMS OF THE RIGHTS OFFER
Shareholders are advised that the Board has resolved to proceed with the Rights Offer to raise gross proceeds of ZAR2,500,000,000 through an offer of renounceable rights ("Rights") which entitle Qualifying Shareholders to subscribe for 1,655,629,139 Shares proposed to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Rights Offer ("Rights Offer Shares") in the ratio of 0.42862 Rights Offer Shares for every one existing Share held on Friday, 24 July 2026 being the record date ("Record Date"), at a price of ZAR1.51000 (ZAc 151) per Rights Offer Share (excluding Shareholders resident or located in the restricted jurisdictions to be set out in the Rights Offer Circular) on the Record Date.
The offer price is ZAR1.51000 (ZAc 151) per Rights Offer Share ("Offer Price"), which represents a 25% discount to the TERP based on the volume weighted average trade price for the five consecutive dealing days ending on Monday, 15 June 2026. The Rights Offer Shares will constitute approximately 30% of the Company's post-Rights Offer ordinary share capital.
Shareholders may commence trading the Letters of Allocation from the commencement of business on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 until the close of business on Tuesday, 4 August 2026, both days inclusive, under the JSE code BATN and ISIN: MU0767S00014; and the Rights Offer Shares from commencement of business on Wednesday, 5 August 2026.
SHAREHOLDER COMMITMENTS AND UNDERWRITING
The Rights Offer is fully committed and underwritten. The Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Titan Financial Services Proprietary Limited ("Titan") on Wednesday, 17 June 2026 ("Underwriting Agreement"), in terms of which Titan and its affiliated entities have irrevocably undertaken to subscribe for all their respective entitlements to Rights Offer Shares pursuant to the Rights Offer and to take up the balance of the Rights Offer Shares if they are not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders, to an aggregate value of ZAR2,500,000,000, on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Underwriting Agreement.
In accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Company invited additional Shareholders to underwrite a portion of the ZAR2,500,000,000 as additional underwriters ("Additional Underwriters"). Each of the Additional Underwriters, being Coronation Asset Management (Pty) Ltd, Camissa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd, ABAX Investments (Pty) Ltd and Two Valleys Ltd, have acceded to the Underwriting Agreement before the accession cut-off date of 29 June 2026 ("Accession Cut-Off Date"), each committing to follow all their Rights in terms of the Rights Offer and to underwrite such portion of the Rights Offer Shares not taken up under the Rights Offer as is equal to their percentage shareholding in Brait at the date of accession.
By the Accession Cut-Off Date Allan Gray (Pty) Ltd ("Allan Gray") provided an irrevocable commitment in favour of Brait (subject to its mandates with its clients) to: (i) follow the Rights and subscribe for all Rights Offer Shares to which it is entitled to on behalf of clients where Allan Gray has the discretion to do so; and (ii) recommend to its clients to follow their Rights and subscribe for all Rights Offer Shares to which they are entitled where Allan Gray does not have the discretion to do so on their behalf.
The Company has agreed to pay the Underwriters and other Shareholders who committed, by or before the Accession Cut-Off Date, to take up their Rights a commission equal to 1% of the aggregate Offer Price (plus any applicable value added tax thereon). The underwriting commission is, in the opinion of the Board, not greater than the current market rate charged by underwriters for a transaction of this nature.
The Rights Offer will be fully committed and underwritten through the Shareholder commitments to follow their Rights in full and the Underwriting Agreement with the Underwriters.
EXCESS APPLICATIONS
Shareholders whose Shares are held in Strate on the JSE and are recorded in Brait's sub-register in Johannesburg as at the Record Date ("Qualifying JSE Shareholders") and their successors/renounces will be permitted to apply for Rights Offer Shares in excess of their pro rata entitlement in terms of the Rights Offer ("Excess Rights Offer Shares"), should there be Excess Rights Offer Shares available for allocation. The Excess Rights Offer Shares will be allocated equitably by the Board to Qualifying Shareholders that make applications for such Excess Rights Offer Shares taking cognisance of the number of Shares held by each applicant just prior to such allocation on the Record Date, including those taken up as a result of the Rights Offer and the number of Excess Rights Offer Shares applied for by such applicant.
FRACTIONAL ENTITLEMENTS
Fractions of Rights Offer Shares will not be issued. Where necessary, entitlements of Rights Offer Shares of 0.5 or greater will be rounded up and less than 0.5 will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
SALIENT DATES AND TIMES
The salient dates and time for the Rights Offer, which will also be set out in the Rights Offer Circular, are set out below:
| Events | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posting Record Date | Friday, 10 July |
| Declaration date | Tuesday, 14 July |
| Finalisation date | Thursday, 16 July |
| Publication of Rights Offer Circular on the Company's website | Monday, 20 July |
| Last day to trade to be eligible to participate in the Rights Offer | Tuesday, 21 July |
| Shares trade ex-Rights on the JSE at 09:00 (SAST) | Wednesday, 22 July |
| Listing of and trading in Rights under JSE code: BATN and ISIN: MU0767S00014 | Wednesday, 22 July |
| Rights Offer Circular (enclosing the Election Form, US Investor Letter (as defined below) and JSE Form of Instruction) distributed to Certified Shareholders | Thursday, 23 July |
| Record Date | Friday, 24 July |
| Rights Offer opens in South Africa at 09:00 (SAST) | Monday, 27 July |
| (i) Qualifying JSE Shareholders that hold Dematerialised Shares on the South African sub-register; (ii) Qualifying LuxSE Shareholders who have delivered a duly completed Election Form indicating that they wish to participate in the Rights Offer; and (iii) Permitted Restricted Territory Shareholders who have delivered a duly completed Election Form indicating that they wish to participate in the Rights Offer (and in the case of qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the US Securities Act of 1933 who have delivered a duly completed US Investor Letter by the Record Date), will have their broker or CSDP accounts credited with their Rights and subsequently can exercise their Rights | Monday, 27 July |
| Shareholders on the South African sub-register that hold Certified Shares will have their Rights credited to an electronic account held at the South African Transfer Secretaries | Monday, 27 July |
| Rights Offer Circular distributed to Dematerialised Shareholders | Monday, 27 July |
| Last day to trade in Letters of Allocation for Shareholders trading on the JSE | Tuesday, 4 August |
| Qualifying JSE Shareholders that hold Certified Shares on the South African sub-register who want to sell their Rights must ensure that they have sent their duly completed JSE Form of Instruction to the South African Transfer Secretaries no later than 12:00 (SAST) | Tuesday, 4 August |
| Listing and trading of the Rights Offer Shares on the JSE commences 09:00 (SAST) | Wednesday, 5 August |
| Record date and closing date for acceptance under the Rights Offer at 12:00 (SAST) | Friday, 7 August |
| Events | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Results of the Rights Offer released on SENS, the SEM and the LuxSE website | Tuesday, 11 August |
| Rights Offer Shares delivered in dematerialised form: (i) to Dematerialised Shareholders' broker or CSDP; or (ii) in the case of Certified Shareholders, with Computershare Nominees (Pty) Ltd accounts | Tuesday, 11 August |
| Listing and trading of the Rights Offer Shares on LuxSE commences 09:00 (CET) | Wednesday, 12 August |
| In respect of successful excess applications, Rights Offer Shares issued to Qualifying Shareholders (or their transferees) | Thursday, 13 August |
| Refund payments (if any) in respect of unsuccessful applications by Certified Shareholders for Excess Rights Offer Shares made | Thursday, 13 August |
Notes:
- These dates and times are indicative only and subject to change. All dates are estimations based on current expectations of the Company and are subject to change. If any of the dates and times change, details of the new dates and times will be published on the website of the LuxSE and on SENS and the SEM.
- Shareholders in Restricted Territories are required to certify to the Company's satisfaction, in its sole and absolute discretion, by no later than Friday, 24 July 2026, that their exercise, sale or renunciation of the Rights and/or subscription for Rights Offer Shares would not result in the contravention of any registration or other legal requirement in such jurisdiction in order to participate in the Rights Offer, failing which the Rights will instead be sold by the South African Transfer Secretaries, on a best efforts basis and the average proceeds per Right sold will be remitted, net of brokerage charges and associated expenses, in accordance with the information of such Shareholders on the Brait share register.
- The Rights attributable to Shareholders in a Prohibited Jurisdiction will be sold by the South African Transfer Secretaries, on a best-efforts basis and the average proceeds per Right sold will be remitted, net of brokerage charges and associated expenses, in accordance with the information of such Shareholders on the Brait share register.
- Shares may not be transferred between Brait's register of members in Luxembourg and the South African sub-register between Tuesday, 14 July 2026 and Friday, 24 July 2026, both days inclusive.
- Shares are transferable between Brait's register of members in Luxembourg and the South African sub-register save as set out in note 4 above. Qualifying LuxSE Shareholders, who wish to trade their Rights Offer Shares on the LuxSE will first need to transfer those shares from the South African sub-register to Brait's register of members in Luxembourg.
- Rights Offer Shares will be listed on the JSE on Wednesday, 5 August 2026 and on the LuxSE on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 because securities may be listed on the JSE 3 trading days prior to their issue whereas securities may only be listed on the LuxSE following their issue.
- Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 22 July 2026 and Friday, 24 July 2026, both days inclusive.
- CSDP's or brokers (in respect of Qualifying Shareholders) must effect payment in respect of Dematerialised Shareholders on a delivery versus payment basis.
- Rights Offer Shares will only be delivered pursuant to the Rights Offer on Tuesday, 11 August 2026.
RIGHTS OFFER CIRCULAR
Further details of the Rights Offer will be disclosed in the Rights Offer Circular which will be made available on Brait's website (https://www.brait.com/) on Monday, 20 July 2026. The Rights Offer Circular (enclosing the JSE Form of Instruction in respect of Qualifying JSE Shareholders who hold Certified Shares, the Election Form in respect of Qualifying LuxSE Shareholders and certain Permitted Restricted Territory Shareholders and the letter in respect of certain permitted US shareholders ("US Investor Letter") will be distributed to Certified Shareholders on Thursday, 23 July 2026.
Port Louis, Mauritius
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Brait's Shares are primary listed and admitted to trading on the Euro MTF market of the LuxSE and its secondary listing is on the exchange operated by the JSE. The Company's Convertible Bonds are dual listed on the Open Market (Freiverkehr) segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as the SEM.
LuxSE Listing Agent:
Harney Westwood & Riegels SARL
Joint Financial Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Brait:
Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited
Joint Financial Advisor to Brait:
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
SEM Authorised Representative and Sponsor:
Perigeum Capital Limited
South African Legal counsel Brait:
DLA Piper Advisory Services Proprietary Limited
South African counsel to the Joint Financial Advisors and Transaction Sponsor:
Bowmans
International Counsel to the Joint Financial Advisors and Transaction Sponsor:
Milbank LLP
IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER
The release, publication or distribution of this announcement ("Announcement") in jurisdictions other than South Africa may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this Announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable restrictions or requirements. Any failure to comply with such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Brait disclaims any responsibility or liability for the violation of such requirements by any person.
This Announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or invitation to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of, or any solicitation to purchase or subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of, any securities in any jurisdiction. Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser. The information contained in this Announcement is not for release, publication or distribution to persons in any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations.
This Announcement is restricted and is not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, or into the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong or any other jurisdiction in which such release, publication or distribution would be unlawful. This Announcement is for information purposes only, does not purport to be full or complete and shall not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell securities in the United States of America or any other jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdictions. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this Announcement or its accuracy or completeness.
The distribution of this Announcement and the offering for sale of the Rights and the issue of Rights Offer Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. The Rights and the Rights Offer Shares may not be offered to the public in any jurisdiction in circumstances which would require the preparation or registration of any prospectus or offering document relating to the shares in such jurisdiction. No action has been taken by Brait, the Underwriters or any of their respective affiliates that would permit an offering of such securities or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to such Rights or shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this Announcement comes are required by Brait and the Underwriters to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions.
The Rights and the Rights Offer Shares referred to in this announcement have not been, and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), as amended, and may not be offered, sold pledged, taken up, exercised, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in, into or from the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offer of the securities mentioned herein in the United States of America.
This Announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons in member states of the European Economic Area ("EEA") who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended) ("Qualified Investors"). In the United Kingdom, this disclaimer and the Circular are being distributed only to, and are directed only at persons who are "qualified investors" as defined in paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 of the Public Offers and Admission to Trading Regulations 2024 ("POATR") and who are: (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments falling under Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended ("Order"); (ii) who are high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order; or (iii) are other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This disclaimer and the Circular must not be acted on or relied on (i) in the United Kingdom, by persons who are not Relevant Persons, and (ii) in any member state of the EEA, by persons who are not qualified investors. Any investment or investment activity to which this disclaimer and the Circular relates is available only to (i) Relevant Persons in the United Kingdom, and (ii) qualified investors in any member state of the EEA, and will be engaged in only with such persons.
The information in this Announcement may not be forwarded or distributed to any other person and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding, distribution, reproduction, or disclosure of this information in whole or in part is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this directive may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions.
This Announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation or advertisement to purchase and/or subscribe for securities in South Africa, including an offer to the public for the sale of, or subscription for, or the solicitation or advertisement of an offer to buy and/or subscribe for, shares as defined in the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008 (as amended) or otherwise ("Companies Act") and will not be distributed to any person in South Africa in any manner that could be construed as an offer to the public in terms of the Companies Act. As a result, this Announcement does not comply with the substance and form requirements for a prospectus set out in Companies Act and the South African
Companies Regulations of 2011, and has not been approved by, and/or registered with, the with the South African Companies and Intellectual Property Commission or any other South African authority.
This Rights Offer to which this Announcement refers is a rights offer as contemplated in section 96(1)(d) of the Companies Act and does not constitute an "offer to the public" as envisaged in Chapter 4 of thereof.
The information contained in this Announcement constitutes factual information as contemplated in section 1(3)(a) of the South African Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 ("FAIS Act") and should not be construed as an express or implied recommendation, guide or proposal that any particular transaction in respect of the Rights, the Rights Offer Shares or in relation to the business or future investments of Brait or any member of the Brait Group, is appropriate to the particular investment objectives, financial situations or needs of a prospective investor, and nothing in this Announcement should be construed as constituting the canvassing for, or marketing or advertising of, financial services in South Africa. The Company is not a financial services provider licensed as such under the FAIS Act.