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ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED - ACL - Short-Form Announcement: Reviewed condensed consolidated financial results - six months ended 30 June 2024
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ACL - Short-Form Announcement: Reviewed condensed consolidated financial results - six months ended 30 June 2024 ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited Registration number 1989/002164/06 JSE Share code: ACL ISIN: ZAE000134961 ('ArcelorMittal South Africa' or 'the company') Short-form announcement Reviewed condensed consolidated financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2024 SALIENT FEATURES - Revenue of R20 506 million, down 3% from R21 045 million - Loss per share of 109 cents, down 241% from a loss of 32 cents - Headline loss per share of 100 cents, down 150% from a loss of 40 cents - Net asset value per share of R5.91, down 42% from R10.16 KEY STATISTICS Six months ended Year ended 30 June 30 June 31 December 2024 2023 % Change 2023 Financials (R million) Revenue 20 506 21 045 (2.6) 41 637 EBITDA (221) 499 56 (Loss)/profit from operations (542) 94 2 937) Net loss (1 214) (359) (238.2) 3 920) Headline loss (1 110) (448) (147.8) 1 890) Net borrowing 3 793 2 990 26.9 3 215 Net asset value 6 587 11 341 (41.9) 7 799 Financial ratios (%) EBITDA margin (1.1) 2.4 0.1 Return on ordinary shareholders' equity (on headline earnings) (30.9) (7.8) (19.4) Net borrowing to equity 57.6 26.4 (41.2) Share statistics (cents) Loss per share (109) (32) 240.6) (352) Headline loss per share (100) (40) 150.0) (170) Dividends per share - - - Net asset value per share (R) 5.91 10.16 (41.8) 7.00 Safety Lost-time injury frequency rate 1.13 0.72 (56.9) 0.77 Operational statistics ('000 tonnes) Crude steel production 1 223 1 356 (9.8) 2 767 Steel sales 1 172 1 193 (1.8) 2 412 - Local 931 963 (3.3) 1 898 - Export 241 230 4.8 514 Commercial coke 50 20 150.0 33 Segmental performance (R million) Steel operations - Revenue 19 919 20 619 (3.4) 40 885 - EBITDA (346) 460 (373) Non-Steel operations - Revenue 700 460 52.2 907 - EBITDA 150 75 100.0 534 Corporate including adjustments and eliminations - EBITDA (25) (36) 30.6 (105) Short-form announcement This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the board of directors of ArcelorMittal South Africa and is a summarised version of the group's full announcement and as such, it does not contain full or complete details pertaining to the group's results. This short-form announcement is itself not reviewed but extracted from the reviewed condensed consolidated financial statements which was reviewed by Ernst & Young who issued an unmodified review conclusion on the reviewed consolidated interim financial statements. Their review conclusion report can be obtained from the company's registered office and on the group's website at https://southafrica.arcelormittal.com/InvestorRelations/InterimResults.aspx. Any investment decisions by investors and or shareholders should be made after taking into consideration the full announcement. The full results announcement is available for viewing at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2024/JSE/ISSE/ACL/AMSAInt24.pdf and on the group's website at https://southafrica.arcelormittal.com/InvestorRelations/InterimResults.aspx. The full announcement is available for inspection, at no charge, at the registered office of ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited, (Room N3-7, Main Building, Delfos Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark) and the offices of the sponsor (Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division)), 15 Alice Lane, Sandton, from 09:00 to 16:00 on business days. Copies of a full announcement can be requested from the registered office by contacting (016) 889 2352. The short-form announcement has not been audited or reviewed by the company's auditors. Release date: 1 August 2024 Sponsor to ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) This report is available on the ArcelorMittal South Africa's website at: http://www.arcelormittal.com/southafrica/. Share queries: Please call the ArcelorMittal South Africa Share care number toll free on 0800 006 960 or +27 11 370 7850. Date: 01-08-2024 07:05:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.