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Listing benefits & requirements

Benefits

Benefits to Issuers

  • Increase liquidity in your shares.
  • Raise your company profile through the JSE's extensive marketing and global share price dissemination.
  • Opportunity to have your shares traded on a liquid, cost effective and easily accessible exchange with extended trading hours.
  • Visible to more investors through exposure to the JSE's large local and foreign investor base .
  • Attractive to South African fund managers as trading takes place in ZAR.
  • Companies retain local listing and dual list, as an inward listing on the JSE.
  • Extended trading hours means increased opportunity for your stock to trade.

Benefits to other African Stock exchanges

  • Companies maintain their home listings and dual list on the Africa Board.
  • The JSE will offer co-branding to other exchanges whose companies are listed on the Africa Board.
  • The JSE will consider the sharing of trade revenue with exchanges whose companies are listed on the Africa Board.

Benefits to investors

  • Access African stock on a secure, cost effective and easily accessible trading platform.
  • Trade on an exchange that is World Federation of Exchange (WFE) accredited.
  • Guaranteed settlement on T + 5 of all central order book trades.
  • Trade in ZAR.
  • Trading hours are from 9am – 5pm weekdays.
  • Access to improved product offering.
  • Globally accepted standards of corporate governance.

Listing requirements

Subscribed Capital (≥ ) R25m
Equity Share in issue ( ) 25m
Profit History (years) 3 years previous history and in listing year a profit of at least R8m
Shares in public hands ( ≥) 20%
Transfer of Share Register 10% to be transferred for settlement purposes
No. of shareholders 300
Africa Board’s Regulator JSE
Company’s Regulator in
South Africa
JSE
Reporting Standards IFRS
Sponsor JSE Approved
Other requirements On application