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LABAT AFRICA LIMITED - Completion Of Share Transfer For The Acquisition Of The Additional 24.45% Of Classic International (Pty) Ltd
Labat Africa Limited
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What this filing means
Labat completes its 100% takeover of Classic International by issuing 900 million new shares at 3 cents each — a 39.6% dilution of the existing register. The transaction was flagged before and the completion itself is not a surprise, but the filing offers no financials for Classic whatsoever: no revenue, EBITDA, debt, or cash flow to justify the R27 million scrip consideration. The integration story is intact; the quality-of-earnings case is entirely missing.
Bull case
- Labat now holds 100% of Classic International, eliminating minority interest leakage and enabling full capture of Classic's future earnings, cash flows and growth.
- The R27 million purchase consideration was settled entirely through share issuance at R0.03, preserving the group's cash resources for operations.
Bear case
- Share count expanded from 2,267,918,902 to 3,167,918,902 — 900m new shares issued to acquire the final stake in Classic, heavily diluting existing holders for a single bolt-on transaction.
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