Business: Chairman of Tiger Brands to step down in December

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:38 am

Tiger Brands said on Friday, Khotso Mokhele would step down as chairman of the board on December 31.

Mokhele will be changed by means of Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, a lead impartial director at mining company Exxaro, who will take over on Jan. 1 after a handover period beginning from September.

Fraser-Moleketi, 60, served in quite a number cabinet roles from 1996 to 2008, such as as Minister of Public Service and Administration and Minister for Welfare and Population Development.

The proprietor of popular food brands Jungle Oats and Tastic rice additionally said it anticipated its headline revenue per share (HEPS) from total operations for the year ending September 30 to fall between 35 percent and forty percent from the 1,322 cents ($0.7693) said a yr earlier.

Excluding its Deli Foods business in Nigeria and processed meat business, which are each discontinued, HEPS – the important earnings measure in South Africa that strips out sure one-off gadgets – is expected to fall via up to 33 percent.

The firm blamed a bad first half of performance, Covid-19 associated costs of R255 million ($14.85 million) and restructuring charges estimated at about R70 million

Tiger Brands additionally stated it would lose R302 million in the duration from deferring meals rate will increase as phase of government guidelines to guard consumers during the lockdown.

It stated the loss used to be huge when in contrast with an running income of R1.4 billion from persevering with operations in the previous six-months period.

While revenues rose by 11 percentage in the three months to June, thanks to extended at-home consumption, volumes in classes such as baby nutrition and merchandise for the food services enterprise suffered.

(IOL)