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MOTUS HOLDINGS LIMITED - Listing of new financial instruments and availability of guarantor annual financial statements

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What this filing means

Motus has issued R1.8 billion of floating-rate notes under its new R5 billion domestic medium-term note programme — R1.2 billion at 90 basis points over ZARONIA maturing October 2027 and R600 million at 119 basis points over ZARONIA maturing October 2031 — with the JSE listing the instruments on 13 October 2026. The notes are senior unsecured and guaranteed by four Motus group entities. The guarantors' 2026 annual financial statements will be available on 30 October 2026, and their audit reports are unqualified with no modifications. This is a standard new-issuance notice: the programme was recently established, and the tranche amounts and note-specific terms are now disclosed rather than merely confirmed.

Motus has borrowed R1.8 billion from bond investors through two new notes, paying a floating interest rate that moves with market rates. Four parts of the Motus group have promised to repay if the main company cannot, and the auditors have already signed off on those guarantors' accounts without any warnings. The R1.2 billion tranche matures in just over a year; the R600 million tranche runs for five years. For a normal investor, this is a financing event the market can now assess: how much debt Motus has raised, at what cost, and on what terms.

Bull case

  • Each guarantor’s 2026 audit report is unqualified, with no modifications applicable.

Bear case

  • The notes are floating-rate instruments referenced to Compounded Daily ZARONIA plus fixed margins, leaving cash interest exposed to changes in the reference rate.
  • Both listed notes are senior unsecured, so noteholders rank pari passu with other senior unsecured creditors rather than secured claims.
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SENS-AI conclusion

This is a standard new-issuance notice under a recently established programme. The R1.8 billion raised across two tranches — R1.2 billion at 90 basis points over ZARONIA (2027) and R600 million at 119 basis points over ZARONIA (2031) — is now disclosed with full note-specific terms, which is new factual information. The floating-rate structure and senior unsecured status are standard features for a note of this type. The unqualified guarantor audits establish only that the audit opinions exist, not that credit risk is absent. So what: the guarantors' 2026 financial statements will be available on 30 October 2026, with unqualified audits already confirmed; noteholders can then review the actual financial positions behind the guarantee to assess whether the group entities supporting these notes carry material debt or liquidity strain.

The guarantors' 2026 annual financial statements on 30 October will show whether the entities backing these notes carry material debt or liquidity strain.

Evidence from the filing

  • Each guarantor’s 2026 audit report is unqualified, with no modifications applicable.

    “Noteholders are further advised that each of the audit reports on the 2026 financial statements of the Guarantors are unqualified, with no modifications applicable.”
  • The notes are floating-rate instruments referenced to Compounded Daily ZARONIA plus fixed margins, leaving cash interest exposed to changes in the reference rate.

    “ Reference Rate: Compounded Daily ZARONIA Compounded Daily ZARONIA”
  • Both listed notes are senior unsecured, so noteholders rank pari passu with other senior unsecured creditors rather than secured claims.

    “ Status of Notes: Senior Unsecured Senior Unsecured”
Category
Debt Notice
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Oct 12, 2026

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