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US PLUS LIMITED - Us Plus - Acquisition of a 20.82% Shareholding in UsPlus by Zazi Capital and Dealings by an Associate of a Director
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What this filing means
UsPlus has a new 20.82% shareholder. Zazi Capital bought Baleine Capital's full stake — previously the second-largest block in the company — for cash on 4 August, at a price that implies an equity value of roughly R166 million for the whole firm. The seller is an associate of non-executive director Uys Meyer, who stays on the board, and Zazi gains the right to nominate a non-executive director. The transaction completes a shareholder change flagged in earlier SENS announcements from November 20…
Bull case
- Zazi Capital has supported UsPlus's balance sheet and capital-raising since late 2025, and the 20.82% stake deepens a strategic relationship explicitly oriented toward funding growth objectives.
- Uys Meyer, who helped establish UsPlus in 2015, will remain a non-executive director post-transaction, preserving institutional knowledge on the board.
Bear case
- Pre-existing strategic ties between Zazi and UsPlus since late 2025, combined with the seller being a director's associate (Meyer controls 35%+ of Baleine), undermine arm's-length pricing and signal a related-party transaction with weak governance safeguards.
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