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ASTORIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED - Audited Annual Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2024 and Notice of Annual General Meeting

Release Date: 25/03/2025 13:30
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Audited Annual Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2024 and Notice of Annual General Meeting

ASTORIA INVESTMENTS LTD
(Incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius)
(Registration number 129785 C1/GBL)
SEM share code: ATIL.N0000
JSE share code: ARA
ISIN: MU0499N00015
("Astoria" or "the Company")


AUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 AND NOTICE
OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - SHORT FORM ANNOUNCEMENT

Astoria is a global investment company which aims to generate a high real rate of return on its net asset value
("NAV") per share, measured in US Dollars ("USD"). Astoria has primary listings on the Stock Exchange of
Mauritius ("SEM") and the Alternative Exchange of the JSE Limited ("JSE").

SALIENT POINTS

            In ZAR Terms                          Description                         In USD Terms

 ZAR 11.71                            Net asset value per share            61.99 USD cents
 (2023: ZAR 14.54)                                                         (2023: 79.47 USD cents)
 ZAR (192 533 487)                    Loss after tax                       USD (10 505 037)
 (2023: ZAR (32 908 602))                                                  (2023: USD (1 784 293))
 (317.60) ZAR cents                   Basic loss per share                 (17.33) USD cents
 (2023: (58.77) ZAR cents)                                                 (2023: (3.19) USD cents)
 (317.60) ZAR cents                   Headline loss per share              (17.33) USD cents
 (2023: (58.77) ZAR cents)                                                 (2023: (3.19) USD cents)

Shareholders are advised that the Company's Integrated Annual Report containing, inter alia, the audited
annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 and the notice of annual general meeting
(the "Integrated Annual Report"), is available on the Company's website via the following link:
https://astoria.mu/investor-relations/

No dividend was declared during the current financial year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: NIL).

AUDITORS' REPORT

The Company's external auditor, Ernst & Young Mauritius has issued an unqualified audit opinion on the
audited annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The audited annual financial
statements and the auditor's report thereon are available for inspection at the Company's registered office. The
auditor's report does not necessarily report on all the information contained in the Integrated Annual Report.
Shareholders are therefore advised that, in order to obtain a full understanding of the nature of the auditor's
engagement, they should obtain a copy of the auditor's report together with the accompanying financial
information.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting ("AGM") of Astoria will be held at 1st Floor, 18
Cascavelle Business Park, Riviere Noire Road, Cascavelle 90522, Mauritius on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 at
12:00 Mauritian Time (10:00 South African Time) for the purpose of:

   a. presenting the audited annual financial statements of the Company as well as the statement of
      responsibility by chief financial officer and board of directors, the audit and risk committee report, the
      corporate governance report and the independent auditors' report for the year ended 31 December
      2024; and
   b. considering and, if deemed fit, adopting with or without modification, the shareholder resolutions as set
      out in the notice of AGM contained in the Integrated Annual Report.

Salient dates and times:

 Events                                                                                                 2025
 Record date for shareholders to be recorded in the register in order to receive the        Friday, 14 March
 notice of AGM
 Notice of AGM distributed to shareholders on                                              Tuesday, 25 March
 Last day to trade in order to be recorded in the register to vote at the AGM                Tuesday, 13 May
 Record date to be recorded in the register in order to be entitled to vote at the AGM        Friday, 16 May
 Last date to lodge forms of proxy for the AGM by 12:00 Mauritian Time (10:00 SA             Tuesday, 20 May
 time) *
 Annual General Meeting held at 12:00 Mauritian Time (10:00 South African time)            Wednesday, 21 May
 Results of AGM to be published on SENS and on the SEM website on or about                  Thursday, 22 May

* Forms of proxy may be handed to the Chairman before the commencement of the AGM.

SHORT-FORM ANNOUNCEMENT

This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the board of directors of Astoria and is only a summary
of the information in the Integrated Annual Report and accordingly does not contain full or complete details.

The Integrated Annual Report containing further details was published on 25 March 2025, and can be found
on the Company's website at https://astoria.mu/investor-relations/, as well as at the following JSE link:
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2025/jse/isse/ARAE/2024AFS.pdf

Any investment decisions by shareholders and/or investors should be based on the Integrated Annual Report
released on SENS and published on the Company's website.

Copies of the Integrated Annual Report are available to the public, free of charge, at the registered office of the
Company, 1st Floor, 18 Cascavelle Business Park, Riviere Noire Road, Cascavelle 90522, Mauritius and can
be requested from info@astoria.mu.

By order of the Board

25 March 2025

JSE Designated Advisor
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited

Company Secretary
Clermont Consultants (MU) Limited

Date: 25-03-2025 01:30:00
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