AttBid, a vehicle representing Atterbury Property Fund (APF), and WeBuyCars founders Faan and Dirk van der Walt, which made an offer to RMH shareholders earlier this month, has acquired in on-market transactions a further 31,83 million RMH shares. Following the transactions, AttBid and APF hold an aggregate of c.35.11% of the RMH shares in issue.

Marshall Monteagle has issued 1,300,000 shares for cash, raising approximately US$2 million at a price of $1.54 per share. The additional shares represent 3.63% of the total issued share capital of the company.

The Board of Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers has taken the decision to withdraw the declaration of a special dividend of 100c per ordinary share announced in January. This follows the delayed receipt of approval from the SARB. The company will now pay an interim dividend in the same amount.

This week the following companies announced the repurchase of shares:

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s US$2 billion share buy-back programme continues. The shares acquired will be kept as treasury shares to fulfil future share delivery commitments under the group’s stock ownership plans. During the period 16 to 20 February 2026, the group repurchased 396,379 shares for €26,4 million.

In December 2025, British American Tobacco extended its share buyback programme by a further £1.3 billion for 2026. The shares will be cancelled. This week the company repurchased a further 308,209 shares at an average price of £45.28 per share for an aggregate £17,21 million.

During the period 16 to 20 February 2026, Prosus repurchased a further 2,058,244 Prosus shares for an aggregate €89,54 million and Naspers, a further 796,820 Naspers shares for a total consideration of R717,63 million.

One company issued a profit warning this week: RCL Foods.

Two companies issued or withdrew a cautionary notice: Trustco and Labat Africa.

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