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UNAUDITED
 SUMMARY RESULTS
 ANNOUNCEMENT
AND CASH DIVIDEND
   DECLARATION
   for the six months ended
       31 December 2019
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Contents
                      02     Basis of preparation
  ENDURING VALUE CREATED     These unaudited summary financial results for the six months ended
                             31 December 2019 have been prepared in accordance with:
                      03     • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), including IAS 34: Interim
                               financial reporting;
               ABOUT RMI
                             • The requirements of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, as amended;

                      04     • The SAICA Financial Reporting Guide as issued by the Accounting Practices
                               Committee;
     INVESTMENT OVERVIEW     • The Financial Reporting Pronouncements as issued by the Financial Reporting
                               Standards Council; and
                      07     • The Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited.
            PERFORMANCE      The accounting policies applied are consistent with those applied in the previous
                             financial period, except for changes required by the mandatory adoption of new
                      11     and revised IFRS. During the six months ended 31 December 2019, the group
                             adopted IFRS 16: Leases, which replaced IAS 17: Leases. The implementation
           RMI’S STRATEGY
                             of IFRS 16 resulted in the recognition of a right-of-use asset and corresponding

                      12
                             lease liability on the statement of financial position. More detail is provided in the
                             financial review section of this report.
   OUTLOOK AND ENDURING      Schalk Human MCom (Acc) CA (SA) prepared these consolidated financial
         VALUE CREATION      results under the supervision of Herman Bosman LLM CFA. The board of
                             directors takes full responsibility for the preparation of this announcement and for
                      14     correctly extracting the financial information for inclusion in the announcement.

CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION    The summary consolidated financial statements for the six months ended
                             31 December 2019 contained in this booklet have not been audited.
                      15     Normalised earnings presented in these summary financial results constitute pro
       PORTFOLIO REVIEW      forma financial information. The pro forma financial information is the
                             responsibility of RMI’s board of directors and is presented for illustrative
             Discovery 15
                             purposes. As a result of its nature, pro forma financial information may not fairly
              Hastings 16    present RMI’s financial position, changes in equity, results of operations or
  Momentum Metropolitan 17   cash flows.
           OUTsurance 18     The forward-looking information has not been commented or reported on by the
                             group’s external auditor.
                      19
         FINANCIAL REVIEW

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           ADMINISTRATION
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                                   Artwork used in this announcement
                                   RMI approached Khayelitsha-born furniture designer Bonga Jwambi to create a
                                   timber bench in RMI’s colours. 31-year-old Bonga uses plastic strapping, palette
                                   wood and nylon rope as materials to form the base of his output, and he has
                                   developed an admired ability to take these overlooked waste materials and
                                   translate them into clean-lined, contemporary designs, worthy of a place in the
                                   modern home.

                                   His creations speak to RMI’s ongoing sustainability journey.

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       Enduring value
              created
     for the six months ended 31 December 2019

           Compound                      Normalised                          Dividend
          shareholders’                   earnings
             return
            since listing in 2011

          16.9%                       R1 804                             45 cents
          per annum                           million                      per share
                                           (2018: R2 094 million)         (2018: 45 cents per share)
                                      ((14%) to 117.8 cents per share)

                                              (14%)                      Unchanged
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About RMI                                                                                                 03

 RMI is a JSE-listed investment holding
  company with a proud track record of
             investing in disruptive and                                                                             25.0%
                                                                            Discovery Limited (Discovery)
      entrepreneurial financial services
    businesses. The group’s long-term
    performance has been achieved by
           partnering with exceptional                                                                               29.8%
                                                                       Hastings Group Holdings plc (Hastings)
management teams. RMI positions itself
         as a value-adding, stable and
               aspirational shareholder.
                                                                                                                     27.3%
                                                                         Momentum Metropolitan Holdings
                                                                          Limited (Momentum Metropolitan)

                    RMI is a strategic, active
                   manager of a R47 billion
                financial services portfolio
                                                                                                                     89.1%
                                                                           OUTsurance Holdings Limited
                                                                                  (OUTsurance)

           RMI’s effective interest in these group entities is
     different from the actual interest due to consolidation
                                                                          RMI Investment Managers Group
                                                                                                                      100%
                  adjustments in respect of treasury shares.
                                                                                Proprietary Limited
                                                   See page 19.              (RMI Investment Managers)

                                                                                                                      100%
                                                                           AlphaCode Proprietary Limited
                                                                         (AlphaCode), with its next-generation
                                                                                    investments:
                                                                                • Entersekt
                                                                                • Guidepost
                                                                                • Luno
                                                                                • Merchant Capital
                                                                                • Prodigy Finance

         UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
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     Investment
       overview
           RMI’s significant
         investments as at
       31 December 2019

                   Listed or unlisted    JSE-listed   LSE-listed    JSE-listed    Unlisted

          MARKET CAPITALISATION/        R79.4         R21.9        R32.7         R23.1
            IMPLIED VALUE (100%)
                                        billion       billion      billion       billion
                  RMI’S INTEREST        25.0%         29.8%        27.3%         89.1%
               RMI’S RANKING AS
                  SHAREHOLDER              1st          1st           1st          1st

           MARKET VALUE/IMPLIED         R19.9         R6.5         R8.8          R20.5
         VALUE OF RMI’S INTEREST
                                        billion       billion      billion       billion
         SHARE OF RMI PORTFOLIO
                BASED ON VALUE           35%          12%           16%           37%
                   NORMALISED
           EARNINGS FOR THE SIX
                                        R2 117        R596         R1 772        R1 103
                 MONTHS (100%)          million       million      million       million
RMI’s investments continued

                                                                                                                                           05

     Listed investments

         Discovery is a pioneering market              Hastings is a UK-listed, fast-              Momentum Metropolitan is an
         leader with uniquely-positioned               growing, agile, digitally-focused           insurance-based financial services
         businesses in the healthcare, long-           general short-term insurance provider       group which is listed on the
         and short-term insurance, wellness            to the UK car, van, bike and home           JSE Limited.
         and financial services industries. It is      insurance market. It has strong
                                                                                                   The core businesses of Momentum
         listed on the JSE Limited.                    relationships with all the major price
                                                                                                   Metropolitan offer long- and
                                                       comparison websites, a cost-
         It operates in South Africa, the United                                                   short-term insurance, asset
                                                       effective digital marketing model and
         Kingdom (UK), China, Singapore,                                                           management, savings, investment,
                                                       a focus on client retention.
         Australia, Japan, Europe and the                                                          healthcare administration and
         USA through various business lines.           Hastings provides refreshingly              employee benefits. These product
                                                       straightforward products and                and service solutions are provided to
         Its innovative Shared-Value business
                                                       services. It has 2.9 million live client    all market segments through the
         model incentivises people to be
                                                       policies and is a multi-award-winning       Momentum and Metropolitan
         healthier and enhances and protects
                                                       business.                                   operating brands.
         their lives. This delivers superior
         actuarial dynamics for the insurer and        Refer to page 16 for further                Refer to page 17 for further
         a healthier society.                          information on Hastings’ performance        information on Momentum
                                                       in the past year.                           Metropolitan’s performance in the
         Refer to page 15 for further
                                                                                                   past six months.
         information on Discovery’s
         performance in the past six months.

                       UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
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     Unlisted investments

      OUTsurance provides short- and               RMI Investment Managers’ affiliate           AlphaCode identifies, partners and
      long-term insurance products in              model enables the company to                 grows extraordinary next-generation
      South Africa, Australia and Namibia.         access a differentiated part of the          financial services entrepreneurs. Its
      Investment products are offered by           investment management industry by            investments to date are:
      OUTvest.                                     investing in and partnering with             • Entersekt, a leader in
                                                   independent investment managers.                authentication app security and
      OUTsurance’s mission is to provide                                                           payments-enablement technology,
      world-class value-for-money                  RMI Investment Managers has taken
                                                                                                   offering a highly scalable solution
      insurance products backed by                 minority equity stakes in boutique
                                                                                                   set, with a track record of success
      industry-leading client service.             investment managers which span the
                                                                                                   across multiple continents;
      Premiums are calculated according            asset class spectrum across active,
                                                                                                • Guidepost, a high-touch health
      to a client’s unique risk profile. Clients   passive, traditional and alternative.
                                                                                                   and insuretech innovator that is
      who remain claim-free receive a cash
                                                   While the team is predominantly                 poised for international growth;
      OUTbonus, the first such reward
                                                   focused on the execution of the              • Luno, who makes it safe and easy
      system in South Africa.
                                                   growth initiatives at each affiliate, they      to buy, store and learn about
      Refer to page 18 for further                 continue to look for opportunities that         digital currencies like Bitcoin and
      information on OUTsurance’s                  will complement the existing suite of           Ethereum. Luno has more than
      performance in the past six months.          managers as the group builds its                2 million clients in 40 countries;
                                                   share of the South African investment        • Merchant Capital, a provider of
                                                   management market.                              alternative sources of working
                                                   Royal Investment Managers is a                  capital for small and medium
                                                   joint venture between RMI Investment            enterprises in South Africa; and
                                                   Managers and Royal Bafokeng                  • Prodigy, an international fintech
                                                   Holdings (RBH). It acquires equity              platform that offers loans to
                                                   stakes in either existing or new asset          postgraduate students attending
                                                   management firms with a strong and              top universities.
                                                   unrelenting focus on diversity.
                                                                                                AlphaCode is actively seeking to fund
                                                                                                new and dynamic, sustainable and
                                                                                                scalable business models in the
                                                                                                financial services industry. AlphaCode
                                                                                                is committed to building a pipeline of
                                                                                                next-generation financial services
                                                                                                businesses and has launched a
                                                                                                number of structured learning and
                                                                                                mentorship programmes geared for
                                                                                                different stages of business maturity
                                                                                                to build this pipeline.
Performance                                                                                                                                         07

RMI is committed to creating long-term value for its stakeholders by investing
in and remaining influential in businesses that can deliver capital growth and a
steady dividend flow. By being a shareholder of influence, RMI can enable
sustainable growth and bring and hold businesses together. RMI invests with a
view to long-term involvement. Its investment decisions are influenced by the
external environment.
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
The macroeconomic environment within which RMI’s investee companies operate experienced significant challenges during the reporting period:

 SA government           President Ramaphosa recognised the economic challenges SA currently face in his State of the Nation address to
 under pressure          Parliament, including unreliable energy provision, the precarious fiscal position and, more broadly, the weak GDP
                         growth environment, while placing more emphasis on the role of the private sector to help solve these challenges.
                         The impact of the President’s proposal on confidence and economic prospects remains to be seen.

 Ratings going           All three major credit rating agencies have SA’s credit rating on a negative outlook. If Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s
 down                    budget is not viewed as providing a credible fiscal consolidation trajectory over the medium term, ratings
                         downgrades could follow. This will raise the cost of funding in SA, dealing a further blow to depressed business and
                         consumer confidence.

 Slow or no              Three of the four quarters of 2019 experienced a GDP decline. Load shedding affected both factories and trade
 economic growth         negatively.
                         Moody’s lowered its outlook for real GDP growth to 0.7% in 2020, from a previous forecast of 1%. They anticipate
                         growth to marginally pick up in 2021 to 0.9% and cited lacklustre private sector demand and a lack of action to
                         contain state spending as key risks.

 Unemployment            The unemployment rate remained at 29.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019.
 concerns

 Inflation up but        Consumer inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), accelerated to a seven-month high of 4.5% in
 subdued                 January 2020. In the short term, inflation is expected to remain subdued.

 Market volatility       The JSE was in part lifted by higher gold and resource mining shares. The gold price reached a multi-year high due
                         to an increase in safe-haven demand as non-China Coronavirus cases rose. However, gold price gains were capped
                         by a stronger dollar. The sharp rise in resource shares was more than offset by a fall in the industrials and financial
                         indices. The softer local bourse was in line with the weaker performance of global equity markets.

 UK growth also          GDP growth also stalled in the UK during the fourth quarter of 2019. The weak performance was driven by ongoing
 slowing                 Brexit uncertainty and a slowdown in international trade. Consumer spending increased at the weakest rate in four
                         years and manufacturing output fell sharply, especially in the car industry. A slowdown in international trade amid the
                         US-China trade war also weighed heavily on UK growth.

 Impact of the           Fears regarding the impact that Covid-19 could have on economic growth reflected in the markets and emerging
 Coronavirus             market currencies, including the Rand.

 Climate change          The effects of global warming and changes to the planet have affected the group’s investees more in the past year
                         than ever before, from raging bushfires in Australia and drought in South Africa to health crises. The World Economic
                         Forum has now emphasised the importance of global leaders addressing climate change urgently.

This external environment remains volatile and poses significant downside risk. Consumers are under pressure, which makes growing the
underlying investments in the group challenging.

                 UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Performance continued

                                                       effect. Including the risk mix effect, Hastings   decreased by 6%. The devastating bushfires
08   OVERVIEW OF RESULTS                               experienced overall earned premium                in Australia severely impacted the claims
     RMI’s group consolidated normalised
                                                       deflation of 2%. Live client policies increased   ratio performance for the six-month period.
     earnings decreased by 14% to R1.8 billion
                                                       by 5% to 2.85 million, driven by higher           At 31 December 2019, Youi’s gross claims
     for the six months ended 31 December
                                                       retention rates. Claims increased by 8% due       exposure was R352 million with an
     2019. This result is mainly attributable to the
                                                       to increased policy volumes and claims            expected R146 million in reinsurance
     significant increase in spend on new
                                                       inflation of between 7% and 8%. The claims        recoveries resulting in a net estimated loss
     strategic initiatives at Discovery and
                                                       ratio of 82.6% (post-Ogden) was                   of R206 million. In South Africa, OUTsurance
     OUTsurance and an increase in the claims
                                                       significantly higher than the 75% claims ratio    experienced two catastrophe events during
     ratio of the short-term insurance operations
                                                       in the prior year and above the long-term         the period under review with a combined
     at OUTsurance following the Australian
                                                       target of between 75% and 79%.                    net cost of R84 million, compared to none
     bushfires and also at Hastings.
                                                                                                         in the comparative period. OUTsurance also
                                                       Momentum Metropolitan recorded a 10%              incurred R20 million more in net claims
     It is important to note that:
                                                       increase in diluted normalised earnings to        related to power surge and dip claims due
     • Sporadic and, most notably, natural
                                                       R1.8 billion for the six-month period under       to load shedding. As a result, the group’s
         catastrophe-linked claims spikes are an
                                                       review and a 12% increase in diluted              overall claims ratio increased from 51.6%
         inevitable part of a short-term insurance
                                                       normalised earnings per share, reflecting the     to 53.4%.
         business; and
                                                       positive impact of the R2 billion share
     • RMI is pleased with the investments in          buy-back programme that was completed in          RMI Investment Managers is now in its
         strategic initiatives at Discovery and        November 2018. This growth was                    fifth year of operations, with its financial
         OUTsurance, which are all showing signs       supported by a resilient performance in the       performance tracking in line with
         of market traction and success.               core South African life insurance businesses,     management’s expectations of investments
     Discovery’s normalised earnings decreased         underpinned by disciplined expense                in affiliates at such an early stage of
     by 11% for the six months ended                   management and steady underwriting                development.
     31 December 2019. All of Discovery’s              results. Guardrisk delivered an excellent
                                                                                                         The six-month period to December was
     established and emerging businesses, with         performance which, together with the sale
                                                                                                         characterised by high volatility in the local
     the exception of VitalityLife, produced robust    of loss-making operations in the rest of
                                                                                                         market that further precipitated risk aversion
     operating results. VitalityLife’s earnings were   Africa, contributed to the overall growth in
                                                                                                         among investors. The JSE All Share Index
     negatively impacted by the strategic              normalised earnings. The diluted embedded
                                                                                                         was flat during the period, but portfolio
     decision to mitigate its exposure to further      value per share increased by 7% to R28.56,
                                                                                                         returns among local equity managers
     interest rate declines in the UK. In addition,    which represents an annualised return on
                                                                                                         ranged between -13% to 25%, reflecting the
     the group invested R1 billion in new              embedded value per share of 10.6%. The
                                                                                                         high volatility experienced. Managers who
     initiatives, an increase of 81% over the prior    group’s main life insurance entity
                                                                                                         were overweight gold and platinum stocks
     period. Of this spend, 53% was dedicated          strengthened its regulatory solvency position
                                                                                                         had a very successful six-month period,
     to Discovery Bank, which is expected to           to 2.2 times the Solvency Capital
                                                                                                         while those who had overweight positions in
     remain the dominant investment going              Requirement (SCR), which is higher than the
                                                                                                         financials and REITs underperformed. South
     forward. New business annualised premium          target range of 1.7 to 2.1 times the SCR.
                                                                                                         African equities, helped by the precious
     income increased by 17% to R11.1 billion.         The dividend increased by 14% to 40 cents
                                                                                                         metal rally, outperformed emerging market
     Performance of cash and capital metrics           per ordinary and the dividend cover of
                                                                                                         equities by 5.5% as geopolitical risks
     remained within guidance, with the group          3.0 times remains at the upper end of the
                                                                                                         lowered investors’ appetite for riskier assets.
     financial leverage ratio at 24.3% and the         target range of 2.0 to 3.0 times. Momentum
                                                                                                         Notwithstanding the challenging political and
     cash buffer at R2.5 billion.                      Metropolitan also maintained its Level 1
                                                                                                         macroeconomic conditions, the affiliate
                                                       B-BBEE status.
     RMI included normalised earnings of                                                                 managers remained focused on delivering
     R170 million from Hastings for the six            The highlights at OUTsurance for the              good investment performance for their
     months to 31 December 2019, 51% lower             six-month period were the continued growth        clients while continuing to strengthen their
     than the R348 million in the comparative          recovery at Youi, the successful continuation     businesses through a more diversified client
     period. Hastings announced its                    of the expansion of OUTsurance Business           base and bolstering their investment and
     31 December 2019 year-end results on              and strong OUTsurance Personal growth             operational capabilities.
     27 February 2020, which reflected a 52%           within a difficult economic climate. Overall
                                                                                                         Royal Investment Managers is a joint
     decline in normalised earnings in Sterling        group gross written premiums increased by
                                                                                                         venture between RMI Investment Managers
     terms. Gross written premiums were in line        6% to R8.6 billion and annualised new
                                                                                                         and RBH. The portfolio performed in line
     with the prior year, with volume growth           premium written increased by 15% to
                                                                                                         with expectations during the period under
     offset by a change in the risk mix. Earned        R2.1 billion. Normalised earnings, including
                                                                                                         review.
     premium inflation for Hastings’ financial year    OUTsurance’s stake in Hastings, decreased
     amounted to 1% excluding the risk mix             by 12% to R1.2 billion. Excluding its share in
                                                       Hastings, OUTsurance’s normalised earnings
The net funding and holding company
costs increased by 14% to R365 million.           SOURCES OF NORMALISED EARNINGS                                                                      09
This increase is mainly attributable to a fair    RMI regards normalised earnings as the appropriate basis to evaluate business performance
value gain on an interest rate swap included      as it eliminates the impact of non-recurring items and accounting anomalies. The total
in the comparative period which did not           reported normalised earnings of RMI’s investee companies for the six months under review are
recur in the current period. This interest rate   listed in the table below:
swap was entered into to fix the interest rate                                                Six months ended
on the GBP-denominated funding. RMI also                                                        31 December                            Year ended
channelled its enterprise and supplier                                                                                                    30 June
development spend into its AlphaCode              R MILLION                                     2019              2018     % change          2019
initiative as part of its overall commitment to
an enhanced transformation strategy. The          Discovery                                    2 117             2 376          (11)       5 035
net funding and holding company costs             Hastings                                       596             1 223          (51)       1 941
incurred in the six-month period under            Momentum Metropolitan                        1 772             1 618           10        3 074
review are more in line with the R360 million     OUTsurance (excluding
incurred in the second half of the 2019             Hastings)                                  1 103             1 172           (6)       2 390
financial year.
                                                  – OUTsurance (including
                                                     Hastings)                                 1 169             1 329          (12)       2 634
                                                  – Hastings included in
                                                     OUTsurance                                   (66)            (157)         58           (244)
                                                  Other1                                           (5)              (12)        58             (22)
                                                  1. Other includes RMI Investment Managers and AlphaCode investments.

                                                  A reconciliation of the adjustments made to derive normalised earnings is presented on
                                                  page 22.

                                                  RMI’s consolidated normalised earnings for the period under review is listed in the table below:
                                                                                              Six months ended
                                                                                                31 December                            Year ended
                                                                                                                                          30 June
                                                  R MILLION                                     2019              2018     % change          2019

                                                  Discovery                                      527               597          (12)       1 261
                                                  Hastings                                       170               348          (51)         552
                                                  Momentum Metropolitan                          479               429           12          825
                                                  OUTsurance (excluding
                                                    Hastings)                                    998             1 052           (5)       2 145
                                                  – OUTsurance (including
                                                    Hastings)                                  1 058             1 193          (11)       2 364
                                                  – Hastings included in
                                                    OUTsurance                                    (60)            (141)         57           (219)
                                                  Other1                                           (5)              (12)        58             (22)
                                                  Funding and holding company
                                                    costs                                       (365)              (320)        (14)         (680)
                                                  Normalised earnings                          1 804             2 094          (14)       4 081
                                                  Normalised earnings per
                                                   share (cents)                               117.8             137.2          (14)       266.9
                                                  1. Other includes RMI Investment Managers and AlphaCode investments.

                 UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Performance continued

10   MARKET VALUE OF INVESTMENTS                                                                     DIVIDEND POLICY
     During the 2019 calendar year, RMI’s share price decreased by 15% (2018: decreased by           It is RMI’s objective to provide shareholders
     21%), compared to a 7% decrease in the life insurance index and a 2% decrease in the            with a consistent annual dividend flow. RMI’s
     non-life insurance index. RMI has delivered a total annually compounded return to               dividend policy is to pay out all normal
     shareholders of 16.9% since its listing in March 2011.                                          dividends received from underlying
                                                                                                     investments after servicing any funding
     The individual investment performances during the 2019 calendar year are outlined below:
                                                                                                     commitments at holding company level and
     • Discovery’s share price decreased by 25% (2018: decreased by 14%).
                                                                                                     considering its debt capacity and investment
     • Hastings’ share price decreased by 4% in Pound Sterling terms (2018: decreased by 42%)        pipeline. The intention is however to, where
       and by 3% in Rand terms (2018: decreased by 36%).                                             possible, target dividend growth in line with
     • Momentum Metropolitan’s share price increased by 27% (2018: decreased by 18%).                CPI. This policy seeks to achieve a sound
     • On a “look-through” basis, based on share prices as at 31 December 2019, the value            balance between providing an attractive
       attributed to RMI’s unlisted investments decreased by 15% (2018: decreased by 15%) to         yield to shareholders, achieving sustained
       R22.1 billion (2018: R26 billion). These unlisted investments include OUTsurance (excluding   growth and maintaining an optimal capital
       OUTsurance’s 49% stake in the group’s holding in Hastings) (89.1% held), RMI Investment       structure, while remaining agile. Given RMI’s
       Managers and the AlphaCode investments.                                                       active investment strategy, this policy will be
                                                                                                     assessed on a regular basis.
                                         As at 31 December                                As at
                                                                                       30 June
     R MILLION                             2019            2018      % change             2019       INTERIM DIVIDEND
     Market value of listed                                                                          PAYMENT
      investments                        34 832          39 577             (12)        38 726       The board believes RMI is adequately
                                                                                                     capitalised and that the company will be
     Discovery                           19 881          26 335             (25)        24 575       able to meet its obligations in the
     Hastings (RMI’s effective                                                                       foreseeable future after payment of the
      holding)                             6 192          6 372               (3)        6 543       interim dividend declared below.

     – 29.8% holding                       6 541          6 731               (3)        6 912       The board resolved to declare an interim
                                                                                                     dividend of 45.0 cents (2018: 45.0 cents)
     – Attributable to non-
                                                                                                     per ordinary share. The interim dividend per
       controlling interest in
                                                                                                     ordinary share is covered 2.6 times (2018:
       OUTsurance                           (349)          (359)              3            (369)
                                                                                                     3.0 times) by the normalised earnings of
     Momentum Metropolitan                 8 759          6 870              27          7 608       117.8 cents (2018: 137.2 cents) per share.

     Market value of unlisted                                                                        Shareholders are referred to the dividend
      investments                        22 117          26 036             (15)        22 948       declaration on page 14 regarding the
     RMI Investment Managers                                                                         applicability of Dividend Withholding Tax to
      and AlphaCode                        1 568             836             88          1 035       the ordinary dividend.

     Implied market value of
       RMI’s stake in OUTsurance                                                                     EVENTS AFTER THE
       (excluding Hastings)              20 549          25 200             (18)        21 913       REPORTING PERIOD
                                                                                                     The directors are not aware of any material
     Gross market value of
                                                                                                     adjusting or non-adjusting events relating to
      portfolio                          56 949          65 613             (13)        61 674
                                                                                                     the six months ended 31 December 2019
     Net liabilities of holding                                                                      that occurred between the date of the
      company                             (9 708)         (9 794)             1          (9 638)     statement of financial position and the date
     RMI market capitalisation           47 241          55 819             (15)        52 036       of this report.

     RMI closing share price
      (cents)                              3 084          3 644             (15)         3 397
RMI’s strategy                                                                                                                                        11

The investment team continues to investigate potential investment opportunities, both locally and globally, that conform to RMI’s investment
philosophy and generate superior returns for shareholders.

In addition to optimising its existing portfolio, RMI plans to diversify and modernise its investment portfolio through opportunities across a wide
spectrum of scale and life cycles of financial services businesses.

               OPTIMISE                                           DIVERSIFY                                         MODERNISE

  RMI focuses on continuously improving                    RMI is constantly evaluating                  RMI is aware of renewal in its industries
   the value of its investee companies to            opportunities to expand the services and             and will acquire proven businesses or
    create better enduring value for its             reach of its existing investee companies                invest in start-ups with special
                shareholders.                         and to add new investments, thereby                  opportunities and drivers, which can
                                                         creating more enduring value.                        create new enduring value.

       MAJOR MILESTONES OVER                              MAJOR MILESTONES OVER                               MAJOR MILESTONES OVER
          PAST FIVE YEARS                                    PAST FIVE YEARS                                     PAST FIVE YEARS

 • Increased shareholding in OUTsurance              • Started RMI Investments Managers                  • AlphaCode has established itself as a
   and Momentum Metropolitan (via the                  and invested in 12 affiliates;                      centre of fintech excellence in South
   share buy-back programme of                       • Created a debt programme;                           Africa and a source of innovation and
   Momentum Metropolitan);                           • Invested in Hastings;                               next-generation thinking for the
                                                                                                           broader RMI portfolio;
 • Explored new products and strategic               • Supported Discovery in diversifying
   projects to diversify revenue streams               into short-term insurance and                     • Invested in five next-generation
   for OUTsurance;                                     banking; and                                        businesses;
 • Ongoing strategic dialogue with                   • RMI continues to evaluate later-stage,            • Pipeline of potential future investment
   Discovery, Momentum Metropolitan                    capital-lite business models with                   opportunities created; and
   and Hastings;                                       organic growth potential.                         • Ongoing substantial investment by
 • Sold RMB Structured Insurance; and                                                                      Discovery, Hastings, Momentum
                                                                                                           Metropolitan and OUTsurance in latest
 • RMI Investment Managers is
                                                                                                           technology.
   partnering its boutique investment
   managers in a supportive but
   non-interfering manner.

                UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Outlook and future value creation continued

12
     Outlook and enduring
     value creation
     Discovery has set a bold ambition for 2023          Hastings will be looking to build on its          In pursuit of its Reset and Grow strategy,
     of being a leading financial services               operational highlights of its 2019 financial      Momentum Metropolitan made great
     organisation globally, positively influencing       year:                                             strides in several important aspects:
     100 million lives, with 10 million directly         • Pricing discipline has remained a priority      • Embedding a culture of financial discipline
     insured, and being a powerful force for               and it continued to increase rates during          with a commitment to disciplined financial
     social good. Achieving this ambition will             2019 ahead of the market, alongside                management by carefully managing the
     require continued execution of market-                continued development of enhanced risk             discretionary and overhead expense
     specific strategies:                                  selection and pricing capabilities;                levels;
     • South Africa: a disruptive composite              • The 2020 reinsurance programme was              • Effective deployment of capital and
        model, with market-leading businesses              placed successfully with strong demand;            maintaining a strong balance sheet. The
        and a successful entry into banking;             • Client retention increased by five                 financial position and sustainability of the
     • United Kingdom: a differentiated offering           percentage points over the last year,              group have been strengthened through
        through a composite Vitality Shared-Value          reflecting the benefits of the new pricing         the share buy-back, a prudent dividend
        model;                                             models and operational initiatives                 policy and investments in technology;
     • Ping An Health: the leading health insurer          implemented. The successful transition to       • Scaling its short-term business by
        in China with over 50 million clients; and         new repair service and mobility providers          concluding the acquisition of Alexander
     • Vitality Group: a sophisticated global              supported improved client service;                 Forbes Insurance;
        behaviour-change platform linked to              • A next-generation anti-fraud platform has       • Delivering innovative products and
        financial services.                                been able to detect sophisticated types            improving client service;
                                                           of policy and claims fraud through using        • New Initiatives performing in line with
     The globalisation of Discovery’s Vitality
                                                           social network analytics and new data              expectations with the share of losses on
     Shared-Value model is being enabled by
                                                           point connections, with a 96% increase in          new initiatives reducing; and
     Vitality1, the globally unified systems
                                                           the number of fraud cases identified; and       • Retaining its Level 1 B-BBEE status.
     platform. Vitality1 is live in nine markets after
                                                         • A continued focus on digital investments
     18 months of operating, touching two million                                                          Momentum Metropolitan will continue to
                                                           and strategic initiatives has contributed
     members and creating efficiencies in rolling                                                          focus on its Reset and Grow strategy, a
                                                           towards an 18% reduction in client
     out in new markets. Every day the platform                                                            roadmap that has served it well up to now.
                                                           service calls.
     logs more than four million workouts and                                                              It will continue to invest carefully in new
     allocates more than 35 000 rewards.                 The board and management of Hastings are          revenue generating opportunities and in
                                                         confident in the group’s profitable growth        improved ways of work, while maintaining a
     Discovery is well positioned for growth over
                                                         opportunities and its ability to deliver on its   clear focus on running the core South
     its planning horizon to 2023, with the capital
                                                         vision to become the best and biggest             African life insurance operations optimally.
     plan intact. Key priority areas are:
                                                         digital insurance provider, with growth in the    Consumers are under strain from the
     • Execute on VitalityLife’s stated plans to
                                                         right market conditions. This will be driven      continued slow growth in disposable income
         manage in the low interest rate
                                                         by its competitive advantages of agile            and uncertain economic environment. This
         environment, stabilise experience
                                                         pricing, anti-fraud capabilities and digital      could have a moderating impact on the
         variances and return to robust profit in
                                                         distribution. Consumer switching is set to        group’s operational performance in the
         the 2021 financial year;
                                                         continue and digital channels, including          second half of the 2020 financial year.
     • Achieve significant traction in new
                                                         price comparison websites in particular,          Momentum Metropolitan remains cautiously
         initiatives, most notably Discovery Bank,
                                                         continue to grow at the expense of more           optimistic that it will successfully deliver on
         and ensure short-term new business
                                                         traditional distribution models. This plays to    its Reset and Grow target of normalised
         thresholds are achieved for each initiative;
                                                         Hastings’ core strategy of providing good         headline earnings between R3.6 billion and
     • Ensure the established businesses retain          value products in an accessible way for           R4.0 billion in the 2021 financial year.
         their insurgency; and                           clients, enabled by digital technology.
     • Capitalise on emerging businesses’                Trading in 2020 has started in line with          OUTsurance’s medium-term strategic focus
         unique attributes and positioning to            expectations. Hastings remains focused on         is to expand its insurance product range
         achieve scale and materiality.                  pricing discipline, targeting a 75% – 79%         and widen the distribution footprint to
                                                         loss ratio on written business, supported         include multiple sales and service channels.
                                                         by advanced risk selection and claims             During the six months under review, it
                                                         initiatives. Hastings does not expect any         continued to expand the size and capability
                                                         material impact on its operations following       of its tied-agency force. A new motor
                                                         the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.      warranty offering was added to bolster the
comprehensive motor product. OUTsurance             RMI Investment Managers will ensure that          science and entrepreneurship through the
entered into a partnership arrangement with         its reputation as a trusted, value-adding but     AlphaCode Explore learnership.                  13
Shoprite Holdings Limited. This partnership         non-interfering shareholder of choice for the
will allow it to distribute long-term and           independent asset management industry             As part of the mandate of investing in
short-term insurance products to the various        remains a core philosophy.                        disruptive, innovative financial services
client bases of the Shoprite group’s                                                                  businesses, AlphaCode grew its investment
operating brands and will commence with             The asset raising environment remains             portfolio by deploying additional equity
the distribution of a funeral insurance             difficult. Low economic growth and the            funding into one of its existing investee
product during the second quarter of 2020.          resultant job losses have put most pension        companies, Entersekt. Entersekt is a
During the six months under review, both            funds into annual deficits. As the size of the    provider of multi-factor authentication
OUTsurance and Youi continued to roll out           institutional asset pool has remained             services to financial services companies
innovative digital service features, in line with   stagnant, growth for the group’s affiliates       globally. Entersekt has partnered with global
the group’s strategic priority of digitising        has had to come at the expense of other           payments giant, Mastercard, to rapidly
service delivery.                                   managers. South African investors have            deploy its technology. The follow-on capital
                                                    continued to support retail Collective            was provided to fund further research and
Growth in the OUTsurance Personal                   Investment Schemes (CIS) portfolios               development in the business and expand its
operation is expected to be maintained              throughout 2019. Total net flow into CIS          regional presence in Europe and North
within the current range unless there is a          portfolios was R123 billion in 2019. The          America.
real improvement in the South African               group’s affiliates have grown their retail
economy in the near term. Product                   assets by 22% during the same period,             For and on behalf of the board.
expansion, face-to-face distribution and            albeit off a low base. Investors’ return
distribution partnerships will play an              expectations for local equities remained
important future role in supporting the             subdued. Flows into CIS equity and
growth of this segment.                             multi-asset portfolios (excluding income)
                                                    were negative for the year (R30 billion),         JJ Durand             HL Bosman
OUTsurance Business is a key growth
                                                    whereas CIS fixed income and money                Chairman              Chief executive officer
catalyst and will benefit from the continued
                                                    market portfolios received R151 billion
investment to expand distribution capacity                                                            Sandton
                                                    during 2019. The CIS multi-asset income
and build on the success achieved to date.                                                            12 March 2020
                                                    category received the largest net inflows of
Youi is expected to continue to improve its         all the categories with R70.5 billion. The fact
organic growth trajectory, aided by the             that the largest beneficiaries in this category
expansion of the product range, coupled             are not bank or insurance-linked businesses
with the new distribution partnership with          was another confirmation that independent
Blue Zebra Insurance, a young managing              boutiques have a role to play in the fixed
general agent equipped with leading                 income market.
technology and a large independent broker
                                                    The team and its partners in Momentum
footprint.
                                                    Metropolitan and RBH remain excited and
The bushfires continued to rage subsequent          committed to working with the group’s
to 31 December 2019, albeit at a lower              affiliates to support their growth to scale
severity. The estimated net loss for bushfire       while playing a meaningful part in transforming
claims subsequent to 31 December 2019 is            the investment management industry.
A$4 million. In addition to the continued
                                                    AlphaCode is building on the
bushfire exposure, a net loss of
                                                    entrepreneurial legacy record of financial
A$9.5 million was incurred in January 2020
                                                    innovation in RMI. AlphaCode identifies,
relating to hailstorms which will impact
                                                    partners and grows the next-generation of
second half earnings. Youi’s reinsurance
                                                    financial services entrepreneurs through
protection for the remainder of the financial
                                                    incubation, acceleration, collaboration and
year remains adequate. The group will
                                                    investment. The flagship initiative,
review the terms of its reinsurance
                                                    AlphaCode Incubate, has identified and
arrangements, where possible, specifically in
                                                    supported 40 black-owned next-generation
relation to natural catastrophe events
                                                    financial services businesses over the past
resulting from the effects of climate change.
                                                    four years and provided more than
Reinsurance treaties only covered seven
                                                    R50 million in grant capital to these
days of claim events in respect of the recent
                                                    businesses. AlphaCode also trained
Australian bushfires.
                                                    38 students on the fundamentals of data

                 UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Outlook and future value creation continued

14
     Cash dividend
     declaration
     Notice is hereby given that a gross interim cash dividend of 45.0 cents per ordinary share, payable out of income reserves, was declared on
     12 March 2020 in respect of the six months ended 31 December 2019.

     The dividend will be subject to Dividend Withholding Tax at a rate of 20%, which will result in a net dividend of 36.0 cents per ordinary share for
     those shareholders who are not exempt.

     The company’s tax reference number is 9469/826/16/9. Its issued share capital at the declaration date comprises 1 531 807 770 ordinary
     shares.

     Shareholders’ attention is drawn to the following important dates:
     • Last day to trade in order to participate in this dividend                    Tuesday, 31 March 2020
     • Shares commence trading ex-dividend on                                        Wednesday, 1 April 2020
     • The record date for the dividend payment will be                              Friday, 3 April 2020
     • Dividend payment date                                                         Monday, 6 April 2020

     No dematerialisation or rematerialisation of share certificates may be done between Wednesday, 1 April 2020 and Friday, 3 April 2020
     (both days inclusive).

     By order of the RMI board.

     Schalk Human
     Company secretary

     Sandton

     12 March 2020

         Investor call
         Herman Bosman (chief executive officer) invites you to join him in a conversation about RMI's performance for the six months
         ended 31 December 2019.

         He will be joined by Jan Hofmeyr, chief financial officer and Marthinus Visser, chief executive officer of OUTsurance.

         This investor call will take place on Thursday, 12 March 2020 at 13:00 (SAST).

         Participants can register for the conference by navigating to http://www.diamondpass.net/2845908.

         Please note that registered participants will receive their dial in number upon registration.
VALUE CREATED
                                        Portfolio review                                                                                    15

       MARKET
    CAPITALISATION

       R79.4
       billion                            WHY RMI INVESTS IN DISCOVERY
                                                                                          Discovery Life remains well capitalised with
                                                                                          an above-target SCR coverage of 172%
                                          • Visionary, ambitious leadership               and generated cash in line with plan.
                                          • Diversified earnings base and                 In response to the environment, VitalityLife
       2018: R105.2 billion                 continuous investment in new
                                                                                          implemented the interest rate hedge,
                                            initiatives
                                                                                          adapted the legal structure of the business,

       (25%)
                                          • Globally recognised business model
                                          • Excellent growth                              optimised its capital position and deferred
                                          • Ease of international expansion               the Part VII transfer of the VitalityLife back
                                          • Innovative new product pipeline               book written on the Prudential Assurance
                                                                                          Company’s license by three years. The
                                                                                          impact of low interest rates is expected to
                                        HOW DISCOVERY                                     remain a feature of the profits for the
      NORMALISED                        PERFORMED DURING                                  remainder of the year.
       EARNINGS                         THE SIX MONTHS                                    Ping An Health had a remarkable period,
                                                                                          with total revenue growing by 56% to

     R2 117
                                        • Core new business annualised premium
                                          income increased by 5% to R9.5 billion;         R11.1 billion and new business premium
                                        • Normalised profit from operations before        growing over 27% to R5.5 billion. It

     million                              investment in new initiatives increased by
                                          5% to R4.6 billion;
                                                                                          exceeded its written premium target of
                                                                                          R21 billion for the 2019 calendar year.
                                                                                          Discovery’s share of after-tax operating profit
                                        • Normalised earnings decreased by 11%
                                                                                          grew by 467% to R68 million.
                                          to R2.1 billion;
                                        • Gross inflows under management
      2018: R2 376 million
                                          increased by 11% to R74.8 billion;

       (11%)
                                        • Embedded value increased by 8% to
                                          R73.2 billion, with an annualised return on
                                          embedded value of 8%; and
                                        • The interim dividend for the six months
                                          remained unchanged at 101.0 cents per
                                          share.
        DIVIDENDS                       As at 18 February 2020, Discovery Bank
           PAID                         had 78 000 clients with 180 000 accounts,
                                        nearly half of which had never held a
                                                                                                     RMI included
                                                                                                  R527 million of
  101 cents                             Discovery card before; deposits had grown
                                        strongly to R1.2 billion; total credit card
                                                                                            Discovery’s earnings in
  per share
                                        spend was R2.6 billion and total credit limits
                                        granted was R2.5 billion – with over R1 billion
                                        in credit facility used. Early member
                                                                                           its normalised earnings
                                        engagement is positive and the client base                          (2018: R597 million).
                                        is exhibiting appealing spend, credit, arrears
                                        and deposit behaviour, better than the
    2018: 101 cents per share           performance of the previous Discovery card
                                                                                                   For a detailed review of Discovery’s
                                        and considerably better than the market.

   Unchanged
                                                                                                  performance, RMI’s shareholders are
                                                                                                   referred to www.discovery.co.za.

               UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
16                                                                                                                  VALUE CREATED

                                                                                                              MARKET
                                                                                                           CAPITALISATION

                                                                                                             £1 181
                                                                                                             million
                                                       Hastings remains highly cash generative.
      WHY RMI INVESTS IN HASTINGS
                                                       Net debt has remained stable in 2019, with
      • Entrepreneurial leadership                     funding secured by the long-term fixed rate            2018: £1 229 million
      • Geographic diversification                     bonds issued in 2018. Hastings’

                                                                                                                 (4%)
      • Strong foothold in the price                   underwriting business, AICL, is well
        comparison website market in the UK            capitalised and its Solvency II capital ratio of
      • Constant innovation                            151% continues to track the target range of
      • Growth trajectory                              140%-160%.
      • Good fit with OUTsurance
                                                       Hastings remains supportive of the Financial
                                                       Conduct Authority’s Market Pricing Study
     HOW HASTINGS                                      and has provided input and insight                    NORMALISED
     PERFORMED DURING                                  throughout the process. The study is well              EARNINGS
                                                       progressed and conclusions are expected
     THE LAST YEAR                                     to be available during the first quarter of
                                                                                                                  for the year

                                                                                                              £71.5
     Hastings has a 31 December year-end. The          2020. Hastings is well placed to respond
     latest published results are for the year         to the conclusions which aim to further
     ended 31 December 2019. All the numbers           protect clients.
     and commentary below relate to the year
     ended 31 December 2019.
     • Gross written premiums remained stable
                                                       Hastings is supportive of the whiplash
                                                       reforms and is working with the Motor
                                                                                                              million
        at £961.6 million (2018: £958.3 million);      Insurance Bureau, which is aiming to
                                                       introduce the reforms by April 2020.                   2018: £148.5 million
     • Sustained increase in clients, with live
        client policies up by 5% to 2.85 million
        (2018: 2.71 million);
     • Further growth in home insurance,                                                                       (52%)
        reflecting a 27% increase to 209 000
        policies;
     • Loss ratio of 81.6% (pre-Ogden rate
                                                                  RMI included
        change) for the year ended 31 December
        2019, above the target range of between
                                                               R170 million of                                 DIVIDENDS
        75% and 79% (2018: 75%). The increase             Hastings’ earnings in                                   PAID
        in the loss ratio is due to claims inflation
        exceeding premium inflation;                    normalised earnings for                                   for the year

     • Free cash generation of £141.0 million
        (2018: £167.7 million); and
                                                         the six months ended
                                                           31 December 2019
                                                                                                          10.0 pence
     • Final dividend of 5.5 pence per share
        (2018: 9.0 pence per share). The total
        dividend for the financial year ended
                                                                         (2018: R348 million).             per share
        31 December 2019 is 10.0 pence per
        share (2018: 13.5 pence per share).                                                                2018: 13.5 pence per share
                                                                               For a detailed review

                                                                                                               (26%)
                                                                         of Hastings’s performance,
                                                                    RMI shareholders are referred to
                                                                           www.hastingsplc.com.
VALUE CREATED                                                                                                                            17

       MARKET
    CAPITALISATION

      R32.7
      billion
                                                                                       Momentum Corporate’s new business
                                         WHY RMI INVESTS IN
                                                                                       volumes reduced by 51% to R4.8 billion due
                                         MOMENTUM METROPOLITAN
       2018: R25.7 billion                                                             to the R5 billion single premium with-profit
                                         • Well-known and trusted brands               annuity transaction recorded in the prior

      +27%                               • High level of cash generation               period not recurring. The value of new
                                         • Traditionally produced a high dividend      business deteriorated from R198 million to
                                           yield                                       -R12 million in the first half of the year,
                                         • New management with a revitalised           driven by the lower new business volumes
                                           strategy                                    and a change in new business mix towards
                                         • Established business which provides         lower margin products, both within
                                           stability to the RMI portfolio              FundsAtWork and the group risk portfolio.
     NORMALISED                                                                        The lumpy nature of new business flows in
      EARNINGS                                                                         this market causes volatility in the new
                                       HOW MOMENTUM                                    business volumes and value of new

     R1 772                            METROPOLITAN
                                       PERFORMED DURING
                                                                                       business.

                                                                                       The acquisition of the Alexander Forbes

     million                           THE SIX MONTHS
                                       • New business volumes decreased by 9%
                                                                                       Insurance business was concluded on
                                                                                       31 January 2020. The successful migration
                                         to R26.2 billion, due to lower new            and integration of this business into
                                         business volumes in Momentum                  Momentum Short-term Insurance will be a
                                         Corporate;                                    key focus area over the next two years. The
      2018: R1 618 million                                                             desired end state is a single, fully integrated
                                       • The value of new business decreased by
                                         52% to R160 million, also as a result of      business operating under one insurance

      +10%                               Momentum Corporate;
                                       • The South African retail operations
                                                                                       license.

                                         delivered growth in new business
                                         volumes and value of new business of
                                         13% and 24% respectively;
                                       • The embedded value per share increased
                                                                                                  RMI included
       DIVIDENDS                         by 7% to R28.56, with an annualised                  R479 million of
          PAID                           return on embedded value per share of
                                         10.6%;                                                     Momentum
   40 cents                            • Momentum Metropolitan’s normalised
                                         earnings increased by 10% to
                                                                                        Metropolitan’s earnings
                                                                                              in its normalised
   per share                             R1.8 billion;
                                       • Diluted normalised earnings per share
                                         increased by 12%, benefitting from the
                                                                                                       earnings
                                         impact of the share buy-back programme                          (2018: R429 million).
                                         completed in November 2018;
    2018: 35 cents per share           • The interim dividend of 40 cents per
                                         ordinary share is at the upper limit of the

      +14%
                                                                                             For a detailed review of Momentum
                                         dividend cover range; and
                                                                                                     Metropolitan’s performance,
                                       • Momentum Metropolitan maintained its                  RMI’s shareholders are referred to
                                         Level 1 B-BBEE rating.                            www.momentummetropolitan.co.za.

          UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Portfolio review continued

18                                                                                                              VALUE CREATED

                                                                                                            NET ASSET
                                                                                                              VALUE

       WHY RMI INVESTS IN OUTSURANCE
                                                     Personal cost-to-income ratio has levelled
                                                     off following a period of material investment
                                                                                                            R10
       • Dynamic management team
       • Market leader in direct insurance
                                                     in new business growth. The continued
                                                     investment in OUTsurance Business is the
                                                     primary contributor to the higher cost-to-
                                                                                                           billion
       • Well-loved and easily recognised
         brand                                       income ratio.
       • World-class technology and claims
         handling processes                          Youi continues to experience an incremental
                                                                                                           2018: R10.8 billion
       • High level of cash generation and           recovery in revenue growth with gross
         dividend-paying capabilities

                                                                                                             (7%)
                                                     written premium growing by 6% in Australian
       • Preferred employer, thereby attracting      Dollar and 4% in Rand terms. The improved
         talented people                             growth is attributed to increased marketing
                                                     spend and improved operational execution.
                                                     Premium inflation adjustments on the motor
     HOW OUTSURANCE                                  book registered below general inflation
     PERFORMED DURING                                whereas the home book experienced a
     THE SIX MONTHS                                  recovery in inflation. Youi’s claims ratio           NORMALISED
     • Group normalised earnings decreased by        increased from 56.2% to 57.9%.
                                                                                                           EARNINGS
       12% to R1.2 billion, caused mainly by an      On 25 September 2019 OUTsurance agreed

                                                                                                         R1 169
       increase in the claims ratio resulting from   to transfer the New Zealand insurance
       the Australian bushfires and two natural      portfolio business to Tower Insurance
       catastrophe events in South Africa;

                                                                                                         million
                                                     Limited, New Zealand’s third largest general
     • Annualised new business premiums              insurer for consideration of N$12.6 million.
       written increased by 15% to R2.1 billion;     Following a regulatory approval by the
     • Gross written premiums increased by 6%        Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the transfer
       to R8.6 billion, of which the Australasian    was effected on 31 December 2019. The
       operations contributed 45%;                   sale provides an opportunity for Youi to
     • The claims ratio increased to 53.4%;          unlock value on favourable terms and, going           2018: R1 329 million
                                                     forward, will allow the Youi group to focus

                                                                                                           (12%)
     • The cost-to-income ratio increased from
       27.3% to 28.1%; and                           on its Australian business where the greater
                                                     scale and diversity of the market offers more
     • Despite the lower operating earnings
                                                     growth opportunities for a challenger brand.
       generated by the group, the strong
       capital position of the operating entities    OUTsurance Life increased gross written
       supports the unchanged interim dividend       premiums by 10%, with headline earnings
       of 24.7 cents per share.                      decreasing by 4% to R78 million. Since June
                                                     2019, the embedded value increased by 4%               NORMAL
     Considering the large natural perils claims
     and the investment made to expand the
                                                     to R1.2 billion. Growth in the underwritten life    DIVIDENDS PAID
                                                     segment remained slow as the difficult
     tied-agency force, OUTsurance’s South
     African operations delivered a satisfactory
     operating and financial performance for the
                                                     economic conditions impacted new business
                                                     volumes. The funeral segment, which was            24.7 cents
                                                                                                        per share
                                                     launched in June 2018, gained more traction
     six months under review, with headline
                                                     through a traditional inbound advertising and
     earnings down by less than 1% to
                                                     a call centre distribution strategy.
     R862 million. Gross written premium
     increased by 8%, supported by improved
     growth from both the Personal and                         RMI included
     Business segments. The claims ratio                 R1 058 million of                              2018: 24.7 cents per share
     increased from 49.5% to 51.9% as a result
     of increased exposure to natural                 OUTsurance’s earnings
     catastrophe events in the six months under
     review. The cost-to-income ratio increased
                                                           in its normalised                            Unchanged
     from 22.8% to 23.2%. The OUTsurance                            earnings
                                                                    (2018: R1 193 million).

                                                            For a detailed review of OUTsurance’s
                                                             performance, RMI’s shareholders are
                                                                                       referred to
                                                                         www.outsurance.co.za.
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EFFECTIVE INTEREST
RMI’s effective interest in the group entities is different from the actual holdings as a result of the following consolidation adjustments:
• Treasury shares held by group entities;
• Shares held by consolidated share incentive trusts;
• “Deemed” treasury shares arising from B-BBEE transactions entered into; and
• “Deemed” treasury shares held by policyholders and mutual funds managed by them.

The effective interest held by RMI can be compared to the actual interest in the statutory issued share capital of the companies as follows:

                                                                                    As at 31 December 2019                 As at 31 December 2018
R MILLION                                                                           Effective       Actual                 Effective        Actual

Discovery                                                                             25.1%              25.0%              25.1%               25.0%
Hastings                                                                              29.8%              29.8%              29.9%               29.9%
Momentum Metropolitan                                                                 27.7%              27.3%              27.6%               27.3%
OUTsurance                                                                            90.7%              89.1%              90.3%               89.1%
RMI Investment Managers                                                              100.0%             100.0%             100.0%              100.0%
Merchant Capital                                                                      25.9%              25.9%              25.1%               25.1%
Entersekt                                                                             29.6%              29.6%              25.1%               25.1%
Guidepost                                                                             25.1%              25.1%                  –                   –
The group’s interests in Prodigy Finance and Luno are treated as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, as the sizes of these
shareholdings do not enable the group to exercise significant influence, which is the criterion for classifying an investment as an investment in
associate.

                 UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
20   Summary consolidated income statement

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                                                                                            31 December                           Restated
                                                                                                                                Year ended
                                                                                                     Restated                      30 June
                                                                                           2019         2018                          2019
     R MILLION                                                                         Unaudited    Unaudited      % change        Audited
     Earned premiums net of reinsurance                                                    7 939        7 467             6        15 012
     Commission and other income                                                              26            15           73            35
     Investment income                                                                       141          111            27           211
     Interest income on financial assets using the effective interest rate method            241          313           (23)          587
     Net fair value (losses)/gains on financial assets                                       (90)          (49)          84            33
     Net income                                                                            8 257         7 857            5        15 878
     Net claims paid                                                                      (4 011)       (3 603)          11         (7 143)
     Provision for cash bonuses                                                             (243)         (227)           7           (451)
     Fair value adjustment to investment contracts and insurance contract provisions          12            (24)      >100            (122)
     Fair value adjustment to financial liabilities                                          (74)         (104)         (29)          (169)
     Acquisition, marketing and administration expenses                                   (2 341)       (2 111)          11         (4 415)
     Profit before finance costs, results of associates and taxation                       1 600        1 788           (11)        3 578
     Finance costs                                                                          (346)        (379)            (9)        (729)
     Share of after-taxation results of associates                                           984        1 139           (14)        2 612
     Profit before taxation                                                                2 238        2 548           (12)         5 461
     Taxation                                                                               (495)        (547)          (10)        (1 096)
     Profit for the period from continuing operations                                      1 743        2 001           (13)        4 365
     Profit for the period from discontinued operation                                      104              2        >100               9
     Profit for the period                                                                 1 847        2 003            (8)        4 374
     Attributable to:
     Equity holders of the company                                                         1 679        1 851            (9)        4 047
     Non-controlling interests                                                               168          152           11            327
     Profit for the period                                                                 1 847        2 003            (8)        4 374
Summary consolidated statement of comprehensive income                                                                                    21

                                                                                      Six months ended
                                                                                        31 December                         Year ended
                                                                                                                               30 June
                                                                                       2019         2018                          2019
R MILLION                                                                          Unaudited    Unaudited       % change       Audited
Profit for the period                                                                  1 847        2 003             (8)       4 374
Other comprehensive income for the period
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss
– Fair value (losses)/gains on other comprehensive income financial instruments          (19)             (5)                      53
– Deferred tax on fair value (losses)/gains on other comprehensive income
    financial instruments                                                                  1              2                        (12)
– Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations                              (16)            20                        (78)
Share of comprehensive income/(loss) of associates                                      126                5                       (82)
– Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss, after taxation        122               41                       (59)
– Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss, after taxation                  4              (36)                      (23)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period                                         92              22        >100           (119)
Total comprehensive income for the period                                              1 939        2 025             (4)       4 255
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the company                                                          1 773        1 872             (5)       3 949
Non-controlling interests                                                                166          153              8          306
Total comprehensive income for the period                                              1 939        2 025             (4)       4 255

                 UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
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