Notes to the financial statements l Note 31

31. Related-party transactions
 

Group

The Group is controlled by Rallen (Pty) Ltd which owns 57,06% (2017: 55,96%) of its issued share capital. The Group purchases product from its subsidiaries (previously associates), Ceramic Industries (Pty) Ltd and the Ezee Tile group (see note 14.2).

Other related parties listed are related due to the sharing of key management personnel.

Outstanding balances at year end are unsecured, interest-free and settlement occurs in cash on 30-day terms. There have been no guarantees provided or received for any related-party receivables or payables. For the year ended 30 June 2018, the Group has not made any provision for doubtful debts relating to amounts owed by related parties (2017: Rnil) nor incurred any bad debt expense in the current year (2017: Rnil). This assessment is undertaken each financial year through examining the financial position of the related party and the market in which the related party operates.

Details of related-party transactions are as follows:

    Aggregate value
of transactions
  Balances owing
at year end
 
Related party Nature of
transactions
2018
Rm’s
  2017
Rm’s
  2018
Rm’s
  2017
Rm’s
 
Ceramic Industries (Pty) Ltd Inventory purchases 1 018   898   70   51  
Ezee Tile group Inventory purchases 264   269   16   20  

Key management personnel and prescribed officers comprise only the executive Board and directors of Ceramic. Remuneration paid to key management personnel of the Group is provided below. Nil balances were owing at year end (2017: nil).

Directors’ shareholding

The directors’ interest in the stated share capital of the Company as at 30 June 2018 is as follows:

    Beneficial
direct
Beneficial
indirect
Total % held Non-
beneficial
direct
Non-
beneficial
indirect
Total % held  
At 30 June 2018                    
Director                    
G A M Ravazzotti   7 186 731 443 434 655 450 621 386 34,79 — — — —  
S du Toit   — 29 125 29 125 0,00 — — — —  
J N Potgieter   4 597 257 — 4 597 257 0,35 — — — —  
B G Wood   1 683 587 — 1 683 587 0,13 — — — —  
N P Khoza   — 864 304 864 304 0,07 — — — —  
At 30 June 2017                    
Director                    
G A M Ravazzotti   3 637 088 345 980 215 349 617 303 33,83 — — — —  
S I Gama#   200 000 — 200 000 0,02 — — — —  
S du Toit   — 23 873 23 873 0,00 — — — —  
J N Potgieter   4 000 000 — 4 000 000 0,39 — — — —  
B G Wood   1 804 197 — 1 804 197 0,17 — — — —  

# Beneficial interest in BEE Special Purpose Entity. Resigned on 29 January 2018.

Directors’ participation in share incentive schemes

Directors’ holdings under the Share Appreciation Rights Scheme are set out in the table below:

Director Awards held at
1 July 2017
  Awarded
during
the year
Vested and 
exercised 
during 
the year 
Forfeited
during
the year
Awards held at
30 June 2018
 
J N Potgieter 4 000 000   — (750 000) — 3 250 000  
B G Wood 2 587 500   — (150 000) — 2 437 500  
T T A Mhlanga* —   500 000 —  — 500 000  

* Appointed on 11 May 2018.

Directors’ holdings under the Executive Retention Plan are set out in the table below:

Director Awards held at
1 July 2017
  Awarded
during
the year
Vested and
exercised
during
the year
Forfeited/
cancelled
during the year
Awards held at
30 June 2018
 
J N Potgieter 4 000 000   — — — 4 000 000  
B G Wood 1 500 000   — — — 1 500 000  

Prescribed officers’ holdings under the Ceramic Industries Retention Scheme are set out in the table below:

Prescribed officers Awards held at
1 July 2017
  Awarded
during
the year
Vested and
exercised
during
the year
Forfeited/
cancelled
during the year
Awards held at
30 June 2018
 
L Foxcroft 207 069   — — — 207 069  
T Molefakgotla 165 656   — — — 165 656  

Refer to note 6 for further details pertaining to these schemes.

Directors remuneration

All figures in
R000’s
Salary Bonus
performance-related
payments
Provident
fund and
medical
contributions
Gain on
share
scheme
awards
Other     Total
2018
  Total
2017
 
Executive directors                      
N Booth# — — — — —     —   11 046  
J N Potgieter 2 660 — 440 17 522 316     20 938   15 491  
B G Wood 2 112 — 338 5 356 163     7 969   10 626  
T T A Mhlanga* 1 471 106 233 — 178     1 988      
2018 6 243 106 1 011 22 878 657     30 895   —  
2017 6 308 2 329 1 028 25 883 1 615         37 163  
# Retired 28 February 2017.
* Appointed on 11 May 2018.
All figures in
R000’s
Base
salary
Short-term*
incentives 
Provident
fund and
medical
contributions
Gain on  
share  
scheme  
awards†
Other     Total
2018
  Total
2017
 
Prescribed officers#                      
L Foxcroft 2 709 2 379  662 8 619   1 009     15 378   —  
T Molefakgotla 1 541 1 190  368 6 895   670     10 664   —  
2018 4 250 3 569  1 030 15 514   1 679     26 042      
2017 — —  — —  —         —  
* Relates to previous financial years.
# Emoluments for full financial year (July 2017 to June 2018).
† Emoluments for full financial year (July 2017 to June 2018).
All figures in R000’s Board
fees
Other     Total
2018
  Total
2017
 
Non-executive directors                
G A M Ravazzotti 1 610 —     1 610   1 359  
S I Gama° 117 —     117   236  
S M du Toit 772 —     772   752  
A Zannoni* — —     —   69  
S G Pretorius 453 —     453   479  
N Medupe 416 —     416   320  
M V Mtetwa# 244 —     244   94  
N P Khoza+ 28 —     28   —  
2018 3 640 —     3 640      
2017 3 309 —         3 309  
Aggregate emoluments of directors who served during the year         60 577   40 472  
* Retired on 25 November 2016.
# Appointed on 28 January 2017.
° Resigned on 29 January 2018.
+ Appointed on 11 May 2018.

Company

The Company owns 100% of the issued share capital of Italtile Ceramics (Pty) Ltd and receives dividends and management fees from its subsidiary.

The Company receives preference share dividends from Four Arrow Investments 256 (Pty) Ltd. This is a special purpose entity set up as part of the BEE transaction. Previously, the Italtile Foundation Trust acquired the Italtile Limited shares which were held by Arrow Creek Investments 74 (Pty) Ltd – the transaction was funded by an interest free loan from Italtile Limited (refer to note 6 for further details).

The Company receives interest from the loan to the Italtile Empowerment Trust. This entity was set up by the Board as part of the BEE transaction.

All related-party transactions are concluded at arm’s length with the exception of the Foundation Trust loan which is interest free. There have been no guarantees provided or received for any related-party receivables or payables. For the year ended 30 June 2018, the Company has not made any provision for doubtful debts relating to amounts owed by related parties (2017: Rnil) nor incurred any bad debt expense in the current year (2017: Rnil). This assessment is undertaken each financial year through examining the financial position of the related party and the market in which the related party operates.

Details of related-party transactions are as follows:

    Aggregate value of
transactions
  Balances owing
at year end
 
Related party Nature of transactions 2018
Rm’s
2017
Rm’s
  2018
Rm’s
2017
Rm’s
 
Four Arrows Investments 256 (Pty) Limited Preference share dividends 5 11   — 125  
Italtile Empowerment Trust Interest — —   102 68  
Italtile Ceramics (Pty) Ltd Dividends and management fees 166 336   3 654 545  
Italtile Foundation Trust Interest free loan — —   121 121  

Refer to notes 6, 15 and 19 for further disclosure relating to terms of balances owing at year end.

Key management personnel and prescribed officers comprise only the executive Board members. Remuneration paid to key management personnel of the Company is provided above. No balances were owing at year end (2017: nil).


Notes to the financial statements l Note 31