37. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 

Group

The Group is controlled by Rallen (Pty) Ltd which owns 56,46% (2023: 56,46%) of its issued share capital. Management fees totalling R5,1 million (2023: R6,2 million) were paid by the Group to Rallen (Pty) Ltd during the year. Various other transactions occur between companies within the Group, all of which are eliminated on consolidation. These transactions include rendering of services and supply of product.

Key management personnel and prescribed officers comprise only the Group executive directors and executive directors of Ceramic Industries. Remuneration paid to key management personnel of the Group is provided below. Executive directors’ remuneration is paid by Italtile Ceramics (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company. No balances were owing at year end (2023: Rnil).

Directors’ shareholding

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

Beneficial direct Beneficial indirect Total %
held
Non-
beneficial direct
Non-
beneficial indirect
Total %
held
At 30 June 2024
Director
G A M Ravazzotti 447 746 694 447 746 694 33,88
S M du Toit 29 125 29 125
J N Potgieter 4 000 000 4 000 000 0,30
L A Foxcroft 4 800 000 4 800 000 0,36
B G Wood 1 743 253 1 743 253 0,13
N P Khoza 697 322 697 322 0,05
At 30 June 2023
Director
G A M Ravazzotti 447 746 694 447 746 694 33,88
S M du Toit 29 125 29 125
J N Potgieter 4 200 000 4 200 000 0,32
L A Foxcroft 4 800 000 4 800 000 0,36
B G Wood 1 743 253 1 743 253 0,13
N P Khoza 697 322 697 322 0,05

Changes in directors’ interest in the stated share capital of the Company after financial year end, as well as participation in share incentive schemes, were announced on SENS on 3 September 2024.

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 2023 
Awarded 
during 
the year 
Vested and 
exercised 
during 
the year 
Forfeited 
during 
the year 
Awards 
held at 
30 June 2024 
B G Wood 1 350 000  –  –  (337 500) 1 012 500 

Directors’ and prescribed officers’ holdings under the Italtile Retention Scheme are set out in the table below:

Executive director/prescribed officer Awards
held at
1 July 2023
Awarded
during the
year
Vested and
exercised
during
the year
Forfeited
during
the year
Awards
held at
30 June
2024
L A Foxcroft 4 500 000 4 500 000
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:

Executive director/prescribed officer Awards
held at
1 July 2023
Awarded
during
the year
Vested and
exercised
during
the year
Forfeited
during
the year
Awards
held at
30 June
2024
G Maartens* 20 161 15 000 (2 661) 32 500
* Appointed on 24 May 2023 as a prescribed officer.

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

Directors’ remuneration

All figures in R’000 Salary Short-term incentives Provident
fund and
medical aid
contri-
butions
Gain on
share
scheme
awards
Other Total
2024
Total
2023
Executive directors
L A Foxcroft 4 485 3 237 744 9 438 624 18 528 23 401
B G Wood 3 000 2 158 497 3 146 528 9 329 10 439
2024 7 485 5 395 1 241 12 584 1 152 27 857  
2023 6 819 6 075 1 136 17 832 1 978 33 840

 

All figures in R’000 Salary Short-term
incentives
Provident
fund and
medical aid
contri-
butions
Gain on
share
scheme
awards
Other Total
2024
Total
2023
Prescribed officers
G Maartens* 3 000 1 698 834 148 396 6 076 1 309
T Molefakgotla** 6 640
2024 3 000 1 698 834 148 396 6 076
2023 2 879 3 935 703 44 388 7 949
* Appointed on 24 May 2023 as a prescribed officer.
** Resigned on 28 April 2023.

 

All figures in R’000 Board fees Other Total
2024
Total
2023
Non-executive directors
L R Langenhoven 3 125 7 3 132 416
G A M Ravazzotti 468 468 2 050
S M du Toit 777 3 780 960
S G Pretorius 745 745 763
N P Khoza 526 2 528 501
L C Prezens 638 2 640 608
J N Potgieter 370 370 370
A M Mathole 483 483 473
2024 7 132 14 7 146  
2023 6 141 6 141
Aggregate emoluments of directors and prescribed officers who served during the year 39 879 47 930

Company

Details of related-party transactions are as follows:

    Aggregate value of transactions Balances owing at year end
Related party Nature of transactions 2024
Rm
2023
Rm
2024
Rm
2023
Rm
Italtile Empowerment Trust 49 75
Italtile Ceramics (Pty) Ltd Dividends 634 780
Italtile Share Incentive Trust Dividends 4 12
Italtile Ceramics (Pty) Ltd Management fees 12 9 3 394 3 345
Italtile and Ceramics Foundation Trust Interest-free loan 71 81

Refer to notes 7, 17 and 22.2 for further disclosure relating to terms of balances owing at year end.

Key management personnel and prescribed officers comprise only the Company Board members. Remuneration paid to key management personnel of the Company is provided above. No balances were owing at year end (2023: Rnil).

The following fixed fees excluding VAT were in place for the year under review:

Basic annual fee R131 000
Board meeting fee R31 500
Committee fee R26 500
Chairperson of Committee R32 750
Strategy session R38 000
Chairperson of the Board R1 575 000

Hourly rate for ad hoc work, not exceeding 144 hours a year: R4 500 per hour.