Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Responsibility statement

The directors, whose names are stated below, hereby confirm that:

• The annual financial statements of the Bidvest AFS, fairly present in all material respects the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of The Bidvest Group Limited in terms of IFRS;
• no facts have been omitted or untrue statements made that would make the consolidated annual financial statements false or misleading;
• internal financial controls have been put in place to ensure that material information relating to The Bidvest Group Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries have been provided to effectively prepare the consolidated financial statements of The Bidvest Group Limited; and
• the internal financial controls are adequate and effective and can be relied upon in compiling the consolidated annual financial statements, having fulfilled our role and function within the combined assurance model pursuant to principle 15 of the King Code. Where we are not satisfied, we have disclosed to the Audit Committee and the auditors the deficiencies in design and operational effectiveness of the internal financial controls and any fraud that involves directors, and have taken the necessary remedial action.

We are pleased to confirm that no fraudulent activities involving directors were experienced in the Group during the past year.