/ 12 July 2000

VESTACOR ACQUIRES MORESPORT

VESTACOR, which operates as an investment capital fund is to acquire the interests, loan accounts and cash of sports goods retailer Moresport for R173m, or 70 cents a share. Vestacor said that after the disposal of Totalsports, Moresport did not have the required critical mass and immediate profitability necessary for a listed company to attract institutional interest. The deal is still subject to the requisite regulatory approvals as well as the approval of the shareholders of both companies.

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