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Allianz Europe BV increases its shareholding to 49%  in Sanlam Allianz Africa Proprietary Limited

Allianz SE | Munich | Dec 20, 2024

The board of directors of Sanlam is pleased to advise Sanlam shareholders that Sanlam, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sanlam Emerging Markets (Pty) Ltd (“SEM”), and Allianz Europe BV (“Allianz BV”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz, have concluded definitive transaction agreements in respect of the Allianz Step-up Transaction.

1. Introduction

Shareholders are referred to the announcements released on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on 4 May 2022 and 5 September 2023, in which it was advised that Sanlam and Allianz SE (“Allianz”) had entered into a long-term strategic joint venture arrangement regarding their operations on the African continent, outside of South Africa (the “JV Transaction”). In terms of the JV Transaction, Sanlam and Allianz contributed their respective African operations into a newly incorporated joint venture company, Sanlam Allianz Africa Proprietary Limited (“SanlamAllianz”) on 4 September 2023. Sanlam’s operations in Namibia were contributed to SanlamAllianz in October 2024. Shareholders were previously advised that as part of the JV Transaction, Allianz would also have the option to increase its shareholding in SanlamAllianz to a maximum of 49% (the “Allianz Step-up Transaction”).

The board of directors of Sanlam is pleased to advise Sanlam shareholders that Sanlam, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sanlam Emerging Markets (Pty) Ltd (“SEM”), and Allianz Europe BV (“Allianz BV”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz, have concluded definitive transaction agreements in respect of the Allianz Step-up Transaction.

2. Overview of the Allianz step-up transaction

SEM will dispose of 8.59% of its interest in SanlamAllianz to Allianz BV for an initial cash consideration of R4.5 billion, resulting in a final shareholding split between SEM and Allianz BV in SanlamAllianz of 51% and 49% respectively. The final sale consideration will be subject to closing adjustments, which will be mainly determined based on the 31 December 2024 audited financial statements of SanlamAllianz.

3. Conditions precedent

The Allianz Step-up Transaction is subject to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals.

4. Categorisation of the Allianz step-up transaction

In terms of the JSE Listings Requirements, the Allianz Step-up Transaction falls below the Category 2 threshold and this announcement is made on a voluntary basis.

Further information

Newly launched SanlamAllianz to provide insurance and financial services in 27 African markets (Sep. 5, 2023)
Sanlam and Allianz join forces to create African insurance giant (May 4, 2022)

For further information please contact:

Florian Amberg
Allianz SE
+49 89 3800 15924
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Heidi Polke
Allianz SE
+49 89 3800 99777
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About Allianz

The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers, active in almost 70 countries and serving around 97 million private and corporate customers*. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 764 billion euros** on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 2.0 trillion euros** of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2025, over 156,000 employees achieved total business volume of 186.9 billion euros and an operating profit of 17.4 billion euros for the Group.

* Customer count reflects Allianz customers in consolidated entities that are part of the customer reporting scope only.

** As of December 31, 2025.

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