Bell Equipment Limited announced that a distribution agreement has been reached with UK-headquartered JCB as original equipment manufacturer in terms of which the Company's South African sales and distribution company, Bell Equipment Sales South Africa ("BESSA") will become the distributor for the full range of JCB construction equipment in South Africa with effect from 1 May 2021. BESSA is the Company's level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ("B-BBEE") company responsible for the sale, distribution and support of Bell Equipment's full-line product range locally, which takes place through a comprehensive network of Bell-owned customer service centres. Together Bell Equipment and JCB are confident that this new partnership will benefit the market and are now looking forward to supporting customers, both old and new, with world- class products and service.