CLS: CLICKS GROUP LIMITED - Expansion of responsibilities of Executive Director and Appointment of New Heads of Clicks and UPD

CLS: CLICKS GROUP LIMITED - Expansion of responsibilities of Executive Director and Appointment of New Heads of Clicks and UPD

CLS: CLICKS GROUP LIMITED - Expansion of responsibilities of Executive Director and Appointment of New Heads of Clicks and UPD Expansion of responsibilities of Executive Director and Appointment of New Heads of Clicks and UPD Clicks Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number: 1996/000645/06 JSE share code: CLS ISIN: ZAE000134854 CUSIP: 18682W205 LEI: 378900E967958A677472 ('Clicks Group' or 'the group') EXPANSION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW HEADS OF CLICKS AND UPD Clicks Group is pleased to advise shareholders that the portfolio of responsibilities of executive director Bertina Engelbrecht, currently the group human resources director, will be expanded to include strategic stakeholder engagement. Bertina will assume the title of group corporate affairs director, effective 1 December 2020. The group also announces the appointment of new managing executives for its two main operating businesses, Clicks and UPD. Vikash Singh, currently the managing executive of UPD, has been promoted to managing executive of Clicks, with effect from 1 February 2021. In his new role he has also been appointed to the group´s executive committee. Vikash (47) joined the group in 2006 and is a seasoned executive whose career has spanned financial, operational and supply chain responsibilities, with extensive experience in logistics management in Clicks and UPD. He served as head of operations and distribution at UPD before being appointed as managing executive in 2015. Trevor McCoy has been appointed as managing executive of UPD, effective 1 April 2021. Trevor (51) has 25 years´ experience in the pharmaceutical sector and joins from Sanofi where he currently serves as the country public affairs head. His previous roles have included serving as business unit head in diverse portfolios and therapeutic classes in Sanofi, Pfizer and Alcon, with responsibility for managing sales and marketing teams as well as developing growth strategies for traditional and non-traditional markets. Vikesh Ramsunder, chief executive officer of the Clicks Group commented: 'As a FTSE/JSE Top 40 company, we recognise the need to expand relationships and forge closer connections with the group´s strategic stakeholders. Bertina is well suited to lead the group´s corporate affairs portfolio, given her in-depth understanding of the business, our key stakeholders and the environments in which we operate. 'We are pleased to have executives of the calibre and experience of Vikash and Trevor to head our two major business units. These appointments further enhance the diversity of our most senior leadership team, while Vikash´s promotion reinforces the depth of our internal talent and our succession planning process.' Cape Town 1 December 2020 Sponsor Investec Bank Limited Date: 01-12-2020 04:32:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

2020-12-01 16:32:00 Source: JSE News Service (SENS)