Blue Label Telecoms Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Blue Label Telecoms' CEO is Mark Levy, appointed in Jan 2007, has a tenure of 17.83 years. total yearly compensation is ZAR33.38M, comprised of 35.1% salary and 64.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 9.32% of the company’s shares, worth ZAR446.96M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 14.6 years and 13.1 years respectively.

Key information

Mark Levy

Chief executive officer

R33.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	35.1%
CEO tenure	17.8yrs
CEO ownership	9.3%
Management average tenure	14.6yrs
Board average tenure	13.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Here's Why Blue Label Telecoms (JSE:BLU) Is Weighed Down By Its Debt Load

Oct 11

Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU) Stock Rockets 28% But Many Are Still Ignoring The Company

Mar 24

We Think Blue Label Telecoms (JSE:BLU) Is Taking Some Risk With Its Debt

Nov 28

Does Blue Label Telecoms (JSE:BLU) Deserve A Spot On Your Watchlist?

Feb 23

It's Unlikely That Blue Label Telecoms Limited's (JSE:BLU) CEO Will See A Huge Pay Rise This Year

Nov 18

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU)

Jul 08

Improved Earnings Required Before Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU) Stock's 26% Jump Looks Justified

Mar 14

Why Blue Label Telecoms' (JSE:BLU) Earnings Are Better Than They Seem

Mar 02

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Mark Levy's remuneration changed compared to Blue Label Telecoms's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
May 31 2024	R33m	R12m	R647m
Feb 29 2024	n/a	n/a	R700m
Nov 30 2023	n/a	n/a	R752m
Aug 31 2023	n/a	n/a	R511m
May 31 2023	R33m	R11m	R269m
Feb 28 2023	n/a	n/a	R344m
Nov 30 2022	n/a	n/a	R420m
Aug 31 2022	n/a	n/a	R723m
May 31 2022	R48m	R10m	R1b
Nov 30 2021	n/a	n/a	R923m
Aug 31 2021	n/a	n/a	R864m
May 31 2021	R41m	R10m	R805m
Nov 30 2020	n/a	n/a	R276m
Aug 31 2020	n/a	n/a	R252m
May 31 2020	R19m	R10m	R227m
Feb 29 2020	n/a	n/a	-R3b
Nov 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-R6b
Aug 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-R6b
May 31 2019	R15m	R9m	-R7b
Feb 28 2019	n/a	n/a	-R4b
Nov 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-R439m
Aug 31 2018	n/a	n/a	R341m
May 31 2018	R17m	R8m	R1b

Compensation vs Market: Mark's total compensation ($USD1.83M) is above average for companies of similar size in the ZA market ($USD689.29K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Mark's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Mark Levy (53 yo)

17.8yrs

Tenure

R33,380,000

Compensation

Mr. Mark Steven Levy, BCompt (UNISA) is a Co-founder of Blue Label Telecoms Limited and serves as its Joint Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Levy served as a Non-Executive Director at Cell C (Pty) Limited unti...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mark Levy	Co-Founder	17.8yrs	R33.38m	9.32% ZAR 447.0m
Brett Levy	Co-Founder	17.8yrs	R33.38m	9.75% ZAR 467.8m
Dean Suntup	Financial Director & Executive Director	11yrs	R16.60m	0.59% ZAR 28.5m
James Newman	Chief Operating Officer	no data	R10.15m	no data
Grant Levin	Chief Executive Officer of Comm Equipment Company	no data	R11.72m	no data
Mahomed Shaik	Chief Technology & Information Officer	no data	no data	no data
Etienne Villiers	General Counsel	no data	no data	no data
Deelan Rama	Chief Executive Officer of Blue Label Distribution	no data	no data	no data
Suveer Ramdhani	Chief Executive Officer of BluNova	no data	no data	no data
Modise Nyawane	Chief Executive Officer of Cigicell	no data	no data	no data
Janine van Eden	Group Company Secretary	11.4yrs	no data	no data

14.6yrs

Average Tenure

50yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BLU's management team is seasoned and experienced (14.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mark Levy	Co-Founder	17.8yrs	R33.38m	9.32% ZAR 447.0m
Brett Levy	Co-Founder	17.8yrs	R33.38m	9.75% ZAR 467.8m
Dean Suntup	Financial Director & Executive Director	11yrs	R16.60m	0.59% ZAR 28.5m
Laurence Nestadt	Independent Non-Executive Chairman	17.1yrs	R2.49m	1.12% ZAR 53.5m
Johannes Mthimunye	Independent Non-Executive Director	17.1yrs	R1.36m	0.042% ZAR 2.0m
Nomavuso Mnxasana	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.2yrs	R835.00k	no data
Jeremiah Vilakazi	Independent Non-Executive Director	13.1yrs	R1.22m	0.00091% ZAR 43.6k
Lindiwe Mthimunye-Bakoro	Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	R1.21m	no data
Happy Masondo	Independent Non-Executive Director	1.3yrs	R507.00k	no data

13.1yrs

Average Tenure

56yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BLU's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 13.1 years average tenure).

Blue Label Telecoms Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 28, 2024

Co-Founder recently bought R3.8m worth of stock

Co-Founder exercised options to buy R4.6m worth of stock.

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Appoints Happy Masondo as an Independent Non- Executive Director

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Announces Resignation of Kevin Murray Ellerine from Its Board of Directors

Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 23, 2023

Recent updates

Here's Why Blue Label Telecoms (JSE:BLU) Is Weighed Down By Its Debt Load

Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 28, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: R0.72 (vs R0.30 in FY 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU) Stock Rockets 28% But Many Are Still Ignoring The Company

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: R0.46 (vs R0.087 loss in 1H 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

We Think Blue Label Telecoms (JSE:BLU) Is Taking Some Risk With Its Debt

New minor risk - Share price stability

Co-Founder recently bought R3.8m worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: R0.30 (vs R1.17 in FY 2022)

Co-Founder exercised options to buy R4.6m worth of stock.

New minor risk - Financial data availability

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ended May 31, 2023

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Appoints Happy Masondo as an Independent Non- Executive Director

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Announces Resignation of Kevin Murray Ellerine from Its Board of Directors

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

First half 2023 earnings released: R0.087 loss per share (vs R0.61 profit in 1H 2022)

Does Blue Label Telecoms (JSE:BLU) Deserve A Spot On Your Watchlist?

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ended November 30, 2022

Blue Label Telecoms Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Final Results on Sep 29, 2023

Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 23, 2023

It's Unlikely That Blue Label Telecoms Limited's (JSE:BLU) CEO Will See A Huge Pay Rise This Year

Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 24, 2022

Co-Founder exercised options to buy R13m worth of stock.

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: R1.17 (vs R0.92 in FY 2021)

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Now 21% undervalued

Improved Earnings Required Before Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU) Stock's 26% Jump Looks Justified

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Why Blue Label Telecoms' (JSE:BLU) Earnings Are Better Than They Seem

First half 2022 earnings released

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS R0.95 (vs R0.25 in FY 2020)

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ended May 31, 2021

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

New 90-day high: R4.84

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

New 90-day high: R4.39

Blue Label Telecoms Limited to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Feb 26, 2021

New 90-day high: R3.99

New 90-day high: R3.76

New 90-day high: R3.50

Blue Label Telecoms Limited Appoints Nomavuso Mnxasana as Independent Non Executive Director to the Blue Label Board and as A Member to Blue Label Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:BIMBO A) entered into an agreement to acquire an additional 47.56% stake in Blue Label Mexico from Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU) for $11.5 million.

New 90-day high - R3.30

DNI-4PL Contracts (Pty) Ltd completed the acquisition of 85% stake in Blue Label Mobile Group Proprietary Limited from Blue Label Telecoms Limited (JSE:BLU).

Earnings released

Blue Label Telecoms Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Aug 27, 2020

CEO Compensation Analysis

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