Premier Food and Fishing has become the first company to list on the JSE this year, making its debut under the share code PFF with a opening share price of R4.90.

South Africa's Murray and Roberts (M&R) said on Wednesday that Germany's ATM Holding GmbH has acquired a 25% shareholding in the engineering and construction group.

Imperial Holdings today announced that Imperial Logistics has entered into an agreement to acquire a 70% interest in Surgipharm for a cash consideration of US$35 million (c.ZAR470 million). The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Sea Harvest Holdings Proprietary Limited (shortly to be converted to a public company and renamed Sea Harvest Group Limited) has announced its intention to list its issued ordinary share capital on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), subject to approval by the shareholders of Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited (Sea Harvest’s JSE-listed controlling shareholder), market conditions and the requisite approvals by the JSE. It is currently envisaged that a capital raising of up to R1.5 billion (Private Placement) will be undertaken by Sea Harvest simultaneously with the Listing.