South African investment firm Long4Life on Wednesday suspended its dividend after spending on share repurchases and posted forecast-beating annual sales, sending its shares up nearly 5%. Long4Life, which invests in the leisure and lifestyle sectors and which reported its first twelve-month period results since listing in 2017, said sales stood at R3.6-billion, topping the average analyst estimate of R3.3-billion, according to Refinitiv I/B/E/S.