TRADING STATEMENT

In terms of section 3.4 (b) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they are reasonably certain that the financial results for the current reporting period will be more than 20% different than that of the previous corresponding period.

Shareholders are hereby advised that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that for the six months ended 30 September 2022, the Company will report  basic earnings (profit) per share of between 1 170.4 cents and 1 200.2 cents, as compared to 298.1 cents, as restated for the prior comparative period.
Furthermore, the Company is expected to report headline earnings (profit) per share of between 1 101.9 cents and 1 129.1 cents, as compared to 271.0 cents, as restated for the prior comparative period.

The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company`s auditors. The Company`s interim results are expected to be published on or about 01 December 2022.