GRINDROD LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number 1966/009846/06 Share code: GND ISIN: ZAE000072328 Share code: GNDP ISIN: ZAE000071106 (“Grindrod” or “the company”) ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT, NO CHANGE STATEMENT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Annual financial statements and integrated annual report Shareholders are advised that Grindrod’s audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and the 2022 Integrated Annual Report distributed on 6 April 2023 are available on the company’s website at https://www.grindrod.com/investor- proposition/shareholder-documents#annual-reports. The auditor’s, Deloitte & Touche’s unqualified, unmodified audit opinion, which contains a Key Audit Matter pursuant to International Standard on Auditing ISA701, is available on the same link. No change statement Shareholders are further advised that Grindrod’s audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 forming part of the 2022 Integrated Annual Report are unchanged from the Provisional Reviewed Results published on SENS on 2 March 2023. Notice of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the fifty-sixth Annual General Meeting of Grindrod will be held electronically on Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 14:00, to transact the business as stated in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting. The Notice of Annual General Meeting forms part of the Integrated Annual Report. Grindrod has appointed The Meeting Specialists Proprietary Limited (TMS) to remotely host the Annual General Meeting on an interactive electronic platform, in order to facilitate remote participation and voting by shareholders. TMS will also act as scrutineers. Detail on how to register to electronically participate in and/or vote at the Annual General Meeting is set out in detail in the Notice of Annual General Meeting in the Integrated Annual Report. The salient dates for the Annual General Meeting are as follows: 2023 Record date for purposes of determining which shareholders are entitled to receive the Notice of Annual General Friday, 31 March Meeting Notice of Annual General Meeting distributed to shareholders on Thursday, 6 April Last date to trade in order to be eligible to attend, participate and vote at the Annual General Meeting Tuesday, 16 May Record date for shareholders to be recorded in the securities register of Grindrod in order to be able to attend, Tuesday, 23 May participate and vote at the Annual General Meeting Duly completed forms of proxy to be lodged by 14:00 Wednesday, 1 June Annual General Meeting held at 14:00 Thursday, 25 May Results of Annual General Meeting released on SENS on or about Thursday, 25 May By order of the board 6 April 2023 Sponsor Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited