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Trading Statement

Published: 2023-08-15 09:30:39 ET
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                                             (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
                                                 (Registration number 1966/009846/06)
                                                       Share code: GND & GNDP
                                                ISIN: ZAE000072328 & ZAE000071106
                                                               (“Grindrod”)




TRADING STATEMENT

In terms of paragraph 3.4(b)(i) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited (“JSE”), listed companies are required to
publish a trading statement as soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results for the period to be
reported on will differ by more than 20% from the financial results reported in the previous corresponding period.


Accordingly, shareholders of Grindrod are advised that Grindrod expects the results for the six-month period ended
30 June 2023 to be as follows:


                              2023 Range                2022 Reported        Range represents:
 Earnings per share           64.0 cents and            57.8 cents           Increase of between 11 percent and 20 percent
                              69.1 cents
 Headline earnings per        70.5 cents and            60.6 cents           Increase of between 16 percent and 25 percent
 share                        75.6 cents

 Earnings per share from      64.0 cents and            45.3 cents           Increase of between 41 percent and 53
 continuing operations *
                              69.1 cents                                     percent
 Headline earnings per        70.5 cents and            48.1 cents           Increase of between 47 percent and 57
 share from continuing        75.6 cents
                                                                             percent
 operations *
 Continuing operations include all segments except for Grindrod Bank which was disposed of on 1 November 2022. Accordingly, the
  results from continuing operations for the prior six-month period ended 30 June 2022 have been re-presented to exclude the Bank
  in line with IFRS 5: Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations.

The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed nor reported on by Grindrod’s
external auditors.

Grindrod will release its results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2023 on the JSE’s Stock Exchange News
Service on or about Friday, 25 August 2023.


15 August 2023
Durban


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Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited