(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 Sponsor Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited