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Publication of integrated annual report, notice of AGM and availability of the B-BBEE annual compliance report

Published: 2023-09-29 18:06:04 ET
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TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1944/017491/06)
JSE code: TRU; A2X Code: TRU; NSX code: TRW
ISIN: ZAE000028296
LEI: 37890099AFD770037522
(“Truworths” or “the Group” or “the company”)

Publication of Integrated Annual Report, Notice of Annual General
Meeting and Availability of the B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report

Publication of 2023 Integrated Annual Report and Distribution                of
2023 Summarised Audited Group Annual Results and Notice                      of
Annual General Meeting

Further to the Group audited annual financial statements for the 52 week
period ended 2 July 2023 published on the Stock Exchange News Service of
the JSE Limited (“JSE”) on Thursday, 31 August 2023 and available through
the     JSE      cloud    link    and     on    the    company’s      website
(www.truworths.co.za/reports), Truworths advises that its 2023 integrated
annual report which, inter alia, incorporates a summarised version of the
Group’s audited annual financial statements for the period and contains the
additional information required in terms of paragraph 8.62 of the JSE Listings
Requirements, is scheduled to be published by today, 29 September 2023, on
the Group’s website: www.truworths.co.za/reports.

The printed 2023 Summarised Audited Group Annual Results for the period
ended 2 July 2023, which incorporates an audited summarised version of the
Group’s audited annual financial statements for the period, together with the
notice of the company’s annual general meeting and form of proxy, were
posted today, 29 September 2023, to certificated and dematerialised
shareholders that are registered as shareholders, as well as to dematerialised
shareholders that are not registered as shareholders but have elected to
receive such reports. The said results and notice of annual general meeting
are also scheduled to be published on the Group’s website:
www.truworths.co.za/reports, by today, 29 September 2023.



Notice of Annual General Meeting

Shareholders are advised that the annual general meeting of Truworths'
shareholders is scheduled to be held virtually through electronic participation
only on Thursday, 9 November 2023 at 09h30 (CAT), to transact the business
set out in the notice of the meeting, which notice is contained in the 2023
Summarised Audited Group Annual Results and is scheduled to be published
on the Group’s website: www.truworths.co.za/reports, today, 29 September
2023.

Shareholders are encouraged to participate in the meeting, by registering and
voting thereat on all resolutions online at no cost at www.smartagm.co.za, by
no later than 09:30 on Tuesday, 7 November 2023 (CAT).


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Shareholders may still register online after this date and time, provided,
however, that for them to participate and/or vote electronically at the meeting
they must be verified and registered before the commencement time of the
meeting.

Shareholders are advised to make the necessary arrangements to participate
or be represented at the meeting and, where required, to furnish voting
instructions to their CSDP or broker in good time. The record date for the
purposes of participating and voting at the annual general meeting is 17:00 on
Friday, 3 November 2023. Accordingly, the last day to trade in order to be
entitled to participate and vote at the meeting will be Tuesday, 31 October
2023. The record date for the purposes of determining which shareholders are
entitled to receive the notice of the company’s annual general meeting was
17:00 on Friday, 22 September 2023. Accordingly, the last day to trade in
order to be entitled to receive the notice of the meeting was Tuesday, 19
September 2023.

Shareholders are reminded that in order for forms of proxy (which are
contained in the printed 2023 Summarised Audited Group Annual Results
scheduled to be published today, 29 September 2023, on the Group’s
website: www.truworths.co.za/reports) to be valid for the purposes of the
meeting, these are requested to be emailed to Truworths' transfer secretaries,
Computershare        Investor     Services     Proprietary      Limited     at
proxy@computershare.co.za by no later than 48 hours before the appointed
time of the meeting. Forms of proxy may thereafter however be submitted, to
the chairman of the meeting, up to the scheduled time for holding the meeting.

Availability of the Company’s 2023 B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report

Truworths’ shareholders are advised that the company’s annual compliance
report for 2023, prepared pursuant to section 13(G)(2) of the Broad-Based
Black Economic Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003 of South Africa, as
amended, is available on the company’s website at the following link:
https://www.truworths.co.za/sustainability?page=sustainability-reports

By order of the board


Chris Durham
Company Secretary

Cape Town
29 September 2023

Sponsor in South Africa
One Capital

Sponsor in Namibia
Merchantec Capital




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