Crookes Brothers Limited (JSE:CKS) News - Trading statement Crookes Brothers Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1913/000290/06) Share code: CKS ISIN: ZAE000001434 (“Crookes Brothers” or “the Company”) Trading statement In terms of paragraph 3.4(b) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, 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 next will differ by at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period. For the year ended 31 March 2021, shareholders are advised that: - basic earnings per share is expected to be between 142.2 cents and 162.2 cents (2020: basic earnings 57.2 cents), and - headline earnings per share is expected to be between 262.2 cents and 282.2 cents, (2020: headline loss 48.5 cents). The earnings increase is driven mainly by an improved performance in the group’s sugar cane, deciduous fruit and macadamia operations and a reduction to the group’s effective tax rate. The group’s results for the year ended 31 March 2021 will be published on or about 30 June 2021. Mount Edgecombe 25 June 2021 Sponsor: Sasfin Capital (a member of the Sasfin Group) Date: 25-06-2021 05:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.