MASTER DRILLING GROUP LTD - Trading Statememt

Trading Statememt

Master Drilling Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2011/008265/06)
JSE share code: MDI ISIN: ZAE000171948
(“the Company” or “Master Drilling”)

TRADING STATEMENT

Shareholders are advised that the Company expects to report the following for the six month
period ended 30 June 2014 (“2014 Interim Results”):

-    earnings per share (“EPS”) in ZAR to be between 56.1 and 65.5 South African cents
     compared to 47.4 South African cents in the prior comparative period;
-    headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) in ZAR to be between 56.3 and 65.7 South African
     cents compared to 47.2 South African cents in the prior comparative period;
-    EPS in USD to be between 5.2 and 6.2 US cents compared to 5.1 US cents in the prior
     comparative period; and
-    HEPS in USD to be between 5.2 and 6.2 US cents compared to 5.1 US cents in the prior
     comparative period.


The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or
reported upon by the Company’s auditors.

The 2014 Interim Results are expected to be published on or about 4 September 2014.

Fochville
14 August 2014

Sponsor
Sasfin Capital
(a division of Sasfin Bank Limited)

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