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Truworths - Distribution of Annual Financial Statements; Non-Publication of Abridged Report; Notice of Annual General Meeting TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Registration number 1944/017491/06) JSE code: TRU ; NSX code: TRW ISIN: ZAE0000028296 ("Truworths" or "the Group") * Distribution of Annual Financial Statements * Non-Publication of Abridged Report * Notice of Annual General Meeting Further to the announcement on 19 August 2004 of the Group"s results for the period ended 30 June 2004, Truworths advises that its annual report, which incorporates the annual financial statements for the said period, is being mailed today.The annual report is being posted to all those certificated and dematerialised shareowners who are registered as members, as well as to those dematerialised shareowners who are not registered as members but have elected to receive such reports. As the financial statements contain no changes relative to the information that was published in the said announcement, the Group is not required to publish an abridged report as contemplated in paragraph 3.21 of the JSE"s Listings Requirements. The information contained in the announcement had been extracted from the Group"s annual financial statements, which had by the date of the announcement been audited by the Group"s independent auditors, Ernst & Young.Since that date Ernst & Young"s audit report has been available for inspection at Truworths" registered office. Shareowners are advised that the annual general meeting of Truworths" members will be held in the auditorium at its registered office, being No 1 Mostert Street, Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday 4 November 2004 at 09h30 to transact the business set out in the meeting notice which is contained in the Group"s annual report. Included in such business are a resolution to grant limited conditional authority to the directors over Truworths" unissued shares and treasury stock, a special resolution to give the directors a limited general mandate to repurchase Truworths" shares and a special resolution to grant options ( in terms of the Group"s incentive scheme) over a limited number of Truworths shares to a non-executive director. Accordingly shareowners are encouraged to participate in the voting on these resolutions, and are advised to make the necessary arrangements to attend or be represented at the meeting and, where required, to furnish voting instructions to their CSDP"s or brokers in good time. Shareowners are reminded that in order for forms of proxy (which are contained in the Group"s annual report) to be valid for the purposes of the meeting, these are required to be lodged at the offices of Truworths" transfer secretaries, Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited, 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, South Africa by no later than 24 hours before the appointed time of the meeting. Chris Durham Company Secretary Cape Town 30 September 2004 Sponsor HSBC Investment Services (Africa) (Pty) Limited Date: 30/09/2004 04:11:04 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department
