LEWIS GROUP LIMITED - TRADING STATEMENT

LEWIS GROUP LIMITED - TRADING STATEMENT                                         
Lewis Group Limited                                                             
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Formerly Rowmoor Investments 505 (Proprietary) Limited)                        
(Registration number: 2004/009817/06)                                           
JSE share code: LEW           ISIN: ZAE000058236                                
("Lewis" or the "Company")                                                      
Trading Statement                                                               
In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Securities Exchange South      
Africa, 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 be more than 20% different from that of the previous      
corresponding period.                                                           
Lewis advises that both its earnings and headline earnings per share for the 6  
months ended 30 September 2004 are expected to be between 50% to 60% higher than
the previous corresponding period"s earnings and headline earnings per share of 
R 1.17 and R 1.16 respectively. The earnings and headline earnings per share are
based on 100 000 000 ordinary shares in issue. The increase in earnings results 
firstly from a reduction in finance costs caused mainly by the restructuring of 
the Lewis balance sheet prior to its recent listing.   In addition, earnings    
have benefited from a further improvement in the quality of the debtors book and
a continuation of positive trading.                                             
The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company"s     
auditors.                                                                       
Lewis expects to release its results for the six months ended 30 September 2004 
on 15 November 2004.                                                            
Cape Town                                                                       
14 October 2004                                                                 
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UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd                                                      
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