TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED - TRADING STATEMENT

TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED - TRADING STATEMENT                             
Truworths International Limited                                                 
(Registration number 1944/017491/06)                                            
("Truworths" or "the group")                                                    
Code: TRU;    ISIN: ZAE000028296                                                
Trading statement                                                               
Truworths forecasts that headline earnings per share for the 26-week period to  
26 December 2004 will be between 25% and 35% higher than the 52,5 cents per     
share reported for the corresponding period in 2003.  The group recorded        
merchandise sales of R1 677 million for the 26 weeks, 22% more than the R 1 376 
million achieved in the 2003 period. Sales growth included comparable store     
sales growth of 17 % with product inflation of some 5%. Trading space, compared 
to the corresponding period for 2003, increased by 8% through the opening of    
seven Truworths and  ten Identity stores.                                       
The buoyant conditions that underpinned trading in the first 17 weeks continued 
through the remaining nine weeks to 26 December. During the festive season sales
were in line with expectations.                                                 
Shareholders are advised to note that the earnings growth forecast contained in 
this statement has not been reviewed or reported on by the external auditors,   
and that the group"s unaudited interim results for the period are due to be     
announced on 24 February 2005.                                                  
Cape Town                     Lead sponsor                                      
11 January 2005               Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd 
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