MSM - Massmart Holdings Limited - Trading update for the year to June 2007

MSM - Massmart Holdings Limited - Trading update for the year to June 2007      
Massmart Holdings Limited                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration Number: 1940/014066/05)                                           
Share code: MSM                                                                 
ISIN:  ZAE000029534                                                             
(Massmart" or "the Company")                                                    
Trading update for the year to June 2007                                        
Massmart shareholders are advised that, after adjusting for the first-time      
accounting impact of Thuthukani, the Group`s Staff BEE scheme, implemented in   
October 2006, adjusted headline earnings per share ("HEPS") for the year ended  
30 June 2007 is anticipated to be between 34% and 38% higher than that of the   
prior year.  These figures represent the Group`s comparable headline earnings   
growth.                                                                         
The unadjusted HEPS growth for the year to June 2007 over the prior year is     
anticipated to be between 27% and 31%.                                          
Earnings per share should reflect growth of between 25% and 29% over the prior  
year.                                                                           
The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company`s     
auditors.                                                                       
Johannesburg                                                                    
15 August 2007                                                                  
Sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary)Ltd                              
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