SHP - Shoprite Holdings Limited - Trading Update

SHP - Shoprite Holdings Limited - Trading Update                                
SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Registration no. 1936/007721/06                                                 
ISIN:  ZAE 000012084                                                            
JSE share code:  SHP                                                            
NSX share code:  SRH                                                            
LuSE share code:  SHOPRITE                                                      
("Shoprite" or "the company")                                                   
TRADING UPDATE                                                                  
In terms of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, companies must publish a     
trading update as soon as they are reasonably certain that the financial results
for the current reporting period will be more than 20% different from that of   
the corresponding period of the previous year.                                  
In light of this requirement, Shoprite hereby states that it expects both basic 
and fully diluted earnings per share for the 12 months ended June 2008 to be    
between 40% and 50% higher than those of the corresponding period in 2007.      
Headline earnings per share and diluted headline earnings per share are expected
to be between 45% and 55% higher than those of the prior corresponding period.  
These results should be viewed against the following:                           
The results in the 2007 financial year were depressed by industrial action that 
severely disrupted trading particularly in Shoprite, the company`s biggest brand
Shoprite`s non-RSA business increased its trading profit at a rate substantially
above that of the rest of the company.                                          
Shareholders are advised that the above information has not been reviewed or    
reported on by Shoprite`s external auditors.  The company`s results for the 12  
months ended 30 June 2008 are expected to be released on or about 2 September   
2008.                                                                           
Whitey Basson                 Carel Goosen                                      
Chief executive               Deputy managing director                          
Tel                           021 980-4000                                      
Date issued    11 August 2008                                                   
Sponsor        Nedbank Capital                                                  
Date: 11/08/2008 15:44:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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