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CSB - Cashbuild Limited - First quarter operational update - FY 2009 CASHBUILD LIMITED (Registration number: 1986/001503/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) JSE share code: CSB ISIN: ZAE000028230 ("Cashbuild" or "the company") FIRST QUARTER OPERATIONAL UPDATE - FY 2009 In line with past practice and disclosure, Cashbuild provides herewith, its quarterly trading update. Revenue for the company was up by 29 % on the 1st quarter of the prior financial year. Stores opened since 1 July 2007 (new stores - 10 stores) contributed 4% of the increase, and existing stores (162 stores) contributed 25%. Transactions through the tills increased by 6% with new stores adding 4% and existing stores contributing 2%. Units sold increased by 31% (existing stores: 26% increase). One new store was opened during this quarter, as well as two old stores being closed (in towns where two stores were trading in close proximity), bringing the number of stores trading at the end of the quarter to 172. No stores were refurbished or relocated during this quarter. Eight new stores and one relocation are planned for completion during the second quarter of this financial year. In addition to the factual part of the operational update given above, the following paragraphs will only deal with indicative information. Detail per region The breakdown per region of the factual information given in the update above is reflected in the following three tables: Revenue increase on prior Percentage Total New Existing year per region of total sales % % % % South Africa Q1 83 29 5 24 Lesotho Q1 2 23 - 23 Namibia Q1 2 19 - 19 Swaziland Q1 5 20 - 20 Botswana (in Rand) Q1 7 42 - 42 Malawi (in Rand) Q1 1 73 - 73 Total Cashbuild Q1 100 Transaction increase on Percentage Total New Existing prior year per region of total transactions % % % %
South Africa Q1 86 6 4 2 Lesotho Q1 2 5 - 5 Namibia Q1 2 (9) - (9) Swaziland Q1 4 (2) - (2) Botswana Q1 6 7 - 7 Malawi Q1 0 35 - 35 Total Cashbuild Q1 100 Number of stores - end Percentage Total New Existing quarter one of total % South Africa 85 146 10 136 Lesotho 3 5 - 5 Namibia 2 4 - 4 Swaziland 3 6 - 6 Botswana 6 10 - 10 Malawi 1 1 - 1 Total 100 172 10 162 14 October 2008 Sponsor Nedbank Capital Date: 14/10/2008 09:22:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
