PPC - Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited - Trading Statement

PPC - Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited - Trading Statement              
PRETORIA PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Company registration number: 1892/000667/06)                                   
JSE Code: PPC                                                                   
ISIN: ZAE000125886                                                              
("PPC" or "the company")                                                        
TRADING STATEMENT                                                               
In terms of the Listing Requirements of the JSE Limited, 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   
differ by more than 20% from those of the previous corresponding period.        
The board of directors of PPC advises that its earnings per share and           
headline earnings per share for the six months ended 31 March 2009 are          
expected to be between 75% and 90% less compared with the respective amounts    
reported for the comparable period ended 31 March 2008. Shareholders are        
reminded that the main contributor to this decrease is the IFRS 2 charge        
which is a consequence of the BBBEE transaction and which was anticipated and   
outlined in the SENS announcement on 28 August 2008 and in the circular to      
shareholders on 16 October 2008.                                                
Earnings per share and headline earnings per share excluding the IFRS 2         
charge relating to the BBBEE transaction do not differ by more than 20% from    
those of the previous corresponding period.                                     
The information contained in this trading statement has not been reviewed or    
reported on by the company`s external auditors. PPC will release its interim    
results for the period ended 31 March 2009 on 12 May 2009.                      
4 May 2009                                                                      
Sponsor                                                                         
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited                                        
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