MPC - Mr Price Group Limited - Trading statement for the 26 weeks ended

MPC - Mr Price Group Limited - Trading statement for the 26 weeks ended         
1 October 2011                                                                  
Mr Price Group Limited                                                          
(Registration number 1933/004418/06)                                            
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
ISIN: ZAE000026951                                                              
JSE share code: MPC                                                             
("the company")                                                                 
TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE 26 WEEKS ENDED 1 OCTOBER 2011                         
As required by the JSE Limited Listing Requirements, a company is               
obliged to announce once it is reasonably certain that its results will         
differ by more than 20% from the corresponding reporting period. The            
company is currently in the process of finalising its results for the 26        
weeks ended 1 October 2011.                                                     
The company expects basic, headline and core headline earnings per share        
to increase by between 18% and 23% over the comparable period, being the        
26 weeks ended 25 September 2010.                                               
The above mentioned figures and forecast financial information have not         
been reviewed and reported on by the company`s external auditors.               
Durban                                                                          
20 October 2011                                                                 
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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