TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 ITALTILE LIMITED SHARE CODE: ITE ISIN: ZAE000099123 REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1955/000558/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (“Italtile” or “the Group”) TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 Italtile is currently finalising its results for the year ended 30 June 2012. In terms of section 3.4(b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results for the period will differ by at least 20% from those for the previous corresponding period. Accordingly, shareholders are advised that the Group's basic earnings per share and headline earnings per share are expected to be between 17% and 19% higher than the prior comparable period. Despite subdued building activity in the industry and competitive trading conditions, Italtile succeeded in increasing turnover of Group-owned stores and entities by 21% and gained market share across its brand portfolio comprising Italtile Retail, CTM and TopT. REVIEW OF RESULTS The information on which this announcement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by Italtile's auditors. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS The Group's results for the year ended 30 June 2012 are expected to be published on SENS on 15 August 2012. Johannesburg 06 August 2012 Sponsor KPMG Services (Pty) Limited Date: 06/08/2012 08:00:00 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.