SOUTHERN ELECTRICITY COMPANY LTD - Trading statement

Trading statement

Southern Electricity Company Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1997/006894/06)
Share code: SLO ISIN: ZAE000041919
("SELCo" or "the company")

TRADING STATEMENT

In terms of paragraph 3.4 (b) of the JSE Limited`s Listings
Requirements, a company is required to issue a trading statement
as soon as it is satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty
exists that the financial results for the period to be reported
on next will differ by at least 20% from the financial results
of the previous corresponding period.

Shareholders are advised that the company expects, for the year
ended 30 June 2012, to report a basic loss per share of between
12.90 cents and 12.92 cents (2011: 0.09 cents basic loss per
share) and a headline loss per share of between 2.94 cents and
2.96 cents (2011: 0.09 cents headline loss per share).

The financial information on which this trading statement is
based has not been reviewed or reported on by the company`s
auditors.   The results for the year ended 30 June 2012 are
expected to be published on or before 28 September 2012.

Pretoria
3 September 2012

Sponsor: Grindrod Bank Limited

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