EQSTRA HOLDINGS LIMITED - Further Trading Statement and year end results presentation

Further Trading Statement and year end results presentation

Eqstra Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1998/011672/06)
Share code: EQS, EQS01, EQS02, EQS04, EQS05, EQS06, EQS07
ISIN: ZAE000117123
(“Eqstra” or “the group”)

FURTHER TRADING STATEMENT AND YEAR END RESULTS PRESENTATION

Further to the trading statement released on SENS on 25 July 2013,
shareholders are advised that Eqstra is expecting to report a
consolidated net profit after taxation from continuing operations for
the year ended 30 June 2013 of between R391 million and R415 million,
resulting in headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) of between 101.0
cents and 107.0 cents, and earnings per share (“EPS”) of between 97.0
cents and 103.0 cents. This compares with a consolidated net profit
after taxation from continuing operations of R377 million which
equated to a HEPS of 77.2 cents, and an EPS of 89.4 cents for year
ended 30 June 2012.
                              30 June 2013                  30 June 2012
                        Expected Low    Expected High            Actual
                            Range           Range
HEPS (cents)                101.0           107.0                77.2
EPS (cents)                  97.0           103.0                89.4
Weighted number of shares   402.9           402.9               426.1


The financial information on which this trading statement is based
has not been reviewed and reported on by Eqstra’s external auditors.
Results presentation
Eqstra’s year end results will be released on SENS on 4 September
2013. The group will be updating the market on its business in a
presentation in Johannesburg on the same day, and in Cape Town on 9
September 2013. The presentation will be available on 4 September
2013 for all stakeholders on the group’s website www.eqstra.co.za.


Kempton Park
21 August 2013

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) 

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