Trading Statement TORRE INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number: 2012/144604/06) Share code: TOR ISIN: ZAE000169322 (“Torre” or “the Company”) TRADING STATEMENT In terms of paragraph 3.4(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements, listed companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as the board of directors is satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results for the next reporting period will vary by more than 20% from those of the previous corresponding reporting period or from a profit forecast previously provided to the market in relation to such period. The Company's earnings per share and headline earnings per share for the interim period ending 31 December 2013 are expected to improve to between 6.55 and 6.57 and 6.15 and 7.02 respectively compared to the earnings per share of 0.09 and headline loss per share of 4.35 for the interim period ended 31 December 2012. Shareholders are reminded that Torre’s unaudited results for the interim period ended 31 December 2012 were consolidated based on 6 months of SA French Ltd (“SA French”), 4 months of Torre head office and 1 month of Forktech (Pty) Ltd, whereas the unaudited results for the 6 months to 31 December 2013 are based on 6 months of results for Torre head office, Tractor and Grader Supplies (Pty), SA French and Forktech and 20 days of associate Control Instruments Group Limited. The information detailed above has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company’s auditors. Johannesburg 20 December 2013 Corporate Adviser Afrasia Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd Designated Adviser PSG Capital (Pty) Ltd Date: 20/12/2013 09:00:00 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.