Trading Statement Group Five Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1969/000032/06) Share code: GRF ISIN: ZAE 000027405 ("Group Five" or "the Company" or "the group") TRADING STATEMENT Group Five shareholders are advised that, for the year ended 30 June 2015, the group expects: - Fully diluted headline earnings per share (“FDHEPS”) to be between 45%- 53% lower (188 to 219 cents per share); - Headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) to be between 45%-53% lower (191 to 224 cents per share); - Fully diluted earnings per share (“FDEPS”) to be between 40% - 50% lower (197 cents to 236 cents per share); and - Earnings per share (“EPS”) to be between 40% - 50% lower (201 cents to 241 cents per share) than the FDHEPS of 399 cents per share, the HEPS of 407 cents per share, the FDEPS of 394 cents per share and the EPS of 401 cents per share published for the previous corresponding period. REPORTING The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by Group Five’s auditors. The group's results for the year ended 30 June 2015 will be released on SENS on 17 August 2015 when the group will update the market on its business in a presentation in Johannesburg on the same day, and in Cape Town on 18 August 2015. The presentation will be available for all stakeholders on the group's website, www.groupfive.co.za. Sandton 27 July 2015 Investment bank and sponsor Nedbank Date: 27/07/2015 10:45:00 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.