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Basil Read Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration Number 1984/007758/06
Share Code: BSR ISIN: ZAE000029781
("Basil Read" or "the Company")
TRADING STATEMENT
Shareholders are referred to the trading update released by Basil Read on
the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE (“SENS”), on 11 December 2015,
advising that the company expected earnings per share for the year ending
31 December 2015 to be at least 100% or 599.87 cents per share higher and
headline earnings per share for the year to be at least 100% or 362.08
cents per share higher than the previously reported corresponding period.
The company is finalising its results for the year ended 31 December 2015
and is required to, in terms of paragraph 3.4(b) of the Listings
Requirements of JSE Limited (“JSE”), once reasonable certainty is obtained,
to provide the guidance as set out therein. Consequently shareholders are
advised that the following guidance replaces the minimum percentage
difference quoted in the previous trading update.
Basil Read expects its earnings per share for the year ended 31 December
2015 to be between 61 cents and 181 cents per share or between 110% and
130% higher compared to the 599.87 cents loss per share for the previously
reported corresponding period.
Shareholders are further advised that Basil Read’s headline earnings per
share for the year ended 31 December 2015 is expected to be between 85
cents and 157 cents per share or between 123% and 143% higher compared to
the 362.08 cents loss per share for the previously reported corresponding
period.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not
been reviewed or reported on by Basil Read’s external auditors.
Date of annual results and presentation
Basil Read will publish its annual results for the period ended 31 December
2015, on SENS on Tuesday, 15 March 2016. An investor presentation will be
hosted in Johannesburg only at 10:00 (SA time) on the same day. The company
will provide the following investor services on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at
10:00 (SA time):
1. Live webcast:
A live webcast of the presentation will be available on
www.basilread.co.za
2. Live call access numbers for participants:
South Africa (Toll-Free)
0 800 200 648
Australia (Toll-Free)
1 800 350 100
United Kingdom (Toll-Free)
0808 162 4061
3. Playback access details:
(Playback code: 44743)
South Africa
011 305 2030
Australia
1 800 091 250
United Kingdom
0 808 234 6771
All related documents will be available for download on the same day from
the company website – www.basilread.co.za
Johannesburg
7 March 2016
Company Secretary
Andiswa T Ndoni
JSE Sponsor
Grindrod Bank Limited
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