Trading statement for the year ended 31 December 2017 Brainworks Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius) (Registration number: 115883 C1/GBL) Share Code: BWZ ISIN: MU0548S00000 (“the Company” or “Brainworks”) Trading statement for the year ended 31 December 2017 In compliance with paragraph 3.4(b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, a listed company is required to publish a trading statement as soon as it is satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results for the next period to be reported on will differ by at least 20% from the previous corresponding period. Shareholders are hereby advised that, for the twelve months ended 31 December 2017, when compared to the twelve months ended 31 December 2016 (“FY2016”): - the loss per share of the Company is expected to be 14.68 US cents per share being a decrease of 14.81 US cents per share from the earnings per share of 0.13 US cents reported for FY2016; and - the headline loss per share is expected to be 14.22 US cents per share, being a decrease of 14.33 US cents per share from the headline loss per share of 0.11 US cents reported for FY2016. The estimated financial information contained in this announcement has not been audited, reviewed or reported upon by the Company’s external auditors. Brainworks’ results for the year ended 31 December 2017 are expected to be released on or about 29 March 2018. Ebène, Mauritius 27 March 2018 Sponsor Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Date: 27/03/2018 08:22:00 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.