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GRINDROD LIMITED - Grindrod Limited Unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2019

Release Date: 23/08/2019 08:00
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Grindrod Limited Unaudited Interim Results
for the six months ended 30 June 2019

Grindrod Limited
Registration number: 1966/009846/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Share code: GND and GNDP
ISIN: ZAE000072328 and ZAE000071106

Grindrod Limited Unaudited Interim Results
for the six months ended 30 June 2019

Business review
With the Freight Services business focus firmly on “trade corridors supported by key infrastructure” the businesses have used the first half of the year to drive 
the basics and focus on the customers’ need for efficient and effective freight logistics services. All the businesses have displayed good progress and continue 
to add scale and diversification to the core business.

The core Bank has been further capitalised following good growth in deposits and advances and is re-establishing its retail business. The private equity businesses 
have been split out and are now being driven as a separate focused business.

The Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments do not form part of the strategic focus and are held for sale.

Continuing operations
Continuing operations generated earnings of R136.7 million for the first half of 2019 against a loss of R418.2 million in 2018. Headline earnings grew 
by 118% to R136.7 million compared to R62.6 million in 2018.
                                                                                             Unaudited    Unaudited
                                                                                               30 June      30 June
                                                                                                  2019         2018         %
Continuing operations                                                          Note               R000         R000*   Change
Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation                (1)           443 292      235 784        88 
Profit/ (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders                             (1)           136 715     (418 192)      133
Headline earnings                                                                (1)           136 650       62 646       118
Weighted average number of shares                                                (2)           680 483      752 504       (10)
Basic earnings/ (loss) per share (cents)                                         (1)              20.1        (55.6)      136
Headline earnings per share (cents)                                              (1)              20.1          8.3       142

Note 1:
Financial results for 2018 have been restated to reflect the exit of the Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments, and continuation of the Rail
leasing business in accordance with the provisions of IFRS 5 Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. Notwithstanding the offers 
received for the Rail leasing business, opportunities to deploy the extracted 24 Sierra Leone locomotives were more commercially attractive, supporting 
management’s decision to continue with this business.

In addition to the IFRS 5 transactions, the group adopted IFRS 16 Leases in the current year using a full retrospective approach. Under this approach, 
the 2018 results were restated. The standard resulted in the recognition of right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities for all open leases in 2018 
and 2019 which are longer than a year. The major make-up of the right-of-use assets for the Group is port concessions, vessel charters and leased landside footprint.

The reconciliation of the 2018 restatement for both IFRS 5 and IFRS 16 is outlined below.
                                                                                                                     Headline
                                                                                              Headline   Earnings    earnings
                                                                               Earnings       earnings  per share   per share
Item                                                                               R000           R000     (cents)     (cents)
2018 results previously reported                                                351 346        284 790       46.7        37.8
IFRS 5 – Rail leasing business continuing                                      (662 091)      (118 127)     (88.0)      (15.6)
IFRS 5 – Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments now held for sale             (45 513)       (42 083)      (6.0)       (5.6)
IFRS 16 – Effect of lease rental reversal, depreciation and interest expense    (61 934)       (61 934)      (8.3)       (8.3)
2018 restated results                                                          (418 192)        62 646      (55.6)        8.3

Note 2:
In the second half of 2018, 8.7 million shares were repurchased by the group and 64.0 million shares were treated as treasury shares following consolidation of 
the B-BBEE consortium effective December 2018.

Port and terminals
The Maputo Port and Terminals business increased earnings from the prior period by 66% to R102.3 million on the back of strong iron ore prices and a weaker rand 
against the US dollar. The development of the Ngqura liquid bulk storage facility commenced during the current year.

Logistics
The Logistics business generated profits of R47.3 million, up 108% on the prior period. The current period performance benefited from a ramp-up in volumes at the 
graphite operations in Mozambique. The Rail leasing business returned to profitability following the recovery of locomotives from Sierra Leone resulting in 
structural cost reductions and improved locomotive deployment in our Rail leasing joint venture. The Rail logistics business performed well on the throughput-traffic 
but struggled with the Zimbabwe in-country operations and deteriorating foreign exchange rate on real-time gross settlement against the US dollar.

Bank
The Bank deposits and advances grew 7% and 5% to R9.4 billion and R7.9 billion respectively, compared to prior year. Further equity investment of R100 million 
ensures that the Bank is well capitalised. The Bank is re-positioning its retail business and enhancing the SMME offering.

Group
Costs relating to group increased in the current period following consolidation of the group’s B-BBEE ownership structure as at December 2018. This consolidation 
however, has a positive effect on the earnings per share due to an increase in treasury shares.

The private equity and property exposure, previously included in the Financial Services segment, are now reflected in the group segment. These investments are in 
the process of being realised. Private equity investment benefited from a significant fair value uplift on its foreign property investment in the prior year, 
which was realised towards the end of 2018.

Discontinued operations
                                                                                             Unaudited    Unaudited 
                                                                                               30 June      30 June
                                                                                                  2019         2018         %
Discontinued operations                                                        Note               R000         R000*   Change           
Basic (loss)/ earnings per share (cents)                                         (3)             (95.4)       377.0      (125)
Headline earnings per share (cents)                                              (3)             (37.9)        38.0      (200)

The discontinued businesses comprise the Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments. This segment reported a headline loss of R257.5 million (2018: headline earnings 
of R286.2 million) due to an impairment in the marine fuel UAE business. Several employees have been dismissed and legal proceedings instituted. The business has 
notified the insurers of a potential claim. Agricultural investments have reported good results despite the late planting season in South Africa, which has resulted 
in a timing delay in the earnings from storage in comparison to the prior year. As the discontinued businesses are now held for sale, an impairment provision has 
been raised against the investment carrying values to reflect management’s estimate of the recoverable value.

Note 3:
The restatement of prior year results are reconciled as follows:
                                                                                                                     Headline
                                                                                              Headline   Earnings    earnings
                                                                               Earnings       earnings  per share   per share
Item                                                                               R000           R000     (cents)     (cents)
2018 results previously reported                                              2 036 421       (263 505)     270.6       (35.0)
IFRS 5 – Rail leasing business continuing                                       662 091        118 127       88.0        15.6
IFRS 5 – Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments now held for sale              45 513         42 083        6.0         5.6
IFRS 16 – Effect of lease rental reversal, depreciation and interest expense     92 678        389 540       12.4        51.8
2018 restated results                                                         2 836 703        286 245      377.0        38.0

Total operations
                                                                                             Unaudited    Unaudited
                                                                                               30 June      30 June
                                                                                                  2019         2018         %
Total operations                                                                                  R000         R000*   Change   
Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation                              443 292      508 717       (13)
Basic (loss)/ earnings per share (cents)                                                         (75.3)       321.4      (123)
Headline (loss)/ profit per share (cents)                                                        (17.8)        46.3      (138)
Net asset value per share                                                                        1 177        1 232        (5)
Net debt/ (cash): equity                                                                        0.06:1     (0.02):1      (400)

Prospects
With the core business firmly focused along key trade corridors, Grindrod is well positioned to serve customers with efficient and effective freight services in 
sub-Saharan Africa. The recapitalised Grindrod Bank will focus on its core lending book and the development of its SMME and retail offering.

Change in directorate
Mr S Zungu resigned effective 23 August 2019, following nine and a half years on the board. The board thanks Mr Zungu for his valuable contributions over the many 
years of dedicated service. The board welcomes Mr W Grindrod as a non-executive director effective immediately.  

Declaration of interim dividend

Ordinary dividend
Notice is hereby given that an interim dividend of 5.0 cents has been declared out of income reserves for the-six month period ended 30 June 2019 
(H1 2018: No interim dividend declared). The interim net dividend is 4.0 cents per share for ordinary shareholders who are not exempt from dividends tax.

At the date of this announcement, there were 762 553 314 ordinary shares.

Preference dividend
Notice is hereby given that a gross interim dividend of 447.0 cents per cumulative, non-redeemable, non-participating and non-convertible preference share 
(H1 2018: 442.0 cents) has been declared out of income reserves for the six-month period ended 30 June 2019, payable to preference shareholders in accordance with 
the timetable below.

At the date of this announcement, there were 7 400 000 cumulative, non-redeemable, non-participating and non-convertible preference shares in issue. The interim 
net preference dividend is 357.6 cents per share for preference shareholders who are not exempt from dividends tax.

With respect to the preference dividend, in terms of the dividends tax effective since 22 February 2017, the following additional information is disclosed:
- The local dividends tax rate is 20%; and
- Grindrod Limited’s tax reference number is 9435/490/71/0.

Preference and ordinary dividend timetable
Declaration and finalisation date                  Friday, 23 August 2019
Last date to trade cum-dividend                Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Securities start trading ex-dividend         Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Record date                                     Friday, 13 September 2019
Payment date                                    Monday, 16 September 2019

No dematerialisation or rematerialisation of shares will be allowed for the period Wednesday, 11 September 2019 to Friday, 13 September 2019, both days inclusive.

The dividend is declared in the currency of the Republic of South Africa.

Directors’ statement
This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the directors and is only a summary of the information of the full announcement and does not contain 
full or complete details. The full announcement is available for inspection at no charge, Monday to Friday, during office hours at the company’s registered office, 
the office of the sponsor and on the company’s website at www.grindrod.com. The full announcement is available on SENS on 23 August 2019 at 
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2019/jse/isse/GNDE/2019SENS.pdf. Copies  of the full announcement  may also be requested by email at 
investorrelations@grindrod.com or telephonically from the company’s registered office and the offices of the sponsor. Any investment decision by investors 
and/ or shareholders should be made having considered the full announcement as a whole.

By order of the board

Mrs Cathie Lewis
Group Company Secretary 22 August 2019

Registered office and business address 
Grindrod Mews, 106 Margaret Mncadi Avenue, Durban 4001

Sponsor
Grindrod Bank Limited 
Fourth Floor, Grindrod Tower
8A Protea Place, Sandton 2196 PO Box 78011, Sandton 2146

* Restated for the impact of IFRS 5 Non-Current Assets Held For Sale and Discontinued Operations and IFRS 16 Leases.

Date of announcement: 23 August 2019

Date: 23/08/2019 08:00:00
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