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No Change Statement, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Availability of the B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1944/017491/06)
JSE code: TRU: NSX code: TRW
ISIN: ZAE000028296
LEI: 37890099AFD770037522
(“Truworths” or “the Group” or “the company”)
No Change Statement, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Availability
of the B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
Publication of 2022 Integrated Annual Report and Distribution of
2022 Preliminary Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting
Further to the preliminary report announcement published on the JSE’s Stock
Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on 1 September 2022 in respect of the
Group's audited results for the 53 week period ended 3 July 2022, Truworths
advises that its 2022 integrated annual report, which incorporates a
summarised version of the Group’s audited annual financial statements for the
period, is scheduled to be published by today, 30 September 2022, on the
Group’s website: www.truworths.co.za/reports
The Group’s printed 2022 preliminary report, which incorporates an audited
summarised version of the Group’s audited annual financial statements for the
period, together with the notice of the company’s annual general meeting and
form of proxy, were posted today, 30 September 2022 to certificated and
dematerialised shareholders that are registered as shareholders, as well as to
dematerialised shareholders that are not registered as shareholders but have
elected to receive such reports. The said preliminary report and notice of
annual general meeting are also scheduled to be published on the Group’s
website: www.truworths.co.za/reports, by today, 30 September 2022, whilst
the Group’s 2022 audited annual financial statements were published on such
website on 1 September 2022.
Non-Publication of Abridged Report
As the Group’s 2022 audited annual financial statements contain no changes
relative to the information that was contained in the 2022 preliminary report
announcement published on SENS on 1 September 2022, the Group is not
required to publish an abridged report as contemplated in paragraph 3.21 of
the Listings Requirements of the JSE.
Shareholders are advised that the audited summarised version of the Group’s
2022 annual financial statements contained in the 2022 preliminary report
announcement was extracted from the Group's 2022 annual financial
statements, which had been audited by Ernst & Young Inc., the Group's
independent auditor, and published by the date of issue of the preliminary
report announcement. Since that date the unqualified audit reports of Ernst
and Young Inc. on both the summarised version and the annual financial
statements have been available for inspection at Truworths' registered office.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Shareholders are advised that the annual general meeting of Truworths'
shareholders is scheduled to be held by electronic participation on Thursday,
3 November 2022 at 09h30, to transact the business set out in the notice of
the meeting, which notice is contained in the Group's 2022 preliminary report
and is scheduled to be published on the Group’s website:
www.truworths.co.za/reports, today, 30 September 2022.
Shareholders are encouraged to participate in the meeting, by registering and
voting thereat on all resolutions online at no cost at www.meetnow.global/za,
by no later than 09:30 on Tuesday, 1 November 2022. Shareholders may still
register online after this date and time, provided, however, that for them to
participate and/or vote electronically at the meeting they must be verified and
registered before the commencement time of the meeting.
Shareholders are advised to make the necessary arrangements to participate
or be represented at the meeting and, where required, to furnish voting
instructions to their CSDP or broker in good time. The record date for the
purposes of participating and voting at the annual general meeting is 17:00 on
Friday, 28 October 2022. Accordingly, the last day to trade in order to be
entitled to participate and vote at the meeting will be Tuesday, 25 October
2022. The record date for the purposes of determining which shareholders are
entitled to receive the notice of the company’s annual general meeting was
17:00 on Friday, 23 September 2022. Accordingly, the last day to trade in
order to be entitled to receive the notice of the meeting was Tuesday, 20
September 2022.
Shareholders are reminded that in order for forms of proxy (which are
contained in the printed Group's 2022 preliminary report scheduled to be
published today, 30 September 2022, on the Group’s website:
www.truworths.co.za/reports) to be valid for the purposes of the meeting,
these are requested to be emailed to Truworths' transfer secretaries,
Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited at
proxy@computershare.co.za by no later than 48 hours before the appointed
time of the meeting. Forms of proxy may thereafter however be submitted, to
the chairman of the meeting, up to the scheduled time for holding the meeting.
Availability of the Company’s 2022 B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
Truworths’ shareholders are advised that the company’s annual compliance
report for 2022, prepared pursuant to section 13(G)(2) of the Broad-Based
Black Economic Empowerment Act No. 53 of 2003 of South Africa, as
amended, is available on the company’s website at the following link:
https://www.truworths.co.za/sustainability?page=sustainability-reports.
By order of the board
Chris Durham
Company Secretary
Cape Town
30 September 2022
Sponsor in South Africa
One Capital
Sponsor in Namibia
Merchantec Capital
Date: 30-09-2022 05:34:00
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