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GRINDROD LIMITED - Condensed provisional results for the year ended 31 December 2019

Release Date: 04/03/2020 08:15
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Condensed provisional results for the year ended 31 December 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
Condensed provisional results for the year ended 31 December 2019

Continuing operations

Revenue
Up 12%
R3 873 million (2018: R3 467 million)

Trading profit
Up 18%
R1 029 million (2018: R871 million)

Headline earnings
Up 9%
R525 million (2018: R480 million)

Final gross ordinary dividend
14.2 cents per share

HIGHLIGHTS
- Record volumes of over 21 mt at Maputo Port
- Matola Terminal reached a record 81% utilisation
- Expanded container-handling facilities to 600 000m2 total capacity
- Developing the Palma intermodal facility on the back of customer demand
- Operating on the Balama and Malawi logistics corridor to Nacala
- Bank deposits grew in a tough market

OPERATIONAL REVIEW - CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Port and Terminals reported good results in the current year. Maputo Port achieved another volume record with 21.1 million tonnes handled, up 8% on 2018 underpinned by
resilient prices and demand. Matola Terminal also achieved a record capacity utilisation of 81%.

Logistics businesses benefited from a streamlined combined structure of Seafreight and Intermodal which facilitated integrated service offerings. The newly established
and operational facility in Nacala and development in Palma continue to embed Grindrod's presence in Northern Mozambique and strengthen our ambition to be a key
logistics corridor player in the liquefied natural gas project development in the region.

Bank is establishing its platform banking offering and targets lending growth in the SME and property markets. It grew its deposit book in 2018.

CONTINUING OPERATIONS
                                                                               31 December   31 December
                                                                                      2019          2018          %
                                                                                      R000          R000*    change
Trading profit                                                                   1 028 573       871 489         18
Profit/ (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders                               299 875       (20 259)     1 580
Headline earnings                                                                  525 154       480 239          9
Weighted average number of shares                                                  680 442       751 877         10
Basic earnings/ (loss) per share (cents)                                              44.1          (2.7)     1 733
Headline earnings per share (cents)                                                   77.2          63.9         21

Financial results for 2018 have been represented to reflect the decision to exit Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments, and the continuation of the rail leasing
business in accordance with the provisions of IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, the consolidation of entities in terms of
IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements, and the adoption of IFRS 16 Leases in the current year using a full retrospective approach. The reconciliation of the
2018 representation for IFRS 5 and restatement for IFRS 16 and IFRS 10 are outlined below:
RESTATEMENT - CONTINUING
                                                                                                                Headline
                                                                                      Headline     Earnings     earnings
                                                                        Earnings      earnings    per share    per share
                                                                            R000          R000        cents        cents
2018   results previously reported                                       803 411       716 574        106.9         95.3
IFRS   5 - Rail leasing business continuing                             (609 992)      (46 533)       (81.1)        (6.2)
IFRS   5 - Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments now held for sale   (148 689)     (124 813)       (19.9)       (16.6)
IRFS   10 - Consolidation of trusts and UK property                            -             -            -            -
IFRS   16 - Leasing impact                                               (64 989)      (64 989)        (8.6)        (8.6)
2018   represented and restated results                                  (20 259)      480 239         (2.7)        63.9

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
                                                                                    31 December 31 December
                                                                                           2019        2018            %
                                                                                           R000        R000*      change
Basic (loss)/ earnings per share (cents)                                                 (104.0)      384.8         (127)
Headline (loss)/ earnings per share (cents)                                               (69.1)       41.3         (267)

* All prior year numbers have been represented for the impact of IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations and restated for IFRS 16 Leases and IFRS
10 Consolidated Financial Statements.

OPERATIONAL REVIEW - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Discontinued businesses consist of Marine Fuel and Agricultural investments. Grindrod sold its investment in NWK Limited in September 2019 for R204 million.
In addition to the impairment at June this year, the investment in Senwes was marked to market based on the trading price on ZARX resulting in a R58.0 million downward
adjustment to the fair value.

Prior year discontinued operations include Shipping results prior to the separate listing.

TOTAL OPERATIONS
                                                                                    31 December 31 December
                                                                                           2019        2018            %
                                                                                           R000        R000*      change
Trading profit                                                                        1 028 573   1 097 464           (6)
Basic (loss)/ earnings per share (cents)                                                  (59.9)      382.1         (116)
Headline earnings per share (cents)                                                         8.1        65.7          (88)
Net asset value per share                                                                 1 175       1 285           (9)
Net debt/ (cash) : equity                                                              0.00 : 1   (0.04 : 1)         100

DECLARATION OF FINAL DIVIDEND

Ordinary dividend
Notice is hereby given that a final gross dividend of 14.2 cents has been declared out of income reserves for the year ended 31 December 2019 (2018: 14.6 cents final dividend
declared). The final net dividend is 11.36 cents per share for ordinary shareholders who are not exempt from dividends tax.

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

Preference dividend
Notice is hereby given that a final gross dividend of 445.0 cents per cumulative, non-redeemable, non-participating and non-convertible preference share
(2018: 446.0 cents) has been declared out of income reserves for the year ended 31 December 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 final net preference
dividend is 356.0 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                          Wednesday, 4   March   2020
Last date to trade cum-dividend                             Tuesday, 24   March   2020
Securities start trading ex-dividend                      Wednesday, 25   March   2020
Record date                                                  Friday, 27   March   2020
Payment Date                                                 Monday, 30   March   2020

No dematerialisation or rematerialisation of shares will be allowed for the period Wednesday, 25 March 2020 to Friday, 27 March 2020, both days inclusive.

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

Directors' statement
This unreviewed short-form announcement is the responsibility of the directors and is only a summary of the information of the provisional reviewed results and does not
contain full or complete details. The provisional reviewed results 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 provisional reviewed results are available on SENS from 4 March 2020 at
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2020/jse/isse/GNDE/2020SENS.pdf. Copies of the full provisional reviewed results 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 provisional reviewed result as a whole. This short-form announcement has been extracted from the provisional reviewed results and has not
itself been audited or reviewed by the Company's external auditors.

Reviewer's Conclusion
The provisional reviewed results for the year ended 31 December 2019 have been reviewed by Deloitte & Touche, who issued an unmodified review conclusion report thereon. Copies
of the reviewer's report on the reviewed condensed consolidated financial statements are available for inspection at the Company's registered office, together with the
condensed consolidated financial statements identified in the reviewer's report.

Message from the CEO
The Grindrod strategy focuses on driving a corridor approach, securing contracted volumes, building corridor solutions and extending supply chains within the Port,
Terminals and Logistics businesses. The Bank targets growth in the SME and property markets, developing service solutions for the fintech market and attracting
suitable strategic partners. The entire team is focused on achieving the objectives contained in the revised business strategy over the next three years.

By order of the Board

Mrs Cathie Lewis
Group Company Secretary
3 March 2020

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, 246

Date: 04-03-2020 08:15:00
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