ASA
AMAGB
ASA - Absa Group Limited - Trading Statement
ABSA GROUP LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1986/003934/06)
ISIN: ZAE000067237
JSE share code: ASA
Issuer code: AMAGB
(Absa Group, Absa or the Group) (Absa Group together with the Absa Group of
companies)
ABSA GROUP TRADING STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2007
In terms of paragraph 3.4 (b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited
(the JSE Listings Requirements), an issuer is required to publish a trading
statement as soon as it becomes apparent that headline earnings per share and/or
earnings per share for the next period to be reported on are expected, with a
reasonable degree of certainty, to differ by at least twenty per cent (20%) from
those of the previous corresponding period.
Shareholders are advised that the Group`s headline earnings per share and
earnings per share for the six months ended 30 June 2007 are expected to
increase by between twenty-two per cent (22%) and twenty-seven per cent (27%)
compared with the six months ended 30 June 2006.
Shareholders are advised that the forecasted financial results on which this
trading statement is based have not been reviewed or reported on by Absa`s
auditors in accordance with paragraphs 3.4(b)(vi)(1)(aa) or 3.4(b)(vi)(1)(bb) of
the JSE Listings Requirements.
The Group`s results for the six months ended 30 June 2007 will be released on
Sens on 2 August 2007.
Johannesburg
23 July 2007
Enquiries
Eric Wasserman
Group executive: Group Finance
Absa Group Limited
4th floor, Absa Towers East, 170 Main Street, Johannesburg
Tel: +2711 350 5887, Fax: +2711 350 6487
e-mail: ericwas@absa.co.za
Sponsor:
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
Date: 23/07/2007 07:28:22 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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