PPC - Pretria Portland Cement Company Limited - Trading statement
PPC
PPC
PPC - Pretria Portland Cement Company Limited - Trading statement
PRETORIA PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Company registration number: 1892/000667/06)
JSE Code: PPC
ISIN: ZAE000125886
("PPC" or the "Company")
TRADING STATEMENT
In terms of the Listing Requirements of the JSE Limited, companies are
required to publish a Trading Statement as soon as they become reasonably
certain that the financial results for the period to be reported on next
will differ by more than 20% from those of the previous corresponding
period.
In the trading statement released on SENS on 20 September 2011, PPC
previously advised that earnings per share and headline earnings per
share for the year ending 30 September 2011 were expected to be between
25% and 30% lower than the previous corresponding period.
Following better than expected trading conditions during September 2011,
PPC now advises that earnings per share and headline earnings per share
for the year ending 30 September 2011 are expected to be between 21% and
24% lower than the previous corresponding period.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based are
the draft annual financial statements which have not yet been approved by
the board. PPC will release its annual results for the twelve months
ending 30 September 2011 on 8 November 2011.
Sandton
4 November 2011
Sponsor
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited
Financial Communications Advisor
College Hill
Date: 04/11/2011 08:02:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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