LEW
LEW
Lewis Group Ltd - Trading Update
Lewis Group Ltd
Reg. No. 2004/009817/06
JSE Share Code : LEW
ISIN : ZAE000058236
("Lewis")
LEWIS TRADING UPDATE
In terms of the Listings 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 be more than 20% different from that of the previous corresponding
period.
Lewis advises that its headline earnings per share and earnings per share
for the six months ended 30 September 2006, prepared on an IFRS basis, is
expected to be between 70% and 75% higher than those reported for the
previous period which included a charge of R58.4 million for share based
payments.
Shareholders" attention is drawn to the SENS announcement dated
14 September 2005 in which it was reported that a charge of R58.4 million
was incurred in the 6 month period ended 30 September 2005 for share based
payments under IFRS 2, arising from shares made available for no
consideration by the former holding company GUS Holdings BV.
Normalised headline earnings per share and earnings per share for the six
months ended 30 September 2006, is expected to be between 24% to 28% higher
than those reported for the previous period. Normalised earnings for the
previous period excludes the charge of R58.4 million for share based
payments referred to above.
The above information has neither been reviewed nor reported on by the
company"s external auditors.
The group"s results for the six months ended 30 September 2006 will be
released on SENS on or about Monday, 13 November 2006.
Cape Town
25 October 2006
Sponsor: UBS
Date: 25/10/2006 03:00:02 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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