Updated Trading Statement for the year ended 30 June 2019 ECSPONENT LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1998/013215/06 JSE Code: ECS - ISIN: ZAE000179594 Debt Issuer Code: ECSD (“the Company” or “Ecsponent”) UPDATED TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 Shareholders are referred to the trading statement published on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on 25 September 2019 and are advised that the board of directors of Ecsponent is reasonably certain that the financial results for the year ended 30 June 2019, when compared with the published results for the 15-month period ended 30 June 2018 (“Comparative Period”), will differ as follows: • earnings per share (“EPS”) is expected to decrease to a loss per share of between 24.60 cents to 22.71 cents, as compared to the EPS of 9.465 cents for the Comparative Period; and • headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) is expected to decrease to a loss per share of between 13.34 cents to 11.94 cents, as compared to the HEPS of 6.991 cents for the Comparative Period. The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company's external auditors. For more information about this announcement or the Ecsponent group, email investor.relations@ecsponent.com or visit www.ecsponentlimited.com/investor-relations 13 November 2019 Pretoria Sponsor to Ecsponent Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd Date: 13/11/2019 03:50:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.