Shareholders are advised that further to the Trading Statement released on SENS on 25 June 2013, for the sake of clarity, the earnings per share (“EPS“) and headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) figures for the six month period ended 30 June 2012 were calculated using the weighted shares in issue.
Revised Form of proxy – Notice of annual general meeting (“AGM”)
Shareholders are referred to the Integrated Report posted to shareholders and uploaded onto the Company’s website on Friday, 28 June 2013, which contained a notice of AGM and a Form of Proxy to shareholders setting out details of the AGM scheduled to be held on Thursday, 25 July 2013 at 9:30 at Sasfin Bank, 29 Scott Street, Waverley, Johannesburg in order to transact the business as stated in the annual general meeting notice of the Company.
No change statement and posting of notice of annual general meeting
Shareholders are advised that the Company’s annual financial statements will be available on the Company’s website on Friday, 28 June 2013 and contain no modifications to the audited provisional report results which were released on SENS on Tuesday, 26 March 2013.
Results of annual general meeting
Shareholders are advised that at the Annual General Meeting of Master Drilling held today 25 July 2013, all the ordinary and special resolutions were passed by the requisite majority of shareholders. The special resolutions where applicable, will be filed with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in due course.
Master Drilling reports 86.5% increase in profit
Johannesburg, South Africa. 27 August 2013. Master Drilling Group Limited (Master Drilling; JSE: MDI), specialised drilling services provider which listed on the JSE Limited (JSE) on 20 December last year, has announced an 86.5% increase in profit to R71.2 million and an 87.3% increase in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 47.2 South African cents for the six months ended 30 June 2013. As at 30 June 2013, the Company had committed orders totalling more than R2 billion.
Financial presentations in Cape Town and Johannesburg
Following the recent publication of Master Drilling’s 30 June 2014 interim results, shareholders are advised that the Company will be holding financial presentations in Cape Town on 8 September 2014 and 9 September 2014 and in Johannesburg on 10 September 2014.