BIO - BioScience Brands Limited - Notice of General Meeting BioScience Brands Limited (Registration number 2005/005805/07) Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Share code: BIO ISIN code: ZAE000115036 ("BioScience" or "the Company") Notice of General Meeting Shareholders are advised that the BioScience Specific Issue of shares circular was posted on Friday, 27 January 2012. Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of shareholders ("General Meeting")of the Company will be held at the Company`s registered office, 4 Brewery Street, Isando, South Africa on Monday, 27 February 2012 at 10:00 for the purpose of considering and, if deemed fit, passing with our without modification, the Resolutions contained in the notice of meeting. SALIENT DATES AND TIMES Accordingly, the salient dates and times in terms of the General Meeting are as follows: 2012 Record Date for purposes of the Notice being 17:00 on Friday, 20 January Circular posted to BioScience Shareholders and notice convening the General Meeting published on SENS and on the respective websites of BioScience and the ALTX on Friday,27 January Last day to trade BioScience Shares in order to be recorded in the Register on the Record Date on Friday, 10 February Record Date for purposes of voting at the General Meeting being 17:00 on Friday,17 February Completed Forms of proxy to be lodged by 10:00 on Thursday,23 February General Meeting held at 10:00 on Monday , 27 February Results of General Meeting published on SENS and on the respective websites of BioScience on Monday, 27 February Expected listing of First Tranche of Shares on the Altx comprising the Specific Share Issue on or about Thursday, 1 March
Notes: 1. The above dates and times are subject to such changes as may be agreed to by BioScience and approved by the JSE. Any changes will be published on SENS and on the respective websites of BioScience (www.bioscience.co.za) and the ALTX. 2. BioScience Shareholders should note that, as trade in BioScience Shares on the JSE is settled through Strate, settlement of trades takes place five Business Days after the date of such trades. Therefore, Shareholders who acquire Shares on the JSE after the last day to trade in BioScience Shares in order to be recorded in the Register on the Record Date will not be entitled to vote at the General Meeting. 3. Dematerialised Shareholders, other than those with "own-name" registration, must provide their CSDP or Broker with their instructions for voting at the General Meeting by the cut-off time and date stipulated by their CSDP or Broker in terms of their respective Custody Agreements. 4. No Dematerialisation or Rematerialisation of Shares may take place from the Business Day following the LDT. 5. If the General Meeting is adjourned or postponed, Forms of Proxy submitted for the General Meeting will remain valid in respect of any adjournment or postponement of the General Meeting. 6. All times referred to in this Circular are references to South African Standard Time. Isando 30 January 2012 Sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd Date: 30/01/2012 10:55:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za 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.