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OLG - OLG - Acquisition and cautionary announcement

Release Date: 11/03/2009 15:45
Code(s): OLG
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OLG - OLG - Acquisition and cautionary announcement Onelogix Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1998/004519/06) JSE code: OLG ISIN: ZAE000026399 ("OLG") ACQUISITION OF THE EQUITY IN EACH OF PM HIRE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED ("PM Hire"), RFB LOGISTICS (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED ("RFB Logistics") AND LYNX INVESTMENTS (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED ("Lynx Investments") (collectively "the companies" or "the RFB group") AND CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT OLG, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Onelogix (Proprietary) Limited ("the purchaser"), has concluded an agreement to acquire the equity in each of the companies ("the acquisition"). The companies trade as the RFB group, carrying on a long-established transport and logistics business providing transport solutions to customers throughout Southern Africa, with particular focus in the niche abnormal load market. RATIONALE FOR THE ACQUISITION The acquisition allows for further diversification in OLG`s vehicle delivery services business and fits OLG`s objective of being in niche logistics businesses. In addition, there are synergies between the vehicle delivery services and abnormal load business. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ACQUISITIONS The Snow Trust (IT No. 1544/95) ("the Trust") has sold to the purchaser with effect from 1 March 2009 the equity in each of PM Hire and RFB Logistics. In addition, the Trust has sold to the purchaser with effect from 1 March 2010 the equity in Lynx Investments. Lynx Investments owns the property from which the business of the RFB group is conducted. The acquisition is conditional on the fulfilment of certain conditions including inter alia - - the satisfactory outcome of a due diligence investigation to be conducted by the purchaser; - written approval of the board of directors of OLG. The purchase consideration payable to the Trust for the equity in PM Hire and RFB Logistics is R18,500,000 payable as follows - - R13,000,000 in cash on the implementation date (being the later of the third business day after the date on which the agreement becomes unconditional and the date of the calculation and determination of the profit after tax earned by PM Hire and RFB Logistics as determined by their respective financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2009); - R5,500,000 in cash on 1 March 2010, provided that if the profit after tax earned by PM Hire and RFB Logistics for the year ended 28 February 2009 falls short of R5,451,000, then the purchase consideration shall be reduced by the amount of the shortfall. The purchase consideration payable to the Trust for the equity in Lynx Investments is R4,000,000, payable in cash on 1 March 2010. FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE ACQUISITIONS AND CAUTIONARY The financial effects of the acquisition will be published in due course, pending which OLG shareholders are advised to exercise caution when trading in OLG shares. CATEGORISATION OF THE ACQUISITIONS The acquisition of the equity in the companies is a category 2 transaction in terms of section 9.5(a) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited. Johannesburg 11 March 2009 Designated Advisor and legal advisor Java Capital Date: 11/03/2009 15:45:01 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.