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RARE HOLDINGS LIMITED - RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING AND DECLARATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE CLAW-BACK OFFER

Release Date: 17/08/2012 17:22
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RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING AND DECLARATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE CLAW-BACK OFFER

RARE HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration Number: 2002/025247/06
Share Code: RAR    ISIN: ZAE000092714
("the Company" or "RARE")

RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING AND DECLARATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN
RESPECT OF THE CLAW-BACK OFFER

1.    RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING

Shareholders are referred to the circular regarding the
proposed claw-back offer (“the Claw-Back Offer”) dated 13 July
2012 detailing:

1.1    the waiver of any requirement that Mr Thembinkosi Siyolo
       ("Siyolo") and/or Doculate Investments (Pty) Limited
       ("Doculate"), the latter being wholly-owned nominee
       company of Siyolo, to extend a mandatory offer to
       minority shareholders in terms of section 123 of the
       Companies Act no 71 of 2008 (“the Companies Act”), as
       amended, that could be triggered as a result of the
       implementation of the Claw-back Offer as detailed in
       paragraph 2 below (“Waiver of the Mandatory Offer”);
1.2    the granting of an authority to the directors of the
       Company in terms of section 41(3) of the Companies Act,
       to allot and issue 1 250 000 000 authorised, but
       unissued ordinary shares of no par value in the share
       capital of the Company to Siyolo and/or Doculate at a
       subscription price of 8 cents per share, which shares
       will constitute more than 30% of the total voting
       rights; and
1.3    the granting to the directors and company secretary, of
       authority to do all such things necessary and sign all
       documents required to implement the Claw-Back Offer as
       detailed in paragraph 2 below,

(the authorities referred to in paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3
hereinafter referred to as “the required Claw-Back Offer
Authorities”).

Further to the above, shareholders are advised that all the
resolutions relating to the Waiver of the Mandatory Offer and
the required Claw-Back Offer Authorities were passed by the
requisite majority of shareholders present and voting, in
person or by proxy at the general meeting of RARE shareholders
held today, 17 August 2012.
2.    INTRODUCTION TO THE CLAW-BACK OFFER

2.1    Shareholders are referred to the announcements on SENS
       dated 25 June 2012 and 31 May 2012 in terms of which
       shareholders were advised that the Company will pursue a
       capital raising by way of the Claw-Back Offer in order
       to recapitalise the Company.
2.2    The Company has entered into a subscription agreement
       with Siyolo and Doculate in pursuance of the Claw-Back
       Offer ("the Subscription Agreement").
2.3    Shareholders are advised that the Company will proceed
       with a Claw-Back Offer of 1 250 000 000 new ordinary
       shares   (“Claw-Back   shares”)   to   RARE shareholders
       recorded in the register at the close of business on the
       initial record date (as detailed in paragraph 3 below)
       at a subscription price of 8 cents per Claw-Back share,
       in the ratio of 232.01856 Claw-Back shares for every 100
       RARE shares held.
2.4    The aforementioned subscription price represents a
       discount of approximately 31% to the 30 day volume
       weighted average share price of RARE as at 25 May 2012
       (being the date the original subscription agreement was
       entered into).
2.5    The implementation of the Claw-Back Offer is conditional
       upon the approval thereof by the JSE Limited (“the
       JSE”).
2.6    The Claw-Back Offer will not include the right for
       shareholders to apply for excess shares.

3.    SALIENT DATES AND TIMES
      The salient dates and times of the Claw-Back Offer are as
      follows:


                                                             2012
General meeting approving the waiver of
the Mandatory Offer at 10:00 (as per
circular to Shareholders dated 13 July
2012)                                           Friday, 17 August
Declaration announcement released on SENS       Friday, 17 August
Finalisation announcement released on
SENS                                            Friday, 24 August
Last day to trade in RARE Shares in
order to qualify to participate in the
Claw-back Offer (cum Entitlement) on            Friday, 31 August
Listing of Letters of Allocation on the
JSE under the JSE code RARN and ISIN
ZAE000168324 at commencement of trading
on                                            Monday, 3 September
RARE Shares commence trading ex-Claw-
Back   Entitlement   on    the   JSE   at
commencement of trading on                    Monday, 3 September
Listing of Claw-Back Shares                   Monday, 3 September
Issue of Claw-Back Shares to Subscriber         Monday, 3 September
Record Date for participation in the
Claw-Back Offer at the close of trade on        Friday, 7 September
Claw-Back Offer Circular and Form of
Instruction    posted    to   Shareholders,
where applicable                                Monday,10 September
Claw-Back Offer opens at commencement of
trading on                                     Monday, 10 September
Dematerialised Shareholders’ accounts at
their   CSDP    or   broker    automatically
credited with their Entitlement                Monday, 10 September
Certificated Shareholders’ Entitlements
will be credited to an account held with
the Transfer Secretaries                       Monday, 10 September
Last   day   to    trade   in   Letters   of
Allocation on the JSE on                       Thursday,20 September
Trade    in    Claw-Back     Offer    Shares
commences                                      Friday, 21 September
Claw-Back Offer closes – payments to be
made and Form of Instruction in respect
of Letters of Allocation lodged by
Certificated Shareholders by 12:00 (see
note 5) on                                     Friday, 28 September
Record Date for Letters of Allocation          Friday, 28 September
Dematerialised   Shareholders’   accounts
updated with Claw-Back Shares to the
extent accepted and debited with the
relevant costs by their CSDP or broker
and new RARE Share certificates posted
to Certificated Shareholders (see note
5) on                                             Monday, 1 October
Results of Claw-Back Offer announcement           Monday, 1 October
released on SENS on or about

Notes:
1.   Dematerialised Shareholders are required to notify their
     duly appointed CSDP or broker of their acceptance or
     otherwise of the Claw-Back Offer in the manner and time
     stipulated in the agreement governing the relationship
     between such Shareholder and their CSDP or broker.
2.   All times indicated are South African times unless
     otherwise stated.
3.   Share   certificates   may   not    be   dematerialised or
     rematerialised between Monday, 3 September 2012 and
     Friday, 7 September 2012, both days inclusive.
4.   The CSDP/broker accounts of Dematerialised Shareholders
     will be automatically credited with new RARE Shares to the
     extent to which they have accepted the Claw-Back Offer.
     RARE Share certificates will be posted, by registered post
     at the Shareholders’ risk, to Certificated Shareholders in
     respect of the Claw-Back Offer Shares which have been
     accepted.
5.   CSDPs   or   brokers   effect    payment   in   respect of
      Dematerialised Shareholders on a delivery versus payment
      method.

4.    PRO FORMA FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE CLAW-BACK OFFER

4.1    The pro forma financial effects of the Claw-Back
       Offer on RARE are based on the unaudited results for
       the 6 months ended 31 December 2011, the preparation
       of which is the responsibility of the directors.
4.2    The pro forma financial information should be read
       in conjunction with the independent reporting
       accountant’s report thereon as set out in Annexure 2
       to the Claw-Back Offer Circular (as defined in
       paragraph 5 below).
4.3    The unaudited pro forma financial information has
       been prepared for illustrative purposes only to
       provide information as to how the RARE Claw-Back
       Offer might have impacted on the financial position
       and results of RARE assuming that the Claw-Back
       Offer had been implemented on 31 December 2011 for
       purposes of the statement of financial position and
       on 1 July 2011 for purposes of the statement of
       comprehensive income.
4.4    The unaudited pro forma financial information has
       been presented for illustrative purposes only and,
       because of its nature, may not give a fair
       reflection of RARE’s financial position and results
       after the RARE Claw-Back Offer.

                                    Before -     After -
                                   Unaudited   Unaudited
                                    6 months    6 months
                                       ended       ended
                                      31 Dec      31 Dec
                                        2011        2011         %
                                           R           R    Change
        Loss per ordinary Share        -29.2        -5.2    82.23%
        (cents)
        Diluted loss per               -29.2        -5.2    82.23%
        ordinary Share (cents)
        Headline loss per Share        -23.8        -4.2    82.51%
        from continuing
        operations (cents)
        Headline loss per Share         -4.6        -0.9    81.03%
        from discontinued
        operations (cents)
        Net asset value per              1.8         6.1   234.26%
        Share (cents)
        Net tangible asset value         1.3         6.0   360.02%
        per Share (cents)
        Number of ordinary           538 750   1 788 750   232.02%
        Shares in issue (‘000)
        Weighted average number      292 449   1 542 449   427.42%
        of ordinary Shares in
        issue (‘000)
         Notes:

         1. Extracted from the unaudited abridged results of RARE
            Holdings for the 6 months ended 31 December 2011.
         2. Basic earnings per Share and diluted earnings per Share
            are based on the following assumptions:
             - The interest rate on the R60 million used was the
             prime overdraft lending rate per annum where as the
             interest rate used on the remaining R40 million was at
             20% per annum;
             - A tax rate of 28 % was applied.
         3. Weighted average number of Shares, being 1 542 449 000
            Shares, was computed as if the issue was effected on 1
            July 2011.
         4. The following transaction costs (excluding VAT) have
            been taken into account in the calculation of the
            financial effect:

                                                                    R’000
            PSG Capital – Designated Advisor                          450
            Greenwoods Chartered Accountants –          Reporting
            Accountants                                                25
            JSE – Documentation inspection fees                        21
            JSE – Listing fees                                         62
            Doculate – Underwriting fee                             1 000
            Greymatter – Printing costs                                58
            Total                                                   1 616

         5. Net asset value per Share and net tangible value per
            Share based on the assumption that the proceeds of R100
            million was received.
         6. For the purpose of calculating the net tangible asset
            value per Share, intangible assets were excluded.
         7. The interest saving as a result of the capital raising
            is considered to be of a continuing nature. The effect
            of transaction costs as detailed in note 4 will not be
            of a continuing nature.
         8. No taxation was provided on the interest saving as the
            relevant entity’s assessed loss exceeds the interest
            saving.

    5.   DOCUMENTATION
         A circular containing full detail of the Claw-back Offer
         will be posted to shareholders on 10 September 2012 (“the
         Claw-Back Offer Circular”).


Johannesburg
17 August 2012

Designated Advisor:   PSG Capital Proprietary Limited

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