Results of General Meeting
Tongaat Hulett Limited
(Registration number 1892/000610/06)
Share code: TON
ISIN ZAE000096541
(“THL”)
Results of General Meeting
Shareholders (“THL Shareholders”) are referred to the announcement on 30 September 2020 in
respect of the general meeting (the “General Meeting”) convened to seek THL Shareholder approval
for the resolutions required for THL and its wholly owned subsidiary, Format Development Corporation
Limited (collectively, the “Sellers”) to implement the disposal of the shares and shareholder claims in
Tambankulu Estates Proprietary Limited to the Eswatini Public Service Pensions Fund (the
“Transaction”).
1. Results of General Meeting
THL Shareholders are advised that in the General Meeting held today, 28 October 2020, all
resolutions tabled were passed by the requisite majority of votes exercised by THL Shareholders.
Details of the results of voting at the General Meeting are as follows:
• Total number of THL ordinary shares in issue on the date of the General Meeting:
135,112,506
• Total number of issued THL ordinary shares represented in the General Meeting:
103,757,376 (which represents 76.79% of THL’s total issued ordinary shares).
Abstentions
Voted for Voted against (% of total shares in
Resolutions (% of shares voted) (% of shares voted) issue)
Ordinary Resolution 103,483,192 100,083 174,101
Number 1: Approval
of the Transaction, as (99.90%) (0.10%) (0.13%)
required by and in
terms of the JSE
Listings Requirements
Ordinary Resolution 103,483,993 100,083 173,300
Number 2: Directors’
and Company (99.90%) (0.10%) (0.13%)
Secretary’s Authority
2. Suspensive Conditions
The Transaction remains subject to the fulfilment, or waiver (to the extent permissible), of the
remaining suspensive conditions by 31 December 2020 (or such later date/s as THL may in its
sole discretion elect) being that the parties obtain all regulatory consents or approvals required
for the implementation of the Transaction, including the approval of the Eswatini Competition
Commission in terms of the Eswatini Competition Act No.8 of 2007.
The closing date of the Transaction is expected to be 1 December 2020.
Tongaat
28 October 2020
Financial Advisor to THL
PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Proprietary Limited
Legal Advisor to THL
Bowmans
Sponsor to THL
Investec Bank Limited
Date: 28-10-2020 12:39:00
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