Nampak - Sanction by the court of Nampak"s BEE transaction

Nampak - Sanction by the court of Nampak"s BEE transaction                      
Nampak Limited                                                                  
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1968/008070/06)                                            
JSE code: NPK & ISIN number: ZAE000004933                                       
("Nampak")                                                                      
SANCTION BY THE COURT OF NAMPAK"S BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION        
Shareholders are advised that The High Court of South Africa (Witwatersrand     
Local Division) today granted an Order ("the Order") sanctioning the scheme of  
arrangement in terms of section 311 of the Companies Act No. 61 of 1973, as     
amended, proposed by Nampak between Nampak and its shareholders, other than Red 
Coral Investments 23 (Proprietary) Limited, the Nampak Black Management Trust   
and the Nampak Employee Share Trust ("the scheme") relating to a black economic 
empowerment transaction.                                                        
A copy of the Order is expected to be registered by the Registrar of Companies  
on Wednesday 12 October 2005.                                                   
The scheme will be implemented according to the timetable contained in the      
announcement dated 28 September 2005. Shareholders of Nampak are reminded that  
the last day to trade to participate in the scheme will be Friday 21 October    
2005 and the operative date of the scheme will be Monday 31 October 2005.       
Sandton                                                                         
11 October 2005                                                                 
Merchant bank, transaction adviser, arranger of funding and transaction sponsor 
to Nampak                                                                       
RAND MERCHANT BANK                                                              
(A divison of FirstRand Bank Limited)                                           
Legal advisers to the funders                                                   
Tugendhaft Wapnick Banchetti & Partners                                         
Independent expert                                                              
Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance                                             
Legal advisers to Nampak                                                        
Edward Nathan                                                                   
Lead sponsor to Nampak                                                          
Deloitte & Touche Sponsor Services                                              
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