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MAPPSG - MAPPS Growth - Initial offer for participatory interests in MAPPS

Release Date: 28/04/2011 17:31
Code(s): JSE
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MAPPSG - MAPPS Growth - Initial offer for participatory interests in MAPPS Growth NEWFUNDS MAPPS GROWTH ETF PORTFOLIO Share code: MAPPSG ISIN: ZAE000153763 ("MAPPS GRO", "MAPPS GROWTH" or "the ETF") A Portfolio in the NewFunds Collective Investment Scheme in Securities registered as such in terms of the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 45 of 2002 INITIAL OFFER FOR PARTICIPATORY INTERESTS IN MAPPS GROWTH ("MAPPS GROWTH SECURITIES"), REFERENCING SWIX 40 INDEX (75%), GOVI INDEX (10%), ILBI INDEX (10%) AND ASSETS IN LIQUID FORM (5%), TO BE LISTED ON THE MAIN BOARD OF THE JSE LIMITED ("JSE") IN THE "EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS" SECTOR This announcement is issued in compliance with the Listings Requirements of the JSE for information purposes only. The information set out below has been extracted from a portfolio supplement issued on 28 April 2011, as read with the NewFunds Offering Circular and Prelisting statement issued on 3 September 2007 (together, the "offering circulars") which are available as set out below. 1. INTRODUCTION MAPPS GROWTH is a new exchange traded fund forming part of the NewFunds stable and originated by Absa Capital, a division of Absa Bank Limited ("Absa"). The MAPPS GROWTH ETF is to be listed in the Exchange Traded Fund Sector of the Main Board on the JSE on 25 May 2011. MAPPS GROWTH securities will track the price and yield performance of the SWIX 40 Index (75%, the GOVI Index(10%, the ILBI Index and assets in liquid form (5%). The MAPPS GROWTH Index is calculated by RisCura Solutions (Proprietary) Limited. 2. THE INITIAL OFFER The publication, issue and/or distribution of this Applicable Portfolio Supplement and/or this announcement(as read with the Offering Circular) does not constitute an offer where the Initial Offer may be illegal or may fail to conform to the laws of a particular jurisdiction. To the extent that this Applicable Portfolio Supplement and or this announcement may be sent to or distributed in any such jurisdiction, it is provided for information purposes only and no person situated in such jurisdiction may accept the Initial Offer. No such person wishing to accept the Initial Offer may use the mail of any such jurisdiction, or any means, instrumentality or facility in any such jurisdiction for any purpose, directly or indirectly, relating to the Initial Offer. It shall be the responsibility of any person resident in a jurisdiction outside the RSA to inform himself about, and to observe, any applicable legal requirement in the relevant jurisdiction. Offer Structure The Initial Offer comprises an offer of Participatory Interests in the MAPPS GROWTH Portfolio at the Offer There is no maximum number of MAPPS GROWTH Participatory Interests which may be issued in terms of the Initial Offer. In addition there is no minimum number of MAPPS GROWTH Participatory Interests which may be issued in terms of the Initial Offer. Offer Price The Offer Price of each Participatory Interest will be the net asset value per MAPPS GROWTH Participatory Interests on the Business Day immediately preceding the Listing Date, which will in turn, equate to approximately 1/1 000th of the average Index Level during the Ramp-Up Period and will be determined on the following basis: - the Offer Price for each Participatory Interest will be exclusive of any taxes, costs or fees payable in respect thereof and, such Offer Price is payable in full, in ZAR, without any deduction or set-off at the time an application for Participatory Interests is submitted; and - the Offer Price may be discharged either in cash or in specie (i.e. by delivery of one or more Baskets). Please note that no late applications will be accepted Applications in respect of the Initial Offer Applications for Participatory Interests must be based on the total monetary amount the Applicant wishes to invest in Participatory Interests and not on a specific number of Participatory Interests. By making an application to acquire a Participatory Interest, an Applicant will be deemed to have offered to acquire the maximum number of Participatory Interests that may be applied for with the relevant amount specified in such Application. All applications in respect of the Initial Offer will be made on the terms and conditions set out in the Offering Circular as read with this Applicable Portfolio Supplement (together with all annexures to such Offering Circular and this Applicable Portfolio Supplement). Applications may only be made for Participatory Interests in Dematerialised form and Applicants may be called upon for evidence of their authority or capacity to apply for Participatory Interests. A Controlled Client should contact its broker or the Participating Broker who will, on behalf of such Controlled Client, make the Application with its nominated CSDP. Any Non-controlled Client should contact its nominated CSDP who will make the Application with NewFunds` CSDP. All payments in respect of Cash Subscriptions should be arranged between the Applicant and its relevant broker or CSDP. In relation to In Specie Subscriptions, qualifying Applicants should deliver the relevant Basket of Constituent Securities to the Trustee, following consultation with the Manager, whose contact details are set out on page 19 of this Applicable Portfolio Supplement. Investors should be aware that (unless agreed otherwise with the Manager) the applicable Creation Fee and other trading, statutory, custody and brokerage costs, fees and applicable taxes (if any) will be deducted from any payment accompanying their Applications (in respect of Cash Subscriptions) and accordingly, the net amount will be invested in Participatory Interests. Investors applying in specie will be required to pay the applicable Creation Fee in cash. Applications may be accepted in whole or in part. If no part of an Application is accepted, all of the Constituent Securities deposited and/or money paid on application will be returned without interest. If an Application in respect of a Cash Subscription is accepted in part only, the balance of the money paid on application will be returned either by electronic funds transfer or by ordinary post without interest to the Applicant. In the case of In Specie Subscriptions, upon acceptance of an Application in whole or in part the Manager or the relevant CSDP will notify the Applicant of same and will give details of the exact number of each of the Constituent Securities which the Investor is required to deliver in order to be issued with the MAPPS GROWTH Participatory Interests to be allotted to that Applicant. The Applicant will be required to instruct its CSDP to register the relevant Constituent Securities in the name of the Trustee on the Closing Date of the Initial Offer for settlement five Trading Days later. MAPPS GROWTH Participatory Interests will not be issued in the case of In Specie Subscriptions unless the Manager is satisfied that the relevant Basket of Constituent Securities has been transferred into the name of the Trustee and the relevant Creation Fee and Specified Cash Amount received or, in the case of Cash Subscriptions that the requisite cash amount has been received. MAPPS GROWTH Participatory Interests will be issued and registered in the name of a successful Applicant on the Listing Date, provided that the aforesaid requirements have been fulfilled. Applicants should be aware of a five day settlement period applicable to Baskets of Constituent Securities. Any person applying for or accepting an offer of Participatory Interests on behalf of another, shall be deemed to have represented to the Manager that such person is duly authorised to do so and warrants that it and the Investor for whom it is acting as agent is duly authorised to do so in accordance with all Applicable Laws and such person guarantees the payment of the Offer Price (together with any tax thereon, fees and costs if applicable). The basis of allocation of the Participatory Interests in the Initial Offer will be determined by the Manager on an equitable basis after consultation with the Trustee. Applicants may receive no Participatory Interests or fewer Participatory Interests than envisaged by the Applicant when making Application. The minimum application in the case of Cash Subscriptions is ZAR1 000 and in the case of In Specie Subscriptions is one Basket and there is no maximum application. All cash applications must be in multiples of ZAR1 000. MAPP GROWTH securities will be issued in dematerialised form only on the terms and subject to the conditions more fully described in the offering circulars, the value of each of which will approximately equal 1/1 000th of the average Index level. Following the listing, securities holders may either trade their securities on the JSE, redeem them for cash or, in respect of every one million MAPPS GROWTH securities redeemed, sell them back to the Manager for one basket of constituent securities. 3. SALIENT DATES AND TIMES AND FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT The initial offer will remain open from 09:00 on Thursday 28 April 2011 until 12:00 on Friday 13 May 2011 (the "official closing date"). (Prospective investors should contact their broker or CSDP to ascertain the closing date applicable to them as the cut-off times applied by the CSDPs and brokers will occur earlier than the official closing date). Investors applying in specie should note that the last day to deliver in order to ensure that baskets of shares are received timeously, is Thursday, 19 May 2011. Letters of Allocation will be issued in respect of cash subscriptions in the name of successful applicants on Monday 16 May 2011 and will convert to MAPPS GROWTH securities and be listed on the JSE at commencement of trading on 25 May 2011. A further announcement containing the results of the initial offer including the conversion ratio and issue price will be published on SENS in due course. 4. NOTICE This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Participatory Interests in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. Neither the Manager nor any of the other professional advisors represents that this announcement may be lawfully distributed, or that any Participatory Interests may be lawfully offered, in compliance with any applicable registration or other requirements in any such jurisdiction, or pursuant to an exemption available thereunder, or assumes any responsibility for facilitating any such distribution or offering. In particular, no action has been taken by the Manager which would permit a public offering of any Participatory Interests or distribution of this document in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, no Participatory Interests may be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither this Applicable Announcement nor any advertisement or other offering material may be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations and the Manager has represented that all offers and sales by them will be made in compliance with this prohibition. The distribution of this announcement and the offer or sale of Participatory Interests may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or any Participatory Interests come must inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. In particular there are restrictions on the distribution of this announcement and the offer or sale of Participatory Interests in the United States, the United Kingdom and the RSA. The Participatory Interests have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Participatory Interests may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to US persons except in accordance with regulations under the Securities Act. Furthermore, persons who are not residents of the Common Monetary Area (being the RSA, the Republic of Namibia, the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Kingdom of Lesotho) may not invest in or acquire the Participatory Interests unless specific approval is sought and obtained from the relevant South African Exchange Control Authorities. on at any time trade or maintain a position in them. 5. DIRECTORS, TRUSTEE AND REGISTERED OFFICE The directors of the Manager are: Director : Alan Jonathan Miller (Non-executive) Address : 180 Commissioner Street Johannesburg, 2001 Director : Andries Benjamin le Grange(Non-executive) Address : 180 Commissioner Street Johannesburg, 2001 The trustee of NewFunds, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, is located at 9th Floor, Standard Bank Centre, 5 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg. The registered office of the Manager is located at 7th Floor, Absa Towers West, 15 Troye Street, Johannesburg, 2001. 6. COPIES OF THE OFFERING CIRCULARS Electronic Copies of the offering circulars, in English, may be obtained from the website www.absacapitaletfs.com 7. SUBSCRIPTION CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE INITIAL OFFER The initial offer is subject to the conditions detailed in the offering circulars and as summarised below: - You cannot withdraw an application once submitted. It will be irrevocable. - All subscribers for MAPPS GROWTH securities must have a valid account with a broking member of the JSE. - Subscribers that do not have an account with a JSE member can open an account with any broker on the JSE. A list of brokers is available on the JSE website at www.jse.co.za. - Subscribers can also contact Absa Capital Securities (Proprietary) Limited (telephone: (011) 895 6000), which have been appointed as the participating brokers to assist first time retail clients in opening an account. . - If a prospective investor is in any way unclear as to the correct procedure to be followed, or the terms and conditions applicable to subscriptions for MAPPS GROWTH securities under the initial offer, the investor is advised to contact his professional advisors, alternatively to contact NewFunds directly on (011) 895 5517 - A controlled client should liaise with his broker, which will subscribe via its nominated CSDP. - A non-controlled client should liaise with its nominated CSDP, which will in turn liaise with the issuing agent, Absa Capital Investor Services, a division of Absa Bank Limited. - Investors should note that the cut-off times applicable to the initial offer will vary depending on the particular broker or CSDP. Johannesburg 28 April 2011 Sponsor J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Originator Absa Capital a division of Absa Bank Limited Date: 28/04/2011 17:31:01 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.

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