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BILETS - Letshego Holdings Limited - Trading notice update - Acquisition of

Release Date: 20/12/2011 15:00
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BILETS - Letshego Holdings Limited - Trading notice update - Acquisition of majority shareholding in Micro Africa Limited Letshego Holdings Limited Incorporated in the Republic of Botswana Registration number 98/442 ("Letshego Holdings" or "the Company") This announcement is being released on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange for information purposes only in respect of Letshego Holdings Limited`s Note Programme TRADING NOTICE UPDATE Acquisition of majority shareholding in Micro Africa Limited Letshego Holdings Limited is a leading provider of unsecured consumer loans to formally employed individuals, is listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, is IFSC accredited and has operations in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In line with the Pan-African expansion plans of the Letshego Group, Shareholders were advised on 21 September 2011 that the Group is in the process of acquiring a 62.52% interest in the issued share capital of Micro Africa Limited ("MAL"), a private company incorporated in Kenya. This transaction was expected to be completed by the end of October 2011 but is now only expected to be completed at the earliest during February 2012 (i.e. after Letshego Holdings Limited`s financial year ending 31 January 2012). This is due to additional due diligence procedures required to be performed and the approval of the Kenya Competition Authority. The terms of the acquisition and the consideration of USD3.3 million are not expected to change. Gaborone 20 December 2011 Debt sponsor in South Africa Renaissance BJM Securities (Pty) Ltd Sponsoring broker in Botswana Stockbrokers Botswana Limited Date: 20/12/2011 15:00:01 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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