RMI - Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Limited - Acquisition of ordinary

RMI - Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Limited - Acquisition of ordinary        
shares in RMI Holdings by Allan Gray Proprietary Limited                        
Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Limited                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 2010/005770/06)                                            
Share code: RMI                                                                 
ISIN: ZAE000153102                                                              
("RMI Holdings" or "the Company")                                               
ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES IN RMI HOLDINGS BY ALLAN GRAY PROPRIETARY        
LIMITED ("ALLAN GRAY")                                                          
In accordance with section 122(3)(b) of the Companies Act (no 71 of 2008)       
and paragraph 3.83(b) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, shareholders    
are  advised that RMI Holdings has received formal notification that clients    
of Allan Gray have, collectively, acquired an interest in the ordinary          
shares of the Company, such that the total interest in the ordinary shares      
of the Company held by Allan Gray`s clients now amounts to 5.0054% of the       
total issued ordinary shares of the Company.                                    
Sandton                                                                         
17 February 2012                                                                
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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