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VKE - Vukile - Vendor Placement Results Announcement

Release Date: 11/04/2012 17:50
Code(s): VKE
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VKE - Vukile - Vendor Placement Results Announcement Vukile Property Fund Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2002/027194/06) JSE share code: VKE ISIN: ZAE00056370 NSX share code: VKN ("Vukile" or "the company") NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA. VENDOR PLACEMENT RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT Holders of Vukile linked units ("linked units") are referred to the vendor placement announcement released on SENS today, 11 April 2012, relating to the offering of Vukile linked units as part consideration ("acquisition units") for the acquisition by Vukile of twenty properties from Sanlam Life Insurance Limited. Vukile is pleased to announce the successful placement by way of a bookbuild offering, of 59.5 million acquisition units, placed with qualifying institutional investors at a price of ZAR14.60 per linked unit (the "vendor placement"). Vukile will receive gross proceeds of R868.7 million pursuant to the vendor placement. The vendor placement was significantly over-subscribed. The price at which the acquisition units were offered represents a discount of approximately 2.9% to the 3-day volume weighted average price of the linked units, as at 10 April 2012. Listing and trading of the acquisition units is expected to commence at 09h00 on Thursday, 19 April 2012. Following the vendor placement, Vukile will have 410 515 219 linked units in issue. Johannesburg 11 April 2012 Bookrunner, merchant bank and transaction sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) This announcement is not for publication or distribution or release, directly or indirectly, in the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia). This announcement does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the United States, absent registration or an exemption from, or transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States. This announcement does not and is not intended to constitute an offer to the public in South Africa in terms of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008 (as amended). Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. This announcement is for information purposes only and in member states of the European Economic Area (other than the United Kingdom) is directed only at persons who are qualified investors (as defined in article 2(1)(e) of EU directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") and the relevant implementing rules and regulations adopted by each Member State). In the United Kingdom, this announcement is directed only at the following persons: investment professionals falling within article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); and high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order. This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Vukile. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited or by any of its respective affiliates or agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed. Date: 11/04/2012 17:50:01 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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