AET - Alert Steel Holdings Limited - Notice of general meeting

AET - Alert Steel Holdings Limited - Notice of general meeting                  
ALERT STEEL HOLDINGS LIMITED                                                    
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 2003/005144/06)                                            
JSE code: AET                                                                   
ISIN: ZAE000092847                                                              
("Alert Steel" or "the Company")                                                
Notice of general meeting                                                       
Shareholders of Alert Steel ("Shareholders") are referred to the SENS           
announcement dated 27 March 2012 in which it was announced that the board of    
directors of Alert Steel ("the Board") proposed that a further R120 million     
be raised by means of a rights offer ("the Rights Offer").                      
Notice is hereby given that a general meeting of Shareholders ("the General     
Meeting") will be held at Alert Steel`s offices, corner of Engelbrecht and      
Lanham Streets, East Lynne, Pretoria at 14:00 on Monday, 14 May 2012, for the   
purpose of considering and, if deemed fit, passing, with or without             
modification, the special resolution required in terms of Section 41(3) of      
the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 ("the Companies Act") to give the Board        
authority to issue ordinary shares in Alert Steel, in excess of 30% of the      
issued share capital of Alert Steel, for the purpose of implementing the        
Rights Offer, as well as an ancillary ordinary resolution giving general        
authority to the directors to give effect to the special resolution referred    
to above. Notice of the General Meeting was posted to Shareholders on           
Wednesday, 11 April 2012.                                                       
The record date for purposes of determining which Shareholders are entitled     
to participate in and vote at the General Meeting is Friday, 4 May 2012. Only   
Shareholders who are registered in the register of shareholders of the          
Company on Friday, 4 May 2012 will be entitled to participate in and vote at    
the General Meeting. Accordingly, the last day to trade in order to be          
eligible to participate in and vote at the General Meeting is Wednesday, 25     
April 2012.                                                                     
Pretoria                                                                        
12 April 2012                                                                   
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Prinsloo, Tindle & Andropoulos Inc.                                             
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