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JDG - JD Group Limited - Changes to the board of directors of JD Group JD Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1981/009108/06) JSE share code: JDG ISIN: ZAE000030771 ("the Company" or "JD Group") CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF JD GROUP In compliance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, shareholders are hereby informed that the following persons have been appointed as non-executive directors to the board of directors of JD Group ("the Board"), with effect from close of business on 15 June 2012: - Mr Markus Johannes Jooste (Markus) (51) BAcc, CA(SA) Markus acts as Chief Executive Officer of Steinhoff International Holdings Limited. He is Chairman of Steinhoff Africa Holdings (Pty) Limited and is also responsible for the Steinhoff group`s Northern Hemisphere Operations. He serves on the boards of various unlisted Steinhoff group companies, as well as the following listed companies: Capitec Bank Holdings Limited, Capitec Bank Limited, KAP International Holdings Limited, Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited and PSG Group Limited. - Mr Daniel Maree van der Merwe (Danie) (54) BComm, LLB Danie is Chief Executive Officer for the Steinhoff group`s Southern Hemisphere Operations, which includes Steinhoff Africa and Asia Pacific. He serves on various boards within the Steinhoff group and is also on the board of KAP International Holdings Limited. - Mr Andries Benjamin la Grange (Ben) (38) BComm (Law), BCommHons (Financial Accounting) CTA, CA(SA) Ben is an alternate director on the Steinhoff International Holdings Limited board and currently acts as Chief Financial Officer of the Steinhoff Southern Hemisphere Operations. He is also an independent member of the board and audit committee of KAP International Holdings Limited. Markus has also been appointed as a member of the JD Group Remuneration Committee, whilst Ben will be a permanent invitee on the JD Group Audit Committee. At the same time, Dr Len Konar will hand-over the chairmanship of the Remuneration Committee to Vusi Khanyile, JD Group`s Lead Independent Non- Executive Director. David Sussman, JD Group`s Chairman, commented as follows on the above appointment: "The Board welcomes Markus, Danie and Ben and we are pleased to have appointed such dynamic individuals as non-executive directors. They all have a wealth of experience and will add significant value and bring new insights to Board deliberations. We are looking forward to their contribution." Following the aforementioned appointments, the Board remains fully King III compliant in that a majority of its members are non-executive directors, of whom the majority are independent. Johannesburg 18 June 2012 Sponsor PSG Capital Proprietary Limited Date: 18/06/2012 08:31:01 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.
