DEALING IN SECURITIES BY DIRECTORS Argent Industrial Limited (Registration number 1993/002054/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code: ART ISIN: ZAE000019188 DEALING IN SECURITIES BY DIRECTORS In compliance with rules 3.63 to 3.74 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the following information is disclosed: DIRECTOR M P Allen COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 15 August 2012 NUMBER OF SECURITIES TRANSACTED 4 000 CENTS PER SHARE 685 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R27 400.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF Indirect beneficial INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR M J Antonic COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 15 August 2012 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 4 000 TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 685 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R27 400.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF Indirect beneficial INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR S J Cox COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 15 August 2012 NUMBER OF SECURITIES TRANSACTED 4 000 CENTS PER SHARE 685 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R27 400.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF Indirect beneficial INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR T R Hendry COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 15 August 2012 NUMBER OF SECURITIES TRANSACTED 4 000 CENTS PER SHARE 685 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R27 400.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF Indirect beneficial INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR A F Litschka COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 15 August 2012 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 4 000 TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 685 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R27 400.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF Indirect beneficial INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes Umhlanga 16 August 2012 Sponsor: PSG Capital Proprietary Limited Date: 16/08/2012 11:32:00 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.