Cash Dividend Declaration Eqstra Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1998/011672/06) Income tax number: 9178/021/83/9 Share code: EQS & ISIN: ZAE000117123 (“the Company”) CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION Further to the audited results for the year ended 30 June 2012 released on SENS today, 21 August 2012 notice is hereby given that a gross cash annual dividend of 28.00 cents per share has been declared for the year ended 30 June 2012. The Company has utilised secondary tax on companies’ credits amounting to R4.8 million, 1.12875 cent per share. The balance of the dividend will be subject to a dividend withholding tax at a rate of 15%, which will result in a net dividend of 23.96931 cents per share to those shareholders who are not exempt. The issued share capital at the declaration date is 425 247 880 ordinary shares. The salient dates for the dividend will be as follows: Last day of trade receive a dividend Friday, 14 September 2012 Shares commence trading “ex” dividend Monday, 17 September 2012 Record date Friday, 21 September 2012 Payment date Tuesday, 25 September 2012 Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Monday, 17 September 2012 and Friday, 21 September 2012 both days inclusive. Kempton Park 21 August 2012 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 21/08/2012 08:11:00 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.