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VIVIDEND INCOME FUND LIMITED - UPDATE REGARDING THE LIBERTY TOWERS ACQUISITION, THE SASOL KENT STREET ACQUISTION AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF CAUTIONARY

Release Date: 22/08/2012 15:00
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UPDATE REGARDING THE LIBERTY TOWERS ACQUISITION, THE SASOL KENT STREET ACQUISTION AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF CAUTIONARY

Vividend Income Fund Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration Number 2010/003232/06)
JSE Alpha Code: VIF
ISIN: ZAE000150918
(“Vividend” or “the Company”)

UPDATE REGARDING THE LIBERTY TOWERS ACQUISITION, THE SASOL KENT STREET ACQUISTION AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF
CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT

A)   LIBERTY TOWERS ACQUISITION

     Vividend linked unitholders are referred to the SENS announcement dated 23 July 2012 in respect of the Company entering
     into an agreement with Golden Pond Trading 350 (Proprietary) Limited to acquire the property and associated letting
     enterprise commonly known as Liberty Towers (“the Liberty Towers Property”) situated at 214 Dr Pixley KeSeme (West)
     Street Durban (“the Liberty Towers Acquisition”). Linked unitholders are hereby advised that the condition precedent
     requiring a satisfactory conclusion to the due diligence investigation undertaken on the Liberty Towers Property has not been
     fulfilled and accordingly the Liberty Towers Property will no longer be acquired by Vividend.

B)   SASOL KENT STREET ACQUISITION

     Vividend linked unitholders are referred to the SENS announcement dated 22 June 2012 in respect of the Company entering
     into an agreement with the Sasol Pension Fund to acquire two Sasol Group tenanted properties and associated letting
     enterprises (“the Sasol Kent Street Properties”) situated at 272 Kent Avenue Ferndale Randburg and 316 Kent Avenue
     Ferndale Randburg (“the Sasol Kent Street Acquisition”). Linked unitholders are hereby advised that the condition precedent
     requiring a satisfactory conclusion to the due diligence investigation undertaken on the Sasol Kent Street Properties has been
     fulfilled and accordingly the Sasol Kent Street Properties will be acquired by Vividend using its existing debt financing facilities
     to fund the aggregate purchase consideration

1.   PROPERTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION

     Revised details regarding the Sasol Kent Street Acquisition, as at the expected effective date, being 1 November 2012, are set
     out below:

         Property              Final          Purchase           Average           Lease         Vacancy %      Tenant        Market Value
         Name and            Purchase            Yield          Escalation        Duration        by GLA
          Address          Consideration     attributable
                                              to Linked
                                             Unitholders

          316 Kent         R129 000 000         11.11%             8%             3.5 years          0%         Sasol Oil     R129 200 000
           Street,
          Ferndale
          Randburg

          272 Kent          R26 100 000         9.35%              9%             2.6 years          0%        Sasol Gas      R26 300 000
           Street
          Ferndale
          Randburg

              Total        R155 100 000         10.81%            8.16%          3.35 years          0%                       R155 500 000



Notes:

         a)           The Purchase Yield attributable to linked unitholders assumes a 37% Loan to Value (LTV) gearing limit with an
                      annual interest cost of 8.3%, which is the current indicative cost available to the Company from its bankers.
         b)           National or corporate tenants with low levels of default risk (‘A Type’ Tenants) constitute 100% of the GLA and
                      100% of the Gross Rentals within the Sasol Kent Street Properties.
         c)         Save for costs associated with the transfer of the Sasol Kent Street Properties, which are estimated at
                    R300,000, no expenditure will be incurred by the Company in connection with the Sasol Kent Street
                    Acquisition.
         d)         The Market Value of the Sasol Kent Street Properties was arrived at by C van Heerden of Active Blue Valuation
                    Services cc as at 28 June 2012. C van Heerden is an independent valuer and is registered as a professional
                    valuer in terms of the Property Valuers Profession Act, No 47 of 2000.

2.   PRO FORMA FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE SASOL KENT STREET ACQUISITION

     The pro forma financial effects of the Sasol Kent Street Acquisition on net asset value and net tangible asset value per linked
     unit are not significant and have therefore not been disclosed.

3.   FORECAST INFORMATION ON THE SASOL KENT STREET ACQUISITION

     The forecast financial information relating to the Sasol Kent Street Acquisition for the financial periods ended 31 August 2013
     and 31 August 2014 is set out below. The forecast financial information has not been reviewed or reported on by a reporting
     accountant in terms of section 8 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited and is the responsibility of the Company’s
     directors.

       R000’s                                    Forecast for the 10 month period          Forecast for the 12 month period
                                                 ended 31 August 2013                      ended 31 August 2014

       Revenue                                                   12 830                                     16 656

       Operating Costs                                            (274)                                     (355)

       Net Operating Income                                      12 556                                     16 301

       Finance costs                                             (3 969)                                   (4 763)

       Total      Comprehensive        Income
                                                                  8 587                                     11 538
       attributable to linked unitholders

       Annualised purchase yield attributable
       to linked unitholders, calculated with
                                                                 10.55%                                    11.81%
       reference to the applicable financial
       year ended 31 August (%)

       Notes:

          1.    Contractual Revenue includes Gross Rentals and other recoveries but excludes any adjustment applicable to the
                straight lining of leases.
          2.    Operating Costs consist of administration charges relating directly to the properties that are not recovered from
                the tenants in accordance with the prevailing lease agreements.
          3.    The forecast information for the 10 month period ended 31 August 2012 has been calculated from the anticipated
                effective date of the Sasol Kent Street Acquisition, being 1 November 2012.
          4.    Contractual Revenue constitutes 100% of the Revenue for both the 10 month period ended 31 August 2013 and
                for the 12 month period ended 31 August 2014.
          5.    100% of Total Comprehensive Income attributable to linked unitholders is distributed to linked unit holders as
                interest in accordance with the Debenture Trust Deed of the Company.


C)   WITHDRAWAL OF CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT

     Linked unitholders are referred to the cautionary announcement, dated 23 July 2012, and are advised that as a result of 1) the
     relevant details of the Sasol Kent Street Acquisition being disclosed in this announcement 2) the Liberty Towers Property no
     longer being acquired by Vividend, caution is no longer required by linked unitholders when dealing in the Company’s
     securities.

22 August 2012
Cape Town

Sponsor
PSG Capital

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