Finalisation announcement for the PPC BEE transaction Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number 1892/000667/06 JSE share code: PPC ZSE share code: PPC JSE ISIN: ZAE000125886 (“PPC” or the “Company”) PROPOSED SECOND PHASE BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (“BBBEE”) TRANSACTION, CANCELLATION OF PPC ORDINARY SHARES HELD BY PPC CEMENT (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED AND CHANGE OF NAME FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT Introduction PPC ordinary shareholders (“Shareholders”) are referred to the transaction announcement, dated 12 July 2012, the posting of a circular announcement, dated 20 August 2012 (“circular announcement”) and the results of general meeting announcement dated 18 September 2012, regarding, inter alia, PPC’s proposed 6.5% BBBEE transaction and the cancellation of the PPC ordinary shares held by PPC Cement (Proprietary) Limited (collectively, the “Transaction”). Conditions Precedent Shareholders are advised that, all conditions precedent to the Transaction have now been fulfilled and the Transaction will be implemented in accordance with the timetable detailed in the circular announcement referred to above. As set out in the circular announcement, it is expected that PPC will trade under a new name “PPC Limited”, share code “PPC” and ISIN number: ZAE000170049 from commencement of trade on Monday, 8 October 2012. Sandton 28 September 2012 Joint financial adviser and transaction sponsor Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Joint financial adviser Quartile Capital (Proprietary) Limited Sponsor Merrill Lynch South Africa (Proprietary) Limited Legal adviser to PPC Bowman Gilfillan Inc. Tax adviser to PPC DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporated Legal adviser to the Strategic Black Partners Werksmans Inc Independent expert KPMG Services (Proprietary) Limited Reporting accountants and auditors Deloitte & Touche Financial communication adviser College Hill Date: 28/09/2012 01:15:00 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.