Retirement of Independent Non-Executive Director Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Registration number 1947/024583/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code : ATN ISIN : ZAE000029658 Share Code : ATNP ISIN : ZAE000029666 (“Altron” or “the company”) Retirement of Independent Non-Executive Director at Altron In compliance with paragraph 3.59 (b) of the JSE Limited’s Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that following 4 years of service on the Altron board, Ms Barbara Masekela has retired as an independent non-executive director of the company with immediate effect. Barbara spent most of her life as a political activist working with the ANC observer mission to the United Nations in New York and as secretary for arts and culture in Zambia. She was elected to the national executive committee of the ANC while serving as Nelson Mandela’s chief of staff until 1994. In 1995 Barbara was appointed as ambassador to France and in 2003 as ambassador to the United States of America. Barbara continues to serve as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. The board wishes to express its appreciation to Barbara for her years of dedicated service on the Altron board and nomination committee and wishes her well on her retirement. Johannesburg 2 October 2012 Sponsor Investec Bank Date: 02/10/2012 02:15:00 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.