Trencor’s Textainer Acquires 81 000 Teu Managed Container Portfolio TRENCOR LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration No 1955/002869/06) Share Code: TRE ISIN: ZAE000007506 (“Trencor”) TRENCOR’S TEXTAINER ACQUIRES 81 000 TEU MANAGED CONTAINER PORTFOLIO: ACQUISITION MARKS A MILESTONE WITH TWO-THIRDS OF CONTAINER FLEET NOW OWNED We draw attention to the following news release issued by Textainer Group Holdings Limited, in which Trencor has a 48,93% beneficiary interest: Hamilton, Bermuda - (Business Wire) - Oct. 2, 2012 - Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: TGH) (“Textainer,” “we,” and “our”), the world’s largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, today announced that it acquired approximately 81,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) of standard dry freight containers from its managed fleet for approximately $98 million. The acquisition increases the percentage of Textainer’s owned fleet to 66%. “We have long stated that Textainer’s strategy is to increase both our overall fleet and the portion which we own. This acquisition demonstrates our success in implementing this strategy,” commented Philip K. Brewer, Textainer President and Chief Executive Officer. “This is Textainer’s second large managed container acquisition announcement in the past month, totaling more than $164 million, and evidences our ability to deploy our recently raised equity ahead of initial expectations. With these recent transactions, we expect that 2012 capital expenditures will be at record levels.” “The acquired managed container portfolios are seasoned income producing assets. We expect these transactions will be immediately accretive to earnings and to contribute to long-term growth in shareholder value. The acquisition marks a milestone as two-thirds of our fleet is now owned,” concluded Mr. Brewer. Textainer Group Holdings Limited Thomas J. Gallo, 415-658-8227 Investor Relations Director ir@textainer.com” Trencor Services (Pty) Ltd Secretaries 2 October 2012 Sponsor Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) www.trencor.net Date: 02/10/2012 03:27:00 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.