RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING AND DIVIDEND TAX INFORMATION BUILDMAX LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration No. 1995/012209/06) Share Code: BDM ISIN Code: ZAE000011250 ("Buildmax" or the Company) RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETING AND DIVIDEND TAX INFORMATION 1. Results of shareholders meeting Shareholders of Buildmax (Shareholders) are advised that, at the Companys shareholders meeting held on Tuesday, 16 October 2012, all the ordinary and special resolutions were approved by 100% of the Shareholders present or represented. 2. Dividend tax As a result of the approval of an odd-lot offer and specific offer to certain Shareholders, full details of which were set out in an announcement dated 25 September 2012 (the Offers), Shareholders are advised that the repurchase of shares in terms of the Offers will be funded out of existing reserves of Buildmax. As a result, and due to the fact that the Offers will not constitute a general repurchase of securities as contemplated in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 5.67(B) of section 5 of the Listings Requirements, the purchase consideration payable to Shareholders will constitute a dividend as defined in section 1 of the Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962. The effect thereof for Shareholders is that dividend tax at the rate of 15% will be required to be withheld from the repurchase consideration in accordance with the requirements of sections 64E and 64H of the Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962. No STC credits will be utilised. Based on the offer price of 14.14 cents per share pertaining to the Offers, the: - gross local dividend will amount to 14.14 cents per share for Shareholders exempt from the dividend tax; - net local dividend will amount is 12.019 cents per share for Shareholders liable to pay the dividend tax; and - local dividend withholding tax will amount to 2.121 cents per share for Shareholders liable to pay the dividend withholding tax. Buildmax currently has 3 444 715 942 ordinary shares in issue and its income tax reference number is 9409789840. Benoni 17 October 2012 Sponsor QuestCo (Pty) Limited Date: 17/10/2012 05:40:00 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.