UPDATE ON SHARE CONSOLIDATION SALIENT DATES Alert Steel Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 2003/005144/06) (Share Code: AET ISIN Code: ZAE000092847) ("Alert Steel" or "the Company") UPDATE ON SHARE CONSOLIDATION SALIENT DATES Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement dated 3 October 2012 and the circular dated 2 October 2012, regarding inter alia the consolidation on a 100:1 basis of the authorised and issued share capital of Alert Steel (“Share Consolidation”). The expected salient dates and times of the Share Consolidation set out in the SENS announcement and the circular referred to above are subject to proof of filing of the relevant special resolutions with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (“CIPC”) by 8 November 2012. The Company has delivered the relevant special resolutions to CIPC but is still awaiting receipt of a certificate of confirmation from CIPC in relation to such special resolutions, with the result that the 8 November 2012 deadline as stipulated in the SENS announcement has not been met. Shareholders will be advised on the new salient dates for the Share Consolidation as soon as the relevant confirmatory documentation has been received from CIPC. 9 November 2012 Johannesburg Designated Advisor Exchange Sponsors Date: 09/11/2012 09:02:00 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.