No change statement and Notice of Annual General Meeting HARDWARE WAREHOUSE LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number: 2007/004302/06) Share code: HWW ISIN: ZAE000104253 (“Hardware Warehouse” or “the Company”) NO CHANGE STATEMENT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Shareholders are advised that the annual report for the year ended 30 June 2012 was dispatched to shareholders on 22 November 2012 and contains no modifications to the reviewed results published on SENS on 26 September 2012. Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of shareholders of Hardware Warehouse will be held at 12:00 on Friday, 21 December 2012 at the Hardware Warehouse boardroom, Triple Point, 52 Quenera Drive, Beacon Bay, East London to conduct the business stated in the notice of the annual general meeting, which is contained in the annual report. The board of directors of the Hardware Warehouse determined that, in terms of section 62(3)(a), as read with section 59 of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act 71 of 2008), the record date for the purposes of determining which shareholders of the Company are entitled to participate in and vote at the annual general meeting is Friday, 14 December 2012. Accordingly, the last day to trade Hardware Warehouse shares in order to be recorded in the Register to be entitled to vote will be Friday, 7 December 2012. East London 22 November 2012 Designated Adviser Merchantec Capital Date: 22/11/2012 02:50:00 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.