Share purchase and allocation through the Village Foreitable Share Plan VILLAGE MAIN REEF LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1934/005703/06) Share Code: VIL ISIN: ZAE000154761 (“Village”) SHARE PURCHASE AND ALLOCATION THROUGH THE VILLAGE FORFEITABLE SHARE PLAN Shareholders are advised that the Company has purchased and allocated Village shares to the participants of the shareholder approved Forfeitable Share Plan (“FSP”). On 22 May 2012, 16,710,293 Village shares were allocated to the participants of the FSP. These FSP share allocations are subject to the performance and vesting conditions as described in detail in the 2012 Annual Report, and remain restricted instruments until May 2015. The restricted allocated shares received the special dividend on 6 August 2012 as did all Village shareholders. This resulted in cash of R4 436 109 being received by the FSP participants. The Village remuneration committee approved a Village share purchase program by the FSP utilising the restricted cash in the FSP accounts for the benefit of the FSP participants. As a result the FSP acquired a total of 3,702,642 Village shares in the open market at a share price of R1.20 per Village share. The shares acquired and allocated remain subject to the performance and vesting conditions of the FSP. Executive directors of Village were allocated Village shares from the repurchase as set out below: Name of director: Marius Saaiman Transaction date: 21 December 2012 Class of securities: Ordinary shares Number of securities: 1 082 743 Price per security: R1.20 Total value: R 1 297 227 Nature of transaction: On-market purchase Nature and extent of director’s interest: Direct beneficial Name of director: Bernard Swanepoel Transaction date: 21 December 2012 Class of securities: Ordinary shares Number of securities: 1 232 246 Price per security: R1.20 Total value: R1 476 345 Nature of transaction: On-market purchase Nature and extent of director’s interest: Direct beneficial Name of director: Sandeep Gandhi Transaction date: 21 December 2012 Class of securities: Ordinary shares Number of securities: 197 355 Price per security: R1.20 Total value: R236 450 Nature of transaction: On-market purchase Nature and extent of director’s interest: Direct beneficial Name of director: Dalubuhle Ncube Transaction date: 21 December 2012 Class of securities: Ordinary shares Number of securities: 403 914 Price per security: R1.20 Total value: R483 926 Nature of transaction: On-market purchase Nature and extent of director’s interest: Direct beneficial Name of director: Richard de Villiers Transaction date: 21 December 2012 Class of securities: Ordinary shares Number of securities: 489 763 Price per security: R1.20 Total value: R586 782 Nature of transaction: On-market purchase Nature and extent of director’s interest: Direct beneficial 27 December 2012 Sponsor Java Capital Date: 27/12/2012 12:30:00 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.