Dealing in securities by directors Argent Industrial Limited (Registration number 1993/002054/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code: ART ISIN: ZAE000019188 DEALING IN SECURITIES BY DIRECTORS In compliance with rules 3.63 to 3.74 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the following information is disclosed: DIRECTOR M P Allen COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 20 000 TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 703 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF R140 600.00 SECURITIES NATURE OF TRANSACTION Sale (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF Indirect beneficial INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR S J Cox COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 20 000 (1),60 000 (2) TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 703 (1), 704 (2) TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R140 600.00 (1), R422 400.00 (2) NATURE OF TRANSACTION Sale (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST Indirect beneficial(1), IN THE TRANSACTION direct beneficial (2) CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR T R Hendry COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 77 840 (1), 12 160 (2) TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 704 (1), 703 (2) TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R547 993.60 (1), R85 484.80 (2) NATURE OF TRANSACTION Sale (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST Indirect beneficial IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR A F Litschka COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 20 000 TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 703 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R140 600.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Sale (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST Indirect beneficial IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR S J Cox COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 25 000 (1), 25 000 (2) TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 704 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R176 000.00 (1), R176 000.00 (2) NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST Direct beneficial (1), IN THE TRANSACTION indirect beneficial (2) CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR T R Hendry COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 55 000 TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 704 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R387 200.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (On-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST Indirect beneficial IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes DIRECTOR T Scharrighuisen COMPANY Argent Industrial Limited STATUS: EXECUTIVE/NON-EXECUTIVE Non-executive TYPE OF SECURITIES Shares CLASS OF SECURITIES Ordinary DATE OF TRANSACTION 17 January 2013 NUMBER OF SECURITIES 50 000 TRANSACTED CENTS PER SHARE 704 TOTAL RAND VALUE OF SECURITIES R352 000.00 NATURE OF TRANSACTION Purchase (Off-market transaction) NATURE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST Direct beneficial IN THE TRANSACTION CLEARANCE OBTAINED Yes Umhlanga 18 January 2013 Sponsor: PSG Capital Proprietary Limited Date: 18/01/2013 12:22:00 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.