Share Repurchase Programme BSI STEEL Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2001/023164/06) JSE code: BSS ISIN: ZAE000125134 (“BSI” or "the company") CLOSED PERIOD SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME BSI Steel Limited announces that the board has approved the repurchase of BSI shares in terms of its general authority granted by BSI shareholders at the company’s 2012 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”), held on Friday, 14 September 2012, which repurchase has already commenced. Shareholders are advised that the company is entering into a closed period on 1 April 2013 which is anticipated to end on or about 13 June 2013, when the BSI Group’s annual results for the period ending 31 March 2013 are scheduled to be released. In terms of the share repurchase, the maximum aggregate consideration payable for the shares to be repurchased is R 5 000 000. The board approval was for an irrevocable, non-discretionary programme to purchase the Company’s shares within the restrictions placed by shareholders at the AGM. Any purchase will be effected within certain pre-set parameters within the limits of the programme and the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited and will continue during the closed period. Johannesburg 19 March 2013 Designated Advisor: Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 19/03/2013 03:31:00 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.