Notice to Shareholders of the Company in terms of Section 45(5) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (“THE ACT”) BSI STEEL Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2001/023164/06) JSE code: BSS ISIN: ZAE000125134 (“BSI Group” or "the Company") NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY IN TERMS OF SECTION 45(5) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 71 OF 2008(“THE ACT”) Shareholders of the Company are referred to the special resolution tabled and approved at the Annual General Meeting held on Friday,14 September 2012, authorising directors in terms of Section 45 of the Act to provide direct or indirect financial assistance to any company or corporation which is related or inter-related to the Company and the SENS announcement in this regard dated 15 March 2013. The funding of the BSI Group is done on a group basis and the subsidiaries contribute to the BSI Group securities which include cross-company guarantees from the Company in favour of the subsidiaries and visa versa. In terms of the Section 45(2), the Board has adopted a resolution (“Section 45 Board Resolution”) authorising the continued BSI Group expenses, sundry purchases, steel purchases, working capital, fixed capital funding transactions and guarantees given by the Company to BSI Steel Africa Limited in the ordinary course of business until 31 March 2014 up to a value of R 270.0m ($ 30.0m). The Board has confirmed that, after considering the reasonably foreseeable financial circumstances of the Company, it is satisfied that: 1 Immediately after providing such assistance the Company will satisfy the solvency and liquidity test as referred to in section 45(3)(b))ii) of the Act; and 2 The terms under which such assistance is to be given are fair and reasonable to the Company as referred to in section 45(3)(b)(ii) of the Act. The financial assistance to be granted by the Company in terms of the Section 45 Board Resolution exceeds [one- tenth of one percent] of the Company’s net worth and the Company hereby provides notice of the Section 45 Board Resolution to shareholders in terms of the provisions of Section 45(5) of the Act. Johannesburg 09 May 2013 Designated Advisor Sasfin Capital (A division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 09/05/2013 09:04:00 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.