Confirmation of Notice of Record and Meeting Dates Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp. (Registration number: 002116278) (External company registration number: 2011/011661/10) Share code on the Toronto Stock Exchange: FMC Share code on the JSE Limited: FMC ISIN: CA3451171050 (“Forbes Coal” or “the Company” TO ALL APPLICABLE EXCHANGES AND COMMISSIONS: RE: FORBES & MANHATTAN COAL CORP. Confirmation of Notice of Record and Meeting Dates We are pleased to confirm that Notice of Record and Meeting Dates was sent to The Canadian Depository for Securities. We advise the following with respect to the upcoming Annual and Special Meeting of Security Holders for the subject issuer: 1 ISIN: CA3451171050 CUSIP: 345117105 2 Date Fixed for the Meeting: September 11, 2013 3 Record Date for Notice: July 18, 2013 4 Record Date for Voting: July 18, 2013 5 Beneficial Ownership July 18, 2013 Determination Date: 6 Classes or Series of Securities COMMON that entitle the holder to receive Notice of the Meeting: 7 Classes or Series of Securities COMMON that entitle the holder to vote at the meeting: 8 Business to be conducted at the Annual and Special meeting: 9 Notice-and-Access: Registered Shareholders: NO Beneficial Holders: NO Stratification Level: NOT APPLICABLE 10 Reporting issuer is sending proxy-related materials directly to Non-Objecting Beneficial Owners: YES 11 Issuer paying for delivery to YES Objecting Beneficial Owners: Yours truly, EQUITY FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY Lori Winchester Senior Relationship Manager lwinchester@equityfinancialtrust.com 12 June 2013 Johannesburg Sponsor Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 12/06/2013 03:37:00 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.