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Lapse of offer
Eqstra Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1998/011672/06)
Share code: EQS, EQS1, EQS2, EQS4
ISIN: ZAE000117123
(“Eqstra” or “the Company”)
LAPSE OF OFFER
Introduction
Shareholders are referred, inter alia, to the announcement released on the Stock Exchange News Service
(“SENS”) by Protech Khuthele Holdings Limited (“Protech”) on 5 December 2012 regarding Eqstra’s firm
intention to make an offer to Protech shareholders to acquire all the Protech shares that Eqstra does not already
beneficially hold, being approximately 67.23% of Protech’s share capital (“Offer Shares”), for a cash
consideration of R0.60 per Offer Share (“the Offer”), to Eqstra’s response thereto, released on SENS on 6
December 2012, and to the further announcements released by Eqstra on SENS on 21 February 2013 and on 2
May 2013.
Offer Lapsed
Eqstra has been unable to procure the fulfilment of the suspensive conditions to the Offer. Accordingly, and in
compliance with Regulation 102(10) of the Companies Regulations, 2011 to the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (“the
Act”), shareholders are advised that the Offer has lapsed on 31 July 2013.
Responsibility statement
The Eqstra board accepts responsibility for the information contained in this announcement insofar as the
information relates to Eqstra, and confirms that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the information is true
and does not omit anything likely to affect the importance of the information.
Kempton Park
1 August 2013
Merchant bank and sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Legal advisors
Werksmans Attorneys
Communications advisor
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