Acquistion of Safika Cement Holdings PPC Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Company registration number: 1892/000667/06) JSE Code: PPC ISIN: ZAE 000170049 ("PPC" or the "Company") ACQUISTION OF SAFIKA CEMENT HOLDINGS PPC is pleased to advise that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a controlling equity stake in Safika Cement Holdings (Pty) Limited (“Safika”) for the cash consideration of approximately R350 million. Safika is a blended cement producer in South Africa; producing over 20 million bags per annum. The business owns five blending facilities and one milling operation and produces blended 32.5N cement under three brands; IDM Best Build, Castle and the Spar Build-It house brand. Ketso Gordhan, CEO of PPC commented “We are very excited to be able to add another complimentary business to PPC. This is an important step in our ‘Keeping the Home Fires Burning’ strategy. The proposed transaction is subject to approval by the regulatory authorities as well as the conclusion of the due diligence process. Sandton 7 August 2013 Sponsor Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited PPC: Azola Lowan Tel: +27 (0) 11 386 9000 Azola.Lowan@ppc.co.za Financial Communications Advisor: College Hill Louise van der Merwe Mobile: +27 (71) 605 4294 Louise.vanderMerwe@collegehill.co.za Date: 07/08/2013 07:05:00 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.