Notice Pursuant To Section 45(5) Of The Companies Act No. 71 Of 2008 (“Companies Act”) THE SPAR GROUP LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number 1967/001572/06) Share code: SPP ISIN code: ZAE000058517 (“SPAR” or “the company”) NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 45(5) OF THE COMPANIES ACT NO. 71 OF 2008 (“COMPANIES ACT”) 1 This is a notice pursuant to section 45(5) of the Companies Act. 2 On 12 February 2013, SPAR shareholders approved a special resolution pursuant to section 45 of the Companies Act authorising the board of directors (“the board”) to provide direct and indirect financial assistance to a related or inter-related company. 3 Section 45(5) of the Companies Act requires a company to provide written notice to its shareholders, amongst others, of the adoption of a board resolution to provide financial assistance if the total value of all loans, debts, obligations or assistance contemplated in that resolution, together with any previous such resolution during the same financial year, exceeds one-tenth of 1% of the company’s net worth at the time of the resolution. 4 The board has adopted the following resolutions: - During the period of 1 September 2013 to 28 February 2014, the company shall provide financial assistance to The SPAR Group Limited Employee Share Trust (2004) (“Trust”) of an amount of R100 092 000 (One Hundred Million and Ninety Two Thousand Rand) in order for the Trust to meet its obligations (i.e. acquire shares in the market) with regards to enabling the share option holders to exercise their share options; - The Board is satisfied that immediately after providing this financial assistance, the company will satisfy the solvency and liquidity test as contemplated in section 4 of the Companies Act; and - The Board is satisfied that the terms under which the financial assistance is proposed to be given, are fair and reasonable to the company. 5 This notice is provided because the value of the financial assistance referred to in paragraph 4 exceeds the threshold stated in paragraph 3. Pinetown 2 September 2013 Sponsor One Capital Date: 02/09/2013 03:30:00 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.