Election to purchase shares by a director and the company secretary LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 2003/002733/06) ISIN: ZAE000145892 Share Code: LHC (“Life Healthcare or the company”) ELECTION TO PURCHASE SHARES BY A DIRECTOR AND THE COMPANY SECRETARY AND AWARD OF MATCHING SHARES IN TERMS OF THE LIFE HEALTHCARE 2009 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (LTIP) In compliance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the following information is disclosed: Director : Petrus Phillippus van der Westhuizen Company : Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited Nature of transaction : The chief financial officer has exercised his election to purchase a number of Life Healthcare shares on-market in terms of the LTIP and will be awarded a number of matched shares to be purchased by the company* Date of election : 13 January 2014 Class of securities : Ordinary shares Total value of transaction : R904 494 (of which the director will purchase shares to the value of R339 185 and the company will purchase shares to the value of R565 309) Nature of interest : Direct Beneficial (shares purchased by the director) and Indirect Beneficial (shares purchased by the company) Clearance obtained : Approval for the allocation and clearance to transact has been given Company Secretary : Fazila Patel Company : Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited Nature of transaction : The company secretary has exercised her election to purchase a number of Life Healthcare shares on-market in terms of the LTIP and will be awarded a number of matched shares to be purchased by the company* Date of election : 13 January 2014 Class of securities : Ordinary shares Total value of transaction : R1 098 567 (of which the company secretary will purchase shares to the value of R411 963 and the company will purchase shares to the value of R686 604) Nature of interest : Direct Beneficial (shares purchased by the company secretary) and Indirect Beneficial (shares purchased by the company) Clearance obtained : Approval for the allocation and clearance to transact has been given *A further announcement confirming the exact number of shares purchased and the purchase price will be issued once the trades have been concluded. Illovo 13 January 2014 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 13/01/2014 04:45:00 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.