Opening of private placement Rockcastle Global Real Estate Company Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius) (Registration number: 108869 C1/GBL) JSE share code: ROC SEM share code: ROCK.N0000 ISIN code: MU0364N00003 (“Rockcastle” or “the Company”) OPENING OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT Shareholders are advised that a private placement of shares in the Company will open at 11h30 Mauritian time (09h30 South African time) on 15 May 2014 and may close at any time thereafter (“placement”). The placement will take place through the Company’s Mauritian and South African share registers. For purposes of this placement, investors will be invited by the Company to subscribe for approximately 140 million new shares as follows: - approximately 3.5 million new shares at USD1.41 per share on the Mauritian share register; and - approximately 136.5 million new shares at ZAR14.60 per share on the South African share register. Investors on the South African share register will be eligible to participate, subject to a minimum subscription of ZAR1 million per new investor. In line with the Company’s strategy of investing in real estate and real estate companies, as detailed in the updated Listing Particulars dated 22 November 2013, the additional capital raised through this placement will be used by the Company to invest in listed real estate securities and/or direct property in selected jurisdictions. To the extent required, announcements regarding acquisitions, in compliance with the JSE Listings Requirements and the Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius Limited (“SEM”) will be made in due course. This announcement is not an invitation to the public to subscribe for shares in the Company and is provided for information purposes only. Rockcastle has its primary listing on the SEM and a secondary listing on the JSE. For further information please contact: Intercontinental Trust Limited Company secretary +230 403 0800 Java Capital JSE sponsor +27 11 283 0042 15 May 2014 This notice is issued pursuant to SEM Listing Rules 11.3 and Rule 5(1) of the Securities (Disclosure Obligations of Reporting Issuers) Rules 2007. The Board of Directors of Rockcastle Global Real Estate Company Limited accepts full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement. Date: 15/05/2014 09:30:00 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.