Changes to the board CROOKES BROTHERS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1913/000290/06) Share code: CKS ISIN: ZAE000001434 (“Crookes” or “the Company”) CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS In compliance with the requirements of paragraph 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, Crookes wishes to announce the following changes to the Board of Directors: Xola Sithole has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 30 May 2014. Xola is a business executive and entrepreneur with a career spanning over 20 years in the finance and investment sector. He has for the past five years managed his own investment holding company which consults to blue chip clients in the private and public sector. He was previously CEO of Khula Enterprise Finance. In addition Crookes wishes to announce the retirement of the Chairman, Guy Wayne. Guy reaches retirement age during August 2014 and will retire with effect from the conclusion of the Company’s annual general meeting on Friday, 1 August 2014. The Board has elected John Barton to succeed Guy from the close of the annual general meeting. John was appointed as an independent non-executive director in May 2013 and brings a wealth of experience to the position of Chairman. John has assumed many corporate roles over the past years and he is currently a director of Bell Equipment and Foskor. Much of his career was spent working for Anglo American and subsidiary company Mondi. The directors and management of Crookes would like to take the opportunity to thank Guy for the immense contribution he has made to the Crookes group over the six years that he has been Chairman of the Company and wish him well for the future. Renishaw 3 June 2014 Sponsor: Sasfin Capital (A division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 03/06/2014 05:30:00 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.