Issue and listing of Class A, Class B and Class C Preference shares under its ZAR5bn Preference Share Programme ECSPONENT LIMITED (previously John Daniel Holdings Limited) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability under registration number 1998/013215/06) Ecsponent Pref Share A Ecsponent Pref Share B Ecsponent Pref Share C Short Name: ECSP A Short Name: ECSP B Short Name: ECSP C ECSP1 ECSP2 ECSP3 Tranche 4, Series 1 Tranche 4, Series 1 Tranche 4 Series 1 ISIN: ZAE000196317 ISIN: ZAE000196309 ISIN: ZAE000196291 Issue date - 9 January 2015 Issue date - 9 January 2015 Issue date – 9 January 2015 Issue and listing of Class A, Class B and Class C Preference shares under its ZAR5,000,000,000 Preference Share Programme The Company is pleased to announce that the preference shares below will be issued and listed tomorrow, 9 January 2015: Ecsponent Pref Share A Ecsponent Pref Share B Ecsponent Pref Share C 3 490 21 050 125 100 Number of Preference Shares R349 000 R2 105 000 R12 510 000 Nominal amount of this Tranche Aggregate nominal amount of R5 220 000 R7 758 000 R23 805 000 Preference Shares in issue after issuance Issue Price per Preference Share R100.00 R100.00 R100.00 Dividend Commencement Date(s) 15 December 2014 N/A 15 December 2014 Declaration and finalisation Declaration and finalisation announcements to be announcements to be Dividend Record and Payment released on SENS, in released on SENS, in compliance with Schedule N/A Dates compliance with Schedule 24 of the JSE Listings 24 of the JSE Listings Requirements Requirements 10% percent, per annum, Prime Rate plus 4% per Dividend Rate payable monthly in arrears N/A cent, per annum, payable monthly in arrears, not compound Implied yield N/A 10.66 percent per annum N/A (nacm) First Dividend payment date 19 January 2015 N/A 19 January 2015 Dividend periods Monthly N/A Monthly Any other items relating to the particular method of calculating Actual / 365 N/A Actual / 365 dividends Redemption Record Date 27 September 2019 27 September 2019 27 September 2019 Redemption Amount R100 R170 R100 Redemption Payment Date 7 October 2019 7 October 2019 7 October 2019 The total authorised amount of ZAR5,000,000,000 under the Programme Memorandum has not been exceeded. 8 January 2015 For and on behalf of ECSPONENT LIMITED Sponsor and corporate advisor Questco (Pty) Ltd Date: 08/01/2015 03:54:00 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.