Dividend Declaration Announcement ECSPONENT LIMITED (Previously John Daniel Holdings Limited) Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1998/013215/06 (“the Company” or “Ecsponent”) Ecsponent Pref Share A Ecsponent Pref Share C JSE Code: ECSP1 JSE Code: ECSP3 ISIN: ZAE000196317 ISIN: ZAE000196291 Ecsponent Pref Share A2 Ecsponent Pref Share C2 JSE Code: ECSP4 JSE Code: ECSP6 ISIN: ZAE000202495 ISIN: ZAE000202511 (collectively “Class A Preference Shares”) (collectively “Class C Preference Shares”) DIVIDEND DECLARATION ANNOUNCEMENT Holders of Class A Preference Shares and holders of Class C Preference Shares (collectively “Preference Shareholders”) are advised of the dividend payment dates set out below. Dividend amounts will be announced no later than 5 business days before the last day to trade. April 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 10 April 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 13 April 2015 Record Date 17 April 2015 Payment Date 20 April 2015 May 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 8 May 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 11 May 2015 Record Date 15 May 2015 Payment Date 18 May 2015 June 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 5 June 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 8 June 2015 Record Date 12 June 2015 Payment Date 15 June 2015 July 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 10 July 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 13 July 2015 Record Date 17 July 2015 Payment Date 20 July 2015 August 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 6 August 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 7 August 2015 Record Date 14 August 2015 Payment Date 17 August 2015 September 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 4 September 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 7 September 2015 Record Date 11 September 2015 Payment Date 14 September 2015 October 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 9 October 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 12 October 2015 Record Date 16 October 2015 Payment Date 19 October 2015 November 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 6 November 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 9 November 2015 Record Date 13 November 2015 Payment Date 16 November 2015 December 2015 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date 4 December 2015 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend 7 December 2015 Record Date 11 December 2015 Payment Date 14 December 2015 In accordance with the requirements of Strate, no share certificates may be dematerialised or rematerialised between the dates that dividends start trading ex-dividend and the Record Dates. Pretoria 11 March 2015 Sponsor Questco Proprietary Limited Date: 11/03/2015 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.