Appointment of new Managing Director of Bulk Mining Explosives Omnia Holdings Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number 1967/003680/06) Share code: OMN ISIN: ZAE000005153 (“Omnia” or “the Group”) APPOINTMENT OF NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BULK MINING EXPLOSIVES The board of directors of Omnia (“Board”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph Keenan (“Joseph”) as the new managing director of its explosives division, Bulk Mining Explosives, which is the leading supplier of explosives and services to the African mining, quarrying and construction industries, with operations in 14 countries across Africa. On the appointment of Joseph, Rod Humphris, chief executive officer of the Group, observed that Joseph “is an accomplished international executive who brings over 20 years of global experience in the explosives industry, to our Group. He has held executive and non-executive positions in North and South America, Africa and Australia. He has a successful track record in the explosives sector, of managing high performance teams, being involved in start-up projects, developments, listings, strategic alliances, investments and global equity holdings.” Joseph has a BSc (Geology) from Laurentian University (Canada), an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School (United Kingdom) has completed post-graduate programmes at Insead Buisness School (Singapore) and Harvard Business School (USA). Joseph brings a wealth of experience from recent roles at the Columbine Group in the USA, Pacific Hydro in Australia and Orica in Chile. In addition, Joseph has chaired the Australian National University Centre for Latin American Studies in Australia and Peru Nitrates in Latin America, has served on the boards of PHC Energy Advisory Board and two explosives joint ventures in Venezuela and Panama. Humphris concluded that, “as skills, expertise and talent are not easy to secure in the competitive environment in which we operate, we are delighted that Joseph will be joining the Omnia team and look forward to the contribution he will make.” Johannesburg 17 September 2015 Sponsor Merchantec Capital Date: 18/09/2015 07:05:00 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.