Notice of provision of Financial Assistance in terms of Section 45 of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 BELL EQUIPMENT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration Number: 1968/013656/06 Share code: BEL ISIN: ZAE000028304 ("Bell" or "the Company") NOTICE OF PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN TERMS OF SECTION 45 OF THE COMPANIES ACT NO 71 OF 2008 Shareholders of Bell are referred to special resolution number 1 tabled and approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 4 May 2015, authorising directors in terms of Section 45 of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 ("the Act") to provide direct or indirect financial assistance to any company or corporation which is related to or inter-related to the Company. In terms of Section 45(2) of the Act, the Board has authorised the Company to provide a guarantee of Euro 3 million in respect of the liabilities of a subsidiary to Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft in the normal course of business. The Board has confirmed that, after considering the reasonably foreseeable financial circumstances of the Company, it is satisfied that, immediately after it provided such financial assistance, the Company would satisfy the solvency and liquidity test, as contemplated in terms of Section 4 of the Act and that the terms under which such financial assistance was given were fair and reasonable to the Company. Shareholders are advised that the guarantee provided for the subsidiary exceed 1/10th of 1% of the Company’s net worth as at the approval date of the provision of the guarantee. Richards Bay 14 December 2015 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 14/12/2015 09:20:00 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.