Dividend declaration announcement ECSPONENT 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 (“Series 1 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 1 Class C Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share A2 Ecsponent Pref Share C2 JSE Code: ECSP4 JSE Code: ECSP6 ISIN: ZAE000202495 ISIN: ZAE000202511 (“Series 2 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 2 Class C Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share A3 Ecsponent Pref Share C3 JSE Code: ECSP7 JSE Code: ECSP9 ISIN: ZAE000210480 ISIN: ZAE000210506 (“Series 3 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 3 Class C Preference Shares”) (collectively “Class A Preference Shares”) (collectively “Class C Preference Shares”) DIVIDEND DECLARATION ANNOUNCEMENT Holders of Class A Preference Shares (Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3) and holders of Class C Preference Shares (Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3) (collectively “Preference Shareholders”) are advised of the dividend payment dates set out below. Dividend amounts will be announced 10 business days before the last day to trade. January 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Friday, 8 January 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Monday, 11 January 2016 Record Date Friday, 15 January 2016 Payment Date Monday, 18 January 2016 February 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Friday, 5 February 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Monday, 8 February 2016 Record Date Friday, 12 February 2016 Payment Date Monday, 15 February 2016 March 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Friday, 04 March 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Monday, 07 March 2016 Record Date Friday, 11 March 2016 Payment Date Monday, 14 March 2016 April 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Friday, 08 April 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Monday, 11 April 2016 Record Date Friday, 15 April 2016 Payment Date Monday, 18 April 2016 May 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Friday, 06 May 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Monday, 09 May 2016 Record Date Friday, 13 May 2016 Payment Date Monday, 16 May 2016 June 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Friday, 09 June 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Monday, 10 June 2016 Record Date Friday, 17 June 2016 Payment Date Monday, 20 June 2016 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 18 December 2015 Sponsor Questco Proprietary Limited Date: 18/12/2015 03:49:00 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.