Appointment of Chief Financial Officer Eqstra Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1998/011672/06) Share code: EQS ISIN: ZAE000117123 ("Eqstra" or "the group" or "the company") Appointment of Chief Financial Officer Shareholders are notified that Mr David Austin has been appointed to the Eqstra board of directors as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 May 2016. David served as Chief Financial Officer of Hulamin Limited from March 2013 before accepting this appointment. He previously served in senior positions within Macsteel. From 2007 he was a director of Macsteel International South Africa after serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Macsteel International Trading group from February 2010. David’s earlier experience included various senior financial positions within the Barlows Group including Group Financial Manager and Group Secretary of the CG Smith Group Limited, a major listed subsidiary Group of Barlows. David, a chartered accountant, is a graduate of the University of Natal and served articles with E&Y. He spent two years at E&Y’s London office before joining the Barlow Rand Group in South Africa. Commented Jannie Serfontein, Chief Executive Officer of Eqstra: "We are very pleased to have a person of David’s caliber joining Eqstra to help the group execute its strategy." Kempton Park 1 March 2016 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 01/03/2016 11:17:00 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.