Update: Recommended offer for Universal Coal Plc - Extension of Co-operation Agreement Coal of Africa Limited (Incorporated and registered in Australia) Registration number ABN 008 905 388 ISIN AU000000CZA6 JSE/ASX/AIM share code: CZA (‘CoAL or the ‘Company’) _________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: RECOMMENDED OFFER FOR UNIVERSAL COAL PLC - EXTENSION OF CO- OPERATION AGREEMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 May 2016 Coal of Africa Limited (ASX, AIM and JSE: CZA) (“CoAL”) provides the following update on CoAL’s recommended offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Universal Coal Plc (ASX: UNV) (the “Offer”). Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the offer document published by CoAL on 21 December 2015 (the “Offer Document”). It was announced on 22 April 2016 that CoAL had extended the Offer Period of the Offer, such that the Closing Date is 20 May 2016. Pursuant to a Deed of Variation, CoAL and Universal have agreed to amend the terms of the Cooperation Agreement entered into between the parties in connection with the Offer such that the date by which the Effective Date must have occurred be extended until 20 May 2016 in accordance with the revised Closing Date, or such other date as the parties may agree.. Enquiries CoAL Telephone: +27 (0)10 003 8000 David Brown, De Wet Schutte and Celeste Riekert Qinisele Resources (Proprietary) Limited (Financial Adviser to Telephone: +27 (0)11 883 6358 CoAL) Robert Philpot and Dennis Tucker Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker to CoAL) Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7418 8900 Matthew Armitt and Ross Allister Investec Bank Limited (JSE Sponsor for CoAL) Telephone: +27 (0)11 286 7000 Robert Smith and Tanya Cesare Tavistock (United Kingdom PR Adviser to CoAL) Telephone: +44 20 7920 3150 Jos Simson and Emily Fenton Date: 03/05/2016 08:00:00 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.