Issue and listing of Preference Shares ECSPONENT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability under registration number 1998/013215/06) (“the Company”) Issue and listing of Class A, Class B and Class C Preference shares under its ZAR5,000,000,000 Preference Share Programme Ecsponent Pref Share A4 Ecsponent Pref Share B4 Short Name: ECSP A4 Short Name: ECSP B4 ECSP10 ECSP11 Tranche 4, Series 4 Trance 3, Series 4 ISIN: ZAE000217196 ISIN: ZAE000214441 Ecsponent Pref Share B5 Ecsponent Pref Share C4 Short Name: ECSP B5 Short Name: ECSP C4 ECSP14 ECSP12 Tranche 1, Series 5 Trance 2, Series 4 ISIN: ZAE000221362 ISIN: ZAE000218525 The Company is pleased to announce that the preference shares below will be issued and listed on 1 July 2016, or as soon as possible thereafter: Ecsponent Pref Ecsponent Pref Ecsponent Pref Ecsponent Pref Share A4 Share B4 Share B5 Share C4 Number of 350 31 580 100 205 703 Preference Shares Nominal amount of R35 000.00 R3 158 000.00 R10 000 R20 570 300.00 this Tranche Aggregate nominal R34 087 599.12 R97 005 800.00 R10 000 R291 655 900.00 amount of this Series of Preference Shares in issue after issuance Issue Price per R100.00 R100.00 R100.00 R100.00 Preference Share Dividend 6 June 2016 N/A N/A 6 June 2016 Commencement Date(s) Dividend Record Declaration and N/A N/A Declaration and and Payment Dates finalisation finalisation announcements to announcements to be released on be released on SENS, in SENS, in compliance with compliance with Schedule 18 of the Schedule 18 of the JSE Listings JSE Listings Requirements Requirements Dividend Rate 10% percent, per N/A N/A Prime Rate plus 4% annum, payable per cent, per annum, monthly in arrears payable monthly in arrears, not compound Implied yield N/A 10.66 percent per 10.66 percent per N/A annum (nacm) annum (nacm) First Dividend 11 July 2016 N/A N/A 11 July 2016 payment date Dividend periods Monthly N/A N/A Monthly Any other items Actual / 365 N/A N/A Actual / 365 relating to the particular method of calculating dividends Redemption Record 9 April 2021 5 March 2021 2 July 2021 11 June 2021 Date Redemption Amount R100 R170 R170.00 R100 Redemption 12 April 2021 8 March 2021 5 July 2021 14 June 2021 Payment Date Following the above issuance, the total preference shares in issue are as follows: - Class A Preference Shares: An aggregate nominal amount of R34 087 599.12 (comprising R5 420 099.12 issued in terms of Series 1; R23 486 000.00 issued in terms of Series 2, R4 766 000.00 issued in terms of Series 3, and R415 500 in terms of Series 4). - Class B Preference Shares: An aggregate nominal amount of R97 015 800.00 (comprising R6 868 000.00 issued in terms of Series 1; R46 156 000.00 issued in terms of Series 2, R36 949 200.00 issued in terms of Series 3, R7 032 600.00 in terms of Series 4 and R10 000 in terms of Series 5). - Class C Preference Shares: An aggregate nominal amount of R291 655 900.00 (comprising R24 710 000.00 issued in terms of Series 1; R117 517 000.00 issued in terms of Series 2, R117 101 600.00 issued in terms of Series 3 and R32 327 300.00 issued in terms of Series 4). The total authorised amount of R5,000,000,000 under the Programme Memorandum has not been exceeded. 30 June 2016 For and on behalf of ECSPONENT LIMITED Sponsor Questco (Pty) Ltd Date: 30/06/2016 05:32:00 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.