Finalisation announcement: confirmation of in-principle SARB approval MASONITE (AFRICA) LIMITED REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1942/015502/06 SHARE CODE: MAS ISIN: ZAE000004289 (“MASONITE” OR “THE COMPANY”) (UNDER SUPERVISION) FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT: CONFIRMATION OF IN-PRINCIPLE SARB APPROVAL Masonite shareholders are referred to the announcement regarding the finalisation of the Masonite transaction and payment to shareholders as a special dividend and capital reduction (“the Finalisation Announcement”), released on the Stock Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on 10 August 2016. Further to the Finalisation Announcement, Masonite confirms that in-principle approval has been received from the South African Reserve Bank for the payment of the special dividend. The salient dates for the first tranche payment amounting to R30.00 remain as set out in the Finalisation Announcement and are as follows: Last day to trade (cum dividend) Tuesday, 23 August 2016 Trading ex-dividend commences Wednesday, 24 August 2016 Record date Friday, 26 August 2016 Payment date Monday, 29 August 2016 Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 24 August 2016 and Friday, 26 August 2016, both dates inclusive. PIERRE BERRANGÉ SENIOR BUSINESS RESCUE PRACTITIONER 16 August 2016 Investment Bank Investec Sponsor Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking Date: 16/08/2016 05:10:00 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.