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NEWFUNDS COLLECTIVE INVEST SCHEME - NFEMOM - Index replacement and change to Index Constituents effective 1 September 2016

Release Date: 01/09/2016 16:05
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NFEMOM - Index replacement and change to Index Constituents effective 1 September 2016

NEWFUNDS (RF) (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
(Registration number 2005/034899/07)
(“NewFunds” or “the Company”)

NEWFUNDS EQUITY MOMENTUM ETF
Share code: NFEMOM
ISIN: ZAE000162236
(“NewFunds Momentum ETF”)
Portfolios in the NewFunds Collective Investment Scheme in Securities registered as such in terms of the
Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 45 of 2002 (the “Act”) and managed by NewFunds Proprietary
Limited (Registration Number 2005/034899/07)

INDEX REPLACEMENT AND CHANGE TO INDEX CONSTITUENTS EFFECTIVE 1 SEPTEMBER 2016

Investors are referred to the announcement published on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE
Limited (“JSE”) in which NewFunds advised that Barclays Risk and Indexation Services (“BRAIS”), the
provider and calculation agent of the indexes used in the NewFunds Momentum ETF (“Momentum Index”) of
the Collective Investment Scheme portfolios in NewFunds would discontinue the provision and calculation of
the Momentum Index with effect from 9 August 2016.

NewFunds is pleased to report that investors approved the change to the replacement index through a
balloting process and final approval from both the Financial Services Board and the JSE has been received.
Accordingly, Barclays Capital/Absa Capital South Africa Equity Momentum Index “the old index” is replaced
by NewFunds Risk-Controlled WITS SA-Momentum Index is effective today. The fund name, ISIN code and
Share code will remain the same. Accordingly there will be no change in the investor’s holdings.

Further to the above and in accordance with section 19.61 of the JSE Listings Requirements, notice is
hereby given to investors of the above ETF securities that the ETF portfolio was rebalanced on
01 September 2016 and that the following changes in the constituents of the underlying index/ices in the
table below were effective on 1 September 2016.

                       Constituent(s) added to index                      Constituent(s) removed from index

 NFEMOM                - British American Tobacco PLC                     - Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited
                       - Capitec Bank Holdings Limited                    - African Rainbow Minerals Limited
                       - Naspers Limited Class N                          - Barloworld Limited
                       - SABMiller PLC                                    - Coronation Fund Managers limited
                                                                          - Impala Platinum Holdings Limited
                                                                          - Imperial Holdings Limited
                                                                          - Kumba Iron Ore Limited
                                                                          - Liberty Holdings Limited
                                                                          - Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
                                                                          - Pick n Pay Stores Limited
                                                                          - Redefine Properties Limited
                                                                          - Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Limited
                                                                          - Sanlam Limited
                                                                          - Sasol Limited
                                                                          - The Foschini Group Limited

Investors are advised that the above index/ices are rebalanced on a monthly basis and the composition of
each of the portfolios may be viewed via the Absa Capital ETF website (http://etfcib.absa.co.za)

1 September 2016

Sponsor
Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (a division of Absa Bank Limited)

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