Issue and listing of Series 6, Class C Preference shares & dividend declaration and finalisation announcement ECSP18 ECSPONENT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number 1998/013215/06 (“the Company”) Ecsponent Pref Share C6 Short Name: ECSP C6 ECSP18 ISIN: ZAE000231205 Issue and listing of Series 6, Class C Preference shares under the ZAR5,000,000,000 Preference Share Programme and Dividend Declaration and Finalisation Announcement Issue and listing of Series 6, Class C Preference shares; The Company is pleased to announce that it will be listing the first tranche of Series 6 Class C preference shares on 8 November 2016, the details of which are summarised below: Issue Price R100.00 Listing date 8 November 2016 Implied yield Prime Rate plus 4% per cent, per annum, payable monthly in arrears, not compounded Redemption Record Date 5 November 2021 Redemption amount per Preference Share R100.00 Redemption Payment Date 8 November 2021 Full details regarding the listing will be announced prior to the listing date. Declaration and finalisation announcement in respect of the first dividend payment: Notice is hereby given that a preference dividend has been declared in respect of the Series 6, Class C Preference Shares. Relevant dates in relation to this dividend payment are set out below: Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Tuesday, 8 November 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Wednesday, 9 November 2016 Record Date Friday, 11 November 2016 Payment Date Monday, 14 November 2016 In accordance with the requirements of Strate, no share certificates may be dematerialised or rematerialised between the date that the Preference Shares commence trading ex-dividend and the Record Date. In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE, the following additional information is provided: 1. The dividend has been declared from income reserves; 2. The dividend withholding tax rate is 15%; 3. The gross local dividend amount and the net local dividend amount payable to Preference Shareholders that are subject to dividends withholding tax is set out below: Series 6 Class C Preference Share Gross local dividend amount (cents per share) 111.23288 Net local dividend amount (cents per share) 94.54795 4. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 4.1 247 100 Series 1 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000196291) with a total issued capital of R24 710 000. 4.2 1 175 170 Series 2 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000202511) with a total issued capital of R117 517 000. 4.3 1 180 016 Series 3 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000210506) with a total issued capital of R118 001 600. 4.4 747 063 Series 4 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000210506) with a total issued capital of R74 706 300. 4.5 311 469 Series 5 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000222501) with a total issued capital of R74 706 300. 5. Further shares will be issued prior to, or on, the last day to trade date. 6. Ecsponent’s income tax number is 9235/264/84/4. Dividend payment dates for the remainder of 2016: The following dividend payment dates are declared in respect of the Series 6 Class C Preference Shares for the remainder of 2016. Dividend amounts will be announced 10 business days prior to the last day to trade: December 2016 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Monday, 12 December 2016 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Tuesday, 13 December 2016 Record Date Thursday, 15 December 2016 Payment Date Monday, 19 December 2016 In accordance with the requirements of Strate, no share certificates may be dematerialised or rematerialised between the dates that dividends start trading ex-dividend and the Record Dates. Pretoria 25 October 2016 Sponsor Questco (Pty) Limited Date: 25/10/2016 09:05:00 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.