December 2016 monthly preference share dividend finalisation announcement ECSPONENT LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1998/013215/06 (“the Company” or “Ecsponent”) Ecsponent Pref Share A Ecsponent Pref Share C JSE Code: ECSP1 JSE Code: ECSP3 ISIN: ZAE000196317 ISIN: ZAE000196291 (“Series 1 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 1 Class C Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share A2 Ecsponent Pref Share C2 JSE Code: ECSP4 JSE Code: ECSP6 ISIN: ZAE000202495 ISIN: ZAE000202511 (“Series 2 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 2 Class C Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share A3 Ecsponent Pref Share C3 JSE Code: ECSP7 JSE Code: ECSP9 ISIN: ZAE000210480 ISIN: ZAE000210506 (“Series 3 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 3 Class C Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share A4 Ecsponent Pref Share C4 JSE Code: ECSP10 JSE Code: ECSP12 ISIN: ZAE000217196 ISIN; ZAE000218525 (“Series 4 Class A Preference Shares”) (“Series 4 Class C Preference Shares”) (collectively “Class A Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share C5 JSE Code: ECSP15 ISIN; ZAE000222501 (“Series 5 Class C Preference Shares”) Ecsponent Pref Share C6 JSE Code: ECSP18 ISIN; ZAE000231205 (“Series 6 Class C Preference Shares”) (collectively “Class C Preference Shares”) DECEMBER 2016 MONTHLY PREFERENCE SHARE DIVIDEND FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT Further to the announcement released by the Company on 17 June 2016, holders of Class A Preference Shares and holders of Class C Preference Shares are hereby advised that the dividend per share amount, to be paid on 16 January 2017, has been finalised. Notice is hereby given that the following preference dividends have been declared in respect of the period commencing on 13 December 2016 and ending on the date dividends start trading ex-dividend, being 11 January 2017: - in respect of the Class A Preference Shares, a dividend at the rate of 10% per annum; and - in respect of the Class C Preference Shares, a dividend at the rate of 14.5% per annum (being the prime rate plus 4%), the per share amounts of which have been disclosed below. 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, 10 January 2017 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Wednesday, 11 January 2017 Record Date Friday, 13 January 2017 Payment Date Monday, 16 January 2017 In accordance with the requirements of Strate, no share certificates may be dematerialised or rematerialised between the date that Preference Shares start trading ex-dividend and the Record Date. In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE, the following additional information is provided: 1. The dividends have been declared from income reserves; 2. The dividend withholding tax rate is 15%; 3. The gross local dividend amounts and the net local dividend amount payable to Preference Shareholders that are subject to dividends withholding tax is set out below: Class A Preference Share Class C Preference Share (Series 1, Series 2, Series 3 and (Series 1, Series 2, Series 3, Series 4) Series 4, Series 5 and Series 6) Gross local dividend amount 79.45205 115.20548 (cents per share) Net local dividend amount 67.53424 97.92466 (cents per share) 4. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Series 1 Class A Preference Shares and the Series 1 Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 4.1. 61 332 Series 1 Class A Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R5 420 099.12; and 4.2. 247 100 Series 1 Class C Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R24 710 000. 5. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Series 2 Class A Preference Shares and the Series 2 Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 5.1. 246 946 Series 2 Class A Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R23 486 000; and 5.2. 1 175 170 Series 2 Class C Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R117 517 000. 6. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Series 3 Class A Preference Shares and the Series 3 Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 6.1. 50 347 Series 3 Class A Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R4 766 000; and 6.2. 1 180 016 Series 3 Class C Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R118 001 600. 7. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Series 4 Class A Preference Shares and the Series 4 Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 7.1. 55 190 Series 4 Class A Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R5 215 900; and 7.2. 747 063 Series 4 Class C Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R74 706 300. 8. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Series 5 Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 8.1. 874 409 Series 5 Class C Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R87 440 900. 9. The issued preference share capital in respect of the Series 6 Class C Preference Shares is as follows as at the date of this announcement: 9.1. 1 250 Series 6 Class C Preference Shares with a total issued capital of R125 000. 10. The Company intends to issue additional Preference Shares prior to the last day to trade date. 11. Ecsponent’s income tax number is 9235/264/84/4. Pretoria 19 December 2016 Sponsor Questco Proprietary Limited Date: 19/12/2016 01:23:00 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. 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