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GROUP FIVE LIMITED - Strategic equity partnership with Aberdeen GTC portion of transaction reaches financial close

Release Date: 12/05/2017 07:10
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Strategic equity partnership with Aberdeen – GTC portion of transaction reaches financial close

Group Five Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1969/000032/06)
Share code: GRF ISIN: ZAE000027405
("Group Five” or "the Company" or "the Group")

  STRATEGIC EQUITY PARTNERSHIP WITH ABERDEEN – GTC PORTION OF TRANSACTION REACHES
                                FINANCIAL CLOSE

  Shareholders had been previously advised, via a JSE SENS announcement issued on 5th December
  2016, that the Company had entered into a sale and purchase agreement and shareholders
  agreement with Aberdeen Infrastructure Funds ("AIF”) pursuant to which AIF would acquire a
  49.99% stake in Intertoll Europe’s underlying Public-Private-Partnership ("PPP") project investment
  portfolio, which houses Group Five’s key European investment and concession assets for a total
  cash consideration of approximately EUR43.0 million ("the Transaction").

  Intertoll Europe’s PPP project investment portfolio comprises a 15.00% holding in Gdansk Transport
  Company SA ("GTC"), a 10.00% holding in Mecsek autopalya koncesszios zrt ("M6 Mecsek") and a
  12.67% holding in M6 Duna autopalya koncesszios zrt ("M6 Duna"). (Intertoll Europe's interests in
  GTC, M6 Mecsek and M6 Duna are together the "Seed Assets", detailed below).

       Road Concessions                 Country   Financial Close    Km        Intertoll Equity   Concessions
                                                                                                   period
       GTC (Phase 1)*                    Poland         2005
                                                                     151           15.00%          30 years
       GTC (Phase 2)*                    Poland         2009
       M6 Mecsek                        Hungary         2007          78           10.00%          28 years
       M6 Duna                          Hungary         2006          59           12.67%          20 years
     *Collectively referred to as GTC


  Following implementation of the Transaction, Group Five will hold 50.01% of the Seed Assets and
  AIF will hold the remaining 49.99%. Both parties' interests in the Seed Assets will be held through
  Intertoll Capital Partners BV, a joint venture established to facilitate this partnership (the "JV") with
  the parties’ relative interests within the JV subject to change based on future investments.

  The Transaction creates a strategic alliance with AIF, who will co-invest with the Company in future
  projects that provide access to capital, improving Group Five’s ability to participate in the
  development, investment, operations and maintenance of global concession assets. Intertoll
  Europe will retain its entire Operations and Maintenance ("O&M") capability and current contract
  portfolio, whilst enhancing its prospects to secure new projects.
  Update on fulfilment of the conditions precedent

  The group is pleased to announce that financial close, on the GTC portion of the Transaction, has
  been achieved following the fulfilment of the conditions precedent to the Transaction on these
  assets. Financial close on the M6 assets is expected before 30 June 2017.


Johannesburg
12 May 2017

Financial Advisor and Transaction Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Legal Advisor
HOGAN LOVELLS

Sponsor
NEDBANK CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING

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