Issue and listing of Series 8, Class C preference shares ECSPONENT LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1998/013215/06 JSE Code: ECS - ISIN: ZAE000179594 Ecsponent Pref Share C8 Short Name: ECSP C8 ECSP24 ISIN: ZAE000246757 Issue and listing of Series 8, Class C Preference shares under the ZAR5,000,000,000 Preference Share Programme and Dividend Declaration and Finalisation Announcement The Company is pleased to announce the issue and listing of the first tranche of Series 8 Class C as detailed below: Ecsponent Pref Share C8 Number of Preference Shares 19 000 Nominal amount of this Tranche R1 900 000 Issue Price per Preference Share R100 Listing date 14 July 2017 Dividend Commencement Date(s) 7 August 2017 Dividend Record and Payment Dates Declaration and finalisation announcements to be released on SENS, in compliance with Schedule 18 of the JSE Listings Requirements Dividend Rate Prime Rate plus 4% percent, per annum, payable monthly in arrears, not compound Implied yield N/A First dividend payment date 14 August 2017 Dividend periods Monthly Any other items relating to the particular method of Actual / 365 calculating dividends Redemption Record Date 15 July 2022 Redemption Amount R100 Redemption Payment Date 8 July 2022 Declaration and finalisation announcement in respect of the first dividend payment: Relevant dates in relation to this dividend payment are set out below: Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Monday, 7 August 2017 Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Tuesday, 8 August 2017 Record Date Friday, 11 August 2017 Payment Date Monday, 14 August 2017 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. 1. 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 1 171 989 Series 5 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000222501) with a total issued capital of R117 198 900. 4.6 1 345 819 Series 6 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN ZAE000229878) with a total issued capital of R134 581 900. 4.7 830 657 Series 7 Class C Preference Shares (ISIN: ZAE000241725) with a total issued capital of R78 465 700. 2. Further shares may be issued prior to, or on, the last day to trade date. 3. Ecsponent’s income tax number is 9235/264/84/4. Dividend payment dates for the remainder of 2017: The following dividend payment dates are declared in respect of the Series 8 Class C Preference Shares for the remainder of 2017. Dividend amounts will be announced at least 10 business days prior to the last day to trade: SEPTEMBER 2017 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Tuesday 12 September Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Wednesday 13 September Record Date Friday 15 September Payment Date Monday 18 September OCTOBER 2017 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Tuesday 10 October Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Wednesday 11 October Record Date Friday 13 October Payment Date Monday 16 October NOVEMBER 2017 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Tuesday 7 November Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Wednesday 8 November Record Date Friday 10 November Payment Date Monday 13 November DECEMBER 2017 Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Tuesday 12 December Preference shares start trading ex-dividend Wednesday 13 December Record Date Friday 15 December Payment Date Monday 18 December 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 13 July 2017 Sponsor Questco (Pty) Limited Date: 13/07/2017 08:47:00 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.