Announcement of 2018 Audited Financial Statements TRANSNET SOC LTD 21 August 2018 TRANSNET SOC LTD. ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2018 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - ISSUER CODE: BITRA On the 20th of August, 2018 Transnet SOC Ltd. announced its Audited Annual financial results for the year 2017/18. Transnet SOC Ltd.’s Auditors issued a Qualified Opinion as there were certain irregularities regarding compliance with the Public Finance Management Act of 1999 (Act No.1 of 1999) and the Companies Act of South Africa, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008). The qualification was in respect of Irregular Expenditure of R8,1 Billion. The Auditors were unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence that the Irregular Expenditure was complete and accurate due to the lack of the implementation and monitoring of existing controls to identify and report on Irregular Expenditure. The financial results are available on the Transnet SOC Ltd. website at: https://www.transnet.net/InvestorRelations/Pages/Annual-Results-2018.aspx# Yours faithfully ________________ B. E. GOTHA Manager: Head of Compliance, Treasury Transnet SOC Ltd Carlton Centre P.O. Box 72501 Registration Number 150 Commissioner Parkview, Johannesburg 1990/000900/30 Street South Africa, 2122 Johannesburg T +27 11 308 3001 2001 F +27 11 308 2638 Directors: Dr PS Molefe (Chairperson) SI Gama* (Group Chief Executive) UN Fikelepi RJ Ganda Prof EC Kieswetter ME Letlape DC Matshoga V McMenamin Adv OM Motaung www.transnet.net Dr FS Mufamadi AP Ramabulana GT Ramphaka LL von Zeuner MS Mahomedy* (Acting Chief Financial Officer) *Executive Group Company Secretary: NE Khumalo Date: 21/08/2018 10:36:00 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.