December 2018 monthly interest declaration and finalisation announcement ECSPONENT LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1998/013215/06 JSE Code: ECS - ISIN: ZAE000179594 Debt Issuer Code: ECSP (“the Company” or “Ecsponent”) Notes Series number JSE Code ISIN Fixed Rate Notes 1 ECSFX1 ZAE000265393 Floating Rate Notes 1 ECSFL1 ZAE000265401 DECEMBER 2018 MONTHLY INTEREST DECLARATION AND FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT Holders of Notes issued by Ecsponent in terms of its ZAR10,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note Programme are hereby advised that the interest per Note amount, to be paid on Monday, 21 January 2019, has been finalised. Notice is given of the declaration of the following interest in respect of the period commencing on 10 December 2018 and ending on the date that the Notes start trading ex-interest, being Wednesday, 16 January 2019: - in respect of the Series 1 Fixed Rate Notes, an interest rate of 9%; and - in respect of the Series 1 Floating Rate Notes, an interest rate of 11.75% (being the prime rate plus 1.5%) Relevant dates in relation to this interest payment are set out below: Last day to trade to appear in the register on Record Date Tuesday, 15 January 2019 Notes start trading ex-interest Wednesday, 16 January 2019 Record Date Friday, 18 January 2019 Payment Date Monday, 21 January 2019 In terms of the Debt Listings Requirements of the JSE, the following additional information is provided: 1. The interest is paid from income reserves; 2. The Company shall be entitled to an administration fee of 0.25% per annum on the Initial Issue Price, inclusive of VAT, payable monthly in arrears on the Monthly Interest Payment Dates. 3. The administration fee is subject to the Value-Added Tax Act of 1991. The Company has the right to recover the monthly administration fee, from the monthly Note interest (plus the applicable VAT thereon). 4. Ecsponent’s income tax number is 9235/264/84/4. 5. At the date hereof, Ecsponent has issued the following Notes: - 100 Series 1 Fixed Rate Notes; and - 1 000 Series 1 Floating Rate Notes. Series 1 Fixed Rate Notes: Interest per Note (cents per Note) Gross distributable amount to Noteholders 69.04110 Less: Administration fee of 0.25% of the initial Issue Price (as set out in the relevant (1.91781) Applicable Pricing Supplements) per annum inclusive of VAT to be withheld by the Company Net distribution amount to Noteholders 67.12329 Series 1 Floating Rate Notes: Interest per Note (cents per Note) Gross distributable amount to Noteholders 90.13699 Less: Administration fee of 0.25% of the initial Issue Price (as set out in the relevant (1.91781) Applicable Pricing Supplements) per annum inclusive of VAT to be withheld by the Company Net distribution amount to Noteholders 88.21918 The Company may issue additional Series 1 Fixed Rate and/or Floating Rate Notes prior to the last day to trade date. For more information about this announcement or the Ecsponent group, email investor.relations@ecsponent.com or visit www.ecsponentlimited.com/investor-relations 21 December 2018 Pretoria Sponsor to Ecsponent Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd Date: 21/12/2018 11:59:00 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.