Notice in terms of section 45 (5) (a) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (the “Act”) for the granting of financial ass ROYAL BAFOKENG PLATINUM LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2008/015696/06) JSE share code: RBP ISIN: ZAE000149936 (“RBPlat” or the “company”) Notice in terms of section 45 (5) (a) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (the “Act”) for the granting of financial assistance Notice is hereby given in terms of section 45 (5) (a) of the Act that the Board of directors (the “Board”) of the company at a meeting held on 28 May 2013, authorised the company to provide financial assistance to its subsidiary companies in terms of section 45 of the Act, pursuant to the authority granted to the Board by shareholders at the annual general meeting of the company, held on 3 April 2012. The Board before authorising the company to provide the financial assistance considered and satisfied itself, in terms of section 45 of the Act, that: - immediately after providing the financial assistance, the company would satisfy the solvency and liquidity test as contemplated in section 4 of the Act; - there has been due compliance with the requirements of the company’s constitutional documents and with the Act; and - the terms of the financial assistance are fair and reasonable to the company. The approved financial assistance include guarantees on behalf of group companies and general facilities and loans to group companies totalling up to R1 095 million. The primary source of the approved financial assistance is the cash proceeds of approximately R1 billion raised by the company in November 2010 during the Initial Public Offering. The approved financial assistance will continue to be provided to group companies to facilitate contributions mainly toward capital expenditure at the company’s Styldrift Project in Rustenburg. Johannesburg 31 May 2013 JSE Sponsor Macquarie First South Capital (Pty) Limited For further enquiries, please contact: Lester Jooste Company Secretary Tel: +27 (0)10 590 4519 Email: lester@bafokengplatinum.co.za Date: 31/05/2013 08:30:00 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.