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Declaration of interim cash dividend

Notice is hereby given that a gross interim dividend of 35 cents per share for the half year ended 31 December 2012 has been declared payable to shareholders of ordinary shares. The dividend has been declared out of income reserves. The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of this declaration is 632.21 million. The dividend will be subject to a local dividend tax rate of 15% which will result in a net dividend, to those shareholders who are not exempt from paying dividend tax, of 29.75 cents per share. There are no Secondary Tax on Companies (STC) credits to be set off against the dividend tax. The Company’s tax reference number is 9700/178/71/9. The salient dates relating to the payment of the dividend are as follows:

Last day to trade cum dividend on the JSE Friday, 1 March 2013
First trading day ex dividend on the JSE Monday, 4 March 2013
Record date Friday, 8 March 2013
Payment date Monday, 11 March 2013

The dividend is declared in the currency of the Republic of South Africa. Payments from the United Kingdom transfer office will be made in United Kingdom currency at a spot rate of exchange ruling on Thursday, 7 March 2013, or on the first day thereafter on which a rate of exchange is available.

A further announcement stating the Rand/GBP convertion rate will be released through the relevant South African and United Kingdom news services on Friday, 8 March 2013.

No share certificates may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Monday, 4 March 2013 and Friday, 8 March 2013, both days inclusive. Dividends in respect of certificated shareholders will be transferred electronically to shareholders’ bank accounts on the payment date. In the absence of specific mandates, dividend cheques will be posted to shareholders. Shareholders who hold dematerialised shares will have their accounts at their Central Securities Depository Participant (“CSDP”) or broker credited on 11 March 2013.

A Parboosing
Company Secretary

Johannesburg
14 February 2013