THE SPAR GROUP LIMITED
                            (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
                               (Registration number: 1967/001572/06)
                                           JSE Code: SPP
                                        ISIN: ZAE000058517
                                    (“SPAR” or the “Company”)


     CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-
                            EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS


In compliance with paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, SPAR shareholders are
hereby advised that the board of directors of SPAR (“Board”) has appointed Ms Marie Jamieson and
Dr Elizabeth (Liesbeth) Botha as independent non-executive directors of the Board, with effect from
1 February 2024.

Marie Jamieson holds a B.S.Sc Honours degree in Business Administration, with a major in Marketing
and a sub-major in Accounting, from Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland and a Post Graduate Diploma
in International Management from Teesside University in England. She was formerly an International
Strategic Planning Director for TBWA, one of the world’s largest brand advertising and communications
groups. In that role she worked in many countries around the world and is recognised globally as a
strategic planning expert. Prior to that, Ms Jamieson served as the Chief Executive Officer of
TBWA\Hunt Lascaris in Johannesburg. She has vast experience in marketing and advertising in more
than 60 categories, spanning a career of over 40 years including 10 years in FMCG management at
Smithkline Beecham. Ms Jamieson also served at Absa for six years as Head of Marketing and
Corporate Relations: ARO (Absa’s regional business outside South Africa). There she was responsible
for marketing and communication in 10 countries where she headed up the Brand and Name Change
program from Barclays to Absa in all of these countries.

Liesbeth Botha holds B.Eng (Electronics) and M.Eng (Electronics) degrees from the University of
Pretoria and a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. Until
June 2022, Dr Botha served as the Chief Digital Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa where
she worked for 8 years. She was responsible for digital business transformation and innovation strategy,
as well as digital upskilling, championing the way that the business uses digital technology. Preceding
that she was an Executive Director at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and
chaired the board of UViRCO, a spin-off from the CSIR. Her previous experience also includes being
Executive Director of Innovation and Commercialisation at the University of Stellenbosch, and founder
of InnovUS, the holding company of the start-ups and other commercial ventures of the University of
Stellenbosch. She served as a non-executive director of Venfin Limited and was a Council Member of
the University of Pretoria. Prior to her executive roles, she was professor of electronic and computer
engineering at the University of Pretoria. She specialised in Artificial Intelligence, data analysis and
pattern recognition, including speech and image recognition, artificial neural networks and machine
learning. She has published widely and supervised numerous graduate students in all these fields.

The Board wishes to congratulate Marie Jamieson and Liesbeth Botha on their respective appointments
to the Board and looks forward to their valuable insights and contribution to the Board and the Company.


Pinetown
11 December 2023

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