Datatec Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Af rica) (Registration number: 1994/005004/06) ISIN: ZAE000017745 Share Code: DTC ("Datatec" or "the Company") RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL CASH DIVIDEND AND THE SCRIP DISTRIBUTION ALTERNATIVE Datatec shareholders (“Shareholders”) are ref erred to the announcement regarding the declaration of a special cash dividend with a scrip distribution alternative released on the Stock Exchange News Service (“SENS”) of the JSE Limited (“JSE”) on Tuesday, 11 October 2022, in terms of which the board of directors of the Company notif ied Shareholders that it had resolved to return an amount of approximately £135.1 million to Shareholders by declaring a gross special cash dividend of 1250 ZAR cents (“Special Cash Dividend”) per Datatec ordinary share (“Datatec Share”) held on the record date, being Friday, 2 December 2022 (“Record Date”). Shareholders were advised that they would be entitled to elect to receive a scrip distribution of new, f ully paid Datatec Shares in proportion to their ordinary shareholding in Datatec on the Record Date instead of the Special Cash Dividend (“Scrip Distribution” or “Scrip Distribution Alternative”). Shareholders were entitled to receive the Special Cash Dividend of 1250 ZAR cents per Datatec Share in respect of their shareholding as at the close of trading on the JSE on the Record Date, being Friday, 2 December 2022, in proportion to their ordinary shareholding in Datatec and to the extent that such Shareholders had not elected to receive the Scrip Distribution Alternative in respect of all or a part of their shareholding. Shareholders were entitled to elect to receive that number of Scrip Distribution shares determined in the ratio of 28.93314 Scrip Distribution shares f or every 100 Datatec Shares held on the Record Date, instead of the Special Cash Dividend. Shareholders recorded in the register of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date holding 210,784,866 Datatec Shares did not elect to receive the Scrip Distribution Alternative and will theref ore receive the gross Special Cash Dividend of 1250 ZAR cents per Datatec Share (where applicable, 1000 ZAR cents per Datatec Share, net of applicable Dividend Withholding Tax) resulting in a total gross Special Cash Dividend of ZAR 2,634,810,825 which was paid out of the distributable retained prof its of the Company. In terms of the Scrip Distribution Alternative, 3,171,196 new Datatec Shares were issued today to Shareholders who elected to receive the Scrip Distribution shares in respect of all or part of their shareholding, resulting in a capitalisation of distributable retained prof its of the Company of ZAR 137,005,347. The Special Cash Dividend payments were made, and Central Securities Depository Participant/broker accounts of dematerialised Shareholders and certif icated Shareholders were credited today. No share certif icates were dispatched to certif icated shareholders in respect of the Scrip Distribution. Johannesburg 5 December 2022 Sponsor Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited ) Legal Advisors Bowmans