Datatec Limited (JSE:DTC) News - Category 1 disposal: distribution of circular and notice of general meeting

Datatec Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1994/005004/06
ISIN: ZAE000017745
Share Code: DTC
(“Datatec”)

CATEGORY 1 DISPOSAL: DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

1. INTRODUCTION

   Shareholders are referred to Datatec’s announcement released on the Stock Exchange News Service
   (“SENS”) on 30 June 2022, in which Datatec announced that its 100% subsidiary, Datatec PLC, has
   entered into a definitive sale of shares agreement in terms of which it proposes to sell its interest in
   Analysys Mason Limited to Bridgepoint Development Capital (“the Transaction”).

   Capitalised terms used below and that are not otherwise defined, bear the meanings ascribed to them
   in the Circular (as defined below).

2. DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

   A circular containing details of the Transaction, and incorporating a notice of a general meeting of
   Datatec’s shareholders (“the Notice”) and a form of proxy (“the Circular”) has been posted today,
   Friday, 5 August 2022.

   Datatec Shareholders are advised that a copy of the Circular may be obtained as follows:
       • by accessing an electronic copy of the Circular on the Datatec’s website, available at
         https://www.datatec.co.za/circulars.php;
       • by contacting the Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited
         on +27 11 370 5000 or at proxy@computershare.co.za to request an electronic copy of the
         Circular;
       • by contacting their CSDP or Broker to request an electronic copy of the Circular;
       • by contacting the Company Secretary, Simon Morris on +27 11 233 1000 or at
         Simon.Morris@Datatec.com in order to request an electronic copy of the Circular or to make
         reasonable alternative arrangements to obtain a copy.

   Accordingly, notice is hereby given that a general meeting of Datatec’s Shareholders will be held at
   12h00 (South African Standard time) on Friday, 2 September 2022, entirely by electronic
   communication, for the purpose of transacting the business and resolutions as stated in the Notice.

3. SALIENT DATES AND TIMES

                                                                                                      2022

   Record date for purposes of receiving the Circular and Notice                           Friday, 29 July

   Circular and Notice posted to Datatec Shareholders and Notice
   released on SENS
                                                                                          Friday, 5 August
   Last day to trade in order to be eligible to attend, speak and
   vote at the General Meeting
                                                                                        Tuesday, 23 August
   Record date to determine Shareholders eligible to attend, speak
   and vote at the General Meeting
                                                                                         Friday, 26 August
   For administrative purposes, last date to lodge Forms of Proxy
   with The Meeting Specialist, by 12h00
                                                                                      Wednesday, 31 August
   Last date to lodge Forms of Proxy with the Chair of the General
   Meeting, by 12h00
                                                                                       Friday, 2 September
   General Meeting to be held entirely by electronic                                   Friday, 2 September
   communication at 12h00

   Results of General Meeting released on SENS                                         Friday, 2 September

   Notes:

   (1) All dates and times are South African dates and times.

   (2) The dates and times may be changed by Datatec. Any change will be published on SENS
       and in the South African press.

   (3) If the General Meeting is adjourned or postponed, Forms of Proxy submitted for the initial
       general meeting will remain valid in respect of any adjournment or postponement of the
       General Meeting.

4. ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION

   Datatec has retained the services of The Meeting Specialist to host the General Meeting remotely on
   an interactive electronic platform, in order to facilitate remote participation and voting by
   Shareholders. TMS will also act as scrutineer.

   Shareholders who wish to attend the General Meeting electronically and/or to vote at the General
   Meeting are required to contact TMS on proxy@tmsmeetings.co.za or, alternatively, to contact their
   office on +27 11 520 7950 as soon as possible but, in any event, for administration purposes, by no
   later than 12h00 on Wednesday, 31 August 2022. However, this will not in any way affect the rights
   of Shareholders to register for the General Meeting after this date, provided, however, that only those
   Shareholders who are fully verified (as required in terms of section 63(1) of the Companies Act) and
   subsequently registered at the commencement of the General Meeting, will be allowed to participate
   in and/or to vote by electronic means.

   TMS will assist Shareholders with the requirements for electronic participation in, and/or voting at,
   the General Meeting. TMS is further obliged to validate (in correspondence with Datatec and, in
   particular, the Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited, and your
   CSDP) each such Shareholder’s entitlement to participate in and/or to vote at the General Meeting,
   before providing it with the necessary means to access the General Meeting and/or the associated
   voting platform. For further information in this regard, please see the details contained in the Notice.

Johannesburg
5 August 2022
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Date: 05-08-2022 11:00:00
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