AECI shareholders (“Shareholders”) are referred to the detailed terms announcement released on the Securities Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on Thursday, 13 October 2011 and published in the press on Friday, 14 October 2011 relating to the proposed Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (“B-BBEE”) transaction (“the proposed B-BBEE Transaction”) and the results of the general meeting and the cautionary announcement released on SENS on Thursday, 24 November 2011 and published in the press on Friday, 25 November 2011 (“the 24 November Announcement”). 

AECI shareholders (“Shareholders”) are referred to the cautionary announcement dated Tuesday, 26 July 2011 (“First Cautionary Announcement”) and the further cautionary announcements dated Tuesday, 6 September 2011, Thursday, 13 October 2011 and Thursday, 24 November 2011, respectively.

Shareholders of AECI (”Shareholders”) are referred to the cautionary announcement dated Tuesday, 26 July 2011 and the further cautionary announcements dated Tuesday, 6 September 2011 and Thursday, 13 October 2011, respectively (collectively, “the Cautionary Announcements”) relating to the proposed acquisition by AECI of the effective 25,1% equity interest in AECI’s explosives business, AEL Mining Services Limited, held by an empowerment consortium led by Kagiso Tiso Holdings Proprietary Limited and the Tiso AEL Development Trust, in exchange for the issue of 4 678 667 new AECI ordinary shares  (”the proposed KTH Transaction”). 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Friday, 18 November 2011 the Directors of AECI declared a dividend at the rate of 5,5 per cent per annum for the six months ending Thursday, 15 December 2011 payable on Thursday, 15 December 2011 to holders of preference shares recorded in the books of the Company at the close of business on Friday, 9 December 2011.

AECI shareholders are advised that updates on AEL Mining Services and the Company’s specialty chemicals cluster, with a particular focus on mining chemicals and Senmin, are being presented today to institutional shareholders from 09:00 (SA time).

Shareholders of AECI (“Shareholders”) are referred to the cautionary announcement released on the Securities Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 and published in the press on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 and the subsequent cautionary announcement released on SENS on Tuesday, 6 September 2011 and published in the press on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 (collectively, “the Cautionary Announcements”).

Shareholders of AECI (“Shareholders”) are referred to the following announcements released on the Securities Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on 26 July 2011:

AECI shareholders are advised that a presentation on the Company’s condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial results for the half-year ended 30 June 2011, as well as on the Company’s proposed Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Transaction, is being given today, 26 July 2011.

In compliance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the following information is disclosed:

The Board of Directors advises that, at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders ("the Meeting") held at the registered office of the Company today, all the ordinary and special resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting mailed to shareholders on 9 May 2011 were duly passed by the requisite majority of votes, save for Ordinary Resolution No. 7 which was withdrawn by the Chairman at the commencement of the Meeting.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Friday, 20 May 2011 the Directors of AECI Limited declared a dividend at the rate of 5.5 per cent per annum for the six months ending Wednesday, 15 June 2011 payable on Wednesday, 15 June 2011 to holders of preference shares recorded in the books of the Company at the close of business on Friday, 10 June 2011.

Shareholders are referred to the notice of AGM announcement published on SENS on 5 May 2011 (“the Announcement”).  The Announcement set out details of AECI’s AGM, scheduled for Monday, 30 May 2011 at 09h00, at which the business as stated in the notice of AGM forming part of the annual financial statements (“the Notice”) would be conducted.