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IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED - Results of General Meeting

Release Date: 30/10/2018 17:15
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Results of General Meeting

Imperial Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1946/021048/06)
Share code: IPL
ISIN: ZAE000067211
(“Imperial” or “the Company”)


 RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF IMPERIAL SHAREHOLDERS RELATING TO THE
 UNBUNDLING BY IMPERIAL OF ALL ITS SHARES IN MOTUS HOLDINGS LIMITED TO
 IMPERIAL ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS


1.    Introduction
      Imperial ordinary shareholders and deferred ordinary shareholders (collectively “Imperial
      Shareholders” or “Shareholders”) are referred to the circular to Shareholders dated 27
      September 2018 (“Circular”) which set out the details of the proposed unbundling by Imperial of
      all its shares in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Motus Holdings Limited (“Motus”), to Imperial
      Ordinary Shareholders by way of a distribution in specie (“the Unbundling”) and the proposed
      listing of Motus in the Specialty Retailers sector of the main board of the securities exchange
      operated by the JSE Limited (“JSE”) (“the Listing”).


      Capitalised terms used in this announcement bear the same meaning as the capitalised and
      defined terms used in the Circular.

2.    Results of the General Meeting
      Shareholders are advised that at the general meeting of Imperial Shareholders held on 30
      October 2018 (“General Meeting”), convened in terms of the notice of the General Meeting
      contained in the Circular, the resolutions to approve, inter alia, the Unbundling, were passed by
      the requisite majority of Imperial Shareholders as follows:


      Special Resolution number 1: Approval of the Unbundling in terms of section 112 read with
      section 115 of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 (the “Companies Act”):


        Number of        Number of Shares
       Shares voted         voted as a                   For**         Against**        Abstained**
        at General         percentage of                  %               %                 %
         Meeting          Shares in issue*

       152 338 413     72.67                     99.95              0.05               0.11
     Special Resolution number 2: Approval of the change of name from “Imperial Holdings
     Limited” to “Imperial Logistics Limited” and consequent amendments to the MOI of the Company:
       Number of         Number of Shares
      Shares voted          voted as a                  For**           Against**       Abstained**
       at General          percentage of                 %                 %                %
        Meeting           Shares in issue*

      152 338 413      72.67                    99.99               0.00               0.11

     Ordinary Resolution number 1: Approval of the amendments to the Existing Share Schemes:
      Number of         Number of Shares
     Shares voted          voted as a                  For**           Against**        Abstained**
      at General          percentage of                 %                 %                 %
       Meeting           Shares in issue*

      152 050 370     72.53                    99.99               0.01                0.25

     *Based on 209 640 880 Shares in issue
     **In relation to the total number of Shares voted at the General Meeting


     Based on the above, the resolutions authorising the Unbundling, change of name of the
     Company and amendments to the Existing Share Schemes were duly passed by the requisite
     majority of Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the General Meeting.


3.   Suspensive Conditions to implementation of the Unbundling and Listing
     Given that the resolutions above have been duly passed, the only remaining Suspensive
     Condition in relation to the implementation of the Unbundling and Listing is the TRP having
     issued a compliance certificate in respect of the Unbundling in terms of section 115 of the
     Companies Act. Shareholders will be advised once the remaining Suspensive Condition to the
     Unbundling has been fulfilled or not fulfilled (as the case may be).


4.   Change of name
     Shareholders are advised that Imperial will change its name from “Imperial Holdings Limited” to
     “Imperial Logistics Limited” once the Unbundling becomes unconditional.


5.   Composition of the board of directors of Imperial (“Imperial Board”) following the
     Unbundling becoming unconditional
     After the Unbundling, the Imperial Board will be constituted as set out in the table below.
     Name                                           Position

      P Langeni                                     Chairman
      P Cooper                                     Non-executive Director*

      GW Dempster                                  Non-executive Director*

      T Skweyiya                                   Non-executive Director*

      RJA Sparks                                   Lead Independent Non-executive Director*

      M Swanepoel                                  CEO#

      M Akoojee                                    CEO Designate#

      JG de Beer                                   CFO^

       * Independent
       # Mr M Swanepoel will retire as CEO in June 2019 but will remain as director to 31 December
       2019, and Mr M Akoojee will be appointed as CEO with effect from 1 July 2019.
       ^ Mr JG de Beer will be appointed to the Board as CFO from the date of Unbundling. His
       experience, qualifications and appointment has been considered and approved by the Imperial
       Audit Committee and the Board. He currently serves as the CFO of Imperial Logistics.


6.   Salient dates and times
     The remaining salient dates and times relating to the finalisation and implementation of the
     Unbundling are set out in the Circular. The date of listing for Motus on the JSE will be on 22
     November 2018. Note that these dates and times have not changed from those dates and times
     set out in the Circular. Any material amendments to those dates and times will be announced on
     SENS and published in the South African press.


Johannesburg
30 October 2018


 Joint financial advisor and transaction sponsor          Legal advisers as to South African law
 The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited                                   Bowman Gilfillan Inc.
                                                               Tugendhaft Wapnick Banchetti and
                                                                                         Partners
 Joint financial advisor
 J.P. Morgan Chase Bank                                             Legal advisers as to US law
                                                              Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

 Independent reporting accountants and auditors                             Independent Expert
 Deloitte & Touche                                             PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate
                                                                                       Finance

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