No change statement, notice of annual general meeting and availability of B-BBEE annual compliance certificate FORTRESS REIT LIMITED (previously Fortress Income Fund Limited) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2009/016487/06) JSE share codes: FFA ISIN: ZAE000248498 FFB ISIN: ZAE000248506 Bond company code: FORI (Approved as a REIT by the JSE) ("Fortress" or "the Company") NO CHANGE STATEMENT, NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND AVAILABILITY OF BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE Shareholders and bondholders ("security holders") are referred to the SENS announcement released on 28 September 2018 and are advised that the 2018 integrated report containing the audited annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 (on which the auditors expressed an unmodified audit opinion) and the notice of annual general meeting were dispatched to shareholders today, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 and contains no changes from the preliminary audited summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018, published on 21 August 2018. The integrated report is available on the Company's website https://cmsignition.co.za/download/files_1184/IntegratedReport30June2018.pdf The annual general meeting for Fortress shareholders will be held at the Company's registered office, Block C, Cullinan Close, Morningside, 2196 on Friday, 30 November 2018 at 14h00. The last day to trade in order to be eligible to participate in and vote at the annual general meeting is Tuesday, 20 November 2018 and the record date for voting purposes is Friday, 23 November 2018. Security holders are further advised that, in accordance with the JSE Listings Requirements, the Company's annual compliance report, prepared in terms of section 13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 read with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act 46 of 2013, is available on the Company's website: https://cmsignition.co.za/download/files_1184/BBBEE_certificate_30_June_2018.pdf 31 October 2018 Lead sponsor Java Capital Joint sponsor Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking Date: 31/10/2018 04:36:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.