No change statement, notice of annual general meeting and availability of B-BBEE annual compliance certificate FORTRESS REIT 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 advised that the 2019 integrated report containing the audited consolidated annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019 (on which the auditors expressed an unmodified audit opinion) is available on the Company’s website: https://cmsignition.co.za/download/files_1184/FortressREITLimitedintegratedreport2019.pdf The notice of annual general meeting, form of proxy and summarised audited financial statements (“the notice of annual general meeting”) was dispatched to shareholders on Thursday, 31 October 2019 and is available on the Company’s website: https://cmsignition.co.za/download/files_1184/NoticeofAGMnFormofProxyandsummarisedAFS30June2019.pdf The audited consolidated annual financial statements and the notice of annual general meeting contain no changes from the provisional audited summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019, published on 3 September 2019. The annual general meeting of Fortress shareholders will be held at the Company’s registered office; Block C, Cullinan Office Park, Cullinan Close, Morningside, 2196 on Friday, 6 December 2019 at 10h00. The last day to trade in order to be eligible to participate in and vote at the annual general meeting is Tuesday, 26 November 2019 and the record date for voting purposes is Friday, 29 November 2019. 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, No. 53 of 2003 read with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act, No. 46 of 2013, is available on the Company’s website: https://cmsignition.co.za/download/files_1184/B-BBEEcompliancecertificate30June2019.pdf 31 October 2019 Lead sponsor Java Capital Joint sponsor Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking Date: 31/10/2019 05:40:00 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.