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Public offer information

How to participate

  1. Read the Offer Document fully.

  2. Read the instructions in paragraph XX of the Offer Document and on the Form of Acceptance (which shall either be a physical form or an online form as set out at paragraphs X – X below).

  3. Proceed and fill in the Form of Acceptance should you wish to accept the Offer.

  4. For online acceptance for CDS Individual Retail Shareholders:

    1. follow the offer link sent to you on email or SMS to access the personalised Form of Acceptance for completion, electronic sign-off and submission;
    2. payments will be made in accordance with the mandates in your CDS Account. For a different payment preference, you will need to update the details on your CDS Account through your stockbroker by no later than 17h00 East African Time on the Closing Date; and
    3. submit the Form of Acceptance online together with the required supporting documents, including those set out in paragraph 7 below (as applicable), by no later than 17h00 East African Time on the Closing Date.

  5. For Certificated Shareholders, ABSA Shareholders with CDS Corporate Accounts and/or CDS Joint Accounts as well as accounts for deceased ABSA Shareholders or CDS Accounts under probate:

    1. follow the offer link sent to you on email or SMS to your online Form of Acceptance page, download the personalised Form of Acceptance, have it completed, signed-off and submitted by the authorised signatories;
    2. payments will be made in accordance with the mandates on the Share Register. To update your payment for the relevant CDS Accounts, you will need to update the details on your CDS Account through your stockbroker. For Certificated Shareholders, complete the payment mandate details on the Form of Acceptance and attach supporting documents listed in paragraph 7 below for verification; and
    3. deliver the physical Form of Acceptance to a stockbroker or investment bank listed in Annexure F of this Offer Document (Authorised Acceptance Agents), together with the required supporting documents, including those set out in paragraph 7 below (as applicable), by no later than 17h00 East African Time on the Closing Date.