Category 1 disposal: distribution of circular and notice of general meeting

Datatec Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number: 1994/005004/06 ISIN: ZAE000017745

Share Code: DTC ("Datatec")

CATEGORY 1 DISPOSAL: DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

1. INTRODUCTION
   Shareholders are referred to Datatec's announcement released on the Stock Exchange News Service ("SENS") on 30 June 2022, in which Datatec announced that its 100% subsidiary, Datatec PLC, has entered into a definitive sale of shares agreement in terms of which it proposes to sell its interest in
   Analysys Mason Limited to Bridgepoint Development Capital ("the Transaction").
   Capitalised terms used below and that are not otherwise defined, bear the meanings ascribed to them in the Circular (as defined below).
2. DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
   A circular containing details of the Transaction, and incorporating a notice of a general meeting of
   Datatec's shareholders ("the Notice") and a form of proxy ("the Circular") has been posted today,
   Friday, 5 August 2022.
   Datatec Shareholders are advised that a copy of the Circular may be obtained as follows:
3. • by accessing an electronic copy of the Circular on the Datatec's website, available at https://www.datatec.co.za/circulars.php;
   • by contacting the Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited on [phone] or at [e-mail] to request an electronic copy of the Circular;
   • by contacting their CSDP or Broker to request an electronic copy of the Circular;
   • by contacting the Company Secretary, Simon Morris on [phone] or at [e-mail] in order to request an electronic copy of the Circular or to make reasonable alternative arrangements to obtain a copy.

Accordingly, notice is hereby given that a general meeting of Datatec's Shareholders will be held at 12h00 (South African Standard time) on Friday, 2 September 2022, entirely by electronic communication, for the purpose of transacting the business and resolutions as stated in the Notice.

3. SALIENT DATES AND TIMES

		2022
Record date for purposes of receiving the Circular and Notice	Friday, 29 July
Circular and Notice posted to Datatec Shareholders and Notice
released on SENS	Friday, 5	August
Last day to trade in order to be eligible to attend, speak and
vote at the General Meeting	Tuesday, 23	August
Record date to determine Shareholders eligible to attend, speak
and vote at the General Meeting	Friday, 26	August

For administrative purposes, last date to lodge Forms of Proxy
with The Meeting Specialist, by 12h00	Wednesday, 31 August
Last date to lodge Forms of Proxy with the Chair of the General
Meeting, by 12h00	Friday, 2 September
General Meeting to be held entirely by electronic	Friday, 2 September
communication at 12h00
Results of General Meeting released on SENS	Friday, 2 September

Notes:

1. All dates and times are South African dates and times.
2. The dates and times may be changed by Datatec. Any change will be published on SENS and in the South African press.
3. If the General Meeting is adjourned or postponed, Forms of Proxy submitted for the initial general meeting will remain valid in respect of any adjournment or postponement of the General Meeting.

4. ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION

Datatec has retained the services of The Meeting Specialist to host the General Meeting remotely on an interactive electronic platform, in order to facilitate remote participation and voting by Shareholders. TMS will also act as scrutineer.

Shareholders who wish to attend the General Meeting electronically and/or to vote at the General Meeting are required to contact TMS on [e-mail] or, alternatively, to contact their office on [phone] as soon as possible but, in any event, for administration purposes, by no later than 12h00 on Wednesday, 31 August 2022. However, this will not in any way affect the rights of Shareholders to register for the General Meeting after this date, provided, however, that only those Shareholders who are fully verified (as required in terms of section 63(1) of the Companies Act) and subsequently registered at the commencement of the General Meeting, will be allowed to participate in and/or to vote by electronic means.

TMS will assist Shareholders with the requirements for electronic participation in, and/or voting at, the General Meeting. TMS is further obliged to validate (in correspondence with Datatec and, in particular, the Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited, and your

CSDP) each such Shareholder's entitlement to participate in and/or to vote at the General Meeting, before providing it with the necessary means to access the General Meeting and/or the associated voting platform. For further information in this regard, please see the details contained in the Notice.

Johannesburg

5 August 2022

Sponsor

RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)