Datatec shareholders (Shareholders) are ref erred to the announcement regarding the declaration of a special cash dividend with a scrip distribution alternative released on the Stock Exchange News Service ("SENS") of the JSE Limited ("JSE") on 11 October 2022, in terms of which the board of directors of the Company notif ied Shareholders that it had resolved to return an amount of approximately £135.1 million to Shareholders by declaring a gross special cash dividend of 1250 ZAR cents ("Special Cash Dividend") per Datatec ordinary share ("Datatec Share") held on the record date, being Friday, 2 December 2022 ("Record Date"). Shareholders were advised that they would be entitled to elect to receive a scrip distribution of new, f ully paid Datatec Shares in proportion to their ordinary shareholding in Datatec on the Record Date instead of the Special Cash Dividend ("Scrip Distribution" or "Scrip Distribution Alternative").