Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS on 18 November 2015 regarding the submission to shareholders of an ordinary resolution approving the adoption of the Lodestone share purchase scheme, a special resolution approving the provision of financial assistance in terms of section 44 of the Act for the purchase of shares issued or to be issued, a special resolution approving the provision of financial assistance to directors, prescribed officers and related or inter-related companies in terms of section 45(3) of the Act and an ordinary resolution authorising any director of the company or the company secretary to implement the resolutions (collectively, “the resolutions”) in terms of section 60 of the Act.