MTN - MTN Group Limited - Results of the offer to26 Nov 2010
MTN
MTN                                                                             
MTN - MTN Group Limited - Results of the offer to members of the Black Public to
subscribe for ordinary shares in MTN Zakhele Limited                            
MTN Group Limited                                                               
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Registration number 1994/009584/06                                              
Share code: MTN ISIN: ZAE000042164                                              
("MTN")                                                                         
RESULTS OF THE OFFER TO MEMBERS OF THE BLACK PUBLIC TO SUBSCRIBE FOR ORDINARY   
SHARES IN MTN ZAKHELE LIMITED                                                   
1. INTRODUCTION                                                                 
Members of the Black Public were invited to apply for ordinary shares ("MTN     
Zakhele Shares") in MTN Zakhele Limited ("MTN Zakhele") in terms of the         
Prospectus issued by MTN Zakhele on 30 August 2010 ("Prospectus").              
A total of 80,900,000 MTN Zakhele Shares were offered to members of the Black   
Public at R20 per share.                                                        
As announced in a media release on 21 October 2010, the response to the MTN     
Zakhele Black Economic Empowerment public offer ("MTN Zakhele Offer") was very  
positive and MTN has achieved its objectives of creating a truly broad-based    
empowerment transaction.                                                        
MTN Zakhele has now completed a detailed reconciliation process and can confirm 
that R2.78 billion was raised from the Black Public and applications were 1.7   
times subscribed.                                                               
MTN Zakhele Shares were allotted and issued by MTN Zakhele to successful        
applicants on 24 November 2010.  Information will be posted to all applicants on
or about 29 November 2010 to inform them, inter alia, of the status of their    
applications, including, where applicable, the extent to which their            
applications were accepted and the number of shares that were allotted and      
issued to them.  To the extent that applications were not accepted, refunds     
together with interest on such refunds, as described in more detail in paragraph
4 below, will be paid on or about 3 December 2010.                              
2. BASIS OF ALLOCATION                                                          
One of MTN`s primary objectives with respect to the MTN Zakhele Offer was to    
achieve truly broad-based empowerment.  In order to achieve this objective, the 
allocation process adopted a "bottom up" approach, starting with applications   
for the minimum number of MTN Zakhele Shares and with a priority for Black      
individuals ("Black People").                                                   
All valid applications for subscription amounts between R2,000 (100 MTN Zakhele 
Shares) and R25,000 (1,250 MTN Zakhele Shares), inclusive, were accepted in     
full.  In respect of valid applications for subscription amounts in excess of   
R25,000, applicants were allocated R25,000 worth of MTN Zakhele Shares plus a   
percentage of the balance of the MTN Zakhele Shares applied for.  In addition,  
Black People who were RICA-compliant customers of MTN and who did not get their 
full allocation, received a preferential allocation of up to an additional 200  
MTN Zakhele Shares (i.e. a subscription amount of R4,000).  As a result,        
approximately 94% of all applicants, received all of the MTN Zakhele Shares that
they applied for.  On a simple average basis, the percentage by which the       
applications in excess of R25,000 have been accepted amounts to 49% of the      
balance of MTN Zakhele Shares applied for.  The actual percentage will vary     
depending on the size of the application.                                       
The allocations methodology and principles were determined by an independent sub
committee of the MTN board (i.e. independent non-executive directors of MTN who 
had not directly or indirectly applied for MTN Zakhele Shares) and the          
allocations effected by the MTN Zakhele board, in consultation with the sub-    
committee, and in accordance with the methodology and principles determined by  
the sub-committee.  Furthermore, PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc and SizweNtsaluba   
VSP, the auditors of MTN Zakhele, are in the process of performing procedures   
agreed with management around the allocation process as part of the agreed upon 
procedures performed in accordance with the International Standard on Related   
Services (ISRS) 4400 "Engagements to Perform Agreed-upon Procedures Regarding   
Financial Information" in relation to the MTN Zakhele Offer.                    
3. RESULTS OF THE ALLOCATION PROCESS                                            
The results of the allocation process are summarised in the table below.        
                    Individuals     Groups          Total                       
Number of            120,349         2,203           122,552                    
applications                                                                    
received                                                                        
Number of            98.2%           1.8%            100.0%                     
applications                                                                    
received (% of                                                                  
total)                                                                          
Capital raised       R1,190,796,389  R1,584,484,703  R2,775,281,093             
Capital raised (%    42.9%           57.1%           100.0%                     
of total)                                                                       
Capital allocated    R 961,735,400   R656,264,600    R1,618,000,000             
Capital allocated    59.4%           40.6%           100.0%                     
(% of total)                                                                    
Number of shares     48,086,770      32,813,230      80,900,000                 
allotted and issued                                                             
on 24 November 2010                                                             
4. REFUNDS                                                                      
As stated in the Prospectus, refunds will be made in respect of all applications
which were unsuccessful, and in respect of the portions of any applications     
which were accepted only in part due to the oversubscription.                   
Refunds will be paid on or about 3 December 2010 by electronic funds transfer   
into each affected applicant`s specified transactional bank account.            
Interest will be paid on the refunded amounts from the closing date of the MTN  
Zakhele Offer being 14 October 2010 up to but excluding the date of payment of  
the refund, and will be paid together with the refunded amounts.                
5. DECLARATION OF PARTICIPATION BY DIRECTORS OF MTN AND ITS MAJOR SUBSIDIARIES  
AND THEIR ASSOCIATES                                                            
All Black staff and Black directors of MTN and its major subsidiaries and their 
associates were entitled to participate in the MTN Zakhele Offer on precisely   
the same terms as members of the Black Public.  The table below sets out the    
number of MTN Zakhele Shares which were allocated to the directors and company  
secretary of MTN and/or their associates:                                       
Director                        Direct/        Allocation   Number of           
                               indirect       in Rand      shares               
                               interest                                         
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa        Indirect       187,349,300  9,367,465           
Shanduka Group (Proprietary)    beneficial                                      
Limited                                                                         
Phuthuma Freedom Nhleko         Direct         40,214,000   2,010,700           
Nontokozo Trivia Nhleko         beneficial     44,000       2,200               
(spouse)                        Direct                                          
                               beneficial                                       
Koosum Parsotam Kalyan          Direct         554,000      27,700              
                               beneficial                                       
Marion Lesego Dawn Marole       Direct         314,000      15,700              
Kabelo Maropefela (son)         beneficial     160,000      8,000               
Tshedza Marole (son)            Direct         160,000      8,000               
                               beneficial                                       
Direct                                           
                               beneficial                                       
Mfundiso Johnson Ntabankulu     Direct         134,000      6,700               
Njeke                           beneficial     74,000       3,700               
Madoda S`Bulele Njeke (son)     Direct                                          
                               beneficial                                       
Jeff van Rooyen                                                                 
Amy Doreen van Rooyen (spouse)  Direct         10,000       500                 
Alvin van Rooyen (son)          beneficial     10,000       500                 
Cheryl Hart (daughter)          Direct         40,000       2,000               
                               beneficial                                       
                               Direct                                           
beneficial                                       
Nkateko Peter Mageza            Indirect                                        
Songhai Capital (Proprietary)   beneficial     1,028,400    51,420              
Limited                                        20,000       1,000               
Tsakane Mageza (son)            Direct         20,000       1,000               
Nkululeko Khumalo (son)         beneficial                                      
                               Direct                                           
                               beneficial                                       
Sibongile Beatrice Mtshali                                                      
(Group Secretary)               Indirect       130,000      6,500               
Tashako Trust (Trustee)         beneficial                                      
Director                        Direct/     Allocation Number of                
indirect    in Rand    shares                    
                               interest                                         
Jeff van Rooyen                 Non         11,754,000 587,700                  
Kurland Covie Trust (Trustee)   beneficial                                      
interest                                         
The table below sets out the number of MTN Zakhele Shares which were allocated  
to directors of major subsidiaries of MTN and/or their associates:              
Director                          Direct/     Allocation  Number of             
indirect    in Rand     shares                 
                                 interest                                       
Fatima Jakoet (Director of MTN    Direct      614,000     30,700                
Nigeria Communications Limited)   beneficial                                    
Omar Jakoet (spouse)                          130,000     6,500                 
Thaabiet Omar Jakoet (son)        Direct      74,000      3,700                 
Nuria Jakoet (daughter)           beneficial  74,000      3,700                 
                                 Direct                                         
beneficial                                     
                                 Direct                                         
                                 beneficial                                     
Carol Winifred Nosipho Molope     Direct      20,000      1,000                 
(Director of Mobile Telephone     beneficial                                    
Networks (Proprietary) Limited)                                                 
Imogen Nonhlanhla Mkhize          Direct      40,000      2,000                 
(Director of Mobile Telephone     beneficial                                    
Networks (Proprietary) Limited )                                                
As stated in the Prospectus, no preference in any allocation was given to any   
employee or director of MTN or its subsidiaries, or their associates.           
6. LETTERS OF ALLOCATION                                                        
A welcome pack containing, inter alia, a welcome letter, proof of participation 
certificate and important MTN Zakhele shareholder information will be posted to 
all successful applicants on or about 29 November 2010.  Unsuccessful applicants
(who failed to comply with the terms of the MTN Zakhele Offer) will, on the same
date, also be notified by post that their applications were unsuccessful.       
In accordance with the terms of the Relationship Agreement as provided in the   
Prospectus, the original share certificates issued in respect of the relevant   
MTN Zakhele Shares allotted and issued to the successful applicants on 24       
November 2010 pursuant to the MTN Zakhele Offer will be retained by Link Market 
Services South Africa (Proprietary) Limited, the transfer secretary of MTN      
Zakhele, in respect of the MTN Zakhele Offer.                                   
7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT                                                         
MTN shareholders are hereby advised that all of the outstanding conditions      
precedent for the MTN BEE Transaction, as set out in the circular to MTN        
shareholders dated 28 July 2010, have been met and as a result the MTN BEE      
Transaction has commenced, and the initial implementation thereof was effected  
on 24 November 2010.                                                            
As a consequence of the implementation of the MTN BEE Transaction, MTN has      
issued in aggregate 42,040,364 new MTN ordinary shares to MTN Zakhele, which    
shares will be listed on the exchange operated by the JSE Limited.              
Fairland                                                                        
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Merchant bank and transaction sponsor                                           
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
Sponsor                                                                         
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
Joint reporting accountants                                                     
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.                                                     
SizweNtsaluba VSP                                                               
Legal and tax adviser                                                           
Webber Wentzel attorneys                                                        
Attorneys to MTN Zakhele                                                        
Prinsloo, Tindle & Andropoulos Inc                                              
Transfer Secretary of MTN Zakhele                                               
Link Market Services South Africa (Proprietary) Limited                         
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