RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING AND REMINDER OF LAST DATE TO REGISTER METTLE LIMITED IS AUTHORISED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, AT THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 28 JULY 1999, THE NECESSARY RESOLUTIONS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE FOLLOWING WERE PASSED: 1. THE UNBUNDLING BY HCI OF ITS EFFECTIVE INTERESTS IN SOFTLINE LIMITED AND UNIBANK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED (INCORPORATING FERREIRA FINANCIAL SERVICES) (COLLECTIVELY “THE UNBUNDLING”); 2. THE RATIFICATION OF THE DISPOSAL OF DATATEC LIMITED; AND 3. THE AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ALLOWING FOR PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO SHAREHOLDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 90 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, NO. 61 OF 1973, AS AMENDED (“THE ACT”), THE REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNTS AND THE ACQUISITION OF SHARES BY THE COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 85 OF THE ACT. SHAREHOLDERS ARE REMINDED THAT THE LAST DATE AND TIME TO REGISTER SO AS TO BE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNBUNDLING IS THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY, 30 JULY 1999.