HCI shareholders are advised that at the Annual General Meeting of members held on Thursday 30 October 2014 all the ordinary and special resolutions as proposed in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting were approved by the requisite majority of members. In this regard, HCI confirms the voting statistics from the AGM as follows:

                                                                    %             Number
  Total number of shares that could be voted at meeting           100%          107,456,951
  Total number of shares present/represented including proxies    83,13%        89,429,863
  Total number of members present                                               18

                                   Votes in       %        Votes        %          Abstentio
                                    Favour                  Against                 ns
  Ordinary Resolution Number 1
  To receive and adopt the          89,008,459     100%     0            100%       421,404
  audited financial statements


  Ordinary Resolution Number 2
  Re-election of Directors

  2.1   MJA Golding                 Withdrawn      -        Withdrawn    -          Withdrawn
  2.2   JG Ngcobo                   87,747,768     98.12%   1,678,881    1.88%      3,214
  2.3   Y Shaik                     88,789,379     99.41%   528,873      0.59%      111,611
  2.4   LW Maasdorp                 89,323,743     99.89%   100,050      0.11%      6,070
  2.5   RD Watson                   89,429,663     100%     0            0%         200

  Ordinary Resolution Number 3
  Reappointment of Auditor          89,429,663     100%     0            0%         200

  Ordinary Resolution Number 4
  Appointment of Audit Committee

  4.1 BA Hogan                      Withdrawn      -        Withdrawn    -          Withdrawn
  4.2 LW Maasdorp                   88,967,032     99.81%   170,484      0.19%      292,347
  4.3 LM Molefi                     88,529,585     98.99%   900,078      1.01%      200

  Ordinary Resolution Number 5
  General authority over            69,053,700     77,22%   20,375,963   22.78%     200
  unissued shares

  Ordinary Resolution Number 6
  General authority to issue        69,739,546     77.98%   19,690,117   22.02%     200
  shares and options for cash

  Non-binding ordinary Resolution
  Number 7
                                    83,440,427     93.3%    5,989,436    6.7%       0
  Advisory endorsement of
  remuneration report for the
  year ended 31 march 2014
  Ordinary Resolution Number 8      89,016,212     99.62%   343,017      0.38%      70,634
  Authorisation of Directors
 Special Resolution Number
 1
 Approval of annual fees            89,329,613     99.89%   100,050      0.11%      200
 to be paid to non-
 executive directors
 Special Resolution Number 2
 General authority to               84,642,367     94.65%   4,787,296    5.35%      200
 repurchase company shares




Cape Town
31 October 2014