The Global Registry ModelEquity Transfer and Settlement

Charles LourensThe ASEA ConferenceAccra, GhanaSaturday 22 April 2023

GLOBAL FOOTPRINT

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LOCAL ACCESS

> In South Africa> Manage over 2 million shareholder accounts> Client list includes more than 80% of the companies listed

on the JSE and AltX> Approximately 450 permanent staff > Offices at 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg

OWNERSHIP AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT

> Black Economic Empowerment> The Black Management

Forum Investment Company acquired 26% equity of South African operation in 2004

> Corporate Social Responsibility> Partner with CARE

International> Change-a-life project> South African initiatives> eTree™

SOLUTION BASED MODEL

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CREDENTIALS

> Wide experience, knowledge and expertise> Client services> Shareholder services > Expert technical support> Technology

> International knowledge and experience> Market leader in service innovation> Risk mitigation> An ongoing commitment to innovation geared to

providing greater convenience and cost efficiencies> Practical stakeholder solutions> Competitive and cost-effective custody and settlement

function

SERVICES

> SCRIP registry system> proprietary> more than 100 million shareholder accounts> under continuous development

> best practice

> Electronic record keeping> Clearing and settlement> Corporate events> Value-added services

> Consultancy> Low-cost, telephone share dealing services> Acting on behalf of Issuer or Trust

CONTACT CENTRE

> Infrastructure up to 300 agents> Staffing model allows for scalability

> Ability to communicate in all official languages at a local level

> Significant experience from Telkom, Old Mutual and Sanlam

> Monitoring and reporting> Training

> Scripted Q & As

> Quality Assurance> Understanding client needs

> collaborative approach

GLOBAL TRANSACTION UNIT

> Part of the Global Capital Markets Group> The GTU assists issuers and other capital market

participants by leveraging our cross-border capabilities and underlying technology to improve the speed and certainty in multi-jurisdictional transactions

> Participants include brokers, exchanges, custodians and clearing houses

> GTUs in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and Canada streamline the processes behind Computershare’s significant global transactions, reducing cost, time and risk for clients

GLOBAL REGISTER™ SOLUTION

GLOBAL REGISTER™

> Integrated registration service spanning multiple jurisdictions, generally encompassing two or more major time zones

> Interlocking components> Depository Interests> Portis> xSettle

> Provides consistent level of service to Issuers and Shareholders

> Benefits> Convenient and transparent> Mitigation of risk> Improved transaction processing> Consolidated administration, reporting and analysis> Single point of access with relationship management

GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

> SCRIP> Proprietary integrated technology platform> More than 100 million records> All our other systems interface with SCRIP

> Workflow> Automated transaction processing system for daily work> Form design> Intelligent character recognition scanning with transmits

images to work stations

> Portis™> Single point of access to all registers for mutilisted

companies

> Investor Centre> Web-based service for shareholders

THE POWER OF CONNECTION

> Local GTUs maintain direct electronic links with CSDs in other countries > e.g. DTCC, CDS, CREST, CHESS,

STRATE, CCASS and FASTER

> Removes the need to issue physical certificates when moving securities from one market to another - can be used where local market laws permit> in South Africa, as likely in most

African countries, exchange control regulations need to be considered in this solution

> Computershare is the only company able to offer an simultaneous settlement flow between two or more markets

> Types of GTU Transaction> Removals between foreign

registries> Depositary Interest Issuance and

Cancellation> Custody Services for Depositary

Interests> Global IPO processing> All market enquiries about local

and global transactions

THE POWER OF CONNECTION

xSETTLE

> The new generation of settlement capability> Designed to accelerate transfer of securities between

markets and enable global capital market participants to meet settlement deadlines

> An intuitive interface guides users to quickly nominate the security, primary and destination registers, quantity and transfer details. The request is then submitted into our industry-leading processing infrastructure for security control and completion.

> Part of Computershare’s Global Register™ solution, xSettle interlocks and leverages Computershare portfolio of enhanced services to provide intermediaries with an unequalled advantage in conducting international trade.

xSETTLE BENEFITS

> Speed and efficiency> Clients efficiently meet settlement deadline, wherever and

whenever they need, often within hours> Cost Effective

> Helps avoid costly penalties and charges for not meeting settlement obligations. Our cross border fees are a fraction of those of similar services of ADR Depositary Banks

> Reduced Risk > Our end-to-end capability eliminates the risk of not having

securities to settle trade on settlement date > Arbitrage Opportunities

> Unique to Computershare, global capital market participants can manage settlements across more than two markets concurrently, opening the potential to segment and maximize trade profitability and still achieve rapid cross-border settlement

> Cross-Border Expertise> Computershare’s global presence and cross border expertise

provides an unparalleled, multi-jurisdictional service

SCREEN EXAMPLES

PORTIS

> The most advanced online global shareholder reporting system

> Provides multi-listed Issuers with consolidate online view of registers

> Sophisticated cross-register search and reporting> Integrates with Issuer Online™ for local register investigation> Greater clarity and transparency of registered shareholder

information> Global top holder reporting> Aggregate register reporting> Global holder search> Dashboard> Accessibility> Part of the global register

Conclusion

> Think from an African perspective> Opportunity to join ‘global’ platforms> Use of best practise systems and processing> Make sure new processes are appropriate for existing

facilities> It’s not necessary to re-invent the wheel> We’re already part of the global securities platform, let’s

start benefiting from it soon> Communication on these issues is key

Questions?

Thank you