Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Registration number 1950/038232/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
ISIN: ZAE000015228
JSE share code: HAR
(“Harmony” or “the company”)
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE REASONS ONLY: NOTICE, AS REQUIRED IN
TERMS OF SECTION 45(5)(a) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 71 OF 2008 (THE
ACT)FOR THE GRANTING OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Notice is hereby given, as required in terms of section 45(5)(a)
of the Act that the Board of directors(the Board) of the company
at a meeting held on 12 August 2013, authorised the company to
provide financial assistance to any 1 (one) or more related or
inter-related companies or corporations of the Company and/or to
any 1 (one) or more juristic persons who are members of, or are
related to, any such related or inter-related company or
corporation in terms of section 45 of the Act, pursuant to the
authority granted to the Board by shareholders at the annual
general meeting of the company, held on 30 November 2011.
The aggregate financial exposure of the Company in respect of any
financial assistance in terms of this resolution shall not exceed
R1.4 billion.
In terms of section 45(3)(b) of the Companies Act, the Board is
satisfied that:
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immediately after providing financial assistance, the Company
would satisfy the solvency and liquidity test as set out in
section 4 of the Act; and
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the terms under which the financial assistance is proposed to
be given under the resolution are fair and reasonable to the
Company.
For more details contact:
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
+27 (0) 82 888 1242 (mobile)
23 August 2013
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited.