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Thu 19 Jul 2007, 17:25 CBS - CBS - Public Investment Corporation - Fulfil
CBS
 CBS                                                                             
    CBS - CBS - Public Investment Corporation - Fulfilment of all the           
                   conditions precedent in respect of the offer by the          
                   Government Employees Pension Fund, as duly represented by    
the Public Investment Corporation (the "PIC") to acquire all 
                   the CBS linked units in issue                                
                                                                                
    CBS Property Portfolio Limited                                              
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                              
    (Registration number: 2003/009523/06)                                       
    Share code: CBS & ISIN: ZAE000073995                                        
    ("CBS")                                                                     

    Public Investment Corporation                                               
    (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                              
    (Registration number 2005/009094/06)                                        
Fulfilment of all the conditions precedent in respect of the offer by the   
    Government Employees Pension Fund, as duly represented by the Public        
    Investment Corporation (the "PIC") to acquire all the CBS linked units in   
    issue ("the Offer")                                                         

    1    Fulfilment of all the conditions precedent                             
                                                                                
    Further to the announcement dated 25 May 2007, the Offer was conditional    
upon the fulfilment of the following suspensive conditions:                 
                                                                                
    -    The approval of the proposed transaction by the Competition            
         Authorities;                                                           
-    CBS directors and management successfully tendering not less than 30   
         million CBS linked units held directly or indirectly by themselves in  
         terms of the Offer, which they had irrevocably undertaken to do; and   
    -    CBS linked unitholders successfully tendering sufficient CBS linked    
units in terms of the Offer such that on implementation of the Offer   
         the PIC will hold not less than 50.01% of the CBS linked units in      
         issue.                                                                 
    -    The above conditions to which the Offer was subject have been          
fulfilled, and accordingly the Offer is now unconditional.             
                                                                                
    The PIC will hold a minimum of 71.88% of the CBS linked units in issue on   
    implementation of the Offer.                                                

    2    Payment of the Offer consideration                                     
                                                                                
         Certificated CBS linked unitholders will be paid the cash              
consideration of R12 per CBS linked unit held ("Offer consideration")  
         within seven days of the date of this announcement if they have        
         already tendered their CBS linked units in anticipation of the Offer   
         becoming unconditional and if the transfer secretaries to CBS are in   
possession of such CBS linked unitholder`s form of acceptance,         
         surrender and transfer as well as their documents of title.            
                                                                                
         The Central Securities Depository Participant`s ("CSDP`s") of          
dematerialised CBS linked unitholders will be credited with the Offer  
         consideration within seven days of the date of this announcement if    
         the transfer secretaries to CBS have received their acceptance of the  
         Offer.                                                                 

         The certificated and dematerialised CBS linked unitholders referred to 
         above will not be entitled to any other consideration in terms of the  
         Offer other than for the Offer consideration and the special           
distribution as set out in the salient dates and times section below.  
         The special distribution will be determined in accordance with CBS`s   
         normal distribution policy, which will be calculated for the period    
         from 1 May 2007 to the last day to trade to participate in the Offer   
("last day to trade"). For the avoidance of doubt, any CBS linked      
         unitholders that have tendered their CBS linked units in terms of the  
         Offer prior to the last day to trade will receive the special          
         distribution as if they were CBS linked unitholders as at the last day 
to trade.                                                              
                                                                                
         All other CBS linked unitholders are referred to the table below and   
         will only be paid the Offer consideration and the special distribution 
in terms of the salient dates and times section as set out below.      
         These CBS linked unitholders will not be entitled to any other         
         consideration in terms of the Offer other than for the Offer           
         consideration and special distribution.                                

    3    Salient dates and times                                                
         The salient dates and times of the Offer are set out below:            
                                           2007                                 
Announcement of the closing date of    Fourteen days prior to the           
    the Offer and details of the special   closing date of the Offer            
    distribution                                                                
    Last day to trade in order for CBS     Five business days prior to          
linked unitholders to participate in   the closing date of the Offer        
    the Offer and to qualify for the                                            
    special distribution                                                        
    CBS linked units trade ex the right    Four business days prior to          
to participate in the Offer and to     the closing date of the Offer        
    qualify for the special distribution                                        
    Record date on which CBS linked        The closing date of the Offer        
    unitholders must be recorded in the                                         
register in order to participate in                                         
    the Offer and to qualify for the                                            
    special distribution                                                        
    Closing date of the Offer at 12:00     To be announced                      
Payment of the special distribution    The next business day after          
                                           the closing date of the Offer        
    Results of the Offer announced on the  Within three business days of        
    Securities Exchange News Service       the closing date of the Offer        
Results of the Offer published in the  Within four business days of         
    South African press                    the closing date of the Offer        
    Offer consideration posted to offer    Within seven days of the             
    participants who have not              Offer being accepted subject         
dematerialised their CBS linked units  to receipt of the form of            
                                           acceptance, surrender and            
                                           transfer and the documents of        
                                           title by the transfer                
secretaries                          
    Offer consideration credited to the    Within seven days of the             
    CSDP or broker, as the case may be,    Offer being accepted subject         
    of Offer participants who have         to the receipt of                    
dematerialised their CBS linked units  notification by the transfer         
    and whose acceptance of the Offer has  secretaries                          
    been received by the transfer                                               
    secretaries                                                                 
The closing date of the Offer will be announced in due course.              
    Cape Town                                                                   
    19 July 2007                                                                
                                                                                

                                                                                
    Investment bank to  Investment bank    Sponsor to CBS                       
    the PIC             to CBS                                                  
Nedbank Capital     Investec           Investec Bank Limited                
                        Corporate Finance                                       
    Attorneys to CBS                                                            
    Jowell Glyn &                                                               
Marais                                                                      
Date: 19/07/2007 17:25:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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