SPS/JSC - Spescom Limited/Jasco Electronics Holdin15 Dec 2010
JSC   SPS
JSC   SPS                                                                       
SPS/JSC - Spescom Limited/Jasco Electronics Holdings Limited - Fulfilment of    
outstanding conditions precedent and finalisation announcement                  
Spescom Limited                        Jasco Electronics Holdings Limited       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South (Incorporated in the Republic of South   
Africa)                                Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1987/001083/06)   (Registration Number 1987/003293/06)     
Share code: SPS                        Share code: JSC                          
ISIN: ZAE000017919                     ISIN: ZAE000003794                       
("Spescom")                            ("Jasco")                                
FULFILMENT OF OUTSTANDING CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND FINALISATION ANNOUNCEMENT    
Spescom shareholders are referred to the announcement published by Spescom on   
the Securities Exchange News Service ("SENS") of the JSE Limited ("JSE") on 30  
November 2010 relating to the sanctioning of the scheme of arrangement          
("scheme") proposed by Jasco between Spescom and its shareholders by the High   
Court of South Africa (South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg).                 
Shareholders are advised that the outstanding conditions precedent have been    
fulfilled, namely:                                                              
-    the Order of Court sanctioning the scheme has been registered by the       
    Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office in terms of section 
311(6)(a) of the Companies Act, and                                         
-    the scheme has been approved unconditionally as a merger under the         
    Competition Act, No. 89 of 1998, as amended, by the Competition             
    Authorities.                                                                
Shareholders are advised of the following salient dates:                        
                                                                       2011     
Last day to trade in order to be recorded in the          Friday, 14 January    
register on the record  date of the scheme                                      
Date of suspension of Spescom`s listing on the JSE        Monday, 17 January    
(from the commencement of business)                                             
Record date to determine participation in the scheme      Friday, 21 January    
Operative date of the scheme (from the  commencement      Monday, 24 January    
of business)                                                                    
Termination of Spescom`s listing on the JSE (from the    Tuesday, 25 January    
commencement of business)                                                       
Midrand                                                                         
15 December 2010                                                                
Corporate Adviser and Sponsor to Spescom                                        
Investec Bank Limited                                                           
Attorneys to Spescom                                                            
Werksmans                                                                       
Investment Bank, Corporate Adviser and Sponsor to Jasco                         
Grindrod Bank Limited                                                           
Date: 15/12/2010 12:00:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
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