BBBEE and Transformation

As a South African company, Datatec is required to comply with the Codes of Good Practice on BEE issued by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (“the Codes”), as well as the BBBEE Act 53 of 2003 (“BBBEE Act”), amended by the BBBEE Act 46 of 2013, specifically the ICT sector codes. In this regard, the South Africa-based operations are required to comply with the Codes. In terms of section 13G(2) of the BBBEE Act, read with regulation 12(3) of the BBBEE Regulations, all public companies listed on the JSE are required to provide the BBBEE commission, on an annual basis, with a report on their compliance with BBBEE.

WestconGroup SA (Pty) Ltd, Datatec’s South African operating subsidiary, has maintained its Level 1 BBBEE status under the ICT charter codes, giving its customers 135% procurement spend recognition.

Logicalis SA (Pty) Ltd, an operating subsidiary, maintained its Level 2 BBBEE status under the ICT charter codes, giving its customers 125% procurement spend recognition.

Datatec’s consolidated BBBEE status, which includes the non-operating Datatec Limited head office, WestconGroup SA (Pty) Ltd and Logicalis SA (Pty) Ltd, is Level 3.

Datatec takes BBBEE and transformation very seriously and will continue to comply with legislation and work on areas of improvement.

Annual BBBEE audits are performed by an accredited BBBEE verification agent. In its broadest sense, transformation is a strategic priority for the Company. Datatec is committed to BBBEE in its South African operations and transformation across all business practices and levels.

To view the WestconGroup SA (Pty) Ltd, Logicalis SA (Pty) Ltd and the consolidated Datatec scorecards, please visit Datatec’s website www.datatec.com.