DTC - Datatec - Settlement of awards under share schemes using treasury shares
3 June 2009 17:00
DTC
DTC                                                                             
DTC - Datatec - Settlement of awards under share schemes using treasury shares  
and dealing in securities by directors                                          
Datatec Limited                                                                 
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000017745                                                              
Share Code: DTC                                                                 
("Datatec" or "the Company" or "the Group")                                     
SETTLEMENT OF AWARDS UNDER SHARE SCHEMES USING TREASURY SHARES AND DEALING IN   
SECURITIES BY DIRECTORS                                                         
1) SETTLEMENT OF AWARDS UNDER LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN                          
Datatec announces that 128 210 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") awards granted 
in May 2006 have vested following evaluation of the Company`s performance       
against prescribed conditions in accordance with the rules of the LTIP. All     
rights and rewards are subject to the rules of the LTIP as approved by          
shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 16 August 2005. The          
participants include the following directors:                                   
J P Montanana            93 741 conditional awards (indirect beneficial)        
I P Dittrich             9 072 conditional awards (direct beneficial)           
128 210 shares were transferred to participants in the scheme, including the    
above directors, on 2 June 2009 from the Datatec Limited Share Incentive Trust  
2005 (the "Trust") which had been holding the shares as treasury shares.        
Approval for the individual settlements and clearance to transact has been      
given.                                                                          
2) SETTLEMENT OF AWARDS UNDER DEFERRED BONUS PLAN                               
Datatec announces that 63 733 Datatec shares have been transferred to           
participants in the Deferred Bonus Plan ("DBP").                                
Under the terms of the DBP, as approved by shareholders at the annual general   
meeting held on 16 August 2005, participants may purchase Datatec shares        
("pledged shares") and hold them for three years after which time the Company   
will issue or transfer the same number of shares ("matching" shares) to the     
participants.                                                                   
The participants who purchased pledged shares in May 2006 and have consequently 
received matching shares include the following director:                        
J P Montanana - 50 000 matching shares (indirect beneficial)                    
63 733 shares have been transferred to participants in the scheme, including the
above director, on 2 June 2009 from the Trust which had been holding the shares 
as treasury shares.  Approval for the individual settlements and clearance to   
transact has been given.                                                        
3) TRANSFER OF SHARES FROM TREASURY FOR SHARE SCHEME SETTLEMENTS                
Following the transfers of 128 210 shares to settle the LTIP awards and 63 733  
shares to settle the DBP matching shares from the Trust as set out above, the   
total number of shares held as treasury shares by the Trust is 963 194 and the  
number of shares in issue excluding such treasury shares is 174 863 684.        
4) DEALING IN SHARES BY ASSOCIATES OF A DIRECTOR                                
The following transaction in the securities of Datatec Limited has taken place  
between two Associates of a Director:                                           
Director                   :  C S Seabrooke                                     
Date of transaction        :  2 June 2009                                       
Nature of transaction      :  Purchase of Datatec shares by an Associate and    
                             sale of the same number of Datatec shares by a     
second Associate                                   
Class of security          :  Ordinary shares of ZAR 0.01 each                  
Number of shares           :  500 000                                           
Purchase and sale                                                               
price per share            :  R17,50                                            
Total transaction value    :  R8 750 000                                        
Nature of interest         :  Indirect - transaction between two Associates of  
                             the Director                                       
Prior clearance to transact:  obtained                                          
Sandton                                                                         
3 June 2009                                                                     
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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