Aberdare Cables Powertech Investors Relations Day – 9 February 07 Hans Meiring, CEO

1. Aberdare CablesPowertech Investors Relations Day – 9 February 07Hans Meiring, CEO

2. Aberdare History • Founded in Port Elizabeth - 1946 • Sold to NKF - 1956 • Phillips incorporation - 1968 • Aycliffe Cables acquisition - 1969 • Copper telecommunication - 1974 • Optical fibre plant - 1981 • Contronics Cables acquisition - 1982 • ASEA/Scottish Cables merger - 1985 • Alcobre acquisition - 1994 • Delta Cables acquisition - 1995 • SA PVC acquisition (Voltex) - 1998 • Lambda Cables acquisition - 1998 • Aberdare Intelec founded - 1999 • Cables de Comunicaciones - 2000 • Aberdare Network Services established - 2001 • Corning equity deal - 2001 • Izingwe equity deal - 2004 • Technology Integrated Solutions est. - 2006 • Greenhills Distribution Centre est. - 2006 • 60TH Anniversary - 2006 • ATC/Aberdare Joint Venture - 2007

3. Aberdare facts and figures • Major shareholders : Powertech & Izingwe • Locations : RSA, Mozambique, Portugal & Spain • Core Business : Cable & Solutions • Sales Revenues : R 4 000 m / US $ 570 m • Employees : 2600 • Structure : Sales-led Functional Organization • Manufacturing Facilities : Pietermaritzburg, Gauteng, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Maputo, Oporto, Zaragoza • Asset Base : R 1225 m US $ 175 m • Sales & Distribution : Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Middelburg, Welkom, Johannesburg, Nelspruit, East London, Bloemfontein, Durban, Upington, Maputo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madrid, Zaragoza, Hong Kong, Australia, Ghana, Namibia • Technology Partners : Tyco/Raychem: Cable USA, Draka Cables

4. Aberdare Operating Structure

5. Utilities ESKOM Transmission Distribution Generation Mining Houses Railways & Harbours General industry Building & Construction Exports Telkom SA Second Network Operator Railways Mining Houses Private telecom networks General industry IT & Surveillance installation markets GSM Networks Exports Market Segments Power Telecom & Data

6. LV, MV & HV XLPE cable MV PILC cable Elastomeric cable PVC cable O/H conductors Aerial bundle cable Fire Cables Copper rod Conform profiles Cable accessories Copper telecom cable OF telecom cable Industrial telecom cable Instrumentation cable Railway Signaling cable Data cable Fire cables Pigtails & Patch cords Cable accessories Products Power Telecom & Data

7. Aberdare Export Markets • Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria, DR Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Tanzania, Sudan, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Mozambique, Zanzibar, Madagascar • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Philippines • UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain • United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland • Portugal, France, Belgium, Spain, Romania, Sweden • Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru • USA, Canada

8. Market Shares – SA Power Cable Market Other Mtec Aberdare African

9. Aberdare Strategic Plan 2007 - 2010

10. Aberdare Group Strategic Intent DriversSustainable Value Creation and Growth through: • Customer Relationship Management • Broad Based BEE • Technology Innovation • Talent Management • Operational & Functional Excellence • Global Growth • Value Chain Optimisation

11. Aberdare 2010 and beyond strategic plan concept summary … “........FROM GOOD TO GREAT towards 2010 and beyond......”

12. Consolidation / Rationalization Telecoms Operations • Aberdare/ATC Joint Venture completed January 2007 • Created World Class Company with the best machinery and processes • Ability to explore manufacturing opportunities in Africa with spare plant from the Joint Venture • Secured Technology Partners for new Joint Venture in Europe

13. Cost Effectiveness • Consolidation of Power Operations: • Product/Process/Staff - functional rationalisation (multi-site) • Quality Improvements – BASEC ISO 9000 & ISO 14000 • Time utilisation improvements • Stock control refined with SAP • Process technology installed • People skills upgraded in line with process improvements

14. Backward Integration • Own manufacture of Copper Rod (Phase 1) • State-of-the-art vertical casting lines • 12 000 tons/annum EC rod capacity • Ability to cast specilialised copper alloys (Spoornet contact wire) • Own Manufacture of Aluminium Rod (Phase 2) • EC aluminium for general conductors • Aluminium alloys for overhead conductors (Eskom) • Continuous Metal Forming (Conform) (Phase 1) • Solid profiled aluminium conductors • Rectangular copper strip for transformer windings • Polymer Compounding • In-line polyolefin grafting (Phase 2) • PVC insulating and sheathing compounds (Phase 1) • Local mixing of PILC PIB impregnate (Phase 2)

15. Operational Excellence • Lean Production: • Cost of Production • Measurements – Balanced Score Card • Value Stream mapping • Drives improvement activities • Mission Directed Work Teams • Mini Businesses • Quality, Speed, Cost, Morale • Ownership and accountability • Complete Plant efficiency • Time, Performance, Quality • Kaizen activities • Continuous improvement

16. Cable accessories Joints & terminations Connections & fittings Insulation & protection Substation O/H line protection LV & MV Bus insulation Insulators Surge arrestors Electronics Cable harnesses Turnkey Solutions Physical fibre management systems Spice closure organizers Heat shrink splice closures Watertight reusable closure systems Modular connection systems Fibre optic enclosures Terminal boxes Premise wiring components GSM system components OPGW line components Turnkey Solutions Technology Integrated Solutions Power Networks Telecommunication Networks Raychem

17. Product Development • Advanced Fire Cables • Unarmoured flame retardant energy OCGT cables (Eskom) • Zero-halogen flame-retardant RZA1-K cables (Spain) • Railway Cables • Track-side LV copper signalling cables for high speed trains (Spain) • Track-side 3 kV energy cables for railway networks (Spain and SA) • Anti-theft copper-clad-steel earth bonding cable (Spoornet & Eskom) • Anti-theft contact wire (Spoornet) • HV Cables • 66 kV XLPE-insulated cables • Overhead Conductors • Compacted ACSR transmission conductors • All aluminium alloy (AAAC) transmission conductors • High-temperature ACSR conductors • 3 kV aerial cables for deep rural electrification

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19. Key Growth Drivers for Aberdare2006 - 2010 • Infrastructure spend - Power, Telecommunications and Transport • Demand for Turnkey Solutions • Support Service Delivery for upliftment in South Africa • Building and Construction • Industrial Expansion • Mining Development

20. Aberdare Growth Base“FROM GOOD TO GREAT” • Aberdare Metallic Profiles Expansion • Aberdare Power Cables Increased Capacity • Establishment of Technology Integrated Services • Expansion of Alcon Marepha Cables • Aberdare / ATC Joint Venture • International Expansion • Acquisitions • TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACROSS ALL OPERATIONS • VALUE CHAIN OPTIMISATION ACROSS ALL OPERATIONS • LEADERSHIP AND TALENT MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE GROUP

21. Aberdare Cables…..Geared for Growth! Thank you