PPC - Pretoria Portland Cement Company - PPC achieves BBBEE level 3 contributor

PPC - Pretoria Portland Cement Company - PPC achieves BBBEE level 3 contributor 
status ahead of time                                                            
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Company registration number: 1892/000667/06)                                   
JSE Code: PPC                                                                   
ISIN: ZAE000125886                                                              
("PPC" or "the company")                                                        
PPC ACHIEVES BBBEE LEVEL 3 CONTRIBUTOR STATUS AHEAD OF TIME                     
Leading cement producer PPC has improved its empowerment status from a Level 4  
to a Level 3 BBBEE contributor rating.  This rating, together with the highest  
preferential procurement recognition level in the cement industry of 138%       
reflects PPC`s commitment to transformation in South Africa.                    
PPC had expected to reach this target by 2011, but the solid transformation     
foundations laid many years ago and a committed team performance resulted in    
this goal being achieved significantly earlier than expected.  PPC met its      
objectives in almost all of the DTI`s code of good practice scorecard pillars   
with notable increases in scores relating to employment equity, enterprise      
development and socio-economic development.                                     
PPC`s approach to transformation continues to create meaningful empowerment,    
both internally and in the communities in which PPC operates.                   
Johannesburg                                                                    
14 December 2009                                                                
Sponsor                                                                         
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited                                        
Date: 14/12/2009 14:25:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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