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ALEXANDER FORBES LIFE LIMITED Registration number 1997/022561/06 FAIS licence number: 1178 A licensed financial services provider Umbrella Funds Division Alexander Forbes, 115 West Street, Sandton, 2196 PO Box 652071, Benmore, 2010 Telephone: 0860 100 333 Fax: +27 (0)11 324 3461 Email: ccrfadmin@aforbes.co.za Website: www.alexanderforbes.co.za CLAIM TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN THE FUND WHEN YOU LEAVE EMPLOYMENT The purpose of this form is for you to instruct Alexander Forbes to withdraw your retirement savings because you are leaving your employment. This instruction is important. If you do not understand the possible consequences of this instruction, please ask your financial adviser or us to explain. In this form: You refers to the person named on this form as the member. We and us refer to the company in Alexander Forbes that is shown at the top of this form, who is also the administrator of your fund. Fund refers to the fund that you are a member of. Retirement savings refers to your money in the fund when you leave employment. ABOUT WITHDRAWING YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS You are leaving your employment and need to decide what to do with your retirement savings. This is subject to South African legislation. This form gives you different options. KEY POINTS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS FORM In the form, you will give details about: yourself (the member of the fund) your withdrawal the benefit and how we should pay it out. Please read this document carefully. Contact us or your financial adviser if you have any questions. You should sign the form only if you agree to all the terms and conditions in it. The form is part of your contract with us. You must make sure that all the information is correct and that all parts of the form are complete. We have the right to treat the information given in the form as accurate and complete. If you make changes to what you have already filled in, you must sign next to each change. DOCUMENTS YOU MUST ATTACH TO THIS FORM You must attach copies of the following documents to this form. We will start to process your application only when we have received all the documents we need. Your proof of age if you choose to keep your money invested in the fund Divorce or maintenance court orders (if applicable). FOLLOW THESE STEPS 1. You need to fill out the form. You do have the option of filling in this form electronically and printing the electronic version of the form to be signed. 2. You must sign the form and date it. 3. Attach the documents requested above to the completed form. 4. Keep the first and second pages to refer to for any queries. 5. Ask your employer to complete the Employer s declaration in the form and to submit it directly to the contact person at Alexander Forbes. 6. Send the form to us or deliver it to the address shown at the top of the form. DELAYS IN CARRYING OUT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS Neither we nor the fund are responsible for any losses that result from any delays you cause by: not filling in this form accurately and completely not giving us the documents we ask for. This includes losses in the value of the investment and losses that occur because you may have to pay more tax than anticipated. 1 of 10 9 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION For us to provide the product to you, you must give us the personal information we ask for in this form. We will process your personal information for valid and lawful reasons only. It is the company in Alexander Forbes shown at the top of this form that is collecting and processing this information. Why we need your personal information We collect your personal information in this form so that we can: pay your benefit from the fund or under the policy share it with a third party (who we contract with to provide services to you) so that we can provide services and products to you. Other parties that may get your personal information from us We have the right to share your personal information with the following parties: regulators or government entities so that they can perform their duties to us our auditors so that they can perform their duties to us any person or organisation that has a legal right to access your information. Keeping your personal information safe and confidential We will take care to keep your personal information safe and obey any legal requirements about protecting your personal information (for example the Protection of Personal Information Act when it becomes effective). We will keep your personal information confidential and will not share it except in the circumstances explained in this document. We will keep your personal information for as long as: we need it to achieve the purposes set out above any law or contract requires us to keep the information the fund or insurer needs it for lawful purposes linked to its functions. Once we are no longer authorised to keep your information, we have the right to take any one or more of the following actions: destroy the information delete the information de-identify the information. We do not have to let you know when we take any of these actions. Alexander Forbes is not responsible for any loss you or anyone else may suffer if important information is left out of this document. HOW TO CONTACT US If you want to ask us if we have your personal information, you can contact us at the telephone number shown at the top of the form. If you have any queries about your withdrawal, you can contact us at the following email addresses: Alexander Forbes Retirement Fund: zzafrfclaims@aforbes.co.za Alexander Forbes Core Plan: CorePlanClaims@aforbes.co.za. If your personal information is incorrect, we will change it if you make us aware of this. COMPLAINTS We would like to hear from you if you have a complaint. You can do so in person at any of our offices, by email at contactus@aforbes.co.za, by phone on 0860 000 279 or +27 (0)11 669 7026 if you re outside South Africa, or by following our complaints process on the website at http://www.alexanderforbes.co.za/contactus/complaints.aspx. Please contact us if you have any questions or if you need more information. 2 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

NAME OF FUND NAME OF EMPLOYER OR PAYPOINT (if more than one) ABOUT YOU (the member) Please fill in all the information in this section. If there are any changes to your personal particulars, contact details or banking details, please write to let us know. Personal details Your surname Your first names Your maiden name ID or passport number Country of issue of birth Country of residence Residential address (this is the address where you live most of the time) Unit number Complex Street number Street or farm name Suburb City or town Country Code Postal address code Contact details Home Work Cell Email You choose to receive correspondence by: Email (if available) Post. If we are unable to email correspondence, we will post it. 3 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

EMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL AND TAX DETAILS Employee number of employment of withdrawal* Annual taxable salary at date of withdrawal R. Period of employment outside South Africa before withdrawal* completed years from to Income tax number* Revenue office Country of residence for tax purposes* If your country of your residence for tax purposes is not South Africa, please obtain a Withholding Tax on Interest (WTI) Declaration form from your employer. Complete this form and hand it to your employer to forward to Alexander Forbes. If the completed form is not received within 30 days of submitting the claim, the full rate of withholding tax on late payment interest will become payable. You must complete all parts marked with an asterisk (*) to meet South African Revenue Services (SARS) requirements. If you do not fill in this information, your claim will be rejected. The fund and/or the administrator will not be responsible for any loss in the value of your investment if there are market changes or if you do not complete the information needed in this form in full. You must fill in the form completely and correctly, and give us any other information we need. If you do not, there might be delays in settling your claim. REASON FOR LEAVING EMPLOYMENT (tick appropriate box) ( ) Resignation Dismissal Qualifying retrenchment Note: If you choose qualifying retrenchment, the following must be true as stated in paragraph 2(1)(a)(ii) of the Second Schedule of the Income Tax Act. Your termination or loss of employment is because: your employer has stopped or intends to stop the job that you were employed to do you are not needed (have become redundant) because your employer has reduced the overall number of staff members or a specific section of the business. Both conditions in the bulleted points above have to be met for you to choose qualifying retrenchments as your reason for leaving employment. You cannot choose qualifying retrenchment if your employer is a company and you held more than 5 of the issued share capital or member s interest in that company. DIVORCE OR MAINTENANCE COURT ORDERS Yes No If yes, please provide a certified copy of the court order. AMOUNTS OWED TO THE EMPLOYER Fill in this section only if there is an amount to be deducted from the benefit and paid to the employer in terms of section 37D of the Pension Funds Act. Please fill in the amount of debt that must be deducted from the benefit and paid to the employer. R. There are two situations when a fund may deduct amounts from a member s benefit to pay an employer: 1. Debt for housing loan. This is when one of the following has occurred: The fund or the employer gave a housing loan to the member and the member owes money on the loan. The fund or the employer provided a guarantee (for example a suretyship) for a housing loan for the member and the guarantee is enforced. 2. Debt arising from theft, dishonesty, fraud or misconduct. This is if the employer has experienced loss because of the member s theft, dishonesty, fraud or misconduct, and one of the following has occurred: The member admitted responsibility (liability) in writing. There is a court judgment against the member. If there is debt arising from theft, dishonesty, fraud or misconduct, you must attach one of the following documents: A copy of the court order A copy of the member s admission of liability. This is according to section 37D of the Pension Funds Act. Please speak to your financial adviser or to us if you need more information. 4 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

PAYMENT OPTIONS THAT YOU CHOOSE Please tick the payment option that you choose. Note that pensions are provided according to the rules of the relevant fund. Please ask your financial adviser or us if you need any information about these choices. 1. Keep money invested in the fund Complete sections 3 and 4 below. 2. Part transfer to Alexander Forbes Preservation Fund and part benefit to you Complete sections 1 and 2 below and the preservation form in full. 3. Full benefit to be transferred to the Alexander Forbes Preservation Fund Complete section 1 below and preservation form in full. 4. Part transfer to another approved fund and part benefit to you Complete sections 1 and 2 below. 5. Full benefit to be transferred to another approved fund Complete section 1 below. 6. Full benefit to be paid to you Complete section 2 below. A member can request a part payment prior to transfer to a preservation fund. SARS s current view is that any deductions made in respect of divorce orders, maintenance orders and housing loan settlements are not considered a once-off withdrawal. You will need to discuss and obtain clarity regarding the various available options with your broker/consultant. WITHDRAWAL DETAILS SECTION 1: TRANSFER Complete this section if your benefit is going to be transferred to a retirement annuity, preservation fund or your new employer s retirement fund. Name of fund or insurer Policy or deposit reference Financial Services Board (FSB) registration number 1 2 / 8 / SARS approval number for fund 1 8 / 2 0 / 4 / Broker's details Broker s name Broker s contact details Cell Work Email 5 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

SECTION 2: BENEFIT TO BE PAID TO YOU (the member) Please specify amount to be taken in cash R. Please note that this amount will be subject to tax and will not be the net benefit paid to you. Once an election has been made and a directive has been issued by SARS, it cannot and will not be cancelled. Please make sure that the bank account details are for your own account (if you choose for any portion to be paid in cash to your bank account). Account holder s name Name of bank Account number Branch code Type of account: Current Savings Transmission If you do not give complete and correct information about banking details, there might be a delay in making this payment. SECTION 3: LEAVING YOUR MONEY IN THE FUND By choosing this section and signing below, you confirm that: You are bound by the rules and policies of the fund, as amended. This document forms part of your contract with the fund. Copies of the rules and policies are available from Alexander Forbes. The ongoing fee for administration is 0.2 of the money in the fund each year. There is a minimum administration fee of R20 per member per month. The fee is only calculated on money under R2 million. The investment fee is a percentage of your money in the fund on the same scale as the fund s fee scale for a particular portfolio, for all assets in that portfolio in the preserved member pool. Your signature Your full name (print) Contact number CHOICE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE If you need financial advice, or want to discuss your choices, please phone the Individual Advice Centre at Alexander Forbes on 0860 100 983. The centre can give advice to people who have resigned and/or been retrenched from their employment. If the fund allows, would you wish to exercise any continuation option? Yes. Please telephone the Individual Advice Centre on 0860 100 983. No. FINANCIAL ADVISER Complete this section if a financial adviser gave you advice on these choices. Name of your financial adviser Practice name Financial services provider (FSP) licence number Adviser code Cell number Email address 6 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

FINANCIAL ADVISER FEES The maximum advice fees for financial advisers are as follows: Initial advice fee 1.00 Annual advice fee 0.75 per year Complete the following with your financial adviser: Initial advice fee that you have agreed to with your financial adviser. Annual advice fee that you have agreed to with your financial adviser 0. per year If you have chosen to invest in one of more of the portfolios listed above, please choose how your annual advice fees must be paid: Proportionately (to the assets held in each portfolio) from all your portfolios From the following selected portfolios Note: If the investment in the above portfolio(s) or unit trust(s) becomes depleted by the fees, or you elect to switch out of the above portfolio(s), the fees will be paid from all your portfolios on a proportionate basis. Your full name Your signature Financial adviser s full name Financial adviser s signature FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND INTERMEDIARY SERVICES (FAIS) DECLARATION This part of the form must be filled in by your financial adviser. In this declaration, you refers to the financial advisor. By signing this section of the form, you confirm and warrant that: 1. You declare that you are a licensed financial services provider. You have made the disclosure to the investor as required by the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002 and all legislation relating to the Act. 2. You have read and understood the contents of this form. 3. All information on this form is correct and complete. You understand that if there is any loss because you have given incorrect or incomplete information in this form, neither Alexander Forbes nor the fund is responsible for the losses. 4. You have explained to the investor all the charges that are applicable to this investment. You understand that the investor may cancel your charges and appointment in writing at any time. Financial adviser s full name Financial adviser s signature Contact number 7 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

SECTION 4: DEPENDANTS AND NOMINEES DETAILS This section must only be completed when leaving your money in the fund. List your dependants and nominees below. If you do not have any dependants, complete the section on nominees. If you do have dependants but wish to nominate someone else as a nominee together with your dependants, complete both sections. You may nominate in writing one or more beneficiaries to receive a benefit upon your death other than your dependants. Please note that at all times, the total of the share of the benefit as a percentage must add up to 100. The trustees will use your nomination of beneficiaries as a guideline when considering the distribution of your death benefit in terms of section 37C of the Pension Funds Act. Beneficiaries are the people or organisations that benefit from the income or proceeds of an insurance policy, trust, retirement fund or will. A member can nominate their beneficiaries in their will or life policy and on their retirement fund nomination of beneficiaries form. Beneficiaries can be dependants or nominees. Note: Dependants are anyone the member is legally responsible for supporting financially or anyone the member may not be legally responsible to support financially but who is in fact financially dependent on the member. This includes the member s spouse and all biological and adopted children. Nominees are people or organisations that the member nominates to share their retirement fund life cover benefit these could be legal or factual dependants, but don t have to be. Please note that the trustees have the right to allocate the death benefit to beneficiaries and dependants as contemplated in the Pension Funds Act. Please fill in the details for each dependant. DEPENDANT 1 of birth Relationship Share of benefit as a percentage DEPENDANT 2 DEPENDANT 3 of birth Relationship Share of benefit as a percentage DEPENDANT 4 8 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

DEPENDANT 5 Please fill in the details for each nominee. NOMINEE 1 NOMINEE 2 NOMINEE 3 NOMINEE 4 NOMINEE 5 9 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08

YOUR DECLARATION You need to read and sign this page. By signing this page, you confirm that: 1. You have left the service of the employer. 2. You understand the options available to you about the payment of your benefits, including that tax may be deducted from your benefit in terms of the Income Tax Act. You confirm that you are making an informed decision. 3. All information on this form is correct and complete. This includes all banking information. You understand that if there is any loss because you or your employer has given incorrect or incomplete information in this form, neither Alexander Forbes nor the fund is responsible for the losses. 4. You made the decision about the payment of your benefit voluntarily. 5. When we receive this completed form (which includes all tax information required by SARS), we will process your benefit according to the fund s rules. After we have processed the benefit in terms of the fund s rules, you will have no further claim against the fund. 6. You understand that you have the right to change the payment instruction to Alexander Forbes. Alexander Forbes may charge you a fee for making changes to the payment instruction after your first payment instruction has been actioned. 7. You acknowledge that when the fund receives this completed form, your benefit will be disinvested and held in the fund s bank account until the payment of the benefit is made in terms of your payment instructions. Exceptions to this are: if the administrator is instructed in writing not to disinvest the benefit where a separate agreement is in place on the fund in terms of the disinvestment of exit benefit monies. 8. You acknowledge that if there is missing information on this form, the claim will be rejected and returned to you or your employer to be completed in full. 9. Your benefits will not be disinvested and will remain in the market subject to market fluctuations until the requirements for a valid claim have been submitted to the administrator/fund. 10. You understand that in terms of legislation, any benefit which is due to you and which has not been paid within 24 months from the date it first became due may be transferred to an unclaimed benefit fund. Your full name (print) Contact number Your signature EMPLOYER S DECLARATION This section needs to be completed by the employer. In this declaration, you refers to the employer. By signing this section of the form, you confirm that: 1. The member has left your employment. 2. You have deducted the contribution that was required until the date that the member left your employment, and you have paid the contribution to the fund. 3. The member s details given to Alexander Forbes on this form are the same as the details that the member gave to you. 4. Alexander Forbes will accept the claim form as accurate unless you tell us about any changes within one business day of submitting the form. 5. All information on this form is correct and complete. You agree that if anyone suffers any loss because you have given incorrect or incomplete information in this form, neither Alexander Forbes nor the fund is responsible for the loss. 6. You have given the member a copy of the Options available to members on leaving document. 7. You have ensured that the member has signed this form. Where the member has not signed this form, you have signed on behalf of the member. 8. You have signed the form using a manual stamp and your signature. Employer s stamp Authorised signature Name (print) Job title Contact number We own the copyright in this document. You may not copy, store, retrieve or reproduce this document without our express written permission. 10 of 10 11791-F-WithdrawalNotification-UmbrellaFunds-2016-08