s155 Validation Process

Notifications for SIHPL s.155 Voting Eligibility

If you have received an Initial SIHPL Claim Valuation Notification or a Deficiency Notification, and you accept the contents of it, you are not required to take any action at this stage. Please check back regularly for updates in relation to the upcoming Section 155 Meeting.

If you believe that the Initial SIHPL Claim Value Notification or Deficiency Notification contains a mainfest error or misapplication of the Steinhoff Allocation Plan, pursuant to the SIHPL Section 155 Proposal you must notify the Validation Committee of this by 11:59:59pm SA time on Monday 16 August 2021.

The contact details of the Validation Committee are: [email protected].

If you wish to use this, template disagreement wording is available below.

Template Disagreement Wording if you filed your claim through this website

Please paste the below wording into an email and amend as necessary. Please note that all disagreements will need to be filed via the Validation Committee email address specified above. Disagreements sent to the [email protected] email address will not be considered by the Validation Committee.

Dear Validation Committee,

[Insert your name and unique claim number here (the unique claim number has been provided by Computershare when you submitted your claim)]

Reference is made to the [Initial SIHPL Claim Value Notification]/[Deficiency Notification].

[I]/[We] hereby express [my]/[our] disagreement with the contents of such notification for the following reason(s):

  1. [Please set out in sufficient detail the basis on which you disagree with the Initial SIHPL Claim Value Notification or Deficiency Notification here];
  2. […].

In light of the above, I wish to refer my claims to the Validation Committee for review in accordance with the SIHPL Section 155 Proposal.

I confirm my understanding that, pursuant to the SIHPL Section 155 Proposal, the decision of the Validation Committee shall be final and binding and not subject to any further appeal.

Kind regards,

[Insert name]

Template Disagreement Wording for Bulk Filers

Please paste the below wording into an email and amend as necessary. Please also attach a spreadsheet which (i) provides the claimant’s name and claim number for each relevant underlying claim in relation to which you wish to submit a disagreement; and (ii) sets out in sufficient detail the basis on which you disagree with the Deficiency Notification and/or the accompanying Deficiency Exhibit for each relevant claim.

Please note that all disagreements will need to be filed via the Validation Committee email address specified above. Disagreements sent to the [email protected] or [email protected] email addresses will not be considered by the Validation Committee.

Dear Validation Committee,

Reference is made to the [Initial SIHPL Claim Value Notification]/[Deficiency Notification].

We hereby express our disagreement with the contents of such notification in respect of the claims listed in the attached spreadsheet. The reasons for our disagreement are also set out in the attached spreadsheet in respect of each claim. [Note: Please make sure the spreadsheet makes reference to each unique claim number of the relevant claimant in respect of whom you do not agree with the Initial SIHPL Claim Value Notification or Deficiency Notification and provides sufficient detail explaining the reasons for disagreement in respect of each such claimant]

In light of the above, we wish to refer the claims listed in the attached spreadsheet to the Validation Committee for review in accordance with the SIHPL Section 155 Proposal.

We confirm our understanding that, pursuant to the SIHPL Section 155 Proposal, the decision of the Validation Committee in respect of each claim shall be final and binding and not subject to any further appeal.

Kind regards,

[Insert name]