Unaudited Interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2010 13 October 2010

Datatec Limited ("Datatec" or the "Group", JSE and LSE: DTC), the international Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group, is today publishing its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 August 2010 ("H1 FY11").

Financial highlights

• Revenue up 19% to $2,13 billion (H1 FY10: $1,80 billion)
• EBITDA up 31% to $58,5 million (H1 FY10: $44,6 million)
• Underlying* earnings per share up 37% to 15,8 US cents (H1 FY10: 11,5 US cents)

Operational highlights

• Revenue growth in all divisions
• Strong recovery in the US and parts of continental Europe
• Continued expansion in Asia and Latin America
• Group continues to benefit from international scale and business diversification

*Excluding goodwill and intangibles impairment, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, profit or loss on sale of assets and businesses, fair value movements on acquisition related financial instruments and unrealised foreign exchange movements