No Change Statement, Notice of Annual General Meeting and B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
Standard Bank Group Limited
Registration No. 1969/017128/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
JSE share code: SBK
ISIN: ZAE000109815
NSX share code: SNB
SBKP ZAE000038881 (First preference shares)
SBPP ZAE000056339 (Second preference shares)
(“Standard Bank Group” or “the Group”)
No Change Statement, Notice of Annual General Meeting and
B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
1. No Change Statement
Shareholders of the Standard Bank Group (“shareholders”)
are advised that the Notice of Annual General Meeting and
proxy form, will be distributed to shareholders today,
Friday, 20 April 2018.
The consolidated audited Annual Financial Statements of the
Group for the year ended 31 December 2017, on which KPMG
Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. expressed an
unmodified opinion, contain no modifications to the audited
results for the year ended 31 December 2017 which were
released on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE
Limited on Thursday, 8 March 2018.
An electronic version of the Group’s Annual Integrated
Report, the Governance and Remuneration Report, the Annual
Financial Statements, the Risk and Capital Management
Report and the Notice of Annual General Meeting and proxy
form will be made available on the investor relations
website of Standard Bank Group on Friday, 20 April 2018
during the course of the morning.
2. Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of shareholders will be held in
the HP de Villiers Auditorium, Ground Floor, Standard Bank
Centre, 6 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg on Thursday, 24 May
2018 at 09:00 to transact the business stated in the notice
of the Annual General Meeting.
The forms of proxy should be lodged with the Transfer
Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services Proprietary
Limited, by no later than 09:00 on Tuesday, 22 May 2018.
The record date for shareholders to participate in and vote
at the Annual General Meeting is Friday, 18 May 2018.
Accordingly, the last day to trade to participate in and
vote at the Annual General Meeting is Tuesday, 15 May 2018.
3. B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
In compliance with paragraph 16.20(g) of the Listings
Requirements of the JSE Limited, shareholders are advised that
the Group’s annual compliance report in terms of section
13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act has
been submitted to the B-BBEE Commission and will be made
available on Friday, 20 April 2018 during the course of the
morning at https://www.standardbank.co.za/southafrica/personal/about-us.
Johannesburg
20 April 2018
Lead sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Independent Sponsor
Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited
Namibian sponsor
Simonis Storm Securities (Proprietary) Limited
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