ABSA GROUP LIMITED - Results of the Annual General Meeting

Results of the Annual General Meeting

ABSA GROUP LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1986/003934/06)
ISIN: ZAE000067237
JSE share code: ASA
Issuer code: AMAGB
(the Company)

Results of the annual general meeting (AGM)

Shareholders are advised that at the AGM of the Company held on
Thursday, 2 May 2012, all the resolutions set out in the notice
of AGM sent to shareholders together with the integrated report
for the year ended 31 December 2012 were passed by the requisite
majority of votes.


                                      Votes
                                      in favour (%)    Result

Ordinary resolutions

Resolution to consider the
Company’s audited financial
statements for the year
ended 31 December 2012:               100,00           Passed

Resolution to re-appoint the
Company’s auditors:                     99,99          Passed

Resolutions to re-elect
retiring directors:

C Beggs                                  98,51         Passed
Y Z Cuba                                 99,88         Passed
R Le Blanc                               99,59         Passed
T S Munday                               99,44         Passed
M D C D N C Ramos                        99,72         Passed

Resolution to confirm the
appointment of new directors
appointed after the last AGM:

W E Lucas-Bull                           99,88         Passed
A V Vaswani                              99,88         Passed
P A Clackson                             99,88         Passed

Resolution regarding the placing
of unissued shares under the
control of the directors:                96,82         Passed

Non-binding advisory
vote on the Company’s
remuneration policy:                     97,38         Passed


Special resolutions

Special resolution to sanction
the proposed remuneration of
the non-executive directors,
payable from 1 May 2013:                 98,68         Passed

Special resolution regarding
the authority for a general
repurchase of ordinary shares
of the Company:                          87,40         Passed

Special resolution on
Financial Assistance – section 44:       86,43         Passed

Special resolution on
Financial Assistance – section 45:       99,03         Passed


The special resolutions will be lodged with the Companies and
Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) in due course and, where
appropriate, the Registrar of Banks.


Johannesburg
2 May 2013

Enquiries:

David Hodnett
Group Financial Director
Tel: (+2711) 350 2623
Email: David.Hodnett@absa.co.za

Lead Independent Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited

Joint Sponsor:
Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Absa Bank Limited

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