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ASA/ABSP - Absa Group Limited/Absa Bank Limited - Premature Release of Absa Interim Results ABSA GROUP LIMITED Authorised financial services and registered credit provider (NCRCP7) Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1986/003934/06 ISIN: ZAE000067237 JSE share code: ASA Issuer code: AMAGB (Absa Group) ABSA BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1986/004794/06) ISIN: ZAE000079810 JSE share code: ABSP (Absa Bank) Premature Release of Absa Interim Results The JSE Limited (JSE) and Absa Group Limited (Absa) confirm that the independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the premature release of Absa`s interim results has been concluded. It has been established that an unintentional breach of Rule 3.5 of the JSE Listings Requirements occurred in that price sensitive information was provided to the media prior to its release over SENS. Rule 3.5 stipulates that price sensitive information may not be provided to the media prior to its release on SENS even where such information is only to be published after release over SENS. The JSE has decided not to impose a further penalty on Absa after considering the following: - the mitigation implemented by Absa to prevent or minimise any potential undesirable effects; - the public censure that has already occurred; - that the Absa results were in line with the trading update published on 29 July 2010; - that the results had very little impact on the volumes and value traded after their release; and - the immediate notification of the JSE by Absa once it was discovered that the breach had occurred. Absa is also further implementing a number of enhanced governance actions and controls to ensure that a similar incident does not occur in future, including reviewing third party supplier governance and limiting publication to daily newspapers. 9 September 2010 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Date: 09/09/2010 17:02:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
