FIRSTRAND LIMITED - Ordinary cash dividend declaration

Ordinary cash dividend declaration

FirstRand Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1966/010753/06
JSE Ordinary Share Code: FSR
JSE Ordinary Share ISIN: ZAE000066304
JSE B Preference Share Code: FSRP
JSE B Preference Share ISIN: ZAE000060141
NSX Ordinary Share Code: FST
Income tax number: 9150201714
(FirstRand or the company)

ORDINARY CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION

Notice is hereby given that the directors of FirstRand declare an interim ordinary cash dividend for
the six month period ended 31 December 2014 in line with the salient dates outlined below. The
dividend amount will be announced together with the interim results announcement, which is
planned for release on the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) of the JSE on Tuesday, 10 March
2015.

The interim ordinary cash dividend will be declared from income reserves and the company will
utilise secondary tax on companies’ credits amounting to 4.29048 cents per share.

The salient dates for the interim ordinary dividend will be as follows:

Event                                                                                        2015
Finalisation date: ordinary dividend and interim results
announcement on SENS                                                            Tuesday, 10 March
Last day to trade cum-dividend                                                   Friday, 20 March
Shares commence trading ex-dividend                                              Monday, 23 March
Record date                                                                      Friday, 27 March
Payment date                                                                     Monday, 30 March

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Monday, 23 March 2015
and Friday, 27 March 2015, both days inclusive.

Sandton
6 March 2015

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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