STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED - Financial information provided to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)

Financial information provided to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ICBC”)

Standard Bank Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1969/017128/06)
South African Share Code: SBK
Namibian Share Code: SNB
ISIN: ZAE000109815
("Standard Bank Group" or "the group")


Financial information provided to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ICBC”)


Standard Bank Group is required to disclose to ICBC sufficient information to enable ICBC to
equity account the group's results on a quarterly basis. Accordingly, the following
consolidated financial information, prepared on an International Financial Reporting
Standards basis, is being provided to ICBC for the nine months ended 30 September 2012.

Statement of changes in ordinary shareholders' equity for the nine months ended
30 September 2012

                               Opening          Earnings                           Balance at
                                                                       Other
                              balance 1      attributable                                  30
                                                                   movements
                               January        to ordinary                           September
                                                              for the period
    Rm                             2012      shareholders                                2012
    Ordinary share
    capital                         159                                    2              161
    Ordinary share
    premium                      17 576                                 313            17 889
    Foreign currency
    reserves                       (606)                               (255)            (861)
    Translation
    reserve                      (1 058)                                 (3)           (1 061)
    Hedging reserve
                                    452                                (252)              200
    Retained earnings            82 777            10 979          * (6 422)           87 334
    Empowerment
    reserve and
    treasury shares              (3 277)                                (66)           (3 343)
    Other
                                  2 413                                 276             2 689
    Total ordinary
    shareholders'
    equity                       99 042            10 979            (6 152)          103 869


* Primarily comprises the ordinary dividend declared in March 2012 and the cash
component of the ordinary dividend declared in August 2012

The information contained in this announcement has not been reviewed by or reported on by
the group's auditors.


Johannesburg
25 October 2012

Lead sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Independent sponsor
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited

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