SBK - Standard Bank Group - Trading statement in respect of the six months

SBK - Standard Bank Group - Trading statement in respect of the six months      
                             ended 30 June 2007                                 
                                                                                


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: ZAE000057378                                                              
("Standard Bank" or "the group")                                                
Standard Bank`s results for the six months ended 30 June 2007 will be released  
on 15 August 2007. In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited     
("the JSE Listing Requirements"), a listed company is required to publish a     
trading statement as soon as a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the   
financial results for the next reporting period to be reported on will differ by
at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period.                   
The group expects that growth in headline earnings per share, earnings per share
and fully diluted headline earnings per share (on both a normalised and IFRS    
basis) for the six months ended 30 June 2007 is likely to be between 20% and 30%
when compared with the previous corresponding period.                           
Results are normalised to reflect the legal and economic substance of the       
group`s Black Ownership Initiative and deemed treasury shares held for the      
benefit of Liberty Life policyholders.                                          
The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the group`s       
auditors.                                                                       
Johannesburg                                                                    
27 July 2007                                                                    
Sponsor                                                                         
Standard Bank                                                                   
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