SBK - Standard Bank Group - Results Of The Industrial And Commercial Bank Of

SBK - Standard Bank Group - Results Of The Industrial And Commercial Bank Of    
                             China Limited General Meeting                      
Standard Bank Group Limited                                                     
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1969/017128/06)                                            
JSE share code: SBK & NSX share code: SNB                                       
ISIN: ZAE000057378                                                              
("Standard Bank Group" or "the Company")                                        
RESULTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED GENERAL MEETING  
Further to the announcement released on the Securities Exchange News Service of 
the JSE Limited and published in the press on Monday, 3 December 2007 and       
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, respectively, Standard Bank Group ordinary            
shareholders are advised that at the general meeting of Industrial and          
Commercial Bank of China Limited ("ICBC") A and H shareholders ("ICBC           
shareholders") held today, Thursday, 13 December 2007, the requisite majority of
ICBC shareholders approved the resolutions required to effect the acquisition by
ICBC of an effective 20% stake in the issued ordinary share capital of Standard 
Bank Group.                                                                     
Further announcements                                                           
Further announcements regarding the outcome of the application to the Court for 
the sanctioning of the scheme of arrangement in terms of section 311 of the     
Companies Act, 1973, as amended, proposed by ICBC, between Standard Bank Group  
and its ordinary shareholders, fulfillment of the remaining conditions precedent
and the implementation of the transaction will be made to Standard Bank Group   
ordinary shareholders in due course.                                            
Johannesburg                                                                    
13 December 2007                                                                
Investment bank and joint sponsor to Standard Bank Group                        
Standard Bank                                                                   
Legal advisers to Standard Bank Group                                           
Bowman Gilfillan Inc                                                            
Independent sponsor to Standard Bank Group                                      
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
Sponsor to Standard Bank Group in Namibia                                       
Simonis Storm Securities (Proprietary) Limited                                  
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