SBK - Standard Bank Group - Financial Information Provided To ICBC, No

SBK - Standard Bank Group - Financial Information Provided To ICBC, No          
                   Change Statement And Notice Of Annual General Meeting        
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" or "the group")                                                
Financial Information Provided To ICBC, No Change Statement And Notice Of Annual
General Meeting                                                                 
Financial information provided to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China   
("ICBC")                                                                        
The transaction through which ICBC acquired a 20% shareholding in Standard Bank 
was implemented on Monday, 3 March 2008.                                        
ICBC`s results for the quarter ended 31 March 2008 include equity-accounted     
earnings of Standard Bank for the month of March 2008.                          
The following consolidated financial information relating to Standard Bank,     
prepared on an IFRS basis, has been disclosed to ICBC for purposes of ICBC`s    
take-on of its investment in Standard Bank and its equity accounting of Standard
Bank`s results for the month of March 2008:                                     
1 March 2008 group equity balances (R million):                                 
Ordinary share capital and premium                          1 371               
Foreign currency translation and hedging reserves           5 227               
Retained earnings                                          55 381               
Empowerment reserve and treasury shares                   (4 188)               
Other                                                       1 691               
Ordinary shareholders` equity                              59 482               
Earnings for the month of March 2008                                            
Consolidated earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders for the month of    
March amounted to R1 164 million.                                               
Significant reserve movements for the month of March 2008                       
Significant reserve movements for the month of March were a gain of R1 301      
million on foreign currency translation and hedging reserves and a gain of      
R1 034 million on the empowerment and treasury share reserve.                   
Ordinary shareholders` equity as at 31 March 2008 amounted to R76 234 million   
including the R15 971 million issuance of ordinary share capital to ICBC on 3   
March 2008 and after deducting the ordinary dividend of R2 920 million declared 
on 5 March 2008.                                                                
The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the group`s       
auditors.                                                                       
No change statement and notice of annual general meeting                        
Shareholders are advised that the annual financial statements of the group for  
the year ended 31 December 2007 will be posted to shareholders on 29 April 2008 
and contain no modifications to the audited results which were published on 5   
March 2008 and subsequently posted to shareholders. PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. 
and KPMG Inc. audited the results and the annual financial statements of the    
group and their reports remain available for inspection at the registered office
of Standard Bank. An online version of the annual report will be available on   
our website on 29 April 2008.                                                   
Notice is hereby given that the 36th Annual General Meeting of Standard Bank    
shareholders will be held at HP de Villiers Auditorium, Ground Floor, Standard  
Bank Centre, 6 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg on 28 May 2008 at 09:30 to transact
the business stated in the notice of the Annual General Meeting, which was      
issued together with the annual report containing the annual financial          
statements of the group for the year ended 31 December 2007.                    
As is customary, the group will provide an update on trading conditions         
following the Annual General Meeting. The group`s interim results for the period
ended 30 June 2008 will be released on 13 August 2008.                          
29 April 2008                                                                   
Sponsor                                                                         
Standard Bank                                                                   
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