SBK - Standard Bank Group - No Change Statement and Notice of Annual General

SBK - Standard Bank Group - 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)                                            
JSE  share code: SBK                                                            
NSX share code: SNB                                                             
ISIN: ZAE000109815                                                              
("Standard Bank Group" or "the group")                                          
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 2008 will be posted to shareholders on 24 April 2009 
and contain no modifications to the audited results for the year ended 31       
December 2008 which were published on 5 March 2009 and subsequently posted to   
shareholders.  An online version of the annual report will be available on the  
investor relations website of Standard Bank Group on 24 April 2009.             
Notice is hereby given that the 40th Annual General Meeting of Standard Bank    
Group shareholders will be held in the HP de Villiers Auditorium, Ground Floor, 
Standard Bank Centre, 6 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg on 28 May 2009 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 2008.                    
As is customary, the group will provide an update on trading conditions at the  
Annual General Meeting and the update will be released on the Securities        
Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on the same date. The group`s interim  
results for the period ended 30 June 2009 will be released on 13 August 2009.   
Johannesburg                                                                    
24 April 2009                                                                   
Lead sponsor                                                                    
Standard Bank                                                                   
Independent sponsor                                                             
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
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