SBK - Standard Bank Group Limited - Financial information provided to

SBK - Standard Bank Group Limited - 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. The     
following consolidated financial information, prepared on an IFRS basis, is     
being provided to ICBC for purposes of ICBC`s equity accounting of Standard     
Bank Group`s results for the nine months ended 30 September 2010.               
Statement of changes in ordinary shareholders` equity for the nine months       
ended 30 September 2010                                                         
 Rm                Opening        Earnings        Other        Total            
balance 1      attributable    movements                     

                   January 2010   to ordinary     for the                       
                                  shareholders    period                        
 Ordinary share    156                            3            159              
capital                                                                        
 Ordinary share    17 041                         246          17 287           
 premium                                                                        
 Foreign currency  (454)                          (2 966)      (3 420)          
reserves                                                                       
 Translation       (2 115)                        (2 251)      (4 366)          
 reserve                                                                        
 Cash flow         1 661                          (715)        946              
hedging reserve                                                                
 Retained          67 999          **8 482        *(3 470)     73 011           
 earnings                                                                       
 Empowerment       (2 794)                        (439)        (3 233)          
reserve and                                                                    
 treasury shares                                                                
 Other             2 074                          511          2 585            
 Total ordinary    84 022         8 482           (6 115)      86 389           
shareholders`                                                                  
 equity                                                                         
* Comprises the cash component of the ordinary dividend paid in April 2010 and  
September 2010.                                                                 
**Normalised headline earnings for the nine months ended 31 September 2010      
amounted to R8 931m.                                                            
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 policyholders and to facilitate client trading activities.   
The information contained in this announcement has not been reviewed by or      
reported on by the group`s auditors.                                            
Johannesburg                                                                    
21 October 2010                                                                 
Lead sponsor                                                                    
Standard Bank                                                                   
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