SBK - Standard Bank Group Limited - No Change Statement, Annual General

SBK - Standard Bank Group Limited - No Change Statement, Annual General         
Meeting and 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)                                            
JSE share code: SBK                                                             
NSX share code: SNB                                                             
ISIN: ZAE000109815                                                              
("Standard Bank Group" or "the group")                                          
No Change Statement, Annual General Meeting and Financial Information Provided  
to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited ("ICBC")                     
No Change Statement                                                             
Shareholders are advised that the annual financial statements of the group for  
the year ended 31 December 2010 will be posted to shareholders on 21 April      
2011 and contain no modifications to the audited results for the year ended 31  
December 2010 which were published on 3 March 2011 and subsequently posted to   
shareholders. The annual report will be available on the investor relations     
website of Standard Bank Group on 21 April 2011 from 12h00.                     
Annual General Meeting                                                          
The 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 26 May 2011 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 2010.                                                
Financial Information Provided to 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 International      
Financial Reporting Standards basis, is being provided to ICBC for purposes of  
ICBC`s equity accounting of Standard Bank Group`s results for the quarter       
ended 31 March 2011.                                                            
Statement of changes in ordinary shareholders` equity for the period ended 31   
March 2011                                                                      
Rm                          Opening   Earnings      Other      Total           
                             balance   attributable  movements                  
                             1         to ordinary   for the                    
                             January   shareholders  period                     
2011                                               

 Ordinary share capital      159                                159             
 Ordinary share premium      17 363                  70         17 433          
 Foreign currency reserves   (4 993)                 305        (4 688)         
Translation reserve         (5 672)                 150        (5 522)         
 Cash flow hedging reserve   679                     155        834             
 Retained earnings           75 897    2 928         * (3 739)  75 086          
 Empowerment reserve and     (3 470)                 31         (3 439)         
treasury shares                                                                
 Other                       2 117                   74         2 191           
 Total ordinary              87 073    2 928         (3 259)    86 742          
 shareholders` equity                                                           
* Comprises the ordinary dividend declared 2 March 2011.                        
The information contained in this announcement regarding the group`s results    
for the quarter ended 31 March 2011 has not been reviewed by or reported on by  
the group`s auditors.                                                           
Johannesburg                                                                    
21 April 2011                                                                   
Lead sponsor                                                                    
Standard Bank                                                                   
Independent Sponsor                                                             
Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited                                    
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