SBK - Standard Bank Group Limited - Financial information provided to Industrial

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 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 nine months   
ended 30 September 2011.                                                        
Statement of changes in ordinary shareholders` equity for the nine months ended 
30 September 2011                                                               
Rm                        Opening     Earnings      Other      Balance at      
                           balance 1   attributable  movements  30 September    
                           January     to ordinary   for the    2011            
                           2011        shareholders  period                     
Ordinary share capital    159                                  159             
 Ordinary share premium    17 363                    159        17 522          
 Foreign currency          (4 993)                   4 249      (744)           
 reserves                                                                       
Translation reserve       (5 672)                   ** 4 439   (1 233)         
 Cash flow hedging         679                       (190)      489             
 reserve                                                                        
 Retained earnings         75 897      9 687         * (6 219)  79 365          
Empowerment reserve and   (3 470)                   256        (3 214)         
 treasury shares                                                                
 Other                     2 117                     (12)       2 105           
 Total ordinary            87 073      9 687         (1 567)    95 193          
shareholders` equity                                                           
*    Primarily comprises the ordinary dividends paid in April 2011 and September
    2011                                                                        
**   The gain in the translation reserve principally arises from the translation
impact on the group`s foreign net asset value of a R8.04 Rand / 1 US dollar 
    exchange rate at 30 September 2011 compared to a rate of R6.64 at 31        
    December 2010                                                               
The information contained in this announcement has not been reviewed by or      
reported on by the group`s auditors.                                            
Johannesburg                                                                    
20 October 2011                                                                 
Lead sponsor                                                                    
Standard Bank                                                                   
Independent sponsor                                                             
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
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