STAN40 - STANLIB TOP 40 Fund - Distribution announcement - salient

STAN40 - STANLIB TOP 40 Fund - Distribution announcement - salient              
dates                                                                           
STANLIB TOP 40 FUND ("STANLIB40")(being a portfolio under the STANLIB           
ETF Collective Investment Scheme  registered in the                             
Republic of South Africa in terms of Collective Investment                      
Schemes Control Act, 45 of 2002 ("CISCA"))                                      
Share Code: STAN40                                                              
Abbreviated Name: STANLIB40                                                     
ISIN: ZAE000148425                                                              
("STANLIB40")                                                                   
DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT - SALIENT DATES                                       
Notice is hereby given that the following dates are of importance with          
regard to the possible distribution by the Exchange Traded Fund                 
("ETF")to holders of the STANLIB40 ETF securities for the quarter               
ending 31 December 2011.                                                        
Last day to trade "cum" distribution Thursday, 22 December 2011                 
Securities trade "ex" distribution   Friday,   23 December 2011                 
Record date Friday,                            30 December 2011                 
No dematerialisation or rematerialisation may take place between                
Friday, 23 December 2011 and Friday, 30 December 2011, both days                
inclusive.                                                                      
Declaration of the amount to be distributed, if any, and the payment            
date will be made 14 (fourteen) business days after the record date.            
Johannesburg                                                                    
6 December 2011                                                                 
Sponsor                                                                         
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited                                       
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