ASA - ABSA Group Limited - Posting of the ABSA Group 2011 annual integrated

ASA - ABSA Group Limited - Posting of the ABSA Group 2011 annual integrated     
report and details of the Annual General Meeting                                
ABSA GROUP LIMITED                                                              
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1986/003934/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000067237                                                              
JSE share code: ASA                                                             
Issuer code: AMAGB                                                              
(Absa Group, Absa or the Company)                                               
POSTING OF THE ABSA GROUP 2011 ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT AND DETAILS OF THE      
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                                                          
Audited financial statements                                                    
Shareholders are advised that the Company`s Integrated Annual Report (IAR)      
will be lodged with the JSE Limited and posted to shareholders today,           
Friday, 30 March 2012. The IAR will be available on Absa Group`s website        
later today. An abridged report has not been published as the information       
previously published in Absa Group`s audited results on Friday, 10 February     
2012 is unchanged. Ernst & Young Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.           
audited Absa`s results and their unqualified audit reports are available for    
inspection at the registered office of the Company.                             
Notice of the annual general meeting                                            
Notice is hereby given that Absa`s annual general meeting (AGM) will be held    
in the P W Sceales Auditorium, Absa Towers, 160 Main Street, Johannesburg on    
Thursday, 3 May 2012 at 11:00 to transact the business as stated in the         
notice of AGM.                                                                  
In terms of section 59(1) (b) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, the record      
date for the purpose of determining which shareholders are entitled to          
participate in and vote at the AGM (being the date on which a shareholder       
must be registered in the Company`s securities register in order to             
participate in and vote at the AGM) as Monday, 16 April 2012.                   
Johannesburg                                                                    
30 March 2012                                                                   
Enquiries:                                                                      
David Hodnett                                                                   
Group Financial Director                                                        
Telephone: +27 11 350 2623                                                      
e-mail: David.Hodnett@absa.co.za                                                
Sponsor:                                                                        
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited                                                    
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