DIVIDEND DECLARATION OF 333,08504 CENTS PER VARIABLE RATE NON-CUMULATIVE, NON-REDEEMABLE FIRSTRAND B PREFERENCE SHAR FirstRand Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number: 1966/010753/06 B Preference share code: FSRP ISIN: ZAE000060141 Income tax number: 9150201714 (“FirstRand” or “the Company”) DIVIDEND DECLARATION OF 333,08504 CENTS PER VARIABLE RATE NON- CUMULATIVE, NON-REDEEMABLE FIRSTRAND B PREFERENCE SHARE Shareholders are advised that the salient dates for the sixteenth dividend declaration on the variable rate non-cumulative, non- redeemable B preference shares in FirstRand (“B preference shares”) for the period from 28 February 2012 to 27 August 2012 both days inclusive, in the amount of 333,08504 cents per B preference share, will be as follows: Last day to trade Friday, 17 August 2012 Shares commence trading “ex” the B preference share dividend from the commencement of business on Monday, 20 August 2012 Record date Friday, 24 August 2012 Payment date of the B preference share dividend Monday, 27 August 2012 B preference share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Monday, 20 August 2012 and Friday, 24 August 2012, both days inclusive. The board of FirstRand proposed to shareholders that the “B” preference dividend for each of the “B” preference shares would be calculated in arrears with effect from the last Monday in August 2012 at a rate of 75.56% (previously 68%) of FirstRand Bank Limited’s minimum overdraft rate. The proposal was approved by shareholders on 23 May 2012. In the event that there is a change to the prime rate between the B preference share dividend declaration date (“the dividend declaration date”) and the B preference share dividend payment date (“the dividend payment date”), the prevailing prime rate at the dividend declaration date will be applied from the dividend declaration date to the dividend payment date. The effect of the aforementioned will be that the B preference share dividend will not be adjusted for any changes in the prime rate between the dividend declaration date and the dividend payment date. The Company has utilized secondary tax on companies’ credits amounting to 333,08504 cents per share. As a consequence, no dividends tax will be deducted from this preference dividend. The issued share capital at the declaration date is 5 637 941 689 ordinary shares of one cent each and 45 000 000 B preference shares of one cent each. Sandton 7 August 2012 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 07/08/2012 05:30:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.