Notice of the expiry and maturity ABSA Capital JSE Listings 16 October 2012 1st Floor No. 2 Gwen Lane Cnr Maude and Gwen Street Sandton Absa Bank Ltd hereby gives notice of the expiry and maturity of the following instrument. The instrument economics have expired as outlined in the pricing supplement. JSE Code ABSW18 JSE Short Name AB LSI SW 18 Underlying Index SWIX40 Index Issue size 20,237 Issue Price R 1,000.00 Expiry Date 15 October 2012 Initial Index 5,754.06 Average Index at Expiry Date 6,913.68 Expiry Price per LSI R 1,201.6819 Sector Other Securities Listing Date 21 October 2010 Absa Bank Ltd hereby gives notice that all holders of the Instrument as at the Expiry Date will be paid Expiry Price per LSI. Copies of the pricing supplement and Offering Circular are available at the offices stated below. For further information contact Institutional Solutions: Structured Equity Absa Capital 15 Alice Lane Sandton 2146 Tel: +27 (0) 11 895 5518 15 Alice Lane Sandton 2196 Private Bag X10056 Sandton 2146 Tel +27 (0)11 895 6000 Fax +27 (0)11 895 7802 www.absacapital.com Directors: G Griffin (Chairman) *M Ramos (Chief Executive) C Beggs YZ Cuba IR Ritossa (Australian) SA Fakie *DWP Hodnett MJ Husain AP Jenkins (British) R Le Blanc (British) PB Matlare TM Mokgosi-Mwantembe EC Mondlane Jr (Mozambican) TS Munday SG Pretorius *LL von Zeuner BJ Willemse *Executive Directors Secretary: *DWP Hodnett (Acting) (05/2012) Date: 16/10/2012 04:15:00 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.