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. Accordingly, the following consolidated financial information, prepared on an International Financial Reporting Standards basis, is being provided to ICBC for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. Statement of changes in ordinary shareholders' equity for the nine months ended 30 September 2012 Opening Earnings Balance at Other balance 1 attributable 30 movements January to ordinary September for the period Rm 2012 shareholders 2012 Ordinary share capital 159 2 161 Ordinary share premium 17 576 313 17 889 Foreign currency reserves (606) (255) (861) Translation reserve (1 058) (3) (1 061) Hedging reserve 452 (252) 200 Retained earnings 82 777 10 979 * (6 422) 87 334 Empowerment reserve and treasury shares (3 277) (66) (3 343) Other 2 413 276 2 689 Total ordinary shareholders' equity 99 042 10 979 (6 152) 103 869 * Primarily comprises the ordinary dividend declared in March 2012 and the cash component of the ordinary dividend declared in August 2012 The information contained in this announcement has not been reviewed by or reported on by the group's auditors. Johannesburg 25 October 2012 Lead sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Independent sponsor Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited Date: 25/10/2012 08:00:00 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.