STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED - Appointment of Company Secretary

Appointment of Company Secretary

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")

Appointment of Group Secretary

As announced earlier in the year Loren Wulfsohn, group secretary of Standard Bank Group
and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited has resigned.

Zola Stephen, B.Proc Llb has been appointed as group secretary of Standard Bank Group
and SBSA with effect from 1 November 2012, having joined the group in August 2012.

Zola has extensive experience in legal and governance roles having spent 13 years at
Transnet where in her last role she was a member of the Group Executive Committee
responsible for Legal, Corporate & Public Affairs, Company Secretariat & Corporate
Governance and Group Compliance.

Johannesburg
30 October 2012

Lead sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Independent sponsor
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited

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