Declaration announcement in respect of accrued interest payments for the six month ended 28 February 2013 – Salient ABSA BANK LIMITED - NEWWAVE EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES UNDER THE NEWWAVE EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES PROGRAMME (“NEWWAVE NOTES” or ‘‘ETNS”) Registration number: 1986/004794/06 ISIN: ZAE000079810 Issuer code: ASA NEWWAVE USD EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES (“USD Notes”) Share code: NEWUSD ISIN: ZAE000162608 NEWWAVE GBP EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES (“GBP Notes”) Share Code: NEWGBP ISIN: ZAE000162558 NEWWAVE EURO EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES (“EURO Notes”) Share Code: NEWEUR ISIN: ZAE000162541 DECLARATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN RESPECT OF ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTH ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2013 – SALIENT DATES Notice is hereby given that the following dates are of importance in regard to a possible distribution of accrued interest payments by the above ETNs to holders of the ETN securities for the six month ended 28 February 2013: Last day to trade "CUM" distribution: Friday, 22 February 2013 Securities trade "EX" distribution: Monday, 25 February 2013 Record date: Friday, 1 March 2013 An announcement of the accrued interest payments to be distributed (if any) will be made on or before Monday, 4 March 2013. Additional information: Number of securities in issue Tax reference number NEWUSD 1 335 177 9575117719 NEWGBP 258 030 9575117719 NEWEUR 256 648 9575117719 8 February 2013 Sponsor Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) Date: 08/02/2013 10:22:00 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.