Trading statement in respect of the year ended 31 December 2012 Standard Bank Group Limited Registration No. 1969/017128/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa JSE share code: SBK ISIN: ZAE000109815 NSX share code: SNB NSX share code: SNB ZAE000109815 SBKP ZAE000038881 (First preference shares) SBPP ZAE000056339 (Second preference shares) JSE bond codes: SBS, SBK, SBN, SBR, ETN series SSN series and CLN series (all JSE listed bonds issued in terms of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited’s Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and Credit Linked Note Programme) Trading statement in respect of the year ended 31 December 2012 In terms of paragraph 3.4(b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, an issuer is required to publish a trading statement as soon as it is satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that financial results for the next period to be reported on are expected to differ by at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period. Standard Bank Group will be releasing its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2012 on the Stock Exchange News Service on Thursday, 7 March 2013. Shareholders are advised that Standard Bank Group’s earnings per share on an International Financial Reporting Standards and on a normalised basis are expected to be between 19% and 23% higher than the comparative figures for the year ended 31 December 2011. This growth is largely as a result of the profit realised on the divestiture of a majority stake in Standard Bank Argentina during the year, recognised in attributable earnings but excluded from headline earnings. The group anticipates that normalised headline earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2012 will be between 8% and 12% higher than the previous year. Normalised earnings reflect the legal and economic substance of the group's Black Ownership Initiative and of deemed treasury shares held for the benefit of Liberty Holding Limited policyholders and to facilitate client trading activities. Shareholders are advised that the financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed and reported on by the group's external auditors. Johannesburg 21 February 2013 Lead sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Independent sponsor Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited Namibian sponsor Simonis Storm Securities (Proprietary) Limited Date: 21/02/2013 05:00:00 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.