Posting of the Absa Group 2012 integrated report and details of the Annual General Meeting ABSA GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1986/003934/06) ISIN: ZAE000067237 JSE share code: ASA Issuer code: AMAGB (Absa Group, Absa or the Company) Posting of the Absa Group 2012 Integrated Report and Details of the Annual General Meeting Audited financial statements Shareholders are advised that the Company’s Integrated Report (IR) will be lodged with the JSE Limited and posted to shareholders today, Thursday, 28 March 2013. The IR will also be available on Absa Group’s website from 28 March 2013. An abridged report has not been published as the information previously published in Absa Group’s audited results on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 is unchanged. Ernst & Young Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. audited Absa’s results and their unqualified audit reports are available for inspection at the registered office of the Company. Notice of the annual general meeting Notice is hereby given that Absa’s annual general meeting (AGM) will be held in the P W Sceales Auditorium, Absa Towers, 160 Main Street, Johannesburg on Thursday, 2 May 2013 at 11:00 to transact the business as stated in the notice of AGM. In terms of section 59(1) (b) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, the record date for the purpose of determining which shareholders are entitled to participate in and vote at the AGM (being the date on which a shareholder must be registered in the Company’s securities register in order to participate in and vote at the AGM) as Friday, 19 April 2013. Johannesburg 28 March 2013 Enquiries: Nadine Drutman (Group Company Secretary) Nadine.Drutman@absa.co.za Tel: 011 350 5347 Independent lead sponsor to Absa Group: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Joint sponsor to Absa Group: Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Absa Bank Limited Date: 28/03/2013 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.