FIRSTRAND BANK LIMITED - New Instrument Listing - FRC 169

New Instrument Listing - FRC 169

FirstRand Bank Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No. 1929/001225/06)
Company code: BIFR1
ISIN: ZAG000104852
(“FRB”)


LISTING OF NEW FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT

The JSE Limited has granted FirstRand Bank Limited the listing of
its FRC169 Credit Linked Notes, in terms of its ZAR30,000,000,000
Note Programme dated 29 November 2011.

INSTRUMENT TYPE:               Credit Linked Notes
Total Notes in Issue:          R4,008,225,000.00


Instrument Code:              FRC169
Nominal Issued:               R10,339,928.00
Issue Price:                  96.7124722725342
Interest Rate:                2.00%
Coupon Rate Indicator:        Credit Linked
Base CPI:                     96.8021997606740%
Interest Commencement Date:   16 April 2013
Maturity Date:                31 January 2025
Last day to Register:         By 17h00 on 21 January and 21 July in
                              each year until the Maturity Date
Books Close:                  22 January and 22 July in each year
                              until the Maturity Date
Interest Payment Dates:       31 January and 31 July in each year until
                              the Maturity Date
ISIN:                         ZAG000104852
Business Day Convention:      Following Business Day


The Notes will be immobilised in the Central Depository (“CSD”) and
settlement will take place electronically in terms of JSE Rules.

This note has been privately placed by FirstRand Bank Limited. Any
prospective purchaser of the note should contact FirstRand Bank
Limited for details of the terms of the note.      In this regard,
prospective purchasers should be aware that:


1. The note issued is subject to the terms and conditions of the
pricing supplement agreed between the Issuer and the subscriber(s)
for the note and the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out in
the Programme Memorandum dated 29 November 2011 in respect of the
Issuer’s Note Programme;


2. The performance of each note issued is linked to the performance
of an underlying third party entity and/or obligation stipulated in
the pricing supplement in respect of the note and accordingly, as
the prospective purchaser will assume credit exposure to both the
Issuer and such entity and/or obligation, the note is only suitable
for purchase by financially sophisticated investors after conducting
all relevant independent investigations. The risks pertaining to
credit-linked notes generally are more fully set out in the
Programme Memorandum. Copies of the Programme Memorandum are
available from the Issuer.


16 April 2013

Debt Sponsor
Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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