Results 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 (the Company) Results of the annual general meeting (AGM) Shareholders are advised that at the AGM of the Company held on Thursday, 2 May 2012, all the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM sent to shareholders together with the integrated report for the year ended 31 December 2012 were passed by the requisite majority of votes. Votes in favour (%) Result Ordinary resolutions Resolution to consider the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012: 100,00 Passed Resolution to re-appoint the Company’s auditors: 99,99 Passed Resolutions to re-elect retiring directors: C Beggs 98,51 Passed Y Z Cuba 99,88 Passed R Le Blanc 99,59 Passed T S Munday 99,44 Passed M D C D N C Ramos 99,72 Passed Resolution to confirm the appointment of new directors appointed after the last AGM: W E Lucas-Bull 99,88 Passed A V Vaswani 99,88 Passed P A Clackson 99,88 Passed Resolution regarding the placing of unissued shares under the control of the directors: 96,82 Passed Non-binding advisory vote on the Company’s remuneration policy: 97,38 Passed Special resolutions Special resolution to sanction the proposed remuneration of the non-executive directors, payable from 1 May 2013: 98,68 Passed Special resolution regarding the authority for a general repurchase of ordinary shares of the Company: 87,40 Passed Special resolution on Financial Assistance – section 44: 86,43 Passed Special resolution on Financial Assistance – section 45: 99,03 Passed The special resolutions will be lodged with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) in due course and, where appropriate, the Registrar of Banks. Johannesburg 2 May 2013 Enquiries: David Hodnett Group Financial Director Tel: (+2711) 350 2623 Email: David.Hodnett@absa.co.za Lead Independent Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Joint Sponsor: Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Absa Bank Limited Date: 02/05/2013 01:23:00 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.