Appointment to the Board of an Independant Non Executive Director Finbond Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 2001/015761/06) Share code: FGL ISIN: ZAE000138095 (“Finbond” or “the Company”) APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF AN INDEPENDANT NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR In terms of paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Mr. Daniel(Danie) Johannes Brits [B. Comm. MBA] has been appointed as an independent non- executive director and member of the audit and risk committees of Finbond Group Limited with immediate effect. Mr. Danie Brits gained extensive experience in the Banking and Financial Services Sector over the past 40 years of which he spent approximately 20 years at ABSA Group Limited where he started his career as a Manager at Volkskas Merchant Bank in 1980 and was appointed as Group Executive Risk in 1992 and as Executive Director of ABSA Group Limited in 1995. Danie inter alia served as : • Executive Director and Board Member ABSA Group Limited, ABSA Bank Limited, ABSA Corporate and Merchant Bank and Bankfin. • Member of the Absa Group Limited Executive Committee, Asset and Liability Committee, Operational Committee, EXCO Lending Committee, Strategic Council Committee, Insurance Committee, Management Committee, Investment Banking and Risk Committee, • Head of ABSA Group Limited Executive Corporate Bank Division, consisting of: Corporate and Merchant Bank, Group Treasury and Foreign Banking operations where his responsibilities included: Business initiation and client, relationship management, group treasury, securities trading and stock broking, international trade finance and related activities, structured and project finance, corporate finance and investment banking, financial management, corporate banking, distress account management international wholesale banking operations (New York, London, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai) and risk management. Mr. Danie Brits is currently also serving as: • Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Barclays Bank Mozambique • Board Member of the National Bank of Tanzania Pretoria 12 September 2013 Date: 12/09/2013 10:20:00 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.