Barclays Africa Group chairman appointed to Barclays Plc board and appointment of lead independent director BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED (Formerly known as Absa Group Limited) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1986/003934/06) ISIN: ZAE000174124 JSE share code: BGA (“Barclays Africa Group”) BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP CHAIRMAN APPOINTED TO BARCLAYS PLC BOARD AND APPOINTMENT OF LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR Shareholders are informed that the Barclays Africa Group Chairman, Wendy Lucas-Bull, has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC, with effect from 19 September 2013. Trevor Munday has been appointed Lead Independent Director on the Board of Barclays Africa Group (the Board), effective from 19 September 2013. Trevor was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director in 2007, and is currently chairman of the Group Risk and Capital Management Committee and the Concentration Risk Committee, and is a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee, Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee and the Board Finance Committee. He currently also chairs the board of Reunert Limited, is the Lead Independent Director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited and a board member of Illovo Sugar Limited. Johannesburg 19 September 2013 Independent lead sponsor to Barclays Africa Group J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Joint sponsor to Barclays Africa Group Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Absa Bank Limited Date: 19/09/2013 01:00:00 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.