New Instrument Listing-FRC188 FirstRand Bank Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration No. 1929/001225/06) Company code: BIFR1 ISIN: ZAG000111873 (“FRB”) LISTING OF NEW FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT The JSE Limited has granted FirstRand Bank Limited the listing of its FRC188 Credit Linked Note, in terms of its ZAR30,000,000,000 Note Programme dated 29 November 2011. INSTRUMENT TYPE: Credit Linked Notes Total Notes in Issue: R5,062,239,929.00 Instrument Code: FRC188 Nominal Issued: R50,000,000.00 Issue Price: 100% Interest Rate: 7.625% (2.400% over 3 month Jibar as at 22 January 2014 of 5.225%) Coupon Rate Indicator: Floating Issue Date: 22 January 2014 Interest Commencement Date: 22 January 2014 First Interest Date: 20 March 2014 Maturity Date: 20 March 2019 Last day to Register: By 17:00 on 14 March, 14 June, 14 September and 14 December in each year until the Maturity Date Books Close: 15 March, 15 June, 15 September, 15 December Interest Payment Date: 20 June, 20 September, 20 December, 20 March in each year until the Maturity Date ISIN: ZAG000111873 Business Day Convention: Modified 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. 22 January 2014 Debt Sponsor Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 22/01/2014 02:05:00 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.