Early Redemption-AB07 Absa Bank Limited (Incorporated with limited liability in South Africa under registration number 1986/004794/06) Bond Code: AB07 ISIN Code: ZAG111137086 (“Absa Bank” or the “Issuer”) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT EARLY REDEMPTION –AB07 Absa Bank – AB07 Tier 2 Notes (“the Notes”) were issued with a final maturity date of 7 March 2019, however, are redeemable at the Issuer’s option on 7 March 2014 (“Optional Redemption Date”) in accordance with condition 9.3 (Redemption at the Option of the Issuer) of the Terms and Conditions of the Notes (as read with the Applicable Pricing Supplement). In terms of condition 8.3 (“Payment Day”) and condition 16 (“Notices”) of the Terms and Conditions of the Notes, notice is hereby given to Noteholders that the Issuer has exercised its right to early redeem the Notes on 7 March 2014. Payment of the redemption amount, together with applicable interest, will be effected on the Optional Redemption Date. The redemption of the Notes will amount to ZAR 1 725 000 000.00 nominal and the amount outstanding after the redemption will be ZAR 0.00. Absa will maintain its strong capital position subsequent to the early redemption of this note. Capital Redemption Amount Amount Outstanding After Capital Redemption AB07 ZAR 1 725 000 000.00 ZAR 0.00 7 February 2014 Debt sponsor Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) Date: 07/02/2014 09:37:00 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.