Trading Update - Year ended 28 February 2015 Finbond Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 2001/015761/06) Share code: FGL ISIN: ZAE00013895 (“Finbond” or “the Company” or “the Group”) TRADING UPDATE – YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2015 In terms of the listing Requirements of the JSE Limited companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results for the next period to be reported on will differ by more than 20% from that of the previous corresponding period. A review of the financial results for the year ended 28 February 2015 by the directors of the Company has indicated that: - Headline earnings per share is expected to increase to between 8.0 cents and 9.0 cents per share compared to 5.6 cents per share for the year ended 28 February 2014, representing a percentage improvement of between 43% and 60%. - Basic earnings per share is expected to increase to between 7.8 cents and 9.0 cents per share compared to 6.1 cents per share for the year ended 28 February 2014, representing a percentage improvement of between 28% and 47%. The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by Finbond’s auditors. Finbond’s results for the period ended 28 February 2015 are expected to be released on SENS on or before 16 April 2015. Pretoria 10 April 2015 SPONSOR: GRINDROD BANK LIMITED Date: 10/04/2015 01:48:00 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.