No change statement and notice of Annual General Meeting Standard Bank Group Limited Registration No. 1969/017128/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa JSE share code: SBK ISIN: ZAE000109815 NSX share code: SNB NSX share code: SNB ZAE000109815 (“Standard Bank Group” or “the Group”) No Change Statement and Notice of Annual General Meeting 1. No Change Statement Shareholders of Standard Bank Group (“Shareholders”) are advised that the summarised consolidated annual financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2014 as set out in the annual integrated report of the Group, will be issued to Shareholders on Friday, 24 April 2015 and contain no changes to the audited results for the year ended 31 December 2014 which were released on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on Thursday, 5 March 2015 and subsequently issued to Shareholders. An electronic version of the annual integrated report, the risk and capital management report and the full annual financial statements will be included in the annual integrated report distributed to Shareholders and will also be available on the investor relations website of Standard Bank Group on Friday, 24 April 2015 during the course of the morning. 2. Notice of Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held in the HP de Villiers Auditorium, Ground Floor, Standard Bank Centre, 6 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg on Thursday, 28 May 2015 at 09:00 to transact the business stated in the notice of the Annual General Meeting, which was issued together with the annual integrated report containing the summarised consolidated annual financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2014. The record date for Shareholders to be entitled to receive the notice of Annual General Meeting is Friday, 17 April 2015. The record date for Shareholders to participate in and vote at the Annual General Meeting is Friday, 22 May 2015. Accordingly the last day to trade to participate in and vote at the Annual General Meeting is Friday, 15 May 2015. Johannesburg 24 April 2015 Lead sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Independent Sponsor Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited Namibian sponsor Simonis Storm Securities (Proprietary) Limited Date: 24/04/2015 08:00:00 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.