FIRSTRAND BANK LIMITED - Notice to Elect to Make No Interest Payment

Notice to Elect to Make No Interest Payment

FirstRand Bank Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No. 1929/001225/06)
Company code: BIFR1
(“FRB” or “the Issuer”)


NOTICE TO ELECT TO MAKE NO INTEREST PAYMENT IN TERMS OF
PARAGRAPH 22(J) FOR THE APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENTS

1.    In terms of this notice the Issuer of the Applicable Pricing Supplements issued under
      the FirstRand Limited ZAR30,000,000,000 Note Programme (the Programme)
      established pursuant to a programme memorandum dated 29 November 2011 (the
      Programme Memorandum) elects to make no Interest Payment on the next Interest
      Payment Date, which is 15 March 2016 to any Noteholders of:

1.1        applicable pricing supplement dated 3 February 2012 (the FRC95 Applicable
           Pricing Supplement) in relation to the issue of ZAR4,000,000 Credit Linked
           Notes with Scheduled Termination Date of 15 June 2016 (Stock Code FRC95)
           (the FRC95 Notes);

1.2        applicable pricing supplement dated 20 February 2012 (the FRC98 Applicable
           Pricing Supplement) in relation to the issue of ZAR12,000,000 Credit Linked
           Notes with Scheduled Termination Date of 15 June 2016 (Stock Code FRC98)
           (the FRC98 Notes);

1.3        applicable pricing supplement dated 4 June 2012 (the FRC117 Applicable
           Pricing Supplement) in relation to the issue of ZAR8,300,000 Credit Linked
           Notes with Scheduled Termination Date of 15 June 2016 (Stock Code FRC117)
           (the FRC117 Notes);

1.4        applicable pricing supplement dated 12 June 2013 (the FRC175 Applicable
           Pricing Supplement) in relation to the issue of ZAR20,000,000 Credit Linked
           Notes with Scheduled Termination Date of 15 June 2016 (Stock Code FRC175)
           (the FRC175 Notes);

      the FRC95 Notes, the FRC98 Notes, the FRC117 Notes and the FRC175 Notes,
      together constituting the Notes and the FRC95 Applicable Pricing Supplement, the
      FRC98 Applicable Pricing Supplement, the FRC117 Applicable Pricing Supplement
      and the FRC175 Applicable Pricing Supplement, together constituting the Applicable
      Pricing Supplements.

2.    Capitalised terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall bear the meaning
      ascribed thereto in the Terms and Conditions (read together with the Additional Terms
      and Conditions of Credit-Linked Notes (the Credit-Linked Annex)) where the context
      requires.



15 December 2015

Debt Sponsor
Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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