Acquisition of securities by clients of Allan Gray BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1986/003934/06 ISIN: ZAE000174124 JSE share code: BGA (“Barclays Africa” or “the Company”) ACQUISITION OF SECURITIES BY CLIENTS OF ALLAN GRAY PROPRIETARY LIMITED ("Allan Gray") In accordance with section 122(3)(b) of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 and section 3.83(b) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, shareholders are hereby advised that Barclays Africa has received formal notification that clients of Allan Gray have, in aggregate, acquired of an interest in the ordinary shares of the Company, such that the total interest in the ordinary shares of the Company held by Allan Gray's clients now amounts to 5.2581% of the total issued ordinary shares of the Company. As required in terms of Section 122 of the Companies Act, the required notice will be filed with the Takeover Regulation Panel. Johannesburg 6 June 2017 Enquiries: Alan Hartdegen (Head of Investor Relations) (+2711) 350-2598 E-mail: Alan.Hartdegen@barclaysafrica.com Lead Independent Sponsor to Barclays Africa: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Joint Sponsor to Barclays Africa: Corporate and Investment Bank, a division of Absa Bank Page 1 of 1 Date: 06/06/2017 12:11:00 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.