FIRSTRAND LIMITED - Cash dividend declaration of 393.58480 cents per variable rate non-cumulative non-redeemable B preference share

Cash dividend declaration of 393.58480 cents per variable rate non-cumulative non-redeemable B preference share

FirstRand Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1966/010753/06
B preference share code: FSRP ISIN: ZAE000060141
Income tax number: 9150201714
(FirstRand)

CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION OF 393.58480 CENTS PER VARIABLE RATE NON-
CUMULATIVE NON-REDEEMABLE FIRSTRAND B PREFERENCE SHARE

B preference shareholders are advised that the salient dates for the twenty sixth dividend declaration
on the variable rate non-cumulative non-redeemable B preference shares in FirstRand (B preference
shares) for the period from 28 February 2017 to 28 August 2017, both days inclusive, in the gross
amount of 393.58480 cents per B preference share, will be as follows.


Last day to trade B preference shares cum-dividend                       Tuesday, 22 August 2017

B preference shares commence trading ex-dividend from the
commencement of business on                                              Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Record date                                                              Friday, 25 August 2017

Payment date of the B preference share dividend                          Monday, 28 August 2017


B preference share certificates may not be dematerialised or re-materialised between Wednesday, 23
August 2017 and Friday, 25 August 2017, both days inclusive.
In the event, there is a change to the prime rate between the B preference share dividend declaration
date (dividend declaration date) and the B preference share dividend payment date (dividend payment
date), the prevailing prime rate at the dividend declaration date will be applied from the dividend
declaration date to the dividend payment date.

Dividend tax amounting to 78.71696 cents per B preference share will be deducted from this preference
dividend for all B preference shareholders who are subject to dividend withholding tax of 20%. The net
dividend will, therefore, be 314.86784 cents per B preference share.

The B preference dividend is declared out of income reserves.

The issued share capital at the declaration date is 5 609 488 001 ordinary shares of one cent each and
45 000 000 B preference shares of one cent each.



Sandton
27 July 2017

Sponsor
Rand Merchant Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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