Retirement of Chairman STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED Registration number 1969/017128/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Website: www.standardbank.com/reporting Share codes JSE share code: SBK ISIN: ZAE000109815 NSX share code: SNB ZAE000109815 A2X share code: SBK SBKP ZAE000038881 (first preference shares) SBPP ZAE000056339 (second preference shares) (“Standard Bank Group” or “the Company”) Chairman retirement Standard Bank Group announces that Thulani Sikhulu Gcabashe will retire as chairman and director of the Company and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (SBSA) boards at the conclusion of each of the companies’ respective Annual General Meetings to be held in May 2022. Mr Gcabashe was appointed as a director of Standard Bank Group and SBSA in 2003 and was appointed chairman of these boards in May 2015. The boards wish to express deep appreciation to Thulani for his exemplary leadership, stewardship and dedication to the Standard Bank Group during his tenure and wish him all the success in his future endeavours. The process to appoint Mr Gcabashe’s successor is underway and an announcement in this regard will be made in due course. Johannesburg 31 March 2022 Lead sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Independent sponsor JP Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Namibian sponsor Simonis Storm Securities (Proprietary) Limited Date: 31-03-2022 09:32:00 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.