FIRSTRAND LIMITED - Changes to the board of directors

Changes to the board of directors

     FirstRand Limited
     (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
     (Registration number 1966/010753/06)
     JSE ordinary share code: FSR
     Ordinary share ISIN: ZAE000066304
     JSE B preference share code: FSRP
     B preference share ISIN: ZAE000060141
     NSX ordinary share code: FST
     (FirstRand or the group)

     FirstRand Bank Limited
     (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
     (Registration number 1929/001225/06)
     JSE company code interest rate issuer: FRII
     JSE company code debt issuer: FRD
     JSE company code ETF issuer: FRLE
     (FirstRand Bank)



     CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


     In compliance with the JSE Limited Listing Requirements, the following information is disclosed:

     The FirstRand board is pleased to announce that Mr Thomas Winterboer has been appointed as an independent non-
     executive director of FirstRand Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, FirstRand Bank Limited (the boards).
     Mr Winterboer brings to the boards a wealth of experience, having spent a large part of his professional career as an
     audit firm partner serving clients in the financial services sector. The Office of the Registrar of Banks (now the
     Prudential Authority) has confirmed that it has no objection to the appointment of Mr Thomas Winterboer to the boards,
     with effect from 20 April 2018.

     FirstRand further wishes to announce that Patrick Maguire Goss will retire as an independent non-executive director
     and Paul Kenneth Harris will retire as non-executive director, effective 30 April 2018.

     Mr Harris was a founder of FirstRand and served first as CEO of FirstRand Bank and then as CEO of FirstRand
     Limited until his retirement in 2009 whereafter he became a non-executive director of the boards. Mr Goss served as
     an independent non-executive director of the boards from 1998.

     The FirstRand board would like to thank Messrs Goss and Harris for their long and distinguished service to the group.



     Sandton
     20 April 2018


     Sponsor
     RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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