FRD FRII FRLE FRTN - Appointment of Future Joint Auditors 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 JSE company code ETN issuer: FRTN LEI: ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690 APPOINTMENT OF FUTURE JOINT AUDITORS Shareholders and noteholders are advised that, in accordance with the mandatory audit firm rotation rule issued by the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors, FirstRand Limited (FirstRand) and FirstRand Bank Limited (FRB) intend to appoint Ernst & Young Incorporated (EY) as joint auditors for the financial year ending 30 June 2024 and subsequently KPMG Incorporated (KPMG) as joint auditors with EY for the financial year ending 30 June 2026. The current auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. and Deloitte and Touche will continue to act together as joint auditors until 30 June 2023. FirstRand and FRB will update shareholders and noteholders once the decision has been taken as to which of the current joint audit firms will rotate off the audit for 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2026 respectively. In terms of section 61 of the Banks Act No. 94 of 1990, as amended, as read with section 90(1) of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008, as amended, as well as paragraph 3.86 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the respective appointments of EY and KPMG will be tabled as a resolution to FirstRand ordinary shareholders at the appropriate annual general meetings. The appointments of the audit firms and lead audit partners are subject to the approval of the Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank and accordingly further announcements will be made when the process is concluded. Sandton 23 April 2021 Debt Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 23-04-2021 12:00:00 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.