Availability Of The Standard Bank Of South Africa Limited Annual Financial Statements The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1962/000738/06) (“the Company”) AVAILABILITY OF THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS As per the JSE Debt Listings Requirements, Noteholders are advised that the Annual Financial Statements of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, for the year ended 31 December 2020 have been made available on the Company’s website: https://reporting.standardbank.com/results-reports/annual-reports/ Noteholders are also advised that the issuer’s audit reports were unqualified and the following restatement of the previously published annual financial statements occurred: During the current reporting period, following a review of the allocation of interest funding to the trading book, it was identified that trading book revenue was erroneously allocated from the trading revenue to interest income rather than the interest expenditure being allocated from interest expense to trading revenue. The correction of this allocation is equal and opposite on interest income and interest expense line items and did not impact The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited’s (SBSA) group and company net interest income, trading revenue, profit for the year, earning per share (basic and diluted), headline earnings, the statement of financial position or key ratios. Refer to the SBSA annual financial statements for further details. Johannesburg 13 April 2021 Debt Sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Date: 13-04-2021 02:25:00 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.