THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED – Credit Event Announcement in respect of CLN577 THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED (REGISTRATION NUMBER 1962/000738/06) – Credit Event Announcement in respect of CLN577 NOTICE IS GIVEN TO ALL HOLDERS OF CLN577 ZAR47,940,060.24 iTRAXX® EUROPE CROSSOVER SERIES 31 LISTED NOTE DUE 20 June 2024 (Stock Code: CLN577 and ISIN Code: ZAG000158437) (the “Note”) issued in terms of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited’s Structured Note Programme (the “Programme”)) on 5 April 2019. Capitalised terms used and not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the Pricing Supplement of the Note, as read with the Programme Memorandum. Notice is hereby given that a Credit Event Determination Date has occurred under the terms of the Note in respect of the Portion relating to Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA (“Casino”) due to the fact that following the Credit Event Resolution Request Date of 29 August 2023, ISDA has on 06 September 2023 publicly announced that the relevant Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has Resolved that a Failure to Pay Credit Event had occurred in respect of Casino, which is one of the Reference Entities included in the Index, as listed in the Relevant Annex. As a result of the occurrence of the Credit Event Determination Date, the following will occur in accordance with the provisions of the Pricing Supplement: A. interest will cease to accrue in respect of the Portion relating to Casino (such Portion the “Affected Portion”) with effect from 20 June 2023, being the Interest Payment Date occurring immediately prior to the Event Determination Date, until the day which is 5 Business Days following the determination of the Final Price or the publication of the Auction Final Price, as the case may be, such day the “Calculation Date”; B. the Calculation Agent will determine the Cash Settlement Amount in respect of the Affected Portion; C. with effect from the Calculation Date: (i) the Credit Linked Conditions will no longer apply in respect of the Affected Portion; (ii) the Nominal Amount of the Affected Portion will be amended to be equal to the Cash Settlement Amount determined in respect of such Affected Portion (which amount may be positive or negative); (iii) the Margin applicable to such portion will be amended to be equal to the Issuer’s ZAR term funding rate on the Calculation Date as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner; and D. the Issuer will, as soon as reasonably practicable following the determination of the Cash Settlement Amount and the applicable Margin, notify the Noteholders of all of the amendments made to such Affected Portion of the Note as set out in (A) to (C) above. Notice is given to Noteholders for information purposes only. No action is required by Noteholders. Dated 27 September 2023 Sponsor – The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Further information on the Note issued please contact: Johann Erasmus SBSA (Sponsor) Email: johann.erasmus@standardbank.co.za Date: 27-09-2023 01:15:00 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.