FRD FRLE FRTN FRTNM FRBT - Appointment of Joint Auditor and Changes to the Board FIRSTRAND BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1929/001225/06) LEI: ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690 JSE company code debt issuer: FRD JSE company code etf issuer: FRLE JSE company code etn issuer: FRTN NSX company code etn issuer: FRTNM JSE company code structured product issuer: FRBT (FRB or the bank) APPOINTMENT OF JOINT AUDITOR AND CHANGES TO THE BOARD Appointment of joint auditor Securityholders are referred to the announcements released on the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) on Friday, 23 April 2021, and Monday, 6 December 2021. Whilst mandatory audit firm rotation is no longer a requirement, the board has engaged in a process of voluntary audit firm rotation. Accordingly, in terms of paragraph 6.17 of the JSE Limited (JSE) Debt and Specialist Securities (DSS) Listings Requirements and following the approval of ordinary resolution 2.1 by FirstRand Limited's ordinary shareholders at the annual general meeting held on Friday, 29 November 2024, FRB confirms the appointment of KPMG as joint external auditor (replacing PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.) for the financial year ending 30 June 2026, effective 1 July 2025. The appointment of KPMG as joint external auditor remains subject to regulatory approval. Changes to the board Securityholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS on 15 November 2024 and in compliance with paragraph 6.42 of the JSE DSS Listings Requirements, securityholders are hereby advised that Mr GG Gelink has retired from the board effective Friday, 29 November 2024. The board would like to thank Mr Gelink for his leadership, knowledge, stewardship, and dedicated service over his tenure as an independent non-executive director. 29 November 2024 Debt sponsor FirstRand Bank Limited NSX sponsor Cirrus Securities (Pty) Ltd Date: 29-11-2024 05:00:00 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.