Trading Update - HEPS to increase between 85% and 94% for the six month period ended 31 August 2017 Finbond Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 2001/015761/06) Share code: FGL ISIN: ZAE000138095 (“Finbond” or “the company” or “the group”) TRADING UPDATE - HEPS TO INCREASE BETWEEN 85% AND 94% FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2017 In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results for the next period to be reported on will differ by more than 20% from that of the previous corresponding period. A review of the financial results for the six months ended 31 August 2017 by the directors of the company has indicated that both basic and headline earnings per share are expected to increase to between 12.4 cents and 13.0 cents per share compared to 6.7 cents per share for the six months ended 31 August 2016, representing a percentage improvement of between 85% and 94%. The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by Finbond’s auditors. Finbond’s unaudited results for the interim period ended 31 August 2017 are expected to be released on SENS on or before 13 October 2017. Pretoria 5 October 2017 SPONSOR: GRINDROD BANK LIMITED Date: 05/10/2017 09:39:00 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.