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.