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Wed 28 Jan 2004, 10:37 CREDIT RATINGS FROM ALL FOUR MAJOR RATINGS AGENCIE
NEDCOR LIMITED - 
NEDCOR LIMITED                                                                  
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Registration number: 1966/010630/06                                             
JSE share code: NED                                                             
ISIN code: ZAE000004875                                                         
CREDIT RATINGS FROM ALL FOUR MAJOR RATINGS AGENCIES                             
Following the press release from Moody"s, Nedcor is pleased to advise that all  
four major credit ratings agencies have updated their ratings on the group,     
following the trading statement on 17 November 2003 and the announcement of the 
R2 billion secondary capital issue on 22 December 2003.                         
These include formal ratings from Fitch and CA-Ratings (which has rated Nedcor  
for the first time), and public information ratings from Standard & Poor"s and  
Moody"s.                                                                        
A summary of the ratings and the date of review is as follows:                  
FORMAL RATINGS:                                                                 
Fitch (January 2004) - Nedcor Limited and Nedbank Limited                       
                                             Nedcor    Nedbank                  
International long term foreign currency               BBB-                     
International long term local currency                 BBB+                     
National long term rating                              AA-                      
Individual rating                                      C/D                      
National long term subordinated notes                  A+                       
International short term rating                        F3                       
Support rating                               5         2                        
National short term rating                   F1        F1+                      
The long term rating outlook is STABLE                                          
CA-Ratings (January 2004) - Nedcor Limited                                      
Long-term:     zaAA-     Indicates very strong capacity of the issuer to pay    
                         interest and repay capital relative to other South     
                         African obligors.                                      
Outlook:       Stable                                                           
Short-term:    zaA1+     Indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely   
                         payment is either overwhelming or very strong, relative
                         to other South African obligors.                       
PUBLIC INFORMATION RATINGS:                                                     
Standard & Poor"s (December 2003) - Nedcor Limited                              
Local currency                               BBBpi                              
Counterparty Credit - Local currency         BBBpi                              
RSA Sovereign Ratings:                                                          
Local currency                               A/Stable/A-1                       
Foreign currency                             BBB/Stable/A-3                     
Moody"s (January 2004) - Nedbank Limited                                        
Bank financial strength rating          C+ (under review)                       
Long-term bank deposit rating           Baa2*                                   
Short-term bank deposit rating          Prime-2*                                
Outlook                                 Positive                                
* Capped by the RSA Sovereign rating                                            
For further information:                                                        
Tier 1 Investor Relations                                                       
+27 (0)21 702 3102                                                              
Sandton                                                                         
28 January 2004                                                                 
Sponsors to Nedcor:                                                             
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited                                        
UBS Corporate Finance South Africa (Pty) Limited                                
Nedbank Corporate                                                               
Date: 28/01/2004 08:21:03 AM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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