Notification of medical leave

Guaranty Trust Bank plc

Notification of medical leave of Mr. Tayo Aderinokun.

Our attention has been drawn to various concerns in the public domain regarding the state of health of the Managing Director of our Bank, Mr. Tayo Aderinokun.

In view of the Bank's policy of running an open and transparent organization, we have notified The Nigerian Stock Exchange that our Managing Director is indisposed and currently on Medical Leave.

We would like to assure the investing public and other stakeholders of the Bank that the operations of the Bank continue to run smoothly and without hitches in his absence, as the Bank has in place a well defined governance structure which ensures that there are no disruptions to the Bank's operations in the absence of any of its principal officers.

Thank you for your continued cooperation.

14 April 2011

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Notes to the Editors:

Guaranty Trust Bank is a diversified financial services company with over N1trillion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investment management, registrar services, mortgages and commercial finance through 186 local branches, 506 ATMs, international and subsidiary offices and the Internet (gtbank.com).

The Group operates as one of the leading Nigerian banks offering a wide range of financial services and products throughout Nigeria and in the West African sub-region. The Bank is rated B+ by Fitch and S&P, a reflection of the Bank's stability and reputation of being a well established franchise with strong asset quality and consistent excellent financial performance.

The Bank has five banking subsidiaries established outside of Nigeria - Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Ltd ("GTB Gambia"), Guaranty Trust Bank (Sierra Leone) Ltd ("GTB Sierra Leone"), Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Ltd ("GTB Ghana"), Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Ltd ("GTB Liberia") and Guaranty Trust Bank (United Kingdom) Ltd ("GTB UK").

The Bank also has five non-bank subsidiaries: Guaranty Trust Assurance Plc ("GTB Assurance"), which provides insurance services in Nigeria, GTB Registrars Limited ("GTB Registrars"), a securities registrar, GTHomes Limited ("GTHomes"), which provides mortgage services, GTB Asset Management Limited ("GTB Asset"), which provides asset management and other investment services and GTB Finance B.V. ("GTB Finance"), a special purpose subsidiary incorporated in The Netherlands. In each of the past three years, profit from the parent company accounted for over 90.0% of the Group's total income