2020 INTEGRATED REPORT

STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY BY THE GROUP CHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICERANDGROUPCHIEFFINANCIAL OFFICER for the year ended 31 December 2020 The PPS Group Executive Directors, whose names are stated below, hereby confirm that: ~ The annual financial statements set out on pages 105 to 209 fairly present in all material respects the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer in terms of IFRS; ~ No facts have been omitted, or untrue statements made that would make the annual financial statements false or misleading; ~ Internal financial controls have been put in place to ensure that material information relating to the issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries have been provided to effectively prepare the financial statements of the issuer; and ~ The internal financial controls are adequate and effective and can be relied upon in compiling the annual financial statements, having fulfilled our role and function within the combined assurance model pursuant to principle 15 of the King Code. Where we are not satisfied, we have disclosed to the Audit Committee and the auditors the deficiencies in design and operational effectiveness of the internal financial controls and any fraud that involves directors and have taken the necessary remedial action. Mr I J Smit Mrs T Boesch Group Chief Executive Group Chief Financial Officer The Professional Provident Society Holdings Trust 25 March 2021 110 | PPS INTEGRATED REPORT 2020