Group Recapitalisation Closing Announcement and Closing of the RCA Transaction Ascendis Health Limited (Registration number 2008/005856/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share code: ASC ISIN: ZAE000185005 (“Ascendis Health” or “the Company”) Group Recapitalisation Closing Announcement and Closing of the RCA Transaction Implementation of the Group Recapitalisation The board of directors of Ascendis Health (“the Board”) is pleased to announce that all of the conditions precedent in relation to the Group Recapitalisation (as defined in the announcement dated Wednesday, 12 May 2021 and entitled “Proposed Transaction for the Recapitalisation of Ascendis Health and Further Cautionary Announcement”) have now been met and that implementation was completed on Thursday, 21 October 2021. Disposal of Respiratory Care Africa (Pty) Ltd Shareholders are referred to the announcement published by the Company on Wednesday, 26 May 2021 relating to the proposed disposal of Respiratory Care Africa (Pty) Ltd (“RCA”) (“the RCA Transaction”) and the announcement dated Monday, 4 October 2021 publishing the results of the general meeting held by the Company on Monday, 4 October at which shareholders approved, among other things, the RCA Transaction. The Board is pleased to advise that all conditions precedent to the RCA Transaction have been fulfilled and accordingly the RCA Transaction has become unconditional. The effective date of the RCA Transaction is 6 October 2021. 21 October 2021 Bryanston Sponsor Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Date: 21-10-2021 11:45:00 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.