Absa Group board appointment and committee changes ABSA GROUP LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number: 1986/003934/06) JSE share code: ABG ISIN: ZAE000255915 Bond issuer code: ABGI (“Absa Group” or “Group”) ABSA GROUP BOARD APPOINTMENT AND COMMITTEE CHANGES In accordance with paragraphs 3.59 of the Equity Listings Requirements and 6.39 of the Debt Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, shareholders are informed that Peter Mageza has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Absa Group with effect from 1 August 2023. Peter is a seasoned director who has served on a number of large listed and unlisted diversified boards across South Africa and on the African continent. He is currently an independent non-executive director of Sappi Limited, Remgro Limited and RCI Foods Limited. He is the former Chief Operations Officer and was an executive director of Absa Group and Absa Bank Limited until June 2009. Peter is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) UK. Peter will become a member of the of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC), Information Technology Committee (ITC) and Remuneration Committee (RemCo). Johannesburg 19 June 2023 Enquiries: Nadine Drutman +27 (0) 11 350 5347 E-mail: Nadine.Drutman@absa.africa Lead Independent Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Joint Sponsor: Absa Bank - Corporate and Investment Bank Date: 19-06-2023 03:21:00 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.