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Publication of 2023 Integrated Report and distribution of Notice of Annual General Meeting
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 "the Company")
PUBLICATION OF 2023 INTEGRATED REPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NOTICE OF
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
2023 Integrated Report and Audited Financial Statements ("AFS")
Shareholders are advised that the Company's 2023 Integrated Report will be published on Absa
Group's website (https://www.absa.africa/absaafrica/investor-relations/annual-reports/) on 28
March 2024.
In addition to the Integrated Report, we have also published our Remuneration Report,
Sustainability Report (previously Economic, Social and Governance), Climate Report
(previously TCFD), Principles for Responsible Banking Report, Tax Transparency Report, as
well as our Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Compliance Report, along with our B-
BBEE certificate.
The Group's audited annual results and full AFS ("Group's Results"), as well as the Pillar 3 Risk
Management Report, were published on Monday, 11 March 2024. KPMG Inc. and
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. audited the Group's results and their unmodified audit reports
are contained in the AFS, which are available for inspection at the registered office of the
Company and also available on the Group's website at the address provided above. There are
no changes to the Group's Results and the related auditors' reports.
Notice of the Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that Absa Group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 at 10h00 as a hybrid meeting in Boardroom 3.11, Absa Sandton Campus
South, 15 Alice Lane, Sandton and via electronic communication, as permitted by the JSE
Limited and in terms of the provisions of the Companies Act 71 of 2008, and the Company's
Memorandum of Incorporation. The notice of AGM and summarised AFS will be distributed to
shareholders today, 28 March 2024.
Shareholders wishing to participate in the AGM are requested to register for participation on
https://meetnow.global/za (click on the Absa logo) or contact the Company Secretary, Nadine
Drutman, at groupsec@absa.africa or nadine.drutman@absa.africa, as soon as possible, but
not later than 10h00 on Friday, 31 May 2024. Proof of identification, as set out on page 12 of
the notice of AGM, will be required before such shareholders will be allowed to participate in
the AGM.
Shareholders who wish to attend the AGM in-person and vote at the meeting, and who have
not registered online, will be able to register at the venue. In order to register at the venue,
shareholders will be required to provide identification reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer
Secretary, Computershare, as more fully set out in the notice. Once registered, such
shareholders will be able to participate in and vote at the AGM. Shareholders attending the
AGM in-person and who wish to vote thereat must ensure that they bring along an internet-
enabled smartphone, tablet or computer in order to be able to vote at the venue.
Dematerialised shareholders other than 'own name' registration wishing to participate and vote
in the annual general meeting should request the necessary letter of representation from their
broker/CSDP and submit a copy thereof to Computershare at proxy@computershare.co.za as
soon as possible, but not later than Monday, 3 June 2024 at 10:00, for administrative purposes,
in order to participate in the meeting.
All shareholders are, however, encouraged to submit their votes by proxy, either to their
broker/CSDP (dematerialised shareholders) or to proxy@computershare.co.za (certificated
shareholders) before the meeting, if possible by Monday, 3 June 2024 at 10:00.
In terms of section 59(1)(b) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, the record date to be entitled to
receive the notice was Friday, 22 March 2024. Furthermore, the record date for the purpose of
determining which shareholders are entitled to participate in and vote at the AGM (being the
date on which a shareholder must be registered in the Company's securities register) is Friday,
24 May 2024. Therefore, the last day to trade in Absa Group shares in order to be in the register
is Tuesday, 21 May 2024.
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act: Annual Compliance Report
In accordance with paragraph 16.21 (g) and Appendix 1 to Section 11 of the JSE Listings
Requirements, notice is hereby given that the Company´s annual compliance report in terms of
section 13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act has been published
today and is available on the Company´s website at:
https://www.absa.africa/about-us/who-we-are/
Johannesburg
28 March 2024
Enquiries:
Nadine Drutman (Group Company Secretary)
Nadine.Drutman@absa.africa
Tel: 011 350 5347
Independent lead sponsor to Absa Group:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
Joint sponsor to Absa Group:
Absa Bank Limited – Corporate and Investment Bank
Date: 28-03-2024 04:38:00
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