ASCENDIS HEALTH MAINTAINS LEVEL 1 RATING: AVAILABILITY OF BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL COMPLIANCE ASCENDIS HEALTH LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2008/005856/06) Share code: ASC ISIN: ZAE000185005 (“Ascendis Health” or “the Company”) ASCENDIS HEALTH MAINTAINS LEVEL 1 RATING: AVAILABILITY OF BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT Ascendis Health has maintained a verified level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment (B- BBEE) rating for 2020. The Company improved its overall B-BBEE score on the Department of Trade and Industry codes of good practice generic scorecard from 90.63 points in 2019 to 94.54 points in 2020. The increase was driven by an enhanced performance within the management control pillar of the scorecard, while the Company also benefited from its participation in government’s Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative. In accordance with 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 53 of 2003 (read with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act 46 of 2013), is available on the Company’s website: https://ascendishealth.com/about-us/governance/transformation/. 9 October 2020 Johannesburg Sponsor Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd Date: 09-10-2020 11:32:00 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.