Absa Group Annual General Meeting Absa Group Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1986/003934/06 JSE share code: ABG ISIN: ZAE000255915 (“Absa Group” or “the Company”) ABSA GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Shareholders are reminded that Absa Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Friday, 4 June 2021 at 10h00 as a virtual meeting via electronic communication, as permitted by the JSE 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 annual financial statements were distributed to shareholders on 31 March 2021. Shareholders wishing to participate in the AGM are requested to register for participation on https://smartagm.co.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 Wednesday, 2 June 2021. Proof of identification, as set out on page 12 of the notice of AGM, will be required before shareholders will be allowed to participate in the AGM. Dematerialised shareholders other than ‘own name’ registration wishing to participate and vote in the virtual 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 Thursday, 3 June 2021, 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 Thursday, 3 June 2021 at 10:00. In terms of section 59(1) (b) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, 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 in order to participate in and vote at the AGM) is Friday, 28 May 2021. Johannesburg 27 May 2021 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: 27-05-2021 03:08:00 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.