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”)


PUBLICATION OF 2022 INTEGRATED REPORT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING


2022 Integrated Report and audited financial statements
Shareholders are advised that the Company’s 2022 Integrated Report will be lodged with the
JSE    Limited    (JSE)     and    also    be    available   on    Absa     Group’s     website
(https://www.absa.africa/absaafrica/investor-relations/annual-reports/) on 31 March 2023.


In addition to the Integrated Report, we have also published our Remuneration Report,
Economic, Social and Governance Report, as well as our Broad-Based Black Economic
Empowerment Report, along with our BEE certificate.


The Group’s audited annual results and full annual financial statements, as well as the Pillar 3
Risk Management Report, were published on Monday, 13 March 2023. KPMG Inc. and
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. audited the Group’s results and their unmodified audit reports
are contained in the annual financial statements, 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.


Notice of the Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that Absa Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Friday,
2 June 2023 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 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 will be
distributed to shareholders today, 31 March 2023.


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 Wednesday, 31 May 2023. 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 Thursday, 1 June 2023 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 Thursday, 1 June 2023 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, 26 May 2023. Therefore, the last day to trade
in Absa Group shares in order to be in the register is Tuesday, 23 May 2023.


Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act: Annual Compliance Report
In accordance with paragraph 16.20(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
31 March 2023


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