Trading Statement for the Six Months Period Ending 30 June 2024

In terms of the Listings Requirements of the Malawi Stock Exchange Limited, a listed company is required to publish a Trading Statement as soon as it Is satisfied (within 30 days prior fo the reporting period) that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results for the period to be reported upon next will differ by at least 20 percent from the most recent financial results for the previous Ccormesponding period (30 June 2023). Shareholders are advised that NBS Bank plc has reasonable certainty that it will be registering a profit in the six months period ending 30 June 2024 materially different from that of the previous corresponding period (30 June 2023). Therefore, the Company accordingly advises that profit after tax for the six months period ending 30 June 20724 is expected fo fall in the range of MWK30.4 billion and MWK32.5 billion representing an increase of between 149% and 166% compared fo profit affer tax of MWK12.2 billion reported in the previous corresponding period. The information on which this Trading Statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company’s external auditors. The summary consolidated and separate financial statements of the Company for the half year ending 30 June 2024 are expected to be published not later than 31 August 2024.

Marsha Ovi Machika
Company Secretary
24 June 2024

NBS BANK PLC
NBS House
Ginnery Corner
P.O. Box 32251
BLANTYRE 3