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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2025 – Issue 2                       JSE – ABS
                                                  RATIOS
                  Absa Group Ltd.                 Ret on SH Fund  13.37  13.50  14.46  13.02  5.22
                                                  RetOn AveAsset  2.32  2.46  2.61  2.30  2.20
        ABS
                                                  Oper Pft Mgn  69.72  65.92  70.44  77.21  38.57
                                                  Div Cover     1.78  1.75  1.88  2.73   -
                                                  Interest Mgn  0.03  0.04  0.03  0.03  0.03
                                                  LiquidFnds:Dep  0.08  0.06  0.05  0.06  0.06
                                                              NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 36 779
                                                              DIRECTORS: Abdool-Samad T (ind ne),
                                                               Bassa Z B M (ind ne), Beck A E M (ind ne, British),
                                                               Cummins J J (ind ne, British),
                                                               Diogo L D (ind ne, Mozambican), Keanly R A (ind ne),
                                                               Mageza N P (ind ne), Mangale A (ind ne),
                                                               Mjoli-Mncube N S (ld ind ne), Rensburg ProfI(ind ne),
                                                               Tonelli F (ind ne), van Wyk R (ind ne),
                                                               Zilwa S V (ind ne), Moloko M S (Chair, ind ne),
                                                  Scan the QR code to  Russon C (Interim CEO), Raju D (Group FD)
       ISIN: ZAE000255915  SHORT: ABSA  CODE: ABG  visit our Investor
       REG NO: 1986/003934/06  FOUNDED: 1986  LISTED: 1986  Centre  POPULAR BRAND NAMES: Absa
                                                              POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 7735, Johannesburg,
                                                               2000
        NATURE OF BUSINESS:                       EMAIL: ir@absa.africa
        Absa Group (the Group or Absa) which has a primary listing  WEBSITE: www.absa.africa
        on the JSE, is incorporated and domiciled in South Africa and  TELEPHONE: 011-350-4000
        provides retail, business, corporate, investment banking,  COMPANY SECRETARY: Nadine R Drutman
        insurance, financial services and wealth management  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
        products and services. The Group operates in 12 African  SPONSORS: Absa Bank Ltd., JP Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
        countries, United Kingdom, United States of America and  AUDITORS: KPMG Inc., PwC Inc.
                                                  BANKERS: Absa Bank Ltd.
        employs 36 779 people.
        TheGroup isoneofSouthAfrica’slargestfinancialservicesor-  CALENDAR  Expected  Status
        ganisations, serving retail, business and corporate customers  Annual General Meeting  3 Jun 2025  Confirmed
        and clients in Sub-Saharan Africa.        Next Interim Results   Aug 2025  Unconfirmed
        The Group has majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana,  Next Final Results  Mar 2026  Unconfirmed
        Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa,
        Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. There are also representative  CAPITAL STRUCTURE  AUTHORISED  ISSUED
        offices in New York, London, Namibia and Nigeria as well as  ABG  Ords 200c ea  950 000 000  894 376 907
        bancassurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique,  DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
        South Africa and Zambia.                  Ords 200c ea          Ldt     Pay    Amt
        The Group interacts with its customers and clients through a  Final No 75  22 Apr 25  29 Apr 25  775.00
        combination of physical and electronic channels, offering a  Interim No 74  10 Sep 24  16 Sep 24  685.00
        comprehensive range of banking services (from basic  Final No 73  16 Apr 24  22 Apr 24  685.00
                                                                     12 Sep 23
                                                                            18 Sep 23
                                                  Interim No 72
                                                                                      685.00
        products and services for the low-income personal market, to
        customised solutions for the commercial and corporate  LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 15m shares p.w., R2 628.8m(89.6% p.a.)
        markets), financialservices and wealth managementproducts  BANK  40 Week MA  ABSA
        and services.
       SECTOR: Fins—Banks—Banks—Banks                                                  19581
       ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2024
         Other                            82.09%                                       16485
         M&G Investments (UK & ZA)         5.72%
         Public Investment Corporation (SA)  4.86%                                     13390
       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                                                                                       10294
       (R million)  Dec 24  Dec 23  Dec 22  Dec 21  Dec 20
                     Final Final(rst) Final(rst) Final(rst)  Final
       Interest Paid  96 751  86 407  51 734  36 173  44 194  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  2024  |  7199
       Interest Rcvd  167 856  154 462  112 232  89 495  93 051  Recent Announcements
       Operating Inc  47 245  45 585  46 362  37 296  33 482
       Tax           8 320  7 687  7 952  7 299  3 156  Tuesday,01April2025:ShareholderswereadvisedthattheCompany’s
       Minority Int  2 958  2 299  1 873  1 420  1 026  2024 Integrated Report will be published on Absa Group’s website
       Attrib Inc   21 537  19 891  20 265  17 763  5 880  (www.absa.africa/absaafrica/investor-relations/annual-reports/)
       TotCompIncLoss  30 652  22 878  15 261  18 210  9 281  on 1 April 2025.
       Ord SH Int  160 174  144 586  134 541  129 863  115 671  In addition to the Integrated Report, we have also published our
       Minority Int  18 458  15 167  13 951  12 802  11 988  Remuneration Report, Sustainability and Climate Report, Tax
       Dep & OtherAcc  1 506 927 1 339 536 1 241 918 1 173 766 1 048 000  Transparency Report, as well as our Broad-Based Black Economic
       Liabilities  1 884 355 1 710 479 1 638 939 1 488 758 1 398 817  Empowerment Report, along with our B-BBEE certificate.
       Inv & Trad Sec  500 681  433 036  427 064  395 835  378 025
       Adv & Loans  1 349 588 1 271 357 1 213 399 1 092 257 1 014 507  Notice of the Annual General Meeting
       ST Dep & Cash  124 557  77 815  66 429  66 041  60 682  Absa Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on
       Total Assets  2 068 695 1 874 876 1 792 101 1 639 532 1 531 120  Tuesday, 3 June 2025 at 10:00 as a hybrid meeting in Boardroom
                                                   3.11, Absa Sandton Campus South, 15 Alice Lane, Sandton and via
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
                                                   electronic communication.
       EPS (ZARc)  2 599.20 2 400.30 2 443.33 2 139.60  711.80
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  2 662.20 2 422.30 2 408.20 2 147.10  730.90  Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act: Availability
       Pct chng p.a.  9.9   0.6  12.2  193.8  - 58.2  of Annual Compliance Report
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  31.6  30.2  29.8  26.6  - 10.8  The Company´s annual compliance report in terms of section
       DPS (ZARc)  1 460.00 1 370.00 1 300.00  785.00  -  13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act has
       Pct chng p.a.  6.6   5.4  65.6   -  - 100.0  been published today and is available on the Company´s website at:
       Tr 5yr av grwth %  - 4.5  - 5.5  - 5.9  - 18.2  - 17.6  www.absa.africa/about-us/who-we-are/
       NAV PS (ZARc)  19 311.00 17 440.00 16 246.00 15 641.00 13 957.00
       3 Yr Beta     0.82  0.72  1.36  1.48  1.49
       Price Prd End  18 975  16 371  19 390  15 255  11 986
       Price High   20 070  20 775  21 100  16 000  15 318
       Price Low    13 683  15 070  15 002  11 001  6 330
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