Addiko Bank AG: Belated Major Holdings Notification by Diplomat Pay D.O.O.

Vienna (pta019/23.05.2024/10:45 UTC+2)

Vienna, 23 May 2024 – On 21 May 2024, Belgrade-based Diplomat Pay D.O.O. announced by means of a belated major holdings notification that on 20 March 2024, Diplomat Pay D.O.O. concluded a conditional share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 1,340,207 shares (6.87%) in Addiko Bank AG ("Addiko") with Alta Pay Group d.o.o., which does not yet hold these shares but is to acquire them itself on the basis of a condition precedent and transfer them to Diplomat Pay D.O.O. at the same time. According to the notification, such condition precedent has not occurred yet. The notification of Diplomat Pay D.O.O. further refers to the belated major holdings notification of Alta Pay Group d.o.o. published on 21 May 2024.

As Addiko is not privy to the related purchase agreements, Addiko is not able to express a view as to the nature, terms and enforceability of these transactions.

As of the notification date, this results in a holding of Diplomat Pay D.O.O. of 3.12% of voting rights attached to shares, and 6.87% of voting rights through financial/other instruments, thus in total 9.99%.

According to the notification, the conditional acquisition of shares took place on 20 March 2024, meaning the required disclosure was made more than 2 months after the deadline stipulated by law.

Addiko takes note of such belated notification and the underlying acquisition of which it has not been notified before.

Addiko stresses once again the high importance of proper capital market transparency and the adherence to statutory disclosure rules, in particular in the current situation where one takeover offer has recently been published and another one has just been announced.

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Contact
Constantin Gussich
Head of Investor Relations & Group Corporate Development
investor.relations@addiko.com

About Addiko Group

Addiko Group is a specialist banking group focusing on providing banking products and services to Consumer and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in Central and South-Eastern Europe (CSEE). The Group consists of Addiko Bank AG, the fully-licensed Austrian parent bank registered in Vienna, Austria, listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and supervised by the Austrian Financial Market Authority and the European Central Bank, as well as six subsidiary banks, registered, licensed and operating in five CSEE countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina (where it operates via two banks), Serbia and Montenegro. Through its six subsidiary banks, Addiko Group services as of 31 March 2024 approximately 0.9 million customers in CSEE using a well-dispersed network of 155 branches and modern digital banking channels.

Based on its strategy, Addiko Group has repositioned itself as a specialist Consumer and SME banking group with a focus on growing its Consumer and SME lending activities as well as payment services (its "focus areas"). It offers unsecured personal loan products for Consumers and working capital loans for its SME customers and is largely funded by retail deposits. Addiko Group's Mortgage business, Public and Large Corporate lending portfolios (its "non-focus areas") are subject of an accelerated run-down process, thereby providing liquidity and capital for the growth in its Consumer and SME lending.

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Emitter:	Addiko Bank AG Canetti Tower, Canettistraße 5/12.OG 1100 Wien Austria
Contact Person:	Addiko Investor Relations
Phone:	+43 664 884 268 31
E-Mail:	investor.relations@addiko.com
Website:	www.addiko.com
ISIN(s):	AT000ADDIKO0 (Share)
Stock Exchange(s):	Vienna Stock Exchange (Official Trade)