ACCESS BANK PLC APPOINTS MR. HASSAN M.T. USMAN, FCA AS INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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SUNDAY EKWOCHI

COMPANY SECRETARY

ACCESS BANK PLC RC 125384

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 31st Annual General Meeting of members of ACCESS BANK PLC ('the Bank') will hold at Access Tower, Plot 14/15, Prince Alaba Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, Lekki, Lagos on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 10.00 a.m. You will be asked to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the resolutions below:

A. ORDINARY BUSINESS

As Ordinary Resolutions:

1. To receive the Group's Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the Reports of the Directors, Auditors and Audit Committee thereon. 2. To declare a final dividend.

3. To re-elect Mr. Iboroma Akpana as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

4. To re-elect Mr. Adeniyi Adekoya as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

5. To elect Mrs. Ifeyinwa Osime who was appointed as an Independent Non- Executive Director by the Board of Directors since the last Annual General Meeting.

6. To elect Dr. Okey Nwuke who was appointed as a Non- Executive Director by the Board of Directors since the last Annual General Meeting.

7. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.

8. To elect/re-elect members of the Audit Committee.

B. SPECIAL BUSINESS

As Ordinary Resolutions:

9. That the Directors' fees for the financial year ending December 31, 2020 be and is hereby fixed at NGN 51,875,000.00 (Fifty-One Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand Naira Only).

PROXY

A member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in his stead. A Proxy need not also be a member. A proxy form is attached to this Notice and it is valid for the purpose of the meeting.

Shareholders should note that the Corporate Affairs Commission has in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and following the Government's restriction on public gathering approved that attendance to the Meeting shall only be by proxy to ensure public health and safety. Shareholders are therefore requested to submit their completed proxy forms in line with the Corporate Affairs Commissions' Guideline to the office of Group Company Secretary, Access Bank Plc , Plot 14/15 , Prince Alaba Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, Lekki, Lagos not later than April 24, 2020 to enable the Bank stamp the proxy forms and lodge same with the Registrars not later than 48 hours prior to the time of the meeting.

Dated this 4th day of April 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

SUNDAY EKWOCHI

COMPANY SECRETARY

FRC/2013/NBA/00000005528

NOTES

Dividend

If the proposed Final Dividend of 40 Kobo per every 50 Kobo ordinary share is approved, dividend will be payable on April 30, 2020 to shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members at the close of business on April 14, 2020 (bringing the Total Dividend paid for 2019 financial year to 65 kobo per share). Shareholders who have completed the e-dividend mandate forms will receive direct credit of the dividend into their bank accounts on the date of the Annual General Meeting.

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ACCESS BANK PLC RC 125384

Lagos, Nigeria

September 4, 2020

Access Bank Plc ('the Bank') hereby announces the appointment of Mr. Hassan M.T Usman, FCA as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank following the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Mr. Usman is the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of New Frontier Development Limited, an investment company focused on financial advisory, hospitality, real estate and proprietary investments in start-ups and challenged companies in the SME space. He is also the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Al-Qalam (Pen) Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Organisation that provides educational opportunities to disadvantaged children.

Prior to this, he was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Aso Savings and Loans Plc and an Executive Director at Abuja Investment and Property Development Company Limited. He was at various times the Deputy Director and Head of Petrochemicals and Gas Unit; Transport Sector Reform Team as well as the Deputy Director Telecoms Reform, Team Lead and Head NITEL Privatisation at the Bureau of Public Enterprises. He also worked with Central Bank of Nigeria, Arthur Andersen and CitiBank Nigeria.

Mr. Usman holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from University of Sussex and a Master of Philosophy in Development Economics from University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Mr. Usman is also an Eisenhower Fellow and Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow of the African Leadership Institute.

Over the years, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company and Council of The Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Commenting on the appointment, Dr. (Mrs.) Ajoritsedere Awosika MFR, the Chairman of the Bank said:

"We are very delighted to be joined by Mr. Hassan M. T. Usman, a leader with a rich blend of academic, entrepreneurial and public sector experiences which are all relevant to the needs of our Board.

As we embark on the next phase of our enterprise transformation, we continue to strengthen the diversity of our board. We are strongly convinced that he will no doubt add significant value to our quest to become Africa's Gateway to the World”

Statement on Investors' Rela�ons The Bank has a dedicated investors' portal on its corporate website which can be accessed via this link https://www.accessbankplc.com/pages/investor-relations.aspx. The Bank's Investors' Relations Officer can also be reached through electronic mail at investorrelations2@accessbankplc.com or telephone on: +234-01-2364365 for any investment related enquiry.

Lagos, Nigeria

September 1, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

DELAY IN PUBLICATION OF AUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL

Access Bank Plc (’the Bank’) wishes to notify the investing public and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (The

‘Exchange’) that the Bank's primary regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria, is still reviewing the Bank's Audited

Interim Financial Statements which was submitted to it following the approval of the Bank's Board of Directors.

In view of the foregoing, the Exchange has approved a 30-day extension of time to file the Bank's Audited Interim

Financial Statements. Accordingly, Access Bank Plc expects to publish the Audited Interim Financial Statements on

or before September 28, 2020.

The Bank's insiders are hereby reminded that the earlier declared closed period in respect of the Bank's securities

remains in place until 24 hours after the release of the Bank's Audited Interim Financial Statements for Half Year

Ended June 30, 2020.

Lagos, Nigeria

September 1, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

dited Interim Financial Statements on or before September 28, 2020.

lf Year Ended June 30, 2020.