National Bank of Greece S.A. (the “Bank”), following the resolution of its Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on July 28, 2023, which established a Stock Awards (Stock Awards) (“the 2023 Program”) for executives and/or employees of the Bank and/or its affiliated companies within the meaning of Article 32 of Law 4308/2014, and the decision of its Board of Directors dated November 30,2023, which approved the Regulations for the implementation of the 2023 Program, announces that at its meeting on May 21, 2026, the Bank’s Board of Directors approved 162 Beneficiaries under the fourth cycle of the Program, to whom 741,391 Shares will be allocated.
Furthermore, in light of the above and following the Bank’s relevant announcement dated June 2,2025, it is announced that the Bank allocated, free of charge, through over-the-counter transactions, 296,571 shares under the fourth round and 73,639 shares under the third round, common, registered shares with voting rights (Common Equity Tier 1 instruments).
The distribution of the Shares is subject to all applicable terms and conditions set forth in the approved Regulations for the implementation of the 2023 Program (including deferral, retention, etc.).
The distribution of the Shares was carried out through the use of treasury shares acquired under the Bank’s share buyback program, pursuant to the relevant resolution of its Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders dated July 28, 2023, as amended by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on July 25, 2024, and following the renewal of the corresponding approval by the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the European Central Bank (Single Supervisory Mechanism – SSM), dated September 3, 2024, effective for one year, i.e., until September 2, 2025, as well as its resolution dated May 30,2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and following the receipt of the corresponding regulatory approval from the SSM dated August 4, 2025, effective for 1 year, i.e., until August 3, 2026.
These treasury shares were acquired during the period from May 5, 2025, through March 6, 2026, in accordance with the detailed information included in the Bank’s previous relevant announcements.
The Shares distributed to the Beneficiaries are subject to a mandatory holding period of twelve (12) months in accordance with the applicable legal provisions in force at the time.
Following the aforementioned allocation, the Bank directly holds 17,001,934 treasury shares, which correspond to 1.86% of its share capital.