ANNOUNCEMENT ON ΤΗΕ DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES (STOCK AWARDS) OF NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.

National Bank of Greece S.A. (“the Bank”), following the decision of its Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting of 28.07.2023 which established a Program for the distribution of shares (Stock Awards) (“the 2023 Program”) to Senior Management executives or/and staff of the Bank or/and its affiliated companies in the context of article 32 of Law 4308/2014, the decision of its Board of Directors of 30.11.2023 that approved the Regulation for the implementation of the 2023 Program, the decisions of its Board of Directors of 28.03.2025 and 29.05.2025, which approved the Beneficiaries in the context of  the third cycle of the Program, the decision of the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting of 30.05.2025, and following the Bank’s relevant announcement of 16.04.2025, announces that 490,598 common, registered shares of the Bank with voting rights (Common Equity Tier 1 instruments) were distributed to a total of 161 Beneficiaries of the third cycle through over-the-counter transactions. 

The Shares awarded to the Beneficiaries are subject to all terms and conditions set out in the approved Regulation for implementation of the 2023 Program (including deferral, retention, etc.). 
 
The distribution of Shares was carried out through the offering of own shares purchased by the Bank in the context of a share buyback program pursuant to the relevant decision of its Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting of 28.07.2023, as amended by its Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting of 25.07.2024 and following the renewal of a respective approval by the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the European Central Bank (SSM), which was granted on 03.09.2024, and is valid for a period of 1 year, i.e. until 02.09.2025. The aforementioned own shares were purchased in the period from 18.06.2024 up to and including 12.05.2025, according to detailed information included in previous relevant announcements of the Bank.  

The Shares awarded to the Beneficiaries are subject to a mandatory twelve-month (12) retention period, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, as each time in force. 

Following the above distribution, the Bank holds directly 2,977,700 of its own shares, which correspond to 0.3255% of its share capital.