FIMBank Plc

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Oct 14, 2020

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

The following is a Company Announcement issued by FIMBank p.l.c. ("FIMBank" or the "Bank") pursuant to the Malta Financial Services Authority Listing Rules.

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The Bank hereby announces that in view of the circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with the Companies Act (Public Companies – Annual General Meetings) Regulations, 2020 (L.N. 288 of 2020), it will be availing itself of the extension period granted for the holding of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM"). In this respect, FIMBank announces that its AGM is scheduled for Monday 30th November 2020 at its head office situated at Mercury Tower, The Exchange Financial & Business Centre, Elia Zammit Street, St. Julian's STJ 3155, Malta. Given the continued risks and concerns associated with the pandemic, the Bank considers it prudent and in the interests of health and safety to proceed with holding the AGM remotely as permitted by the above-mentioned Regulations. Shareholders are entitled and encouraged to participate in and vote at the AGM by submitting a Form of Proxy appointing the Chairman of the AGM and indicating how the Chairman is to vote on each resolution put to the meeting. The form of Proxy duly completed and signed must be sent to the Office of the Company Secretary, FIMBank p.l.c., Mercury Tower, The Exchange Financial & Business Centre, Elia Zammit Street, St. Julian's STJ 3155, Malta, by hand or by using the selfaddressed envelope. You may also send this form of Proxy by electronic means, in which case kindly contact the Company Secretary on e-mail address: csec@fimbank.com who would advise you on the procedure to be adopted in this case. Form of Proxy sent either by hand, by mail or by electronic means must reach the Company Secretary by not later than, 5 p.m. on Friday, 27th November 2020.

Shareholders wishing to ask any questions pertinent and related to the items on the agenda of the AGM to be circulated in due course may do so in advance, by sending such questions in writing to the Office of the Company Secretary by hand or by postal mail or by e-mail to the above-mentioned addresses to be received also no later than (i.e. 5 p.m. of Friday, 27 November 2020). The Bank shall provide an answer to the questions on its website within 48 hours from the termination of the AGM. More information relating to the AGM will be announced at a later date. Shareholders on the Bank's Register at the Central Securities Depository of the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) as at close of trading of 31 October 2020 (the Record Date, the last trading date being 28 October 2020), will receive notice of the AGM together with accompanying documentation, including, among others, the form of Proxy and the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 which report and statements are available on the Bank's website at https://www.fimbank.com/en/financial-information.

Furthermore, pursuant to the Malta Financial Services Authority Listing Rules, a Shareholder or Shareholders holding not less than 5% of the voting issued share capital of the Bank may:

• (i) Request the Bank to include items on the agenda of the Meeting, provided that each item is accompanied by a justification or a draft resolution to be adopted at the same Meeting; and
• (ii) Table draft resolutions for items included in the agenda of the Meeting.

The request to put items on the agenda of the Meeting or the draft resolution shall be submitted to the Bank in hard copy form or in electronic form to csec@fimbank.com by 16 October 2020 and shall be authenticated by the person or persons making it. The Bank will not entertain any requests by shareholders after 16 October 2020.

Further information relating to the Meeting will be announced at a later date and published in the Investor Relations section of the Bank's website at https://www.fimbank.com/en/shareholderservices.

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Andrea Batelli Company Secretary 14 October 2020