ING Bank Slaski S.A. — M&A Activity 2026

Feb 18, 2026

Report Content 2026-02-18 Report No. 6/2026: European Commission's clearance for INGBank Śląski S.A. to acquire sole control over Goldman Sachs TowarzystwoFunduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

With reference to Current Report No. 24/2025 of 18 November 2025, theManagement Board of ING Bank Śląski S.A. (the "Bank") hereby communicateto have learned on 18 February 2026 that on 17 February 2026 theEuropean Commission had issued a decision under Article 6(1)(b) ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the unconditional clearance ofthe acquisition by the Bank of sole control over Goldman SachsTowarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. ("GS TFI") (the "Decision").

On 18 November 2025, the Bank has signed a preliminary share purchaseagreement, where it undertook to acquire from Goldman Sachs AssetManagement International Holdings B.V. 115,500 shares in GS TFI,representing 55% of the shares in the share capital of GS TFI and 55% ofthe total number of votes at the general meeting of GS TFI (the"Transaction").

The issuance of the European Commission Decision means that one of theconditions precedent to the Transaction has been fulfilled.

Legal grounds: Article 17.1 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse(MAR).