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ING Bank Slaski S.A.

Management Reports Aug 21, 2025

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Management Board Report on Operations of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for a six-month period ending on 30 June 2025

Contents

1. Introduction 3
2. Business landscape 3
3. Financial results, capital adequacy and financial instruments 16
4. Development lines and operations of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. 23
5. Internal business conditions 26
6. Organisational framework and authorities of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. 40
7. Corporate governance and information for investors 63
8. ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board statement 71

1. Introduction

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. (the Bank) was established on 26 February 2018, upon obtaining a permit issued by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority on 16 January 2018.

ING Bank Hipoteczny was established as part of the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group (Group). ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. is a subsidiary of ING Bank Śląski S.A., which held 100% of the share capital of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. as at 30 June 2025.

As at 30 June 2025, the share capital of the Bank amounted to PLN 380,000,000 and was fully taken up by ING Bank Śląski S.A. ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.'s shares were paid in cash.

The Bank's strategic objective is to acquire and then increase the share of long-term funding in the Bank's balance sheet through the issue of covered bonds, secured by highgrade mortgage debt claims purchased from ING Bank Śląski S.A. The Bank's operating model is based on close, strategic cooperation with ING Bank Śląski S.A.

2. Business landscape

2.1 Macroeconomic environment

Gross Domestic Product

The first half of 2025 saw a continuation of the economic recovery in Poland, although its pace slowed slightly in the first quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. In 1Q2025, Gross Domestic Product increased by 3.2% y/y, compared to a 3.4% y/y increase in 4Q2024. The slightly lower annual GDP growth rate than in the last quarter of last year was due to a smaller positive contribution from the change in inventories (1.7 p.p., vs. 3.4 p.p. a quarter earlier) and total consumption (2.0 p.p. vs. 3.3 p.p., respectively).

The growth in public consumption slowed to 2.0% y/y in 1Q2025 from 7.6% y/y in 4Q2024, and in household consumption to 2.5% y/y from 3.5% y/y, respectively. In the latter case, this was due, among other things, to the postponement of Easter. In 2024, the majority of festive spending occurred in 1Q, whereas in 2025 in 2Q, as evidenced, among other things, by monthly retail goods sales data. A positive development in early 2025 was the rebound in investment. Gross fixed capital formation increased by 6.3% y/y in the first quarter, following a 6.9% y/y decline in the fourth quarter of the previous year, mainly due to an increase in public sector investment activity. A faster recovery at home than abroad meant that imports of goods and services continued to grow faster than exports (0.6% y/y vs. 1.7%

y/y), and the deterioration in the foreign trade balance made a negative contribution of 1.1 p.p. to GDP growth in 1Q2025.

Economists at ING Bank Śląski estimate that 2Q2025 brought a further improvement in the economy and an acceleration in annual GDP growth above 3% y/y (from 2.9% in 2024). The monthly data suggest an acceleration in private consumption, accompanied by further growth in investment, although probably at a slower pace than in 1Q2025. For 2025 as a whole, economic growth is forecast to be above 3% y/y (up from 2.9% in 2024), which should be supported by an acceleration in consumption following the robust growth in household disposable income in 2024, which has been used in significant part to build savings and may feed into consumer spending in subsequent periods. Consumption is likely to grow by around 3.6% this year, following an increase of 3.1% last year. At the same time, after falling by 2.2% in 2024, investment may increase by around 7.0% in 2025, mainly due to the support of public investment funded by the National Reconstruction Programme (NRP) and projects under the 2021-2027 financial perspective. The role of inventory change in generating GDP growth should be slightly less in 2025 than in 2024, and the magnitude of the negative impact of the deterioration in the foreign trade balance should be similar to that in 2024.

Inflation

The beginning of 2025 brought inflation up to around 5% y/y, driven by a low base effect and a partial lifting of household electricity prices freezes starting from July 2024. Inflation declined in 2Q2025 due to the expiry of the effect of the reintroduction of VAT on food starting from April last year. In addition, downward pressure from core inflation excluding food and energy prices, which stood at 4.0% y/y at the end of 2024 and declined to 3.4% y/y in June 2025. This was accompanied by a noticeable fall in fuel prices on an annual basis and relatively stable annual food price inflation. In June 2025, headline consumer inflation index (CPI) stood at 4.1% y/y, up from 4.7% y/y at the end of 2024.

According to ING Bank Śląski economists, in the second half of 2025, CPI inflation will fall to a range of 2.5%-3.0% y/y and will thus be within the range of permissible deviations from the National Bank of Poland's (NBP) inflation target of 2.5% (+/- 1 p.p.). This will be supported primarily by the expiry of the base effect associated with the partial unfreezing of electricity and natural gas prices for households. As of July 2025, new lower natural gas tariffs for residential consumers are in force, and the validity of the maximum price for household electricity of PLN 500/MWh net has been extended to 4Q2025. Economists at ING Bank Śląski estimate average annual inflation in 2025 at 3.5%, and expect it to fall to 2.5% on average in 2026.

Monetary policy

ING Bank Śląski economists believe that the MPC will continue its cycle of interest rate cuts this year and next year. Comments from the MPC suggest that further cuts will occur in the coming months. The main argument in favour of monetary policy loosening remains the disinflation trend, including the near fall of CPI inflation near the central bank's target. Moreover, forecasts indicate that the process of inflation returning to the NBP's acceptable range of fluctuations will be sustainable. In such a situation, the MPC will reduce concerns

about the impact of fiscal policy, the labour market situation and electricity prices on inflation. ING Bank Śląski economists believe that the benchmark will fall to 4.25% at the end of this year and 3.50% in 2026. The expected target level of the interest rate is in line with the statements of the President of the National Bank of Poland. A possible deterioration of economic growth prospects due to the global trade wars poses a risk to such a scenario.

Macroeconomic projections
2022 2023 2024 2025P 2026P
GDP growth (%) 5.3 0.2 2.9 3.5 3.4
General government deficit as per the EU methodology
(% of GDP)
3.4 5.3 6.6 6.1 5.7
General government debt as per the EU methodology
(% of GDP)
48.8 49.5 55.3 59.0 62.2
Average annual inflation (CPI) (%) 14.4 11.4 3.6 3.5 2.5
Registered unemployment rate (%; Central Statistical
Office)
5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0
USD/PLN exchange rate (yearend) 4.40 3.94 4.10 3.60 3.56
EUR/PLN exchange rate (yearend) 4.68 4.33 4.27 4.25 4.27
3M WIBOR (yearend) (%) 7.02 5.88 5.84 4.25 3.63

2.2 Residential estate market

Real estate prices in 1Q2025 remained stable in most markets with locally occurring small declines. A slowdown in housing price growth has been observed for several quarters.

On a year-on-year basis, an upward trend was still visible in both the primary and secondary markets. According to data from the National Bank of Poland, price increases at the end of the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, were maintained in most provincial cities, but the rate of growth was much slower than in previous years.

According to reports from the Polish Economic Institute, demand for housing loans increased significantly in the first half of 2025. In May 2025, the Monetary Policy Council lowered the reference rate to 5.25% on an annual basis. According to data from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), there was also a significant increase in supply in 1Q2025.

Primary market

According to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), a slight decline in flat sales was observed in the first quarter of 2025. In the six largest markets in Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Wrocław, Poznań, Łódź and the Tri-City), 6% fewer flats were sold than in the fourth quarter of 2024.

According to the National Bank of Poland's (NBP) data on the prices of flats in 1Q2025, the average price per m2 of a flat in the 7 largest markets (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Kraków, Łódź, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław) was PLN 14,265. Compared to 1Q2024, it is an increase of around 4%. Of the cities mentioned, the largest increase was recorded in Wrocław (+11%). Gdynia came second with a 8% year-on-year increase. The average prices in individual cities differ significantly, with the most expensive flats being in Warsaw, where an average of PLN 16,400 was paid per m2. In Kraków, the average price per m2 was PLN 15,700. The last place on the podium was occupied by Łódź, with a price of approximately PLN 9,800.

According to data from the National Bank of Poland, in 1Q2025, compared to the previous quarter, prices in most provincial cities remained stable and unchanged. On the primary market, quarter-on-quarter price increases amounted to more than 3% in 3 cities. The largest price increase was observed in Zielona Góra (+9%). In the remaining provincial cities, flat prices remained at a level similar to the previous quarter or decreased slightly. The largest decrease was recorded in Rzeszów (-7%).

Average price per square meter of apartment,transactions on the

Secondary market

According to data from the National Bank of Poland, increases in transaction prices were also visible in the secondary market. The average increase in 1Q2025 in the transaction prices of flats in the seven largest markets was around 8% compared to 1Q2024.

In the seven largest markets (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Krakow, Łódź, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław), the largest increase was in the Krakow residential market, where one had to pay approximately 11% more per square metre compared to the same period last year. The smallest price increase among the seven examined cities took place in Gdańsk, with the average transaction price per square metre at the level of PLN 12,300 (an increase by 0.3% y/y).

According to NBP data, on the secondary market in 1Q2025 compared to the last quarter of 2024, prices in 7 provincial cities showed a slight upward trend. In 8 provincial cities a stabilisation or a slight decrease in prices (not exceeding 3%) was observed. Only in Gdańsk price drops of approx. 7% were reported.

Average price per square meter of apartment,transactions on the secondary market (PLN thousand)

source: own elaboration based on NBP data

Supply and demand in the residential property market

The demand to supply is a fundamental factor influencing changes in property prices over time. According to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), the total number of units on offer from developers in 1Q2025 exceeded 59,000 and was the highest ever.

The latest published preliminary data from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) for the residential construction sector for 1H2025 shows a decline in developer activity. According to the total housing construction results, the number of construction starts in 1H2025 fell by around 9.5%, compared to the same period of the previous year. The number of building permits issued also fell by approximately 15.8% compared to the same period of the previous year.

Forecasts for the housing market

In 2025, the key drivers of increased demand in the housing market could be the easing of monetary policy and thus increased mortgage availability.

The growing importance of sustainable construction and, in particular, the regulatory aspects regarding the obligation to retrofit properties indicated in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) will have an increasingly important impact on the property market. In the longer term, we can expect property prices in high carbon buildings to fall and, on the other hand, prices in buildings designed in accordance with the new ESG standards to rise.

2.3 Mortgage lending market

As at 30 June 2025, banks' housing loan receivables from households in Poland amounted to PLN 477.0 billion and increased by 4.4 per cent y/y, according to data published by the National Bank of Poland.

Number and value of loans granted

According to the BIK Credit Newsletter - Individual Customers report, in the first half of 2025, banks in Poland concluded 105,800 loan agreements for a total amount of PLN 45.94 billion.

In the first quarter of 2025, the number of newly granted mortgage loans fell by 22.3% compared to the same period of the previous year. This decrease was mainly due to the end of the government's 2% Safe Credit programme and persistently high interest rates, which continued to limit the availability of credit.

In contrast, the second quarter of 2025 saw an increase in interest in home loans, a recovery supported by favourable macroeconomic conditions, including:

  • o falling inflation,
  • o reductions in interest rates,
  • o further wage growth,
  • o a stable labour market situation.

Source: AMRON-SARFiN reports (Nationwide report on housing loans and real estate transaction prices) for the years 2021-2024 and BIK Individual Client Newsletter for 2025.

Source: AMRON-SARFiN reports (Nationwide report on housing loans and real estate transaction prices) for the years 2021-2024 and BIK Individual Client Newsletter for 2025.

Despite the lack of new government initiatives, the mortgage market in Poland is gradually regaining momentum, as evidenced by growing volumes of loans granted and increased interest in the banks' offerings.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. acquires mortgage-backed debt claims from ING Bank Śląski S.A., which at the end of June 2025 was second in the market in terms of new sales and third in terms of the size of its mortgage portfolio in PLN.

2.4 Covered bonds market

As at the end of June 2025, there were five mortgage banks in Poland. In addition to ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., these are:

  • o PKO Bank Hipoteczny S.A.,
  • o mBank Hipoteczny S.A.,
  • o Pekao Bank Hipoteczny S.A.,
  • o Millennium Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

The Polish market of covered bonds is small when compared with developed EU economies where covered bonds are an important source of mortgage lending funding. At the end of June 2025, the nominal value of outstanding covered bonds issued by Polish mortgage banks amounted to just over PLN 19 billion, which at the same time represents an increase of 7.9% compared to the balance at the end of 2024.

Nominal value of outstanding covered bonds; own compilation based on covered bond collateral reports and interim financial statements published by Polish mortgage banks

In the first half of 2025, Polish mortgage banks placed their issues on both the Polish and foreign markets. Public issues predominated - in Poland on a floating interest rate, and foreign - on a fixed rate.

ING Bank Hipoteczny did not issue covered bonds between 1 January and 30 June 2025. The covered bonds issued by the Bank (in the nominal amount of PLN 500 million) are

qualified as European covered bonds (premium). PKO Bank Hipoteczny remains the largest issuer of covered bonds in Poland as at 30 June 2025.

2.5 Regulatory and legal landscape

Significant changes in the legal and regulatory environment in the first half of 2025 affecting the Bank's operations relate in particular to:

    1. The entry into force of the regulation on the operational digital resilience of the financial sector (DORA Regulation),
    1. The amendment of the Regulation on the risk management system and internal control system and remuneration policy in banks,
    1. The repeal of Recommendation D of the PFSC and the Cloud Communication,
    1. Sustainability reporting,
    1. Confirmation of the representativeness of the WIBOR indicator by the PFSA,
    1. Amendment of the CRR,
    1. Impact of benchmark reform.
    1. DORA Regulation

On 17 January 2025, Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the operational digital resilience of the financial sector (DORA) entered into force. The DORA Regulation sets requirements for financial entities such as banks, aimed at ensuring comprehensive and holistic operational digital resilience of financial entities in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Operational digital resilience refers to the ability of a financial entity to build, guarantee and verify its operational integrity and reliability by providing, either directly or indirectly - using third-party ICT service providers (ICT services stand for digital and data services provided continuously over ICT systems) - the full range of ICT capabilities necessary to ensure the security of the networks and information systems used by the financial entity and which support the continuous provision and quality of financial services, including during disruptions.

The DORA Regulation sets out:

  • o requirements applicable to financial entities (Banks) in relation to the management of risks associated with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and measures for sound risk management by external ICT service providers;
  • o requirements in relation to contractual arrangements between external ICT service providers and financial entities;
  • o principles regarding the establishment and operation of a supervisory framework for key external ICT service providers providing services to financial entities;

  • o principles for cooperation between competent authorities and principles for supervision and enforcement by competent authorities in relation to all matters covered by the Regulation.
  • o notification of major ICT incidents to competent authorities and voluntary reporting of significant cyber threats;
  • o notification to competent authorities of major operational incidents or major security incidents related to payments;
  • o testing of operational digital resilience;
  • o sharing information and analysis in relation to cyber threats and vulnerabilities in this area;

Under the Regulation, financial entities are required to have an internal governance and control framework that ensures the effective and prudent management of all ICT risks, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulation, in order to achieve a high level of operational digital resilience. In addition, these entities shall have, as part of their overall risk management system, a robust, comprehensive and well-documented ICT risk management framework that enables them to respond to ICT risks quickly, effectively and comprehensively and to ensure a high level of operational digital resilience. The ICT risk management framework shall include, at a minimum, the ICT strategies, policies, procedures, protocols and tools necessary to adequately and appropriately protect all relevant information and ICT assets.

For the adequate protection of ICT systems and to organise response measures, financial entities shall continuously monitor and control the security and functioning of ICT systems and tools and minimise the impact of ICT risks on ICT systems by implementing appropriate ICT security tools, policies and procedures, the scope of which is set out in the Regulation. For the adequate protection of ICT systems and to organise response measures, financial entities shall continuously monitor and control the security and functioning of ICT systems and tools and minimise the impact of ICT risks on ICT systems by implementing appropriate ICT security tools, policies and procedures, the scope of which is set out in the Regulation.

The regulation also introduced the obligation to have and implement a comprehensive strategy for ICT continuity, including the requirement for enterprises to maintain ICT response and recovery plans, which are subject to independent internal audit reviews. Financial entities shall put in place, maintain and periodically test appropriate ICT business continuity plans, in particular for critical or essential functions outsourced to external ICT service providers.

The Regulation also refers to obligations to have:

  • o backup policies and procedures, and methods and procedures for restoring and recovering data,
  • o capabilities and personnel to collect information on vulnerabilities and cyber threats, ICT-related incidents, in particular cyber-attacks, and to analyse their likely impact on the operational digital resilience of financial entities. The Regulation also indicates the need for post-incident reviews of ICT incidents,

o emergency information plans to enable responsible disclosure, at a minimum, of major ICT incidents or vulnerabilities to customers and counterparties and, where appropriate, to the public.

As required by the DORA Regulation, financial entities shall define, establish and implement an ICT incident management process to detect, manage and report ICT incidents. The Regulation also indicates criteria for the classification of incidents and cyber threats, which will be further clarified in regulatory technical standards. Financial entities shall report serious ICT incidents to the relevant competent authority (PFSA). Where a major ICT incident occurs that has a significant impact on the financial interests of customers, financial entities shall, without undue delay, as soon as they become aware of it, inform their customers of the major ICT incident and of the measures that have been taken to mitigate the negative effects of such incident. For the purposes of assessing readiness to handle ICT-related incidents, identifying weaknesses, inadequacies and gaps in operational digital resilience and promptly implementing corrective measures, financial entities shall establish and maintain a sound and comprehensive operational digital resilience testing programme. Specifically, the testing programme shall provide for appropriate testing, such as vulnerability assessments and scanning for vulnerabilities, open source analyses, network security assessments, deficiency analyses, physical security controls, questionnaires and scanning software solutions, source code reviews. Notwithstanding this, the Regulation provides for advanced testing by means of TLPT (Threat-Led Penetration Testing) at least every three years.

In addition, financial entities shall adopt a risk strategy from external ICT service providers and review it regularly. The Regulation provides for the maintenance and updating at entity level of a register of information in relation to all contractual arrangements for the use of ICT services provided by external ICT service providers (contract register). At the same time, financial entities may only enter into contractual arrangements with external ICT service providers that comply with relevant information security standards.

DORA also indicates the most important contractual provisions that should be included in contracts with ICT service providers. The scope of these provisions is further extended in the case of ICT services supporting critical or essential functions. In the above regard, in January 2025 - prior to the effective date of the aforementioned Regulation - the Bank completed the process of adapting the contracts concluded with external ICT service providers to the requirements of the DORA Regulation.

  1. Amendment of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 8 June 2021 on the risk management system and internal control system and remuneration policy in banks

The amendment of the Regulation serves to apply Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions, as well as Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the operational digital resilience of the financial sector (DORA). Contingency strategies and plans, as well as business continuity strategies and plans, have been extended to include ICT strategies and plans and ICT response and recovery plans established, managed and tested in accordance with Article 11 of DORA. The amendments in the above regard entered into force on 17 January 2025.

  1. Repeal of Recommendation D and the Cloud Communication on national standards for digital resilience in the banking sector

In connection with the entry into force of the DORA Regulation on 10 January 2025, the Polish Financial Supervision Commission adopted Resolution No. 6/2025 repealing Resolution No. 7/2013 of the Polish Financial Supervision Commission of 8 January 2013 on the issuance of Recommendation D concerning management of information technology and ICT security at banks. The Resolution came into force on 17 January 2025 (meaning that the above-mentioned recommendations/guidelines were repealed as of that date). At the same time, on 17 January 2025, the PFSA Office revoked the communication of 23 January 2020 regarding the processing of information by supervised entities in public or hybrid cloud computing (the "Cloud Communication").

As of that date, the issues covered by the revoked documents are governed by the DORA Regulation.

  1. Sustainability reporting

On 1 January 2025, the Act of 6 December 2024 amending the Accounting Act, the Act on Certified Auditors, Audit Companies and Public Supervision and certain other acts entered into force (Journal of Laws, item 1863).

The purpose of the Act is to implement Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006/43/EC and Directive 2013/34/EU as regards corporate sustainability reporting (the so-called CSRD) into the national legal order. The main objective of the Act is to introduce sustainability reporting obligations and to ensure that a larger group of companies reports relevant, comparable and reliable sustainability information.

Among other things, a new chapter 6c Sustainability Reporting was introduced into the Accounting Act, which is an essential part of the implementation of the CSRD. According to the new provisions, a small and medium-sized entity that is an issuer of securities admitted to trading on one of the regulated markets of the European Economic Area as well as a large entity are required to present in a separate section of the management report the information necessary to understand the entity's impact on sustainability issues and to understand how sustainability issues affect the entity's development, performance and position (sustainability reporting). Sustainability reporting will be subject to sustainability reporting attestation by an auditor qualified to attest sustainability reporting. The sustainability reporting attestation report should be made available to shareholders at least 15 days prior to the general meeting (analogous to the financial audit report).

  1. Confirmation of the representativeness of the WIBOR benchmark by the PFSA

On 29 May 2025, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) published an assessment - carried out between 1 December 2022 and 31 December 2024 - of the ability of the key interest rate benchmark WIBOR to measure market and economic realities. On the basis of

its qualitative analysis of the source materials and its quantitative analysis of the data, the PFSC concluded that the WIBOR benchmark maintains the ability to measure the market and economic realities for which it was established. According to the PFSA's assessment, the WIBOR benchmark responds appropriately to changes in liquidity conditions, changes in central bank rates and economic realities. The positive assessment applies to the most important Fixing Dates of the WIBOR benchmark for the domestic financial market, i.e. ON, 1M, 3M and 6M.

  1. Entry into force of the changes introduced by the CRR 3 Regulation

On 1 January 2025, Regulation (EU) 2024/1623 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the minimum capital threshold (CRR3 Regulation), amending EU Regulation No 575/2013 (CRR), entered into force.

The most important changes introduced by the CRR3 Regulation concern:

  • o methods and scope of prudential consolidation,
  • o detailed rules on deductions from own funds items and the calculation of consolidated own funds,
  • o calculation of the total risk exposure amount (TREA) amendments to Article 92 and transitional arrangements set out in Article 465,
  • o requirements for the establishment of the trading book,
  • o how currency risk hedging is recognised in relation to capital ratios,
  • o methods for the estimation of credit risk, including principles for determining exposure values, types of exposure, risk weights and other details of the application of the different methods related to credit risk requirements,
  • o own funds requirement for operational risk the regulation introduces new content for Title III in Part Three of the CRR,
  • o detailed methodologies for calculating own funds requirements for market risk, including the simplified standardised approach, the alternative standardised approach, the alternative internal models approach,
  • o own funds requirements for risks related to credit valuation adjustments, including detailed methods for calculating those requirements
  • o provisions on large exposures, including information provided by institutions to competent supervisory authorities,
  • o detailed reporting requirements on stable funding, as well as the leverage ratio,
  • o reporting requirements (Article 430 et seq.). Among others, elements related to exposures to ESG risks have been added. The amendments also include detailed aggregated data on the domestic real estate market, as well as reporting requirements for market risk,
  • o the scope of disclosure by institutions (Articles 449a and 449b on ESG risks and aggregate exposure to shadow banking entities were added).

The CRR3 Regulation is directly applicable in all Member States.

7. Impact of benchmark reform

In its annual financial statements for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, the Bank presented a disclosure on the impact of the benchmark reform. The reform of only one benchmark (i.e.: WIBOR) is underway. As at 30 June 2025 the Bank has exposures that can be impacted by that.

In January 2025, the Steering Committee of the National Working Group (SC NWG) on Benchmark Reform in Poland published its decision to choose the name POLSTR (Polish Short Term Rate) for the new benchmark, which was selected through a public consultation process held last year. In April 2025, the SC NWG published an updated roadmap for the process of replacing WIBOR and in June it announced the start of the development of the POLSTR index. Another significant milestone in the process, due in 2025, will be the issuance of treasury bonds, the interest rates of which will refer to the new POLSTR benchmark. In the following years, further work is planned, including in particular the construction of a market for financial products based on the new benchmark and the achievement of regulatory and operational readiness of all market participants to offer and service these financial products.

The discontinuance of publication of the WIBOR rate and its replacement by the new POLSTR benchmark is planned for 31 December 2027.

3. Financial results, capital adequacy and financial instruments

The year 2025 is the seventh year of operations for ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. As part of its strategy, in the first half of 2025 the Bank acquired a mortgage portfolio from ING Bank Śląski in the amount of PLN 342 million, thanks to which at the end of the reporting period it had a portfolio of mortgage loans worth PLN 4.3 billion, constituting the bulk of the potential collateral for future covered bond issues. In the first half of 2025, the Bank did not conduct another issue of covered bonds. The above events were the primary drivers of the financial results of the Bank.

Basic information on the Bank's financial position for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2025 is presented below.

3.1 Core financial ratios

as at as at as at
30.06.2025 31.12.2024 30.06.2024
ROA - return on assets (%) 1.05% 0.82% 0.73%
ROE - return on equity (%) 9.95% 7.26% 6.05%
DR - total debt ratio (%) 89.91% 89.95% 89.11%
TCR - total capital ratio (%)* 34.71% 20.95% 26.07%
LR - Leverage ratio (%)* 9.70% 9.69% 10.71%
LCR - liquidity coverage ratio (%) 1131% 2392% 1626%

ROA - return on assets - the ratio of net profit from 4 consecutive quarters to average assets from 5 consecutive quarters.

ROE - return on equity - the ratio of net profit for 4 consecutive quarters to the average shareholders' equity for 5 consecutive quarters.

DR – total debt ratio – liabilities of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. to assets as at 30 June 2025.

TCR – total capital ratio – own funds of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. to risk-weighted assets as at 30 June 2025.

LR – leverage ratio – Tier 1 capital to leverage ratio exposure as at 30 June 2025.

LCR - liquidity coverage ratio – liquid assets to net outflows as at 30 June 2025.

* In accordance with supervisory recommendations, the ratios as at 31 December 2024 are recalculated after the profit distribution is approved by the General Meeting of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., and then they are reported to the supervisor. Prior to the approval of the 2024 profit distribution, the ratios published in the financial statements for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 stood at: TCR 20.28%; LR 9.33%.

3.2 Interim condensed statement of financial position

as at as at as at
Note 30.06.2025 31.12.2024 30.06.2024
Cash and cash equivalents 6.6 6,307.4 14,267.9 11,503.0
Debt securities measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income
6.7 98,615.5 99,664.8 86,594.4
Loans and other receivables to customers. 6.8 4,271,998.9 4,269,917.2 3,722,405.8
Property, plant and equipment 1,211.8 1,370.4 1,291.0
Current income tax assets 3,030.1 771.6 602.3
Deferred tax assets 3,217.7 0.0 1,491.7
Other assets 1,114.1 1,399.1 3,324.0
Total assets 4,385,495.5 4,387,391.0 3,827,212.2
Liabilities to banks 6.9 3,421,531.9 3,428,726.5 2,991,567.7
Liabilities under issue of bonds 6.10 508,651.4 508,565.9 405,638.7

Liabilities under issue of covered bonds 653.0 673.0 640.9
Provisions 0.0 133.9 0.0
Other liabilities 6.11 11,464.0 8,430.5 12,772.5
Total liabilities 3,942,300.3 3,946,529.8 3,410,619.8
Share capital 380,000.0 380,000.0 380,000.0
Supplementary capital - share premium 15,997.4 15,997.4 15,997.4
Accumulated other income 6.12 -565.0 -212.7 332.8
Retained earnings 6.13 47,762.8 45,076.5 20,262.2
Total equity 443,195.2 440,861.2 416,592.4
Total equity and liabilities 4,385,495.5 4,387,391.0 3,827,212.2
Carrying amount 443,195.2 440,861.2 416,592.4
Number of shares 380,000 380,000 380,000
Carrying amount per share (in PLN) 1,166.30 1,160.16 1,096.30

The interim condensed statement of financial position should be read in conjunction with notes to the interim condensed financial statements, which form an integral part thereof. All values are rounded to the nearest thousand PLN with one decimal place.

For details of the interim condensed statement of Bank's financial position, refer to notes 6.6 through 6.13 of the interim condensed financial statements.

3.3 Interim condensed income statement

Note in the interim Period period
condensed
financial
from 01.01.2025 from 01.01.2024
statements to 30.06.2025 to 31.12.2024
Interest income, including: 6.1. 157,045.2 129,768.3
calculated using the effective interest
method
6.1. 157,045.2 129,768.3
Interest costs 6.1. -117,947.9 -103,601.0
Net interest income 6.1. 39,097.3 26,167.3
Fee and commission income 6.2. 3.9 703.4
Commission expenses 6.2. -677.2 -1,347.2
Net commission income 6.2. -673.3 -643.8
FX result -14.1 0.8
Net income on sale of securities at fair value
through other comprehensive income
244.4 0.0
Net income on other basic activities 6.3. 152.8 -328.4
Net income on basic activities 38,807.1 25,195.9
General and administrative expenses,
including:
6.4. -16,349.6 -16,918.2
operating expenses 6.4. -13,983.0 -15,094.0

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board Report on Operations for the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025

regulatory costs 6.4. -2,366.6 -1,824.2
Expected loss provision 6.5. 743.5 322.3
Tax on certain financial institutions -4.3 0.0
Gross profit (loss) 23,196.7 8,600.0
Income tax -4,759.4 -1,907.9
Net profit (loss) 18,437.3 6,692.1
Number of shares 380,000 380,000
Profit(+)/loss(-) per ordinary share - basic (in
PLN)
48.52 17.61

The value of diluted earnings per share coincides with the value of earnings per ordinary share.

The interim condensed income statement should be read in conjunction with notes to the interim condensed financial statements, which form an integral part thereof. All values are rounded to the nearest thousand PLN with one decimal place.

Detailed notes to the individual items of the interim condensed income statement can be found in the interim condensed financial statements - notes 6.1 to 6.5.

3.4 Own funds requirements – Pillar 1

In keeping with the CRR, the Bank computes own funds requirements for the following risks:

  • o for credit risk using the standardised approach,
  • o for the CVA risk using the standardised approach,
  • o for delivery and settlement risk using the standardised approach,
  • o for operational risk using the standardised approach,
  • o for market risk (FX risk) using the standardised approach.

As at 30 June 2025, the Bank recognised zero values for the own funds requirements in relation to the credit valuation adjustment, settlement and supply and market risks. Having regard to the above, as at the interim condensed statement date, the total requirement for own funds consisted of the credit risk and operational risk requirements.

Own funds requirements
30.06.2025 30.06.2024
Credit risk (PLN million) 90.21 115.54
Operational risk (PLN million) 7.66 9.80
Total requirement for own funds (PLN million) 97.87 125.34
Common Equity Tier 1 ratio (CET1) 34.71% 26.07%
Tier 1 ratio (T1) 34.71% 26.07%
Total capital ratio (TCR) 34.71% 26.07%

Pillar 1 has been discussed in detail under item 6.22 of the interim condensed financial statements of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. concerning capital adequacy disclosures.

The Bank maintains own funds at the level not lower that the higher of the below values:

  • a. capital requirement,
  • b. internal capital

The Bank has a stable and secure capital base well in excess of the regulatory requirements needed to cover risks.

Capital management

The process of capital management is carried out in the Bank based on the implemented Capital Management Policy at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. that was developed on the basis of applicable regulations.

Capital management at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. is to make possible and facilitate development of the Bank in accordance with the accepted strategy and business model, while keeping, on an ongoing basis, its own funds on the level adequate to the scale and profile of risk inherent in the Bank's operations, taking into account supervisory requirements. Furthermore, it makes it possible to manage the capital actively, keeping in mind volume and dynamics of current and future changes.

The main objective of this process is to have sufficient and effective capitalisation of the Bank to effect its business strategy and development plans specified in the financial plans, while meeting at the same time all internal and external capital requirements. It stands for financial flexibility in the present and future landscape in order to adjust to the changing market and regulatory conditions. To this end, the capital management activities apply any available capital instruments and transactions both in the baseline scenario as well as in the adverse scenario.

External regulations regulate keeping a proper level of capital adequacy. The main capital constraints result from internal resistance to risk that is assessed, among others, in stress tests, in Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP), regulatory minimum levels of capital and leverage ratios and internal risk appetite.

This management includes:

  • o Pillar 1: minimum capital requirements provided for in the regulations,
  • o Pillar 2: internal capital, for the risks deemed to be material and permanently material,
  • o Pillar III: disclosures on risk profile and capitalisation level in the financial statements.

Under capital management, the Bank:

a. identifies and assesses materiality of the risk types inherent to its operations;

  • b. takes actions in order to assess and monitor internal capital, capital requirement and own funds;
  • c. monitors potential threats to capital adequacy;
  • d. allocates internal capital;
  • e. sets internal limits in order to curtail the generated capital requirements and internal capital;
  • f. pursues dividend policy resulting from a long-term capital objective and preferred capital structure;
  • g. plans internal capital and capital requirement as well as own funds;
  • h. develops capital contingency plans which define the procedure for the risk of capital adequacy deterioration below the "inadmissible" levels;
  • i. analyses the impact of the macroeconomic factors on capital adequacy in line with the "Stress Testing Policy at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A."

As at 30 June 2025, the total capital ratio of the Bank was 34.71%.

3.5 Internal capital – Pillar 2

In keeping with the binding laws, internal capital is defined as the amount estimated by the bank which is indispensable for covering all identified material risks occurring in the Bank's business and changes in the business environment, considering the envisaged risk level.

The Bank estimates internal capital. The internal capital estimation process is an integral element of the capital management and Bank governance system. It warrants proper identification, measurement, monitoring and aggregation of the risk taken. At the same time, it enables the Bank to maintain the requisite own funds and manage risk and capital in an effective but cautious manner.

The above process covers:

  • a. Identification and assessment of materiality of the risks impacting the Bank's operations,
  • b. risk measurement and control,
  • c. internal capital estimation and aggregation with the use of the tools and methodologies approved by the Management Board or competent committees,
  • d. internal capital monitoring,
  • e. internal capital allocation, planning and reporting.

For the Bank, internal capital is estimated for material and permanently material risks in the following categories:

  • o credit risk,
  • o market risk,
  • o business risk,

  • o funding and liquidity risk,
  • o operational risk

The total internal capital is the total of internal capital indispensable for covering all material and permanently material risks of the Bank. The Bank applies a prudent approach to estimating the internal capital and does not use the diversification effect.

Internal capital structure 30.06.2025 30.06.2024
For credit risk 41.9% 52.2%
For market risk 47.1% 29.9%
For business risk 0% 0%
For funding and liquidity risk 0% 0%
For operational risk 11.0% 17.9%
Total 100.0% 100.0%

A review of the internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP) is carried out once a year and a report on the review is submitted to the Bank Management Board and Supervisory Board. In addition, the Internal Audit Position periodically conducts an independent audit of the ICAAP process.

3.6 Financial instruments

Between 1 January and 30 June 2025, the Bank placed its temporary surplus funds on short-term deposit accounts at ING Bank Śląski S.A. For details, refer to note 6.6 of the interim condensed financial statements of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. In the first half of 2025, the Bank also entered into securities transactions. For details, refer to note 6.7 of the interim condensed financial statements of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. The Bank did not apply hedge accounting in 2025.

As a target, credit debt acquisition from ING Bank Śląski S.A. will be funded from the issue of covered bonds. The Bank adhered to the norms defined in the Act on covered bonds and mortgage banks concerning the admissible amount of liabilities due to loans and credit facilities (including the liabilities due to acquired debt) and issued bonds to own funds of the Bank. The Bank did not issue covered bonds in the first half of 2025. The average interest rate for the Bank's mortgage loans at the end of June 2025 was 7.28% (including an average margin of 1.84%).

The Bank Management Board is of the opinion that as at 30 June 2025 there were no conditions which could indicate presence of default risk for the liabilities assumed by the Bank.

4. Development lines and operations of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

4.1 Development lines

The strategic objective of Bank Hipoteczny S.A. is to acquire and then to increase the share of long-term financing in the Bank's balance sheet through the issue of covered bonds.

The objective will be delivered by:

  • o strengthening the funding stability within the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group,
  • o diversification of funding sources for the current portfolio of retail mortgage loans,
  • o matching the maturities of assets and liabilities in the balance sheet of the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group.

4.2 Acquisition of mortgage-backed debt and lending portfolio structure

The main element of the business pursued by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. is acquisition of portfolios of debt claims attributable to mortgage-backed residential loan contracts with a view to issuing covered bonds. The Bank acquires debt only from ING Bank Śląski S.A. This is done on the basis of the Framework agreement for the transfer of debt claims for the purpose of issuing covered bonds concluded in 2019, which includes the transfer of debt claims of a total nominal value of PLN 12,000,000,000.

In 2025 the Bank purchased from ING Bank Śląski S.A. a mortgage-backed housing loans debt claims portfolio under the Debt Transfer Contract to effect the issue of covered bonds No. 17 for the amount of PLN 343,324,800. In the debt acquisition process, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. satisfies the criteria of the Act on covered bonds and mortgage banks, and also sets additional conditions to be met by the debt acquired. The main criteria were presented in the table below:

Criterion Value
Amount of debt purchased/ mortgage lending value of the
real estate
Max. 100%
Credit collateral Established first ranking mortgage
Loan currency PLN
Loan purpose Residential goals
Title to real estate Ownership or perpetual usufruct
Repayment arrears or impairment conditions None

LtV-based lending portfolio structure – 30 June 2025:

LTV (as per mortgage lending value of the real
estate)
Structure %
(0-50> 44.8%
(50-60> 21.2%
(60-70> 16.1%
(70-75> 5.8%
(75-80> 4.3%
(80-100> 7.8%
Total 100.0%
LTV based on current mark-to-market
valuation by ING BH
Structure %
(0-50> 86.7%
(50-60> 9.0%
(60-70> 3.4%
(70-75> 0.7%
(75-80> 0.2%
(80-100> 0.0%
Total 100.0%

The average LtV for the capital-weighted banking and lending value of the real estate was 52.54%, while the average LTV according to ING BH's current mark-to-market valuation was 33.78%.

As at 30 June 2025, the carrying value of the portfolio of debt under the mortgage-backed loan agreements was PLN 4,272 million. Debt claims under the acquired loan agreements are mostly based on the variable interest rate WIBOR 6M. From 30 June 2021, in accordance with the requirements of Recommendation S of the PFSA, the Bank made it possible for the borrowers to change the interest rate formula from a variable rate to a fixed rate one for a period of time. As at 30 June 2025, the value of the portfolio based on a periodically fixed interest rate was PLN 45.5 million, representing 1.07% of the total portfolio.

4.3 Covered bonds

In 2025, the Bank did not issue covered bonds. As at 30 June 2025, the nominal value of the covered bonds in trading that were issued by the Bank did not increase from the end of 2024 and totalled PLN 500 million.

The covered bonds of the Bank are quoted on the Stock Exchange in Luxemburg and placed in the parallel market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

According to the rating agency Moody's, the rating for the Bank's covered bonds issued by the Bank remains at the highest achievable level for an issuer from Poland, 'Aa1' (), which confirms the high quality of the portfolio of mortgages used as collateral for the covered bonds issued.

4.4 Rating of the Bank and covered bonds

The updated rating of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and its covered bonds is as follows:

Moody's Investor Services
Rating of covered bonds Aa1
LT Issuer Rating A3
ST Issuer Rating P-2
LT Counterparty Risk A1
ST Counterparty Risk P-1
Outlook Stable
CR Assessment A1 (cr) / P-1
(cr)

In its last communication, the Moody's Agency emphasised there that the rating of the Bank reflected:

  • o the fact that the Bank was owned in 100% by ING Bank Śląski S.A. and that it had a stable growth outlook,
  • o the Bank's significant strategic importance and its operational integration within the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group structures,
  • o ING Bank Śląski S.A.'s commitment to support the capital and liability position of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. to satisfy the regulatory requirements.

5. Internal business conditions

5.1 Employee competences

The headcount in the Bank was matched with the scale of business pursued. The Bank enables all employees to upgrade their qualifications on an ongoing basis.

5.2 Cooperation with ING Bank Śląski S.A.

ING Bank Hipoteczny's business formula is based on strategic cooperation with ING Bank Śląski and exploiting synergies between the Bank and its main outsourcing partner, in particular through:

  • o outsourcing of activities admitted by law to ING Bank Śląski S.A. as far as justified from the viewpoint of the Bank's business effectiveness, based on the existing solutions hammered out by the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group,
  • o sharing of IT infrastructure and systems used by the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group,
  • o shaping of the organisational framework of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. in the manner ensuring effective control of the services entrusted to ING Bank Śląski S.A. and performance by the Bank of activities required by law, like taking risk managementrelated decisions or performing risk management processes,
  • o mirroring current loan service processes of ING Bank Śląski S.A., considering the indispensable modifications, including those resulting from the legal order.

Therefore, the outsourcing agreement is the key vehicle governing the cooperation of the two entities. Its key elements are:

  • o ensuring that ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. performs the activities required by law; they include but are not limited to: decisions or risk management processes, and for automated or partly automated processes – their set-up using the terms and conditions defined by the Bank,
  • o entrusting ING Bank Śląski S.A. with: (i) intermediation in some banking activities offered by the Bank, in particular as regards administration and post-sale service of mortgage-backed loan debt acquired by the Bank and (ii) factual activities connected with the bank business of the Bank,
  • o ensuring that any further commissioning of activities by ING Bank Śląski S.A. to third parties satisfies the requirements of Articles 6a(7) and 7a of the Banking Law Act,
  • o development and update both by ING Bank Śląski S.A. and the Bank of business plans ensuring continuous and undisrupted conduct of business covered by the outsourcing agreement,

o ensuring for the Bank the tools to effectively monitor and control performance of the agreement by ING Bank Śląski S.A.

On 29 September 2023, the Act of 16 August 2023 amending certain acts in connection with ensuring the development of the financial market and the protection of investors in that market, amending the regulations of the Banking Law Act regarding outsourcing, entered into force. Accordingly, the outsourcing rules applicable to mortgage banks were liberalised by allowing, in the relationship between a mortgage bank and a parent bank holding 100 per cent of the mortgage bank's shares, the possibility to outsource bank management activities, which was previously prohibited. At the same time, the possibility of creating a multi-entity chain of subcontractors and further subcontractors of outsourced activities was allowed.

In connection with the possibility of changing the model of cooperation with the parent bank holding 100% of the shares in the mortgage bank, and admitting other entities to subcontracted activities, the Bank is considering analysing the model of cooperation with ING Bank Śląski and updating the provisions of the Agreement linking the Banks to this aim.

For the client whose mortgage loan will be transferred as part of transfers of receivables to ING Bank Hipoteczny, both the loan service process and the credit and credit-related costs will remain the same.

The terms and scope of cooperation of ING Bank Hipoteczny with ING Bank Śląski S.A. have been detailed in the Cooperation Agreement concluded by and between the said entities.

5.3 Internal control system

Internal control system is among the Bank governance elements. Its fundaments, principles and objectives stem in particular from the Banking Law and the Regulation by the Minister for Development and Finance on managing risk and internal control system and remuneration policy in banks.

I. Internal control system objectives

The internal audit system serves to ensure:

  • 1) operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Bank;
  • 2) reliable financial reporting;
  • 3) compliance with the risk management principles at the Bank;
  • 4) compliance of the Bank with the law, regulatory requirements, internal regulations and market standards.

As part of general objective accomplishment process, the internal control system further ensures:

  • 1) proper organisation and safe business pursuit,
  • 2) functioning of appropriate administrative and booking procedures,
  • 3) effectiveness of internal acts concerning circulation of confidential and privileged information and such information access protection,
  • 4) reliability of non-financial reports,
  • 5) effectiveness of internal acts concerning review of client complaints and requests and maintenance of complaint records,
  • 6) effectiveness of internal acts concerning counteracting money laundering and terrorist financing,
  • 7) investing by the Bank in compliance with the requirements and standards and in the manner adequate to the risk of such investments.

II. Roles of Bank bodies

1. Supervisory Board

As part of their functions connected with monitoring of and supervision over the internal control system, as laid down in the Bank Charter and the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Supervisory Board Bylaw, following the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Supervisory Board:

  • 1) approve the Policy ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Internal Control System,
  • 2) approve the criteria for assessment of adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system, as proposed by the Management Board,
  • 3) supervise introduction and functioning of adequate and effective internal control system,
  • 4) monitor effectiveness of the internal control system, based on the information provided by the Management Board, the Audit and Risk Committee, the Compliance Cell and the Internal Audit Position,
  • 5) annually assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system, including the adequacy and assessment of the control function performed by the first and second lines of defence, the Compliance Cell and the Internal Audit Position, as well as the compliance of the Bank Management Board with the obligations referred to in part B of Recommendation H,
  • 6) approve the categorisation principles for the irregularities detected by the internal control system, covering at least high and critical irregularities,
  • 7) as part of ensuring that the internal control system complies with laws, internal regulations and market standards, the Supervisory Board:
    • o oversee the performance of the Management Board's duties concerning compliance risk management,
    • o approve the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Compliance Policy,

o assess, at least once a year, the effectiveness of the compliance risk management by the Bank.

2. Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee consult and advise the Supervisory Board on the internal control system-related tasks. The Committee is composed of two independent members, including a Certified Auditor with knowledge and skills in accounting and auditing the financial statements.

3. Bank Management Board

As part of the Bank governance process, the Bank Management Board:

  • 1) design, introduce and ensure functioning of adequate and effective internal control system,
  • 2) take action to ensure internal control system continuity,
  • 3) set the criteria for assessment of adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system,
  • 4) define the actions to be taken to eliminate irregularities detected by the internal control system, including remedies and disciplinary measures,
  • 5) accept the categorisation principles for the irregularities detected by the internal control system, covering at least high and critical irregularities,
  • 6) approve the criteria for selection of material processes and their list along with their correlation with general and specific goals,
  • 7) ensure regular review of all Bank processes for materiality,
  • 8) accept the Policy ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Internal Control System, ensure its periodical review and update and present the review deliverables to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Supervisory Board,
  • 9) ensure that the Compliance Officer, the Internal Audit function and the Operational Risk function, as well as the other units coordinating the achievement of the general objectives, have access to the necessary source documents, those containing legally protected information included, in connection with the performance of their duties,
  • 10) set the principles of control design, approval and implementation in all Bank processes and define the role of organisational units responsible for control design, approval and implementation,
  • 11) are responsible for ensuring adequacy and effectiveness of controls in Bank processes,
  • 12) as part of ensuring that the internal control system complies with laws, internal regulations and market standards, the Bank Management Board are responsible for developing the compliance policy, ensuring compliance and reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee and to the Supervisory Board on compliance risk management,
  • 13) set the adequate scope of and criteria for independent monitoring of observance of controls, covering ongoing verification and testing,

  • 14) ensure functioning of the control function matrix along with allocation of tasks connected with ensuring its functioning,
  • 15) set the reporting rules, at least for the effectiveness of key controls and vertical testing deliverables,
  • 16) advise the Supervisory Board, at least once year, on the manner of performance of internal control system tasks, considering in particular:
    • a) the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system in ensuring accomplishment of all the internal control system goals,
    • b) the scale and nature of significant and critical irregularities as well as most important actions taken to eliminate the same, including remedies and disciplinary measures,
    • c) the need to ensure the independence of the Compliance Cell and the Internal Audit Position,
    • d) the need to ensure adequate staffing as indispensable for effective task performance and the funds necessary for regular upgrade of qualifications, experience gathering and skills learning by the employees of the Compliance Cell and the Internal Audit Position.

III. Three-lines-of-defence model within the Bank's organisational framework

The internal control system covers the entire universe of the Bank and structured into three lines of defence.

The first line of defence The second line of defence The third line of defence
Business and
organisational units
of the Bank which
provide operational
and technological
support to the
Business area,
including: IT,
Operations, HR, Legal
Counsel, Finance,
Procurement
All teams and units in the Risk
Area (reporting to the CRO)
Compliance risk
Internal Audit position

1. The first line of defence

It is an element of the control function.

This line of defence is in charge of:

  • o developing, implementing and performing controls designed to ensure that general and specific goals of internal control system are achieved,
  • o acting in compliance with the principles resulting from the approved policies, regulations, manuals and procedures,
  • o analysis, control and management of the risks in the processes, including in relation to outsourced activities,
  • o independent monitoring of compliance with controls by ongoing verification and/or horizontal testing,
  • o ensuring that action is taken on audit and non-audit recommendations.

The tasks of the first line of defence are performed by senior management and by the organisational units overseen by them which deliver business objectives and which provide direct support thereto. The first line of defence consists of Bank organisational units not specified in the second and third lines of defence.

As part of their testing tasks (in the 1LoD area), these units have the right of access to the information covered by the testing.

2. The second line of defence

The second line of defence performs the tasks stemming from its function and supports the first line of defence in order to achieve the goals of the internal control system.

It is responsible for:

  • o issuing regulations (including analysis of compliance with external regulations) and providing methods and tools within the internal control system,
  • o approving the decisions made by the first line of defence as to implementation, modification or removal of controls,
  • o verifying the application of internal control system regulations by the first line of defence,
  • o monitoring horizontally the compliance with controls by the second line of defence,
  • o monitoring vertically the first line of defence as to compliance with controls.

Under control activities, the units from the second line of defence perform their own independent assessment of the effectiveness of operations of the first line of defence; they do it using tests, reviews and other forms of control. Thus, they shall have access to all indispensable data, information and source documents, including those containing confidential information, where this results from their functions and the scope of their assigned tasks.

The second line of defence units have the power to escalate problems to a higher level of management (to the Bank Management Board and Supervisory Board), presenting their opinions on business decisions bearing unacceptable risks.

The units reporting to the Vice President responsible for the Risk Area and the Compliance Unit, in the areas monitored by them and in a manner that does not violate the independence of certain units in the Bank (e.g. Internal Audit Position) provided for by legal regulations, are authorised to recommend recovery actions concerning controls and risk control mechanisms to all Bank units.

3. The third line of defence

The Internal Audit position (IA) forms the third line of defence. It provides management with an independent and unbiased assurance as to the adequacy and effectiveness of the risk management system and internal control system within the first and second lines of defence.

The roles, powers, scope and nature of work plus the accountability of IA position and the terms of cooperation of Bank organisational units with the IA position are laid down in the Policy – Internal Audit Charter of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. (Audit Charter).

IV. Control function

Control function is an element of the internal control system which comprises all controls implemented in bank processes, independent monitoring of their observance and control function reporting. It covers positions, groups of people or organisational units responsible for performance of function tasks.

Within the control function, the processes which are material to the Bank were isolated and key control function controls were assigned thereto.

V. Principles of assessment of adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system

The Internal Audit annually assesses the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system and risk management system, in split into the first and second lines of defence, based on:

  • o The results of the audits from the completed annual audit plan, including the proportion of positive opinions in the population, together with the critical and high risks identified during the year, in particular those open at the date of the assessment of the internal control system and their concentration;
  • o Recommendations of supervisors and the external auditor, open at the date of issuing the assessment of the internal control system taking into account their concentration; Timely implementation and progress in the implementation of risk mitigants.

The final assessment of the internal control system is made by the Supervisory Board, considering the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Committee which factors in particular:

  • o assessment of the Internal Audit position,
  • o information from the Management Board on the manner of performance of internal control system tasks,
  • o periodical reports of the Compliance Cell,
  • o information material to the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system, information from the parent entity;
  • o findings of the statutory auditor or external auditor,
  • o findings from supervisory activities performed by authorised institutions (like the Polish Financial Supervision Authority or the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection),
  • o assessments and opinions material to the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system, provided by third parties, if made.

On 14 March 2025, the Supervisory Board approved the effectiveness and adequacy of the Bank's internal control system in 2024.

5.4 Risk management

Risk management at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. serves to ensure effective risk control and limitation within the risk appetite accepted by the Bank in volatile legal and macroeconomic conditions and considering the pre-set business targets. The assumed risk level is an important factor of the planning process.

Risk management at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. is based in particular on the following rules:

  • o risk management process, including the lending process is defined and governed by strategies, policies and procedures adopted by the Management Board and/or Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. respectively,
  • o The Bank manages all identified bank risks and carries out the ICAAP (the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process), where:
    • o risk management matches the scale of business and the materiality, scale and complexity of a given risk and where it is tailored to new risk factors and drivers on an ongoing basis,
    • o risk management methods, risk measurement models and systems and their assumptions match the scale and complexity of risk and are periodically verified and validated,
  • o the organisational structure of risk management guarantees independence of the risk area, including independence of real estate appraisal and credit decisions taken from business activity,
  • o the risk management process is integrated into the planning and controlling processes and it supports delivery of the Bank's strategy, while staying compliant

with the risk management strategy, especially as far as the risk appetite is concerned,

  • o the risk management process is consistent with the risk management principles of the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group, tailored to the specific operations of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and approved by the competent authorities of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.,
  • o reporting of risk sources and factors as well as reporting of risk level measurement and its costs make it possible to take appropriate preventive and remedy measures.

The risk management process is supervised by the Bank Supervisory Board which regularly receive information about the risk profile at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and key actions taken to manage risk.

The Bank Management Board are responsible for risk management, including but not limited to, overseeing and monitoring of actions undertaken by the Bank in this respect. The Bank Management Board take the most important decisions affecting risk level of the Bank and resolve on internal regulations concerning risk management.

Risk is managed through three independent lines of defence.

5.5 Valuation of mortgage loan collateral

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. performs the credit collateralization tasks based on the following external and internal regulations:

  • o the Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks,
  • o the Act on Land and Mortgage Registers and on Mortgage,
  • o the Banking Law Act,
  • o Instructions and recommendations of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, including in particular Recommendations F, S and J,
  • o Provisions of internal banking regulations, and notably the General Terms and Conditions of Determination of the Mortgage Lending Value of Real Estate.

The Bank has in place and applies the General Terms and Conditions of Determination of the Mortgage Lending Value of Real Estate, approved on 4 January 2019 by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. The General Terms and Conditions provide for the guidelines listed in Recommendation F and concerning the basic criteria applied by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority to approve the general terms and conditions of determination of the mortgage lending value of real estate made by mortgage banks.

The mortgage lending value of the real estate is the value set using an expert method, in line with the Act on covered bonds and mortgage banks, which in the opinion of the Bank mirrors the risk of the real estate forming the collateral for the loans acquired by the Bank.

The mortgage lending value of the real estate is set using an expert method in order to enable the Bank to take a decision whether or not to acquire the given debt. The mortgage lending value of the real estate is set in a prudent manner, considering long-term parameters.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. sets the mortgage lending value of the real estate based on the real estate value expertise. The mortgage lending value expertise is made with due diligence and prudence. It factors in only those real estate parameters which are of longterm nature and which can be obtained by any real estate owner, when the estate is rationally used. It factors in all risks which because of the experience held and analyses made can adversely impact on the mortgage lending value of the real estate. The expertise which is developed at a certain date, evidences the assumptions and parameters used in the analysis, the process of the mortgage lending value of the real estate determination and the resultant mortgage lending value of the real estate proposal.

The expertise factors in the analyses and projections of the typical real estate parameters which considerably impact the assessment of the credit risk of real estate acceptance as collateral. It also takes into account general factors, including, economic cycles, changes to the purchasing power of money, demography, unemployment rate or local zoning plans.

At the Bank, the mortgage lending value of the real estate determination process is performed by a dedicated team from the Risk Management Area which is independent from the business functions of the Bank.

For the debt acquisition operation, the mortgage lending value of the real estate determination process is constructed into four stages:

Verification of the legal status of
the real estate
ING Bank Śląski S.A. under the Outsourcing Agreement
Carrying out an inspection, on
site property inspection and
local market research included.
Estate Appraiser who holds adequate experience and ability to estimate banking risk
for residential loan collateralization
Mortgage lending value of the
real estate expertise compilation
Dedicated organisational cell of the Bank – Valuation and Credit Decisions Team
Verification of mortgage
lending value of the real
estate expertise and
determination of the
mortgage lending value of the
real estate
Dedicated organisational cell of the Bank – Valuation and Credit Decisions Team

The processes of the mortgage lending value of the real estate expertise compilation and mortgage lending value of the real estate determination as described above are performed by two different persons.

5.6 Cover register

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. keeps and maintains the cover register (the Register). The Register is maintained in compliance with the requirements set out in the following documents:

  • o The Act of 29 August 1997 on covered bonds and mortgage banks (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 110),
  • o Minister for Finance Regulation of 21 June 2022 on the mortgage cover calculation and the coverage balance testing and the liquidity test (Journal of Laws 2022, item 1412),
  • o Recommendation K of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority of 9 February 2016 on the terms of maintenance of the cover register by mortgage banks.

The Bank shall enter in the Register the acquired receivables from mortgage-backed housing loan contracts and the rights and funds that may be the basis for the issue of covered bonds (pursuant to Article 18(3) and (4)), as well as the funds constituting the surplus, in an amount not lower than the maximum cumulative net liquidity outflow over the next 180 days (pursuant to Article 18(3a)). Covered bonds are secured with Bank debt secured with the first ranking mortgage.

As at 30 June 2025, the mortgage-backed debt and other funds referred to in the Act on covered bonds and mortgage banks closed with PLN 3,146,381,800 (core assets including substitute assets).

As at the date, the structure of the Register was as follows (data in PLN mio):

The State Treasury Bonds registered in the Register provide security for the payment of

interest on the issued covered bonds over a period of 180 days. The total value of the mortgage-backed claims and substitute collateral (in the part not used to cover the payment of interest on covered bonds) was reflected in the overall level of collateralisation of covered bonds, which was 629.28%.

Since mortgage-backed debt and issued covered bonds match in terms of currency and interest rate, there were no hedging transactions in the Register as at 30 June 2025.

Pursuant to the 2022 amendment to the Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks, the Bank shall, no later than the end of each quarter, as at the last day of the preceding quarter, make available on its website information on the security of covered bonds.

Register maintenance is overseen by the Cover Pool Monitor on an ongoing basis.

For the key register data as at 30 June 2025, refer to the table below:

30.06.2025
Cover register
Mortgage-backed debt (PLN million) 3,106.4
T-bonds (PLN million) 40
Amount of surplus in accordance with Article 18(3a) of the Act (PLN thousand) 0
Number of (active) loans 17,772
Average loan amount (PLN thousand) 175
Average maturity (in months) 216
Average LtV (loan value to the mortgage lending value of the real estate) 53.64%
Average LtV (according to the Bank's current mark-to-market valuation) 32.46%

5.7 Cover Pool Monitor

In keeping with the Act on covered bonds and mortgage banks (Act), for each mortgage bank a Cover Pool Monitor and at least one Deputy Cover Pool Monitor are appointed. The Cover Pool Monitor shall be responsible for verifying whether:

  • o the liabilities attributable to the covered bonds in trading are secured by the mortgage bank in compliance with the Act,
  • o the mortgage lending value of the real estate taken by the Bank was set in compliance with the bylaw,
  • o the mortgage bank complies with the requirements of Article 18 of the Act,
  • o the coverage balance test and liquidity test confirm that the mortgage bank's debt as well as the rights and funds entered into the cover register suffice to fully satisfy the holders of covered bonds.
  • o the manner of the cover register maintenance by the mortgage bank satisfies the terms and conditions of the Act,

o the mortgage bank ensures – under the Act – the collateral for the planned issue of covered bonds and control of whether adequate provisions were entered into the cover register.

In addition, in accordance with the amendment to the Act, the Cover Pool Monitor shall annually, no later than 31 March, submit to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority a report for the previous year on the mortgage bank's activities with respect to the Cover Pool Monitor's tasks.

Having considered the application of the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., on 26 November 2024 the Polish Financial Supervision Authority appointed Ms Grażyna Zielińska as the Cover Pool Monitor of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and Mr Krzysztof Brejdak as the Deputy Cover Pool Monitor for a period of the next 6-years.

The Bank shall keep and maintain a cover register, in which the Bank's claims and the rights and funds underlying the issue of the covered bonds are entered under separate headings, as well as funds in surplus in an amount not lower than the maximum cumulative net liquidity outflow over a consecutive period of 180 days.

Register maintenance is overseen by the Cover Pool Monitor and Deputy Cover Pool Monitor on an ongoing basis.

5.8 Statutory limits

Acting in accordance with the Act on covered bonds and mortgage banks, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A monitors the applicable business limits.

Statutory limit Statutory
value
Legal grounds
% of debt for which the ratio of a single mortgage
backed loan to the mortgage lending value of the real
estate is over 100% at the acquisition date
0% Article 13.2 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
Coverage of covered bonds with assets up to 80% of
the mortgage lending value (maximum ratio of
refinancing of the acquired debt (in part up to 80% of
the mortgage lending value) with funds obtained from
the issue of covered bonds)
debt claim) Article 14 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
Maximum volume of acquired and taken-up shares or
holdings in other entities vis-à-vis own funds of the
mortgage bank
bank 0% Article 15.1.5 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
limit
100% of the Bank's
total debt claims
up to 80% of the
mortgage lending
value (calculated in
relation to each
10% of own funds
of the mortgage
Limit utilisation
Fulfilled
11.88%

As at 30 June 2025, the statutory limits and their utilisation were the following:

4. Maximum multiple of the total of drawn loans and
credit facilities, issued bonds vis-à-vis own funds of the
mortgage bank
ten times own
funds of the Bank;
8.06 Article 15.2.1 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
5. Maximum multiple of the total amount of nominal
amounts of covered bonds traded by the mortgage
bank to own funds of the mortgage bank
40 times 1.18 Article 17.1 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
6. Minimum overcollateralisation of the issue of covered
bonds with mortgage-backed debt and other funds
(bonds, cash, cash with the National Bank of Poland,
hedging instruments)
105% 629.28% Article 18.1 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
7. Minimum overcollateralisation of the issue of covered
bonds with mortgage-backed debt
85% 621.28% Article 18.1 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
8. Minimum ratio of income of the mortgage bank under
the mortgage-backed claims and other funds (bonds,
cash, cash with the National Bank of Poland, financial
hedging instruments) vis-à-vis costs of interest on the
traded covered bonds
100% 718.37% Article 18.2 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
9. Coverage of the maximum cumulative net liquidity
outflow with the funds specified in paragraph 3 c of
Article 18 of the Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage
Banks over the next 180 days
fulfilled Article 18.3a of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
10. Maximum ratio of debt backed with mortgages
established during the construction investment project
to the total amount of the mortgage-backed debt
used to issue covered bonds.
10% 0% Article 23.1 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks
11. Maximum ratio of debt backed with mortgages on real
estates earmarked for development as per the zoning
plan to the total amount of the mortgage-backed debt
used to issue covered bonds.
1% 0% Article 23.2 of the
Act
on
covered
bonds
and
mortgage banks

Additionally to monitoring of the statutory limits, the Bank - in accordance with the Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks - makes a mortgage cover calculation for each business day. The coverage balance test is performed at least every 6 months and the liquidity test at least every 3 months.

Keeping in mind the prudential approach to management, the Bank carries out coverage and liquidity balance tests, if possible for each business day.

Throughout the reporting period, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. did not exceed any of the limits indicated in the table and the outcome of the mortgage cover calculation and coverage balance and liquidity tests was positive.

6. Organisational framework and authorities of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

6.1.Organizational framework

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. governance is underpinned by the organisational framework presented on the diagram below and the segregation of duties among the Bank bodies discussed further on.

Organisational framework of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. in functional areas

6.2 Authority of bodies and committees of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

The authority of individual Bank bodies has been laid down in the Banking Law, the Commercial Companies and Partnerships Code and other laws and provisions of the Bank Charter as well as in their individual bylaws.

The authority of the Bank General Meeting is the following:

  • o review and approval of the Management Bank Report on Bank Operations and the financial statements for the past financial year and acknowledgment of fulfilment of duties by the members of the Bank bodies,
  • o appointment and recall of Supervisory Board members,
  • o passing resolutions on the determination of principles of remuneration of the Supervisory Board members and other matters foreseen by the law, Charter or those submitted by the Supervisory Board, Management Board or eligible shareholders,
  • o passing resolutions on damage claims, for the damages caused upon Bank establishment or exercise of management or supervision,
  • o determination of the mode of shares redemption and of the fee for the shares redeemed as well as consent to the acquisition of Bank's shares for redemption purposes,
  • o passing resolutions on liquidation, disposal or lease of the Bank enterprise or its organised part and establishing limited right in property thereon.

The authority of the Bank Supervisory Board is the following in particular:

  • o assessment of the Management Board Report and financial statements for the past financial year as to their compliance with the ledgers, documents and the actual state of affairs.
  • o assessment of Management Board motions regarding profit distribution or loss coverage,
  • o submission of an annual written report to the General Meeting on the results of these evaluations, and a written report on the Supervisory Board Operations for the previous financial year (Supervisory Board Report),
  • o revision of the Bank's property and financial control,
  • o approval of the rules of prudent and stable Bank management and the Bank strategy developed by the Management Board as well as periodical review and verification of its delivery, and also approval of many-year development plans of the Bank and annual budgets of the Bank as developed by the Management Board,
  • o approval of accepted risk levels in the Bank's business areas,
  • o approval of Management Board motions regarding formation or liquidation of Bank's organisational units abroad,
  • o consent to acquisition or disposal by the Bank of shares and share rights or holdings of other legal persons, provided the amount of assets covered by one such operation exceeds the PLN equivalent of EUR 1,000,000 or the said operation concerns the assets accounting for at least 50% of the share capital of another legal person; the Supervisory Board's consent is not required for the Bank's exposure under debt conversion, liquidation of the collateral accepted by the Bank,

  • o appointing and recalling Members of the Management Board, subject to Article 28 of the Charter,
  • o conclusion of agreements with Management Board Members on performance of their duties and determination of remuneration thereunder, as well as consent to receive other considerations by Management Board Members from the Bank or related entities,
  • o approval of the Management Board Bylaw, Organisational Bylaw and internal control system of the Bank,
  • o selection of the entity authorised to audit the financial statements of the Bank, based on the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Supervisory Board and provision of advice as to establishment of cooperation with that entity,
  • o consent to conclusion of transactions by the Bank with its shareholders or related entities or members of Bank authorities, provided the amount of the transaction exceeds EUR 1,000,000, save for typical and routine transactions made on an arm's length basis whose nature and terms arise from the daily business of the Bank or transactions foreseen in the annual budget of the Bank as approved by the Supervisory Board,
  • o consent to assuming a liability by the Bank or making an administrative decision whose amount in such one-off operation or on an aggregate basis for one entity or a few entities related to the entity exceeds 10% of own funds of the Bank, save for provisions of Article 26 section 1 items 4) and 11) of the Bank Charter; the consent is not required for the entities referred to in Article 26 section 1 item 9) of the Bank Charter,
  • o consent to acquisition, disposal or encumbering by the Bank of property, plant and equipment item whose amount exceeds the PLN equivalent of EUR 1,000,000; save for provisions of Article 26 section 1 item 10) of the Bank Charter, the consent of the Board is not required when the property, plant and equipment item is acquired through transfer of such item by the Bank as the creditor due to the Bank's debt recovery procedure,
  • o consent to acquisition, disposal or encumbrance by the Bank of real estate or an interest in real estate or the right of perpetual usufruct whose value exceeds the Polish zloty equivalent of EUR 1,000,000,
  • o submission to the Ordinary General Meeting of reports and assessments laid down in the regulations, recommendations of the regulator and other laws of the Bank,
  • o suspension for important reasons of the Bank Management Board Members in their capacity and delegation – for the period of up to 3 months – of Supervisory Board Members to temporarily act in the capacity of the Management Board Members incapable of discharging their duties,
  • o approval of the Bank's compliance risk policy,
  • o approval of the rules for the processes of internal capital estimation, capital management and capital planning,

  • o approval of the bylaw used to determine the mortgage lending value of the real estate; the bylaw takes effect upon approval by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority,
  • o approval of cooperation agreements with ING Bank Śląski S.A.,
  • o submission of a request to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority for appointment of the Cover Pool Monitor and his/her deputy,
  • o approval of model risk management rules,
  • o approval of the code of ethics and conflict of interest management rules.
  • o The Supervisory Board's approval is not required to conclude a transaction with the parent company, the value of which, when aggregated with the value of transactions concluded with that company during the financial year, exceeds 10% of the Bank's total assets within the meaning of the accounting regulations, as determined on the basis of the company's last approved financial statements.

Resolutions of the Supervisory Board may concern in particular:

  • o formulation of conclusions and recommendations under the supervision and control activities conducted,
  • o granting consents and permissions,
  • o approving strategies, policies and other documents if it is provided for in the Bank Charter or specific regulations,
  • o rendering advice,
  • o reports and assessments submitted by the Board to the General Meeting and in particular:
    • o the annual report of the Supervisory Board for the previous financial year, including at least:
      • o the results of assessment of the financial statements and Management Board reports on Bank operations in the financial year, and also the Management Board motion on the distribution of the profit or coverage of loss of the Bank,
      • o assessment of the Bank's situation, including an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control, risk management, compliance and internal audit,
      • o assessment of the implementation by the Management Board of their

information obligations towards the Supervisory Board,

o information on the total remuneration payable by the Bank for all audits commissioned by the Supervisory Board during the financial year pursuant to §37,

  • o a summary of the activities of the Supervisory Board and its committees during the financial year, together with information on the composition of the Supervisory Board and its committees, including an assessment of the adequacy of the internal regulations governing the functioning of the Supervisory Board.
  • o evaluation reports on the functioning of the Bank's remuneration policy, drawn up in the course of the ongoing supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the Bank's remuneration policy in force,
  • o assessment of application by the Bank of the principles of corporate governance for supervised institutions,
  • o assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of internal governance principles adopted by the Bank,
  • o other matters within the Supervisory Board's powers.

The authority of the Supervisory Board Audit and Risk Committee is the following in particular:

  • o supporting the Supervisory Board in monitoring and supervising the financial reporting, the internal and external audit and the governance system of the Bank, and in particular as to adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system and risk management system and the relation between the Bank and the firm auditing the financial statements of the Bank.
  • o supporting the Supervisory Board in monitoring and supervising the risk management process, including the operational risk, credit risk, market risk and compliance risk, and also the internal capital estimation process, capital planning and management as well as the model risk and capital adequacy.

The authority of the Bank Management Board is the following in particular:

  • o representing the Bank before the authorities and third parties as well as administration and management of the property and interests of the Bank. The Management Board take action for all the matters not resting with other Bank bodies,
  • o issue of resolutions which under the universally effective laws and provisions of the Bank Charter require decisions by other statutory Bank bodies,
  • o formulation of Bank's policies, including but not limited to the lending policy, risk management policy and remuneration policy,
  • o determination of acquisition principles for funds from other financial institutions and the principles of their utilisation as well as determination of principles for investing funds with banks,
  • o formulation of principles for setting interest for the products offered by the Bank, including but not limited to the interest for loans and credit facilities or penalty interest,

  • o reviewing motions regarding recognition of extraordinary losses and establishment of provisions beyond the amounts otherwise set by the Management Board,
  • o passing investment plans and setting investing principles,
  • o resolving on the matters pertaining to the acquisition, encumbering, disposal of lease of real estates and other property rights – for operations going beyond the amounts otherwise set by the Management Board,
  • o resolving on acquisition and disposal by the Bank of shares and holdings of other legal persons – for operations going beyond the amounts otherwise set by the Management Board,
  • o determination of principles of granting and revoking powers of attorney to perform certain acts or take certain actions,
  • o the matters going beyond the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to the matters going beyond the powers of individual Management Board members or Committees established by the Management Board,
  • o other matters for which decisions rest with the Management Board under other resolutions adopted by the Management Board and other matters submitted by the President of the Management Board or another Management Board Member.

The Bank Management Board established the following standing committees: the list of standing committees forms Enclosure No. 4 with the Organisational Bylaw of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.:

  • o Assets and Liabilities Committee (ALCO),
  • o Credit Policy Committee (CPC),
  • o Non-financial Risk Committee,
  • o Green Covered Bonds Committee.

The Assets and Liabilities Committee supervise and take decisions on:

  • o market risk management at ING Bank Hipoteczny,
  • o funding and liquidity risk management at ING Bank Hipoteczny,
  • o management of the Bank's balance sheet (assets and liabilities), including the transfer pricing system methods,
  • o structure of ING Bank Hipoteczny's ledgers,
  • o capital and capital adequacy management,
  • o valuation of financial instruments and calculation of valuation adjustments, considering the factors not accounted for in the valuation in the Bank's systems.

The Committee monitor the model risk level. They approve the validation reports and the results of monitoring of the market risk, liquidity and funding risk and valuation models.

Credit Policy Committee

The scope of activities covers the following areas:

  • o Credit risk appetite as to specific risk appetite limits and concentration limits, within which:
    • o Define limit types,
    • o Sets and changes limit levels.
  • o Credit Policy under which:
    • o the Credit Policy Committee take decisions on the regulations concerning the implementation of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Credit Risk Management Policy,
    • o the Credit Policy Committee define and modify the principles of risk, identification, assessment and control, including:
      • o credit risk assessment principles,
      • o credit analysis standards,
      • o credit competence,
      • o rating process flow,
      • o principles of client and credit exposure monitoring,
      • o principles for restructuring and recovery,
      • o collateral establishment and monitoring principles,
      • o impairment and provisioning principles,
      • o rules for credit risk processes involving ESG risk,
      • o counterparty risk assessment principles.
  • o Credit risk models under which:
    • o the Credit Policy Committee approve regulations on development, maintenance and use of risk models, including, but not limited to:
      • o principles of the credit risk models management,
      • o methodology for building and monitoring models,
      • o definitions of the credit risk models,
      • o the scope of use of the credit risk models,
      • o evaluation of the correctness of the process of examining the quality of functioning of the models,
      • o the bank's approach to the extent of use of external models,
      • o introduction and withdrawal of models as well as changes to models,
      • o the manner in which appropriate remedial or corrective action is implemented, its monitoring, and the amount of capital add-ons to be introduced for it.
    • o The CPC monitors the status of the remodelling and monitoring plan for credit risk models,
    • o The CPC approves the principles and standards for the validation of credit risk models and reports on the results of the validation of credit risk models,
    • o The CPC approves the reports with the results of the credit risk model monitoring.

  • o The Credit Policy Committee monitors credit risk, ensures compliance with laws, supervisory regulations and ING Group's standards as well as discusses and approves any other credit- and settlement risk-related matters.
  • o CPC do not make decisions on:
    • o individual client transactions,
    • o ratings for individual clients or exposures,
    • o the amount of write-downs/reserves at client or individual exposure level.

Non-financial Risk Committee

The Committee – following the requirements of the universally applicable laws, regulator's requirements, internal regulations of the Bank and best practices of the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group and internal regulations of the Bank, cover, among others, the following issues/areas:

  • o Initiating and recommending the changes and new solutions for the non-financial risk area.
  • o Performing the tasks resulting from the use of outsourcing as described in the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Outsourcing Policy and the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Outsourcing Manual.
  • o Approving, advising on and recommending plans, projects and programmes as well as control standards for non-financial risk management.
  • o Approval of, inter alia:
    • o operational risk management objectives for the calendar year in question,
    • o waivers and deviations for the non-financial risks area,
    • o annual plans and test results for key controls,
    • o annual Risk Identification and Assessment Plan and the results of this process when unacceptable risks are identified, crisis management plan as well as the outcome of the Business Environment Assessment,
    • o lists of controls identified for independent testing by the 2nd line of defence,
    • o a schedule of tasks and a report on the monitoring of the 2nd Line of Defence as part of the testing of key controls (including in the IT area), as well as the results of independent tests,
    • o non-financial risk reports (NFRD included) and recommendation to the Bank Management Board of decisions for material non-financial risk issues (including the unacceptable risks attributable to product-related changes), new Critical and High Risk recommendations identified by the first and second line of defence and changes in dates in case of implementation of recommendations or acceptance of high risk,
    • o non-financial risk reports (NFRD included) and recommendation to the Bank Management Board of decisions for material non-financial risk issues,
    • o a list of obligatory training courses in non-financial risk,
    • o periodical results of Bank's organisational framework reviews for compliance with the operational risk management rules,

  • o methodologies for determining internal capital for operational risk,
  • o results of measurement of economic and regulatory capitals for operational risk, including quarterly monitoring of the capital required for operational risk and capital change drivers,
  • o mitigating actions.
  • o Monitoring of:
    • o the processes of NFR identification, assessment, monitoring and mitigation, including, most notably, in the outsourcing and fraud area,
    • o the quality assurance process for the non-financial risk management processes,
    • o the status of mitigation and enhancement activities related to programmes and projects in the Bank (non-financial risk projects included),
    • o the status of implementation of control standards,
    • o risk factors arising from the Business Environment Assessment,
    • o reports related to reputational risk, customer complaints and issues relating to conduct risk and compliance risk, reports/documents on non-financial risk events, including lessons learned,
    • o non-financial risks, with regard to significant changes in the Bank's management structure and significant elements of outsourcing processes.

The Green Covered Bonds Committee is responsible for all green aspects of covered bonds.

Responsibilities:

  • o Initiation and recommendation of changes and new solutions for green covered bonds.
  • o Approval of:
    • o amendments to the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Green Covered Bond Framework,
    • o changes to technical conditions enabling qualification of a credit debt to the portfolio of green assets,
    • o allocation reporting and impact reporting,
    • o periodical reports delivered to the Climate Bonds Initiative.
  • o Supervision of:
    • o processes relating to operational implementation of changes arising from the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Green Covered Bond Framework,
    • o processes relating to operational implementation of changes to technical conditions enabling qualification of a credit debt to the portfolio of green assets,
    • o the process of utilisation of funds acquired from the issue of green covered bonds, considering the potential alternative investment projects laid down in the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Green Covered Bond Framework,
    • o the process of green assets portfolio building,
    • o collaboration with third parties involved in the green covered bonds-related processes,
    • o quality assurance for the green covered bonds-related processes,

o reporting process to ING Group.

6.3 Management Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

In the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, the Management Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. worked in the following composition:

Position in the Management
Board
Term of office in
connection with
the end of the
previous term of
office
Date of appointment for the current
term of office
Jacek Frejlich President of the Management
Board
from 28.10.2022 09.05.2024
Marek Byczek Vice-President of the
Management Board
from 01.10.2022 09.05.2024
Katarzyna Majchrzak Vice-President of the
Management Board
from 01.09.2023 09.05.2024

On 9 May 2024, the Supervisory Board appointed the existing members of the Management Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for a new term.

Segregation of key authorities within the Bank Management Board:

Jacek Frejlich (since 28.10.2022) President of the Management Board responsible for the
Management Area
Marek Byczek (since 01.10.2022) Vice-President of the Management Board responsible for
the Finance, Treasury, Operations and IT Areas
Katarzyna Majchrzak (since 01.09.2023) Chief Risk Officer

Other management functions of Management Board members:

Function Function Holding Time
Jacek Frejlich Did not hold any additional functions of the
Management Board or Supervisory Board
member.
Throughout the reporting period.
Marek Byczek Did not hold any additional functions of the
Management Board or Supervisory Board
member.
Throughout the reporting period.
Katarzyna Majchrzak Did not hold any additional functions of the
Management Board or Supervisory Board
member.
Throughout the reporting period.

The composition, responsibilities of and segregation of duties among the Management Board Members did not change.

Recruitment policy – selection and evaluation of Management Board Members

All the appointed members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board satisfy the requirements of Article 22aa of the Banking Law Act and underwent a suitability assessment before appointment as per EBA guidelines.

Management Board Members are appointed and recalled, considering the requirements of the Banking Law Act.

The Supervisory Board appoints the members of the Management Board from among candidates selected on the basis of succession plans and, if necessary, from among external candidates who have passed the suitability assessment procedure and received a positive recommendation.

The President of the Management Board and the Vice-President supervising the management of the risk material to the Bank's business are appointed upon the approval of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. The earlier appointed Management Board Member may be entrusted with the capacity of the Vice-President referred to hereinabove only upon approval of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

The process of selecting and assessing candidates for Members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board is based on the principles set out in the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board Members Appointing, Onboarding and Recalling Policy and the Policy for the Assessment of the Suitability of Supervisory Board Members, Management Board Members and Key Function Holders.

If a search for candidates for a position on the Management Board needs to be triggered, the Supervisory Board prepares a list of candidates based on the Succession Database. In the absence of internal candidates satisfying the requisite criteria, external recruitment process is initiated. The Supervisory Board select one candidate from the list and commission a suitability assessment process in accordance with the applicable Suitability Assessment Policy for Supervisory Board Members, Management Board Members and Key Function Holders at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. In exceptional cases (e.g. an urgent need to replace a member of the Management Board), the suitability assessment of candidates may be carried out up to 4 weeks after the position is taken up.

The following terms of selection, nomination and succession planning apply to Management Board members:

  • o management Board Members are appointed and recalled in the secret ballot, considering the requirements of the Banking Law Act.
  • o The Bank Management Board consists of at least three members, inclusive of the President and Vice-Presidents. Upon the request of the President of the Management Board, the Supervisory Board may entrust the role of I Vice-President to one of the Vice-Presidents.

  • o The number of the Management Board Members is determined by the Supervisory Board. At least half of the Members of the Management Board are the citizens of the Republic of Poland.
  • o the Management Board Members are appointed for a common term of office that starts from the date of appointment and runs for three full consecutive financial years.

Diversity Policy

The ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. has the Diversity Policy for ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board and Supervisory Board Members.

The Policy seeks to achieve a broad scope of competence upon appointment of the Supervisory Board and Management Board members so as to acquire various opinions and experience and enable individual bodies to issue independent opinions and reasonable decisions as well as to ensure top quality of duties performance by the managing bodies.

The Bank perceives diversity as one of the attributes of the corporate culture. As regards business-related criteria, the strategy of diversity ensures selection of persons with diverse knowledge, skills and experience, suitable for positions held by them and duties entrusted to them, who complement each other at the level of all the Management Board and Supervisory Board Members.

The criteria are verified in the suitability assessment process described in the Suitability assessment policy for Supervisory Board and Management Board Members and the persons holding key functions at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Further, the Diversity Policy covers and employs the differences which besides knowledge and professional experience are driven by sex and age to accomplish top results.

Principles of remuneration of Bank Management Board Members

In December 2024, the Supervisory Board – by way of Resolution No. 62/11/2024 – approved the update of the Remuneration Bylaw for Members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board. The Bylaw provides for the primary terms and conditions of remuneration for members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board. The Bylaw remains in concordance with the values and long-term interests of ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group, whereby it fosters effective risk management by the Group. The principles of remuneration of Bank Management Board Members are set using the market data. They factor in the knowledge and skills as well as the accountability of and the risk taken by a given function. Each Bank Management Board member made an employment contract with the Bank. The contract reads inter alia the terms and conditions of remuneration and the competition ban.

The By-law:

  1. is in line with the Bank's strategy, values and risk appetite and therefore also supports the Bank's short-, medium- and long-term interests,

    1. promotes and supports an effective risk management process to maintain and protect the Bank's secure capital base,
    1. does not encourage taking excessive risk beyond the risk appetite accepted by the Bank Supervisory Board,
    1. is based on performance management, which is a key business process that links individual objectives with long-term business strategy and ensures stable growth,
    1. is gender neutral, which means that it does not create conditions for any gender to be favoured in an unjustified manner with regard to employment, career development, promotions, as well as awarding and paying remuneration.
    1. The average annual gross total remuneration of individual Management Board Members shall not exceed 40 times the average annual gross total remuneration of other employees. The ratio shall be reviewed annually as part of the review of the remuneration policy,

6.4 Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

In the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. worked in the following composition:

Function on the Bank
Supervisory Board
Appointmen
t date
Appointment
date
for the new
term of office
Independent
Member*
Audit
and Risk
Commit
tee
Bożena Member 26.02.2018 M
Graczyk Chair 15.06.2021 09.05.2024
Brunon Member 26.02.2018
Bartkiewicz Chair 26.02.2018** 09.05.2024
Joanna Member 26.02.2018 09.05.2024
Erdman
Marcin Deputy Chair 26.02.2018 09.05.2024
Giżycki
Krzysztof Member 26.02.2018 09.05.2024 Ch
Gmur
Jacek Secretary 11.09.2018 09.05.2024 M
Michalski

Ch – Committee Chairman, M – Committee Member

*/ as defined in the Act on Statutory Auditors, Auditing Firms and Public Oversight of 11 May 2017.

**/ On 14 June 2021, Mr Brunon Bartkiewicz resigned from his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, remaining a Member of the Supervisory Board.

In 2025, there were no changes in the composition of the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. On 9 May 2024, the Ordinary General Meeting of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. appointed the existing members of the Supervisory Board for a new term.

During the reporting period, 3 meetings of the Supervisory Board attended in person and 3 meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee attended in person were held. The meetings of the Bank bodies are held by means of distance communication.

As per Article 395.2.3 of the Commercial Companies and Partnerships Code, once a year, the general meeting acknowledge fulfilment of duties by each Supervisory Board member. Acknowledgement is the assessment of the Supervisory Board members, regardless of the review of the Supervisory Board report on operations made by the general meeting.

On 9 April 2025, the Ordinary General Meeting of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. was held concerning the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, at which the Annual General Meeting of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. passed resolutions on:

  • o Consideration and approval of the financial statements of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for 2024;
  • o Review and approval of the Management Board Report on Operations of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for 2024 including the Management Board Report on observance of the Principles of corporate governance;
  • o Acceptance of the report of the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for 2024, assessment of the functioning of the Remuneration Policy of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. in 2024, and assessment of the adequacy of the internal regulations concerning the functioning of the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and its effectiveness;
  • o Acknowledgement of the fulfilment of duties by the members of the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. in 2024;
  • o Acknowledgement of the fulfilment of duties by the members of the Management Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. in 2024;
  • o Method of profit distribution for 2024;
  • o 2024 dividend payout;
  • o Amendments to the Charter of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.,
  • o Amendments to the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Supervisory Board and Management Board Members Remuneration Policy;

o Acceptance of the information regarding the adopted amendment to the Bylaw of the Supervisory Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

6.5 Remuneration and human resources management policy

Headcount

As at 30 June 2025, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. had 30 employees (30 FTEs). This signifies headcount decrease by 2 persons (1.875 FTEs) from 31 December 2024. The change between 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2024 results from staff rotation in two positions. Recruitment processes are currently nearing completion.

Remuneration policy

The ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Remuneration Policy takes into account the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group Remuneration Policy and defines the key assumptions for the remuneration policy used to attract and retain employees by ensuring a market competitive remuneration and defines the component parts of the remuneration. The Policy includes stipulations concerning:

  • o gender neutrality which means that it does not create conditions for any gender to be favoured in an unjustified manner with regard to employment, career development, promotions, as well as awarding and paying remuneration.
  • o the relation of the remuneration of the members of the Management Board to the remuneration of the employees - the average annual gross total remuneration of individual Management Board Members shall not exceed 40 times the average annual gross total remuneration of other employees. The ratio shall be reviewed annually as part of the review of the remuneration policy,
  • o monitoring of the gender pay ratio as part of its annual remuneration review, the Bank monitors the gender pay ratio and takes appropriate action to address any gender imbalance in this respect.

The Bank identifies social and environmental risks diagnosed as part of its sustainability strategy.

The Remuneration Policy is consistent with the introduction of ESG risks into the Bank's operations, understood as environmental, social or governance events and conditions that could have a material negative financial impact on the Bank or its customers. In particular, the Remuneration Policy:

1) ensures transparent remuneration principles and their link to the Bank's risk management strategy and corporate social responsibility, as reflected in the objectives set for employees for the year;

  • 2) creates conditions so that the remuneration of the Bank's executive staff, in particular Identified Staff, is linked to the material ESG risks identified in the Bank's risk management strategy in all key management processes, including risk management, strategic planning, innovation, capital investment and employee management,
  • 3) implies differentiating staff remuneration on the basis of quantitative and qualitative criteria, taking into account the actual contribution of the work to maintaining customer satisfaction, not encouraging excessive risks, including ESG risks, ensuring that the activities carried out comply with regulatory requirements and internal regulations.

At the same time, the Policy does not promote actions that are against sustainable growth.

The remuneration policy is designed to ensure that remuneration-related conflicts of interest are identified and adequately limited. Adequate risk mitigation measures, that is, a layered approval process, clear and transparent performance appraisal principles which are communicated to all employees, are part of the variable remuneration process.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. does not provide for any form of remuneration that might encourage employees to favour their own interests or those of the Bank while acting to the detriment of clients.

The Bank communicates the Remuneration Policy to the competent authorities and to the public in accordance with generally applicable legislation.

The principles of remunerating persons acting on behalf of the Bank do not constitute an incentive to take excessive risk of misselling.

The primary internal regulation governing the remuneration policy is the Employee Remuneration Bylaw of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. The Bylaw is revised on an ongoing basis, in response to the changing conditions and regulations of the ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group. Amendments to the Bylaw are introduced by a resolution of the Bank Management Board.

As per the bylaw, the total remuneration of Bank employees comprises of the fixed and variable remuneration.

Fixed remuneration covers:

  • a. base salary;
  • b. benefits awarded under the universally applicable laws and internal remunerations of the Bank, and in particular additional remuneration for overtime work, cash equivalent for holidays, reimbursement of the costs of the employee's private car use for business purposes;
  • c. fringe benefits that form part of the Bank's overall policy under the four pillars of Health, Energy, Activity and Finance, i.e.:
    • a) Health the employer cares about the health of its employees, in particular by providing access to medical care, including the family and dental

packages, and by offering access to programmes promoting preventive health checks, cancer prevention and seasonal health promotion campaigns;

  • b) Energy the employer offers a range of dedicated initiatives to support mental health and provides employees with a mental health platform;
  • c) Activity the employer keeps employees active and provides a dedicated platform to promote a healthy lifestyle and organises sports challenges and tournaments;
  • d) Finance the employer cares about the financial education of employees, secures the financial future of employees and offers additional benefits including:
    • o employee pension programme organised on the basis of the Employee Pension Programmes Act, through which the employer enables employees to voluntarily accumulate additional funds for retirement,
    • o life insurance the Bank provides a sponsored package of insurance which covers: death of the employee, death of the employee due to an accident and serious illness,
    • o benefits granted under the Regulations of the Cafeteria Plan General Terms and Conditions;
    • o remote work / office allowance in accordance with the Employee Remuneration Bylaw of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and Regulations in force in ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group companies;
    • o company car allocated on the basis of position in the organisational structure, in accordance with ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.'s Company Car Policy.
  • d. fixed severance payments, that is:
    • o severance pay for the employees dismissed for other than employee-related reasons;
    • o cash payment due to employee becoming a pensioner or retiree;
    • o death gratuity.

Variable remuneration covers:

  • o annual bonus on the terms laid down in the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Employee Evaluation Bylaw
  • o or the bonus set on the terms laid down in the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Identified Staff Evaluation Bylaw.

The variable remuneration is in proper relation to fixed remuneration. The level of fixed remuneration in relation to variable remuneration should constitute a sufficiently large proportion to encourage the long-term and stable development of the Bank. The ratio of fixed to variable remuneration is set at 1 to a maximum of 1.

Base salary

The primary assumption of the base salary system is to ensure consistent and fair remuneration at ING. This can be done through a regular analysis of many aspects, financial and economic ones included. We ensure that the remuneration offered is in line with the market through its revaluation made using detailed market information. By ensuring fair and competitive remuneration, the remuneration policy seeks to win over and keep the employees contributing to the development of our company.

The Bank uses pay grades resulting from a job evaluation process carried out on the basis of an independent objective point-based job valuation method. Each position from the ING Group Global Tariff is assigned to: job family group, job family, job profile and global career path level. The Bank verifies the adequacy of base salaries through an annual comparison with regular benchmarks performed by an external entity.

Variable remuneration

The main element of variable remuneration is the bonus. It is an extra remuneration which an employee can obtain by performing his or her STEP UP tasks stemming from the business strategy and ING values.

Tasks are set and evaluated in line with:

  • the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Employee Evaluation Bylaw, and
  • the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Identified Staff Evaluation Bylaw.

The primary goal of the Step Up evaluation is to ensure that employees have adequate competences. This is achieved by providing employees with motivating feedback, setting adequate goals for them, checking their performance in a reliable manner and building their engagement to deliver business goals and keep the competitive position of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

For persons having a material impact on risk profile of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., the Bank regulates the process of awarding variable remuneration in the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Identified Staff Evaluation Bylaw. In case of Management Board members the bonus rules are provided for in the Remuneration Bylaw for Members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board.

In accordance with the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Capital Management Policy, the Bank tests capital to ensure that the total remuneration pool of all employees does not limit its capacity to maintain adequate capital base. Should a limitation occur, a decision can be taken to freeze the variable remuneration pool.

For the Management Board Members and the Chief Accountant, the variable remuneration rules for Identified Staff apply in full, namely

  • o cash payment (not more than 50%),
  • o financial instruments (minimum 50%).

The above division applies to both the remuneration paid out directly after the end of the evaluation period and the deferred one.

The deferral period is five years from the variable remuneration determination by the Management Board or Supervisory Board.

For other Identified Staff, a limited variable remuneration policy applies, namely:

  • o the variable remuneration is payable entirely in cash.
  • o the deferral rule does not apply to variable remuneration.

Besides the bonus award system, the Bank has an employee rewarding system, formed of a reward fund. The fund is used to reward individual employees on a discretionary basis for their outstanding performance or accomplishments translating into important deliverables for the Bank.

Principles of remuneration of Bank Management Board Members

On 6 December 2024, the Bank Supervisory Board – by way of Resolution No. 62/11/2024 – approved amendments to the Remuneration Bylaw for Members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board. The Bylaw contains the primary terms and conditions of remuneration for members of the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board. The Bylaw remains in concordance with the values and long-term interests of ING Bank Śląski S.A. Group, whereby it fosters effective risk management by the Group. It is also in line with the Bank's strategy, values and risk appetite and therefore also supports the Bank's short-, medium- and long-term interests, The By-law promotes and supports an effective risk management process to maintain and protect the Bank's secure capital base.

Its stipulations do not encourage taking excessive risk beyond the risk appetite accepted by the Bank Supervisory Board.

The By-law is based on performance management, which is a key business process that links individual objectives with long-term business strategy and ensures stable growth,

The principles of remuneration of Bank Management Board Members are set using the market data. They factor in the knowledge and skills as well as the accountability of and the risk taken by a given function.

The remuneration package of the Management Board Member covers:

a. fixed remuneration, composed of the base salary and the following additional benefits: Life insurance, Employee Pension Programme (hereinafter referred to as EPP), medical care, company car, allowance for remote work/office work granted in

accordance with the Labour Bylaw of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., benefits related to the termination of the contract of employment, other benefits granted on the basis of a decision of the Supervisory Board.

b. variable remuneration which covers the annual bonus in line with the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Variable Remuneration Policy for Identified Staff including Management Board Members.

The elements of remuneration and other benefits for Bank Management Board Members in the reporting period were described in the interim financial statements of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025.

Variable elements of remuneration of Management Board members and Identified Staff

As required by:

  • a. The Banking Law Act of 29 August 1997 (Journal of Laws 2023 item 2488),
  • b. Regulation of the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy of 8 June 2021 on the risk management system and internal control system and remuneration policy in banks, hereinafter referred to as the Regulation of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy,
  • c. The guidelines of the European Banking Authority of 2 July 2021 on sound remuneration policies,
  • d. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/923 of 25 March 2021 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards setting out the criteria to define managerial responsibility, control functions, material business units and a significant impact on a material business unit's risk profile, and setting out criteria for identifying staff members or categories of staff whose professional activities have an impact on the institution's risk profile that is comparably as material as that of staff members or categories of staff referred to in Article 92(3) of that Directive.

The Bank applies the following variable regulation determination-oriented regulations:

  • a. Variable Remuneration Policy for Identified Staff,
  • b. List of Identified Staff,
  • c. ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Identified Staff Evaluation Bylaw.

As at 30 June 2025, the Variable Remuneration Policy for Identified Staff applied to 6 Supervisory Board Members, 3 Management Board Members and 6 jobs from the List of Identified Staff.

The List of Identified Staff – the list of Bank employees identified as persons having a material impact on the risk profile of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. based on the quantitative and qualitative criteria listed in Enclosure No. 1 with the Variable Remuneration Policy for

Identified Staff, as per the effective provisions of the Regulation of the Minister for Development and Finance and RTS Regulation.

The List of Identified Staff is updated on an ongoing basis by the President of the Management Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

Based on the criteria, the following persons fall into the Identified Staff category:

  • o Supervisory Board and Management Board members,
  • o senior management staff,
  • o staff members accountable to the management body for the control function activities,
  • o employees who have managerial responsibilities with respect to:
    • a. legal issues;
    • b. security of accounting rules and procedures;
    • c. finance, including taxation and budgeting; carrying out economic analysis;
    • d. prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;
    • e. human resources;
    • f. development or implementation of the remuneration policy;
    • g. information technology;
    • h. information security;
    • i. the management of arrangements for the outsourcing of critical or important functions as referred to in Article 30(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565.
  • o the staff members who have managerial responsibilities for any of the risk categories set out in Articles 79 to 87 of Directive 2013/36/EU or members with voting rights in the management committee of any of the risk categories set out in those Articles,
  • o the remuneration of the employee is at least EUR 500,000 and at least the average remuneration granted to members of the management body and senior management of the institution,
  • o the staff member who is within the 0.3 % of the number of staff, rounded up to the next integer, who have been awarded the highest total remuneration in the preceding financial year.

Moreover, the following criteria are taken into account to determine whether a given job/ person has a material impact on the Bank's risk profile and whether s/he should be included in the List of Identified Staff:

  • a. a person in a given job holds the powers, whereby s/he can take decisions or make binding opinions of material impact on the Bank's risk profile,
  • b. a person in a given job is responsible for control functions at the Bank, including the responsibility for or participation in development of risk management systems and creation or implementation of significant risk mitigation procedures at the Bank.

Another element of the analysis of impact on the Bank's risk profile is specification of key Bank committees whose decisions impact the Bank's risk profile and inclusion in the List of Identified Staff their members with voting rights holding the right of veto or the casting vote.

The Supervisory Board approve the Variable Remuneration Policy and oversee compliance therewith.

The variable remuneration is in proper relation to fixed remuneration. The ratio of fixed remuneration to variable remuneration is 1 to max. 1.

Variable remuneration is set based on the performance assessment. The variable remuneration consists of:

  • o cash payment (not more than 50%),
  • o financial instruments (minimum 50%).

The above division applies to both the remuneration paid out directly after the end of the evaluation period and the deferred one.

In 2024, the Bank applied the principle of deferral of variable remuneration, subject to the amount of variable remuneration that was not subject to deferral, i.e. up to PLN 40,000 or 10% of the annual total remuneration of an employee who is an Identified Staff.

The variable remuneration awarded in financial instruments is subject to a retention period. The period is one year from the award date.

The financial instruments awarded as variable remuneration are an instrument within the meaning of the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments. Their underlying instrument is the amount of net assets of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

Deferred variable remuneration can be decreased or not paid out based on:

  • o verification of performance assessment or
  • o ex post risk adjustment and capital test.

By verifying performance assessment, one may determine whether there occurred some conditions necessitating performance re- assessment, considering the results of given Identified Staff – and, accordingly, the conditions providing for variable remuneration decrease or freeze. This applies in particular to the situation where employee behaviour results in a considerable adjustment of annual financial statements of the Bank or reputation loss by the Bank.

Based on risk adjustment ex post, the Bank has the right to reduce or not pay out the variable remuneration under the following circumstances:

a. the occurrence of events that result in the Bank's breach, or threaten the Bank's breach, of the standards set out in Article 142 Section 1 of the Banking Law so that it is necessary to implement the Recovery Plan,

  • b. payout of variable remuneration on the basis of untrue data,
  • c. failure to satisfy by Identified Staff of applicable competition- and reputation-related standards,
  • d. occurrence of a conflict of interest due to payout of variable remuneration in financial instruments, because of non-compliance with the confidential data usage rules and other actions which may impact the amount of assets of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. in the short term.

An employee does not acquire the right to an annual bonus (including the unpaid deferred portion) in the event of employment contract termination:

  • a. under Article 52 of the Labour Code,
  • b. upon the employer's initiative due to the termination reasons attributable to an employee.

Identified Staff are required not to apply their own hedging strategies or insurance for remuneration or responsibility, save for the mandatory insurance as required under special regulations, which would neutralise the measures taken in respect of them as part of Policy implementation. Identified Staff are required to submit to the employer – by 31 January of each function holding year – their statement on non-application of any hedging strategies or insurance.

The Bank does not award individual pension benefits understood as a portion of the variable remuneration package.

The Bank does not apply any variable remuneration award or payout solutions which would entail non-compliance with the Policy.

Once a year, by 31 January, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A submits to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority the data on the number of Bank employees wherefor the total remuneration of each of them individually in the previous year went over EUR 1 million (one million) at the average rate of the National Bank of Poland from the last business day of the year for which data are submitted, along with the information on the job of the employee and the amount of the main remuneration elements, awarded bonuses and long-term rewards plus withheld pension contributions. In the settlement period, no employee of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. earned the remuneration of at least EUR 1 million.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A renders into the public domain the information on the Policy as far as required by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority for the disclosure of qualitative and quantitative information about the capital adequacy and other information to be disclosed.

The primary condition of annual bonus payout to Management Board members is delivery by the Bank of at least 80% of the budget, incrementally during the year, in the year for which variable remuneration is computed.

In accordance with the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Capital Management Policy, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A tests capital to ensure that the total variable remuneration pool of all

employees does not limit the Group's capacity to maintain adequate capital base. Should a limitation occur, a decision can be taken to freeze the variable remuneration pool.

The amount of variable remuneration elements can be decreased and their payout can be frozen when the Bank sustains a balance sheet loss.

In the event of employment contract termination by the Bank, the Management Board member is eligible for a severance pay in the amount of a three-month base salary for the last three months preceding employment relationship termination.

Management Board members and Identified Staff are covered with non-competition agreements which provide for damages payment for refraining from employment at a competition after employment with the Bank.

Agreements between the Bank and managers

In accordance with Article 2.1.30a. of the Minister of Finance Regulation of 29 February 2018 on current and interim information published by issuers of securities and the conditions for recognizing as equivalent information required by the law of a non-member state, Management Board members are Bank managers.

Each Bank Management Board member made an employment contract with the Bank. The contract reads inter alia the terms and conditions of remuneration and the competition ban.

7. Corporate governance and information for investors

7.1 Corporate governance principles and applicability

The Bank implemented the Principles of corporate governance for supervised institutions ("Principles")

https://www.knf.gov.pl/knf/en/komponenty/img/principles_of_corporate_governance_39736 .pdf

with the following decisions of Bank bodies:

o Management Board Resolution No. 29/10/19 of 11 March 2019 – regarding the content of the report on observance by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. of the Principles of corporate governance for supervised institutions, adopted by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, including the principles concerning the competence and responsibilities of the Management Board, i.e. managing the Bank affairs and

representing the Bank, in accordance with the universally effective laws and the Bank Charter,

  • o Supervisory Board Resolution No. 20/3/2019 of 22 March 2019 regarding the content of the report on observance by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. of the Principles of corporate governance for supervised institutions, adopted by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, including the principles concerning the competence and responsibilities of the Supervisory Board, i.e. supervising management of the Bank affairs in accordance with the universally effective laws and the Bank Charter,
  • o General Meeting Resolution No. 18 of 3 April 2019 regarding adoption of the report on observance by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. of the Principles of corporate governance for supervised institutions, adopted by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, including the principles concerning the competence of the General Meeting,
  • o Management Board Resolution No. 34/15/19 of 15 April 2019 regarding implementation of the Principles of corporate governance for supervised institutions, adopted by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. resolved not to apply the following Principles:

  • o The Principles introduced under Article 8.4 and Article 9.6 do not apply since 100% of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.'s shares were taken up by one Shareholder – ING Bank Śląski S.A. The number of shareholders does not justify the application of the said principles.
  • o The principles introduced under Article 32.1 through Article 34 and Articles 36.1 and 36.2 do not apply since the business model adopted by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. does not provide for client acquisition (including via advertising), but only for the purchase of existing mortgage-backed debt from ING Bank Śląski S.A.
  • o The principles introduced under Article 49.4 and Article 52.2 do not apply since ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. has an internal audit and compliance cells.
  • o The principles listed in Chapter 9 of the "Principles" Execution of Rights Resulting from Assets Acquired at Client's Risk – the principles are not applied by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., because the Bank cannot pursue the business discussed in that Chapter.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. limited application of the following Principles:

  • o The principles introduced under Article 9.1 the principles are used to a limited degree only, because the Bank has one shareholder whose representatives are members of the supervisory body of the Bank.
  • o The principles introduced under Article 29.1 through 29.2 the principles are used to a limited degree only, as they apply to independent members of the supervision body only.
  • o The principles introduced under Articles 35, 37 and 38.1 through 38.2 the principles are used to a limited degree only, in respect of post-sale service of mortgage-backed debt, due to the business model adopted by ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

Also in the second quarter of 2025, the Supervisory Board assessed the application of the Principles by the Bank – as required under Article 27 of the Principles.

As a result of the assessment of the application of the individual Principles, the qualification of the application of the Principles was changed:

  • o § 28.3. The supervisory authority prepares and presents to the governing body once a year an evaluation report on the functioning of the remuneration policy at the regulated institution.
  • o § 28.4. The governing body shall assess whether the established remuneration policy is conducive to the development and safe operation of the regulated institution.
  • o § 36.1. A regulated institution should endeavour to ensure that the financial products or services offered are appropriate to the needs of the customers to whom they are directed.
  • o § 36.2. At the stage of presenting the nature and design of a recommended financial product or service, regulated institutions and entities cooperating with them should take into account the needs referred to in paragraph 1, in particular as regards the individual situation of the customer, including knowledge and experience in the financial market, and where justified, the desired duration of the investment and the level of risk acceptance.

The assessment concluded that, according to the current interpretation, they are applicable to the Bank's activities. For all principles indicated, the Bank fulfils the requirements indicated in the description and there are no gaps.

The corporate governance assessment for 2024 was conducted in April 2025 and did not bring significant changes compared to the 2023 assessment. It only identified two follow-up actions to be implemented in 2025

  • o Agree a solution with BSK to meet the AMLRO function requirement to ensure that a deputy is available to take over in the event of AMLRO absence or questioning of their integrity.
  • o Review the IBH succession plan, taking into account the current single-person positions in Compliance and Internal Audit, and approve it by the Management Board and Supervisory Board, as required by the Policy on Identification of Key Functions at ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Employee Business Ethics Standards

The Bank implemented the ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Employee Business Ethics Standards that provide an overview of key principles of conduct for Bank employees. They promote corporate culture which is based on knowledge and observance of the law, internal regulations and market standards. The rules stipulated therein apply to any and all employee activities related to performance of their professional duties. Some of the said rules may apply to the private activities of employees which may negatively affect Bank's reputation or give rise to a conflict of interest. In connection with the implementation of Recommendation Z of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority in the Bank, the Regulations were updated by including the principles of risk culture, as well as the annual assessment of employees' compliance with the business ethics standards. The assessment of compliance with the Principles of Ethics for 2024 was conducted in February 2025 with a very high score (was presented to the Management Board and the Supervisory Board for approval). The previous assessment of the Principles of Ethics was conducted in April 2024 also achieving a very high score. The Regulations were also subject to review and update in

September 2024. The next review of the Regulations is scheduled for the third quarter of 2025.

Orange Code

The principles defined in the so-called Orange Code are the key element shaping the corporate culture of the Bank which is based on the values promoted by the ING Group. Orange Code is a set of norms applicable to all Bank employees. Their observance is factored in during the annual employee appraisal process. The Orange Code is composed of two parts:

ING Values being the promise made to our external stakeholders:

  • o We are honest,
  • o We are prudent,
  • o We are responsible.

ING Behaviours which define employees' conduct, are an important part of our Step Up Performance Management annual appraisal system. These are the commitments the employees make towards one another and standards enabling assessment of their actions:

  • o You take it on and make it happen,
  • o You help others to be successful,
  • o You are always a step ahead.

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Disclosure Policy

Being a public trust organisation, the Bank pursues disclosure policy which consists in keeping an open and transparent line of communication with its shareholders, investors, clients, the media and all stakeholders. In implementing its disclosure policy, the Bank is guided by the principles of corporate governance, in compliance with applicable laws, including the requirements of the Banking Law, the Commercial Companies and Partnerships Code, the Act on Public Offering and the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments as well as their implementing acts, the MAR Regulation, and the Act on the National Cybersecurity System. Most notably, the Bank adheres to the principles of bank secrecy and the principles of preventing the use and disclosure of confidential information, as well as complying with legal requirements concerning the confidentiality and security of information, the issuer's disclosure obligations, in particular:

  • o the relevant Luxembourg law applicable to the issuer,
  • o the regulations of the companies operating the regulated market applicable to the Bank.

In implementing its disclosure policy, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. ensures that shareholders, investors, rating agencies, the media and all stakeholders have adequate access to the Bank's information. The full text of the Disclosure Policy is available on the Bank website.

Risk control and management system in the financial reporting process

The process of preparing financial statements is among the key elements ensuring compliance with the norms and standards. The primary element enabling process performance is the Accounting Policy adopted by the Bank Management Board. The Policy provides for the main principles of recording business events at the Bank. Events recorded are reflected in the Bank ledgers which are later used to draw up the financial statements.

The Bank identified the following key risks in the financial statements development process:

  • o risk of regulatory fines, litigation losses, reputational damage due to incomplete, inaccurate and/or delayed reporting caused by non-compliance with regulatory reporting requirements and IFRS accounting principles to present a fair picture, including appropriate disclosure;
  • o Risk of financial loss, regulatory fines, reputational damage as a result of false reporting due to failure to implement controls to prevent deliberate misstatement in regulatory and financial reporting;
  • o the risk of financial loss, regulatory sanctions and/or reputation loss due to: (1) noncompliance of internal fiscal laws and regulations, including the regulations on transfer prices, with the universally effective law; (2) non-observance of principles of the ING Group guidelines on tax issues and (3) material errors in the financial statements and/or tax returns, caused by: being unaware of changes to fiscal laws and regulations or incorrect interpretation of fiscal laws and regulations or failure to report transactions in dedicated financial systems of ING BH S.A. (incorrect application of transfer pricing regulations, for example).

Risk mitigating controls were set for all the risks identified.

The controls mitigating the processing risk include but are not limited to verification that the data generated by applications are correct and four-eye control of tax reports/returns sent by the Bank. Financial statements are accepted by the Bank Management Board, endorsed by the Audit and Risk Committee and assessed by the Bank Supervisory Board.

To limit the IT risk, the Bank implemented data access management controls. They are the mechanisms limiting unauthorised access or application role matrixes which are based on the principle of least privilege and absence of toxic combinations, and the tool to grant access and role in which the requirement of request acceptance by the superior was embedded, for example.

The compliance risk mitigating controls encompass inter alia: annual participation of the accounting and tax area employees in training and external meetings concerning fiscal,

accounting and reporting regulations as well as verification of the annual and semi-annual financial statements by an independent external auditor.

The Chief Accountant of the Bank – is responsible for ensuring the application of financial reporting controls. The Internal Auditor verifies from time to time and independently assesses inter alia the adequacy and effectiveness of controls in the process of financial statements development as well as assesses risk management in that process (as part of the approved audit plans).

Shareholders directly or indirectly holding substantial stakes and the number of resultant shares and votes.

The share capital of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. amounts to PLN 380,000,000 and is divided into 380,000 ordinary registered shares of nominal value of PLN 1,000.00 each. The share capital has been fully covered with pecuniary contributions. Each ordinary share entitles its holder to dividend and one vote during the general meeting.

Structure of the share capital

Series Type of share Number of
shares
Nominal value
of one share (in
PLN)
Series nominal
value (in PLN)
Date on which
a resolution was
passed by AGM
Issue date Date of
registration
in the
National
Court
Register
(KRS)
A ordinary 120,000 1,000.00 120,000,000 not
applicable*
26.02.2018 20.03.2018
B ordinary 90,000 1,000.00 90,000,000 03.01.2019 03.01.2019 06.02.2019
C ordinary 170,000 1,000.00 170,000,000 11.12.2019 11.12.2019 09.01.2020

* Issue of shares of series A stems from the Deed of Incorporation of 26 February 2018.

There are no restrictions on the transferability of the Bank's securities mentioned above. The Bank's shares do not confer special control rights on their holder, nor do they impose restrictions on the exercise of voting rights.

7.2 Other information

Bank Charter Amendment Procedure

The current Charter of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. can be found on the Bank's website.

An amendment to the Bank Charter requires resolution of the General Meeting as well as registration in the entrepreneurs register of the National Court Register (KRS). Further, an

amendment to the Charter has to be always approved by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

In the first half of 2025, the Annual General Meeting, by Resolution No. 16 of 9 May 2025, voted to amend the Bank's Charter, including its alignment with the attestation requirements for sustainability reporting, as well as giving the Bank the authority to make dividend payments bypassing the shareholder registrar. The enacted amendments were submitted to the registry court for entry in the Bank's National Court Register (KRS) file; however, the court's ruling approving the aforementioned amendments to the Charter had not been issued as at the date of this Management Board Report.

Factors to impact the financial statements in the period of at least one quarter

The following factors will affect the financial statements within at least one quarter:

  • o Transfers of credit debt from the strategic partner ING Bank Śląski S.A.,
  • o Development of the local and foreign markets of covered bonds in terms of demand and returns expected by investors,
  • o Development of the residential market in Poland,
  • o Development of the mortgage lending market in Poland,
  • o Regulatory landscape development,
  • o Development of the macroeconomic environment.

Changes to ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. shareholding and shareholding rights on the part of managing and supervising persons

In the period between 1 January 2025 and 30 June 2025, there occurred no changes to ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. shareholding and shareholding rights on the part of managing and supervising persons.

Significant agreements with the Central Bank or regulators

In the reporting period, the Bank did not enter into agreements with the Central Bank or regulators.

Granted financial commitments and guarantees

In the reporting period, the Bank did not grant any guarantees and had no financial liabilities under the loans awarded but not disbursed.

Financial liabilities granted to related entities

In the reporting period, the Bank did not grant any off-balance sheet liabilities to related entities.

Loans, credit facilities, guarantees or sureties not related to the Bank's business.

In the reporting period, the Bank did not make use of any loans, credit facilities, guarantees or sureties not related to the Bank's business.

Underwriting agreements and guarantees granted to subsidiaries

The Bank neither entered into underwriting agreements nor granted guarantees to its subsidiary.

Proceedings pending in court, before arbitration bodies or public administration bodies

In the first half of 2025, as well as in the first half of 2024, the Bank was not involved in any proceedings pending before a court, a competent authority for arbitration proceedings or a public administration body, the value of which represents at least 10% of the Bank's equity.

There were no significant cases both brought by and against the Bank. The Bank also made no provisions for pending litigation.

As at 30 June 2025, a total of 15 court proceedings were pending against the Bank. In 14 cases, customers are challenging the basing of the mortgage loan agreement on the variable interest rate structure and the rules for determining the WIBOR reference rate. The Bank disputes the validity of the claims raised in these cases, as the use of the WIBOR index is in accordance with the law. The WIBOR reference rate is set by an entity independent of the bank - the administrator - and supervised by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. In 1 case, the court proceedings concern the sanction of a free-of-charge loan.

As at 30 June 2025, for 1 WIBOR case there was a final court judgment - favourable for the Bank, for 15 cases the court proceedings were still ongoing.

Loan and credit facility agreements made and terminated in the financial year

In the first half of 2025, the Bank did not sign any further annexes/credit agreements with ING Bank Śląski S.A.

As at 30 June 2025, the Bank had utilised allocated limits in credit lines amounting to PLN 3.354 billion .

Conclusion by the issuer or its subsidiary of one or more transactions with related entities, if they are material and were concluded otherwise than on an arm's length basis

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A did not enter into any material transactions with related entities other than on an arm's length basis.

Changes to the fundamental principles of Bank enterprise management

In the reporting period, there were not changes to the fundamental principles of Bank enterprise management.

Financial support agreements

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A did not enter into any financial support agreements with other consolidated entities operating within the same holding or closely related entities.

Deposits and guarantees and sureties extended

ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A neither accepts deposits nor extends guarantees or sureties.

Significant events after the reporting period

No events.

8. ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. Management Board statement

The Management Board of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. represent that to their best knowledge:

  • o The interim condensed financial statements of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, taking into account the comparable data, were developed in accordance with applicable accounting principles, and give a true and fair view of the assets and the financial standing of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. and the financial result of the Bank,
  • o the Management Board Report on Operations of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. for the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025 included herein is the true presentation of the development, achievements and situation of ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A. (including the description of the key risks and threats).

Signatures of all Management Board members

20.08.2025 Jacek Frejlich President of the
Management Board
signed with qualified
electronic signature
20.08.2025 Marek Byczek Vice-President of the
Management Board
signed with qualified
electronic signature
20.08.2025 Katarzyna Majchrzak Vice-President of the
Management Board
signed with qualified
electronic signature

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