Status of share buy-back programme after week 43

pareBank 1 Sør-Norge ASA announced 28 July 2026 that the company had decided to initiate a share buy-back programme comprising up to 1.0 percent of the company's own shares, which represents a total of 3,717,017 shares.

During week 43 of 2026 SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge ASA has purchased 231,000 own shares at an average price of 223.6251 per share. Overview of transactions and transaction log is attached.

Following completion of the above transactions, SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge ASA has purchased 2,081,667 own shares under the share buy-back programme, corresponding to 0.56 % of the bank's issued shares.

For more information about the share buy-back programme, reference is made the stock exchange notice dated 28 July 2026.

Contact: Morten Forgaard, IR, tel. 916 21 425

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).