SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge: SB1NO: Status of share buy-back programme after week 42

SpareBank 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 42 of 2026 SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge ASA has purchased 258,068 own shares at an average price of 224.1871 per share. Overview of transactions and transaction log is attached. Following completion of the above transactions, SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge ASA has purchased 1,850,667 own shares under the share buy-back programme, corresponding to 0.50 % 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). Market Abuse Regulation\ (MAR).\