ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltdhas informed BSE that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled on 29/10/2026 ,inter alia, to consider and approve the Unaudited Standalone Financial Results for the Quarter and Half Year ended September 30, 2026.

Ref No: 09/SE/CS/OCT/2026-27 Date: October 16, 2026 Listing Department L i s t i n g & Compliance Department BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400001 Plot No. C/1, “G” Block Bandra- Kurla Complex Bandra(E), Mumbai- 400051 BSE Scrip Code: 544020 NSE Symbol: ESAFSFB Dear Sir / Madam, Subject: Prior Intimation of Board Meeting under Regulation 29(1) and 50(1) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('SEBI Listing Regulations') With reference to the above, we would like to inform you that a meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited (the “Bank”) will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2026 inter alia, to consider and approve the Unaudited Standalone Financial Results of the Bank for the Quarter and Half Year ended September 30, 2026, which shall be subjected to limited review by the Joint Statutory Auditors. Further, in terms of the Code of Conduct approved and adopted by the Bank pursuant to the provisions of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, the trading window for dealing in equity shares/securities of the Bank for Designated Persons and their immediate relatives has been closed from October 01, 2026 till 48 (Forty-Eight) hours after the announcement/declaration of the aforesaid Financial Results, i.e., October 31, 2026 (both days inclusive). The intimation shall also be made available in the website of the Bank at https://www.esaf.bank.in/investor-relation/?id=disclosure-to-stock-exchanges. You are requested to take note of the above and arrange to bring it to the notice of all concerned. Thanking you, Yours Faithfully, For ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited Ranjith Raj. P Company Secretary and Compliance Officer