Allotment of Equity Shares under ESAF Employee Stock Option Scheme 2019.

Ref No: 21/SE/CS/JULY/2026-27 Date: July 24, 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, Sub: Intimation under Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 for allotment of Equity Shares under ESAF Employee Stock Option Scheme 2019 Pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, (“LODR”) and SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 (“SEBI (SBEB & SE) Regulations, 2021”), this is to inform you that the Nomination, Remuneration and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited on July 24, 2026, has allotted 14,940 (Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty) equity shares of face value of Rs. 10/- each to eligible employees upon exercise of options vested under ESAF Employee Stock Option Scheme 2019. The details as required under the Regulation 10(c) read with Part E of SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 is enclosed as Annexure - I. Details as per BSE’s Circular No. 20230714-34 dated July 14, 2023, and NSE’s Circular No. NSE /CML/2023/57 dated July 14, 2023, are as under: Date of occurrence of event / information July 24, 2026 Time of occurrence of event / information 05:30 P.M. The above announcements are also being made available on the website of the Bank at https://www.esaf.bank.in/investor-relation/?id=disclosure-to-stock-exchanges. Requesting you to take the same into your records. Thanking you, Yours Faithfully For ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited Ranjith Raj. P Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Annexure-I Disclosure Pursuant to Regulation 10(c) of the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021: Sl. No Particulars Details ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited Company name and address of Registered Office: Building No. Registered Office: Vll/83/8, ESAF Bhavan, Mannuthy, Thrissur - Palakkad National Highway, Thrissur, Kerala, PIN: 680651 Name of the recognised Stock BSE Limited (BSE) 2. Exchanges on which the company's National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) shares are listed: Filing date of the statement referred in 24/02/2024 regulation 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 with the recognised Stock Exchange: BSE: 195921 4. Filing Number, if any: NSE: 40258 Title of the Scheme pursuant to which ESAF Small Finance Bank Employee shares are issued, if any: Stock Option Plan – 2019 6. Kind of security to be listed: Equity Shares 7. Par value of the shares: Rs. 10/- 8. Date of issue of shares: July 24, 2026 9. Number of shares issued: 14,940 10. Share Certificate No., if applicable: Not Applicable Distinctive number of the share, if 516003187 - 516018126 applicable: ISIN Number of the shares if issued in INE818W01011 Demat: 13. Exercise price per share: Rs.10/- per share 14. Premium per share: NIL 15. Total issued shares after this issue: 51,60,18,126 Total issued share capital after this Rs. 516,01,81,260/- issue: 17. Details of any lock - in on the shares: Not Applicable 18. Date of expiry of lock - in: Not Applicable All equity shares of the Bank allotted Whether shares are identical in all pursuant to exercise of stock options 19. respects to existing shares? If not, when shall rank pari-passu with the existing will they become identical? : equity shares of the Bank. 20. Details of listing fees, if payable: Not Applicable