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DEPT : SECRETARIAL REF. No. : SEC/ST.EX.STT/65/2026-27 DATE : July 27, 2026 National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., BSE Ltd. Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor, Department of Corporate Services (Listing), Plot No.C/1, G Block, First Floor, New Trading Wing, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Rotunda Building, P J Towers, Mumbai – 400 051. Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001. SCRIP CODE: SOUTHBANK SCRIP CODE: 532218 Dear Madam/ Sir, Sub: Notice of the 98th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The South Indian Bank Ltd. and Annual Report for the Financial Year 2025-26: Intimation under Regulation 34 and other applicable provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 In continuation to our letter no. SEC/ST.EX.STT/54/2026-27 dated July 16, 2026, intimating about the 98th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bank on Thursday, August 20, 2026 through Video Conferencing (“VC”) / Other Audio Visual Means (“OAVM”) in compliance with Companies Act, 2013 read with General Circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and all other applicable laws and circulars issued by MCA, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and as per other Regulatory Guidelines in this regard, Shareholders will be able to attend and participate in the AGM only through VC / OAVM. Pursuant to Regulation 34(1) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations”), we are submitting herewith the Annual Report of the Bank for the Financial Year 2025-26 including Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report and the Notice of 98th AGM, which is being sent through electronic mode to the shareholders of the Bank. Further, in terms of Regulation 44 of SEBI Listing Regulations and Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Management & Administration) Rules, 2014 as amended, the Bank is providing electronic voting facility to its members to exercise their right to vote by electronic means on any or all the items of business as set out in the Notice, through National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) e-voting platform, which will commence on Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM (IST) and ends on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM(IST). A person, whose name is recorded in the Register of Members or in the Register of Beneficial Owners maintained by the Depositories as on Record date/Cut-Off date i.e. Thursday, August 13, 2026 only shall be entitled to avail the facility of remote e-voting or e-voting at the meeting. The e-voting module will be disabled after 5:00 PM on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. The South Indian Bank Ltd., Regd. Office: Thrissur, Kerala Head Office: S.I.B. House, T.B. Road, P.B. No: 28, Thrissur - 680001, Kerala (Tel) 0487-2420 020, (Fax) 91 487-244 2021, e-mail: sibcorporate@sib.bank.in CIN: L65191KL 1929PLC001017, Toll Free (India) 1800-102-9408, 1800-425-1809 (BSNL) www.southindianbank.bank.in DEPT : SECRETARIAL The facility for e-voting will also be made available during the AGM, and those shareholders present in the AGM through VC/OAVM facility, who have not casted their vote on the resolutions through remote e-voting and are otherwise not barred from doing so, shall be eligible to vote through the e- voting system at the AGM. The Notice of 98th AGM and the Annual Report for the Financial Year 2025-26 including Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report are being uploaded on the Bank’s website under https://www.southindianbank.bank.in/investors-desk/annual-reports/annual-report-for-the-fy-2025- 26 and on the website of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), www.evoting.nsdl.com . Kindly take the information on record. Yours faithfully, (JIMMY MATHEW) COMPANY SECRETARY Encl.: as above The South Indian Bank Ltd., Regd. Office: Thrissur, Kerala Head Office: S.I.B. House, T.B. Road, P.B. No: 28, Thrissur - 680001, Kerala (Tel) 0487-2420 020, (Fax) 91 487-244 2021, e-mail: sibcorporate@sib.bank.in CIN: L65191KL 1929PLC001017, Toll Free (India) 1800-102-9408, 1800-425-1809 (BSNL) www.southindianbank.bank.in NOTICE 98th Annual General Meeting South Indian Bank 1 EXPERIENCE NEXT-GEN BANKING NOTICE 98th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The South Indian Bank Limited, Registered Office: “SIB House”, Mission Quarters, T.B Road, Thrissur- 680 001, Kerala Tel: +91-487-2420020, 2429333 Email: ho2006@sib.bank.in Web: www.southindianbank.bank.in CIN: L65191KL1929PLC001017 NOTICE is hereby given that the 98th Annual General Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs)/Statutory Auditors Meeting (“the AGM”) of the shareholders of The South (SAs) of commercial banks (excluding RRBs), UCBs Indian Bank Limited (“the Bank” / “the Company”) will be and NBFCs (including HFCs) dated April 27, 2021, held on Thursday, 20th August 2026 at 11:00.AM (IST) approval of the members of the Bank be and is via Video Conferencing (VC) or Other Audio-Visual hereby accorded for payment of remuneration/ Means (OAVM) to transact the following business: fees not exceeding ₹2,60,00,000/- (Rupees Two Crore Sixty Lakhs Only) per annum plus GST and ORDINARY BUSINESS: reimbursement of Out-of-Pocket expenses (on 1. To receive, consider and adopt: actual basis) to M/s. M P Chitale & Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration Number: 101851W), a. the Audited Standalone Financial Statements, (who was appointed at 96th Annual General Meeting including Audited Balance Sheet and Profit and held on 27th August, 2024 for a continuous period of Loss Account of the Bank for the Financial Year three years upto conclusion of 99th Annual General ended March 31, 2026, and the Reports of the meeting) and to M/s. Borkar & Muzumdar, Chartered Board of Directors and the Auditors thereon. Accountants (Firm Registration No: 101569W) (who b. the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, was appointed at 97th Annual General Meeting held including Audited Consolidated Balance Sheet on 20th August, 2025 for a continuous period of and Profit and Loss Account of the Bank for the three years up to conclusion of 100th Annual General Financial Year ended March 31, 2026, and the Meeting) and additionally, out of pocket expenses Report of the Auditors thereon. on an actual basis plus GST at the applicable rates, for the period of appointment for the purpose of 2. To declare a dividend of ₹0.45 per equity share of Statutory Audit, Limited Review, Branch Audit, LFAR, ₹1/‐ each (45%) for the Financial Year ended March Tax Audit under the Income Tax Act, 2025 and to 31, 2026. issue all certificates as stipulated by the RBI at its 3. To appoint a director in the place of Sri. Dolphy appointment letter/circular/notification, certificates Jose (DIN: 10682246) who retires by rotation under required under Companies Act, 2013, SEBI Listing Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and being Regulations and reporting on internal financial eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. controls of the Bank’s accounts at its head office, branches and other offices and issuing certificate(s) 4. To fix the Remuneration payable to Joint Statutory specified by the regulators/any other statutory Auditors. body/body corporates/Central Govt. /State Govt. To fix the remuneration of Joint Statutory Auditors, /for Govt. Schemes from time to time, with power and in this connection, to consider and if thought fit, to the Board, including relevant Committee(s) to pass with or without modification(s), the following thereof, to alter and vary the terms and conditions resolution as an Ordinary Resolution: of appointment, remuneration, reimbursement of expenses, pay fee for additional certificates if any, “RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of etc., including on account of any enhancement in Section 142 and other applicable provisions, if the scope of work or on account of conditions as any, of the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) read may be stipulated by the RBI and / or any other with th [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]