Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of the announcement by The Bank of East Asia, Limited (“BEA,” stock code: 00023) dated 13 February 2026 and disclaim any liability for any loss arising from or in reliance upon its contents.

BEA declared a second interim dividend of HKD 0.22 per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. The dividend is set to be paid on 13 April 2026, with an ex-dividend date of 03 March 2026. Shareholders must lodge transfer documents by 16:00 on 04 March 2026 to be eligible, and the record date for entitlement is 09 March 2026.

A scrip option is available, with the conversion price to be announced. The deadline for scrip election is 02 April 2026 at 16:00. Fractional entitlements for scrip shares will be refunded in cash.

The Board of BEA includes Executive Chairman Dr the Hon. Sir David LI Kwok-po; Deputy Chairs Professor Arthur LI Kwok-cheung and Dr Allan WONG Chi-yun; Non-executive Directors Professor Arthur LI Kwok-cheung, Mr Aubrey LI Kwok-sing, Mr Stephen Charles LI Kwok-sze, Dr Daryl NG Win-kong, Dr Francisco Javier SERRADO TREPAT; Independent Non-executive Directors Dr Allan WONG Chi-yun, Dr the Hon. Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, Mr Meocre LI Kwok-wing, Dr the Hon. Henry TANG Ying-yen, Dr Delman LEE, Mr William Junior Guilherme DOO, Dr David MONG Tak-yeung; and Executive Directors Mr Adrian David LI Man-kiu and Mr Brian David LI Man-bun (both Co-Chief Executives).