Notice is hereby given that the 14th Annual General Meeting of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC will be held at the Jasmine Hall, Eko Hotel & Suites, Plot 1415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday, 25 May 2026, at 10am to transact the following business:
NOTICE OF 14TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
ORDINARY BUSINESS SPECIAL BUSINESS
1.
To receive and consider the Report of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the Auditors' Report thereon.
To declare a dividend.
To re-elect retiring Directors and to approve the appointment of a new Director.
To disclose the remuneration of the Managers of the Company.
To approve the appointment of New External Auditors and to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors for the ensuing year.
To elect members of the Audit Committee
To consider and if thought fit pass the following as an ordinary resolution:
"That the Non-Executive directors' annual fees for the year ending 31 December 2026 be and is hereby fixed at ₦804,525,000.00"
To consider, and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: .
"That in compliance with the Rules of Nigeria Exchange Limited governing transactions with Related Parties or Interested Persons, the Company and its related entities (the Group) be and are hereby granted a General Mandate in respect of all recurrent transactions entered into with a related party or interested person provided such transactions are of a revenue or trading nature or are necessary for the Company's day-to-day operations (as specified in the General Mandate Circular sent to Shareholders along with the Annual Report). This mandate shall commence on the date on which this resolution is passed and shall continue to operate until the date on which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is held in 2027."
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Chidi OkezieCompany Secretary
Dated this 24 day of April 2026
NOTES PROXIES E- DIVIDEND AUDIT COMMITTEEOnly members are entitled to be represented at the meeting. A member entitled to attend and vote may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him or her. A proxy need not be a member of the company. For a proxy to be valid, it must be appropriately stamped (at the rate of ₦500) at the stamp duties office and deposited at the registered office of the company or the office of the Registrars (First Registrars & Investors Services Limited, 2 Abebe Village, Iganmu Lagos) at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time fixed for the meeting. A blank proxy form is forwarded with the notice of meeting.
DIVIDENDSIf the dividend recommended by the Directors is approved at the Meeting, the bank accounts of shareholders with the appropriate e-dividend mandate, will be credited on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of shareholders at the close of business on Monday, 04 May 2026.
CLOSURE OF REGISTERThe Register of members was closed from Tuesday, 05 May 2026 to Tuesday, 12 May 2026.
UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDSSeveral dividends remain unclaimed or are yet to be presented for payment or returned to the Registrars for revalidation. A schedule of members who are yet to claim their dividends will be circulated to shareholders along with the Annual Report and Financial Statements. Members affected are advised to write or call at the office of the Company's Registrars, First Registrars & Investors Services Limited, Plot 2, Abebe Village, Iganmu, Lagos during normal working hours.
Notice is hereby given to all shareholders to open bank accounts in order to take advantage of the E-dividend payment platform. A detachable application form for e-dividend and e-bonus is attached to the Annual Report to enable all shareholders furnish particulars of their accounts to the Registrars (First Registrars & Investors Services Limited) as soon as possible.
We request our shareholders to use the e-dividend payment portal that will serve as an on-line verification and communication medium for e-dividend mandate processing through the new E-Dividend Mandate Management System jointly introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems PLC and the Institute of Capital Market Registrars.
RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS TO ASK QUESTIONSShareholders have a right to ask questions not only at the Meeting, but also in writing before the Meeting, and such questions must be submitted to the Company Secretary at the Head Office of the Company (Stanbic IBTC Towers, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos) or by email to Chidi.Okezie@ stanbicibtc.com or Oreoluwa.Esan@stanbicibtc.com, on or before Monday, 18 May 2026.
VOTINGVoting shall be by show of hands.
VOTING BY INTERESTED PERSONSIn line with the provisions of Rule 20.8 (h) Rules Governing Related Party Transaction of Nigerian Exchange Limited, interested persons have undertaken to ensure that their proxies, representatives or associates shall abstain from voting on resolution 8 above.
In accordance with Section 404(6) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, any shareholder may nominate another shareholder for appointment to the Audit Committee. Such nomination shall be in writing and must reach the Company Secretary not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date of the Annual General Meeting. The Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, stipulates that all members of the audit committee shall be financially literate, and at least one member shall be a member of a professional accounting body in Nigeria established by an Act of the National Assembly. Also, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Code of Corporate Governance has indicated that members of the Audit Committee should have basic financial literacy and should be able to read financial statements.
Accordingly, we would therefore request that the nominations be accompanied by a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae.
RE-ELECTION AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORIn accordance with the provisions of the Company's Articles of Association, the Directors to retire by rotation at the AGM are: Mrs. Sola David-Borha, Mr. Ballama Manu; and Mr. Kunle Adedeji. The retiring Directrs, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
Also, in accordance with Section 278 (1) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, SPECIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Ballama Manu MFR, who attained the age of 70 years in June 2024, will be proposed for re-election as a Director at the Meeting.
The appointment of Mr. Chukwuma Nwokocha as a Director of the Company will also be tabled at the AGM for formal approval.
To appoint New External Auditors and authorise the Directors to fix the External Auditor's remuneration for the ensuing year | |||
To approve Directors' fees for the year ending 31 December 2026 | |||
To grant the Company and its related entities ('the Group') a General Mandate in respect of all recurrent transactions entered into with a related party or inter-ested person in respect of transactions of a revenue or trading nature | |||
Please indicate with an 'X' in the appropriate box how you wish your votes to be cast on the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his discretion. | |||
14th Annual General Meeting of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC to be held at the Jasmine Hall, Eko Hotel & Suites,
Plot 1415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday, 25 May 2026, at 10am to transact the following business:
Please admit the Shareholder or his or her or its duly appointed proxy to the 14th Annual General Meeting to be held at the Jasmine Hall,
Eko Hotel & Suites, Plot 1415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday, 25 May 2026, at 10am to transact the following business:
To receive and consider the Report of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the Auditors' Report thereon.
or failing him or her the Chairman of the meeting as my proxy to attend and vote for me and on
my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Monday 25 May 2026 at 10am and at any adjournment thereof.
To re-elect the following retiring Directors: Mrs. Sola David - Borha
Mr Ballama Manu Mr. Kunle Adedeji
To approve the appointment of Mr. Chuma Nwokocha
Dated this _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ day of 2026
Only members are entitled to be represented at the meeting. A member entitled to attend, and vote may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him or her. All instruments of proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Company or the office of the Registrars, First Registrars & Investor Services Limited, No 2, Abebe Village Road, Iganmu, Lagos not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting.
