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Compliance to the Listing Rules on contents of Annual Report, which were applicable to the Bank for the year ended 31 December 2024 enforced by the Colombo Stock Exchange, are summarised below:

Rule No. Requirement Period Date submitted
7.4.a.(i) The Interim Financial Statements prepared on quarterly basis, approved by the Board of Directors to be submitted to CSE within 45 days from respective quarter ends for the first three quarters and within two months at the end of 4th quarter. Quarter 1 ended 31 March 2024
Quarter 2 ended 30 June 2024
Quarter 3 ended 30 September 2024
Quarter 4 ended 31 December 2024
15 May 2024
15 August 2024
13 November 2024
27 February 2025
Rule No. Requirement Period
7.4.b.(i) Comply with LKAS 34 and disclose Group and Bank separately. Complied with. Complied with.
7.4.b.(ii) Disclose the additional notes and ratios as per Listing Rules. Complied with.
7.4.b.(iii) Be signed by two Directors. Complied with.
7.4.b.(iv) State whether the Financial Statements are audited or not. Complied with.
7.5.a Annual Report to be submitted to CSE within five months from the closure of financial year. The Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 was submitted on 27 February 2025.

Annual Report for the year 2024 will be submitted before the deadline.
Rule No. Disclosure Requirement Reference/Comments Page No.
7.6.(i) Names of persons who during the financial year were Directors of the entity. Annual Report of the Board of Directors on the State of Affairs of Bank of Ceylon 168-172
7.6.(ii) Principal activities of the entity and its subsidiaries during the year and any changes therein. Annual Report of the Board of Directors on the State of Affairs of Bank of Ceylon

Notes to the Financial Statements
168

194
7.6.(iii) The names and the number of shares held by the 20 largest holders of voting and non-voting shares and the percentage of such shares held. Government of Sri Lanka is the sole shareholder of Bank of Ceylon. 409
7.6.(iv) The public holding percentage. Not applicable.
7.6.(v) A statement of each Director's holding and Chief Executive Officer's holding in shares of the entity at the beginning and end of each financial year. Not applicable.
7.6.(vi) Information pertaining to material foreseeable risk factors of the entity. Risk and opportunities 143-166
7.6.(vii) Details of material issues pertaining to employees and industrial relations of the entity. No material issues occurred during the year under review.
7.6.(viii) Extents, locations, valuations and the number of buildings of the entity's land holdings and investment properties. Notes 33 and 34 to the Financial Statements 263-278
7.6.(ix) Number of shares representing the entity's stated capital. Note 50.1 to the Financial Statements 303
Rule No. Disclosure Requirement Reference/Comments Page No.
7.6.(x) A distribution schedule of the number of holders in each class of equity securities and percentage of their total holdings. Government of Sri Lanka is the sole shareholder of Bank of Ceylon. 409
7.6.(xi) Ratios and market price information:

1. Dividend per share, net assets value per share, interest rate of comparable Government Securities, Debt/equity ratio, interest cover and liquid asset ratio.

2. Market information on listed debentures.

3. Any changes in credit rating.
Notes 20 and 50.2 to the Financial Statements. Supplementary Information

Note 49 to the Financial Statements.
Supplementary Information

Corporate Information
221, 303
395

297
395

420
7.6.(xii) Significant changes in the entity's or its subsidiaries' fixed assets and the market value of the land, if the value differs substantially from the book value. Note 34 to the Financial Statements. 265-278
7.6.(xiii) During the year the entity has raised funds either through a public issue, rights issue and private placement. Notes 44, 49 and 50 to the Financial Statements. 287, 300 and 303
7.6.(xiv) Information in respect of each employee share ownership or stock option scheme. Not applicable.
7.6.(xv) Disclosures pertaining to Corporate Governance practices in terms of Rules 7.10.3, 7.10.5 (c) and 7.10.6 (c) of Section 7 of the Rules. Exempted under Section 7.10 of Listing Rules since the Bank complies with direction laid down in the Banking Act Direction No. 11 of 2007 on Corporate Governance.
7.6.(xvi) Related party transactions exceeding 10% of the equity or 5% of the total assets of the entity as per Audited Financial Statements, whichever is lower. Supplementary Information 410