Pursuant to the Rules of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange and Article 158 of the Market in Financial Instruments Act, relating to the Article 17 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, NLB d.d., Trg republike 2, 1000 Ljubljana announces:

Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d., Ljubljana (NLB d.d.) is hereby informing the public that it has mandated BNP Paribas, BofA Securities Europe SA, Morgan Stanley Europe SE and UniCredit Bank GmbH together with NLB d.d. as Joint Lead-Managers to organise a series of fixed-income meetings ahead of a potential issuance of senior preferred notes in the amount of EUR 500 million with 6-year maturity and callable after 5 years, subject to favourable market conditions. The notes will be intended to count towards the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) and will be offered to eligible counterparties and professional clients outside the United States of America.

This announcement will be available on the NLB d.d.'s website (www.nlb.si) as of 21 May 2024.