Publication of Prospectus

The following prospectus (the "Drawdown Prospectus") has been approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is available for viewing:

Drawdown Prospectus dated 28 April 2022 relating to the issue of U.S.$50,000,000 Step-Up Green Notes due 2027 by Access Bank Plc under its U.S.$1,500,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme.

To view the full document, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7171J_1-2022-4-28.pdf

The Drawdown Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

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This announcement is a communication to the market. Nothing in this announcement constitutes an offer of securities for sale in the United States or any other jurisdiction.

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