Trustco Group Holdings Limited ("Trustco"): Late Submission of Annual Financial Statements TRUSTCO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of Namibia (Registration number 2003/058) Registered as an external company in South Africa (External registration number 2009/002634/10) NSX share code: TUC JSE share code: TTO OTCQX share code: TSCHY ISIN Number: NA000A0RF067 ("Trustco" or "Company") TRUSTCO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED ("TRUSTCO"): LATE SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Shareholders of Trustco are advised that Trustco's annual financial statements for the financial year end for the period 31 August 2024 ("AFS FY2024") were earmarked to be reviewed by 30 November 2024 and completed by 31 December 2024. Shareholders are advised that the AFS FY 2024 would not be published by 31 December 2024 due to the following reasons: 1. The auditors have completed their audit planning and pre-work as far as possible but only received their work visas to enter Namibia during the end of the first week in December 2024. 2. Completing the transaction circular for the LSH Transaction, as announced on SENS on 5 December 2024, was delayed longer than expected with the auditors being heavily engaged in the process. 3. Shareholders are referred to the announcement of 12 November 2024, in which it was advised that Trustco filed its application to upgrade its primary listing to a direct listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") under the share code "TRCO." 4. Shareholders were advised that the Company is in the process of completing the U.S. regulatory requirements of the Nasdaq, which also includes a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Audit ("PCAOB" audit) of the Annual Financial year for the period ended 31 August 2023 and the AFS FY 2024 year by USA auditors. These processes are being run concurrently with the South African and Namibian audits and will resume on the 6th of January 2025. Trustco aims to publish financial year end result on or before 31 January 2025. Windhoek, Namibia, 18 December 2024 Komada Holdings (Pty) Ltd Company Secretary and Investor Relations Services to Trustco Group Holdings Limited JSE Sponsor Vunani Sponsors NSX Sponsor Simonis Storm Securities Proprietary Limited – Windhoek OTCQX Sponsor J.P Galda & Co – New York Date: 18-12-2024 01:48:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.