East West Banking : Notice of April 22, 2022 Annual Stockholders' Meeting

EAST WEST BANKING CORPORATION NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

TO ALL STOCKHOLDERS;

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Stockholders' Meeting of EAST WEST BANKING

CORPORATION ("EW") will be conducted virtually on Friday, April 22, 2022 at 8:30 AM at which the following matters shall be taken up:

• 1. Call to Order

• 2. Certification of Notice and Quorum

• 3. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual Stockholders' Meeting held on April 23, 2021

• 4. Chairman's Report

• 5. Ratification of the Audited Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2021

• 6. Ratification of the Acts and Resolutions of the Board of Directors and Management

• 7. Election of the Board of Directors

• 8. Appointment of External Auditor

• 9. Amendment of By-Laws

• 10. Other Matters

• 11. Adjournment

  Only Stockholders on record at the close of business on February 28, 2022 shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at this meeting.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CORPORATION IS NOT SOLICITING PROXIES.

In view of the current circumstances and in support of the efforts to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, stockholders may only attend the meeting by remote communication, by voting in absentia or through proxy by appointing the Chairman of the meeting.

Duly accomplished proxies shall be submitted on or before April 13, 2022 to the Office of the Corporate Secretary at 5F Executive Office, The Beaufort, 5th avenue, corner 23rd street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig or by email [e-mail].A proxy submitted by a corporation should be accompanied by a Corporate Secretary's certificate quoting the board resolution designating a corporate officer to execute the proxy. In addition to the above requirement for corporations, a proxy form given by a broker or custodian bank in respect of shares of stock carried by such broker or custodian bank for the account of the beneficial owner must be accompanied by a certification under oath stating that the broker or custodian bank has obtained the written consent of the account holder.

The procedures for attending the meeting by remote communication and for casting their votes in absentia are set forth in the Information Statement.

ATTY. BENEDICTO M. VALERIO

Corporate Secretary