Indian Overseas Bank

Investor Relations Cell, Central Office: 763,

Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002

Dear Bondholders,

10th November, 2023

Sub: Exercise of Call Option on Basel III Tier II Bonds Series II - Rs.300 Crores [ISIN: INE565A09264]

At the outset, we thank you for your investment in our IOB Basel III Tier II Bonds Series II - ISIN INE565A09264 (Bonds) issued on 10.12.2018.

We have decided to exercise Call Option on the aforesaid bonds on the due date i.e., 10.12.2023. Call option will be exercised on 08.12.2023 (Friday) as 09.12.2023 and 10.12.2023 being holidays on account of Second Saturday and Sunday.

The record date has been fixed as 22.11.2023.

Reserve Bank of India has accorded approval for exercising call option on the aforesaid bonds aggregating to Rs. 300 Crores as per the terms of issue.

We therefore invite reference to the above Bonds held by you and inform you that the Bank is exercising the Call Option for such Bonds on 08.12.2023 and on such date the Bonds will be redeemed at par, in whole, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest.

On exercise of Call option, the Bonds shall be taken as discharged on payment of the redemption amount by the Bank to the Beneficial Owners as provided by NSDL / CDSL. Such payment will be a legal discharge of the liability of the Bank towards the Bondholders. The Bank's liability to the Bondholders towards all their rights including for payment or otherwise shall cease and stand extinguished from the date of exercise of Call Option in all events. Further, the Bank will not be liable to pay any interest or compensation from the date of exercise of call option. On payment / dispatching of the amount as specified above in respect of the Bonds, the liability of the Bank shall stand extinguished.

Accordingly, the redemption amount payable on Call Option Date i.e. 08.12.2023 will be remitted through CBS/RTGS/NEFT to the Bank account of the Bondholder whose name appears first in the list of beneficiaries in the records of NSDL / CDSL as on the Record Date (22.11.2023). On such payment being made, the Bank will inform NSDL / CDSL and accordingly the demat account of the Bondholders will be adjusted.

We would like to mention that M/s. Cameo Corporate Services Ltd., is our Registrar and Transfer Agent for the captioned Bonds.

Tax Deducted at Source ("TDS") on Interest on Bond Holders and submission of forms, as applicable

Pursuant to the Finance Act, 2023, w.e.f. April 1, 2023, the Bank would be required to withhold taxes at the prescribed rates on the Interest paid to its bondholders. The withholding tax rate would vary depending on the residential status of the bondholder and the documents submitted by them and accepted by the Bank. Accordingly, the interest will be paid after deducting the tax at source as follows:

Table 1: Resident Bondholders:

Category of the Bondholder

Tax Deduction Rate

Exemption applicability and documentation requirements

Any resident bondholder (with PAN)

10%

Update valid PAN if not already done with depositories. In case PAN is

Any resident bondholder (without/invalid

not linked with Aadhaar Number, tax will be deducted at a higher rate of

20%

20%.

PAN)

Declaration in Form No. 15G (applicable to any person other than a

company or a firm)/Form 15H (applicable to an Individual who is 60

Resident individuals submitting Form

NIL

years and older), fulfilling certain conditions. Please download Form

15G/15H

15G/15H from the Income Tax website www.incometaxindia.gov.inor

from the website of our Registrar, Cameo Corporate Services Limited at

https://investors.cameoindia.com

Order under Section 193 of the Income-

Rate provided in the

Lower/NIL withholding tax certificate obtained from Income Tax

tax Act, 1961 ("Act")

order

authorities.

Documentary evidence that the provisions of Section 194 of the Act are

Bondholders to whom Section 194 of Act

not applicable. Self-declaration that it has full beneficial interest with

NIL

respect to the bonds owned by it along with Self attested copy of PAN

is not applicable.

card and copy of registration certification to satisfy that the said

provisions are not applicable.

Persons covered under Section 196 of the

Documentary evidence that the person is covered under Section 196 of

NIL

the Act along with self-attested copy of PAN card and SEBI registration

Act (e.g. Mutual Funds, RBI, Govt., etc.)

certificate needs to be submitted.

Table 2: Non-resident Bondholders:

Category of the

Tax Deduction Rate

Exemption applicability and documentation requirements

bondholder

Foreign

20% (plus surcharge

Self-attested copy of certificate of registration accorded under the relevant regulations of SEBI.

Institutional

and cess as

Investors, Foreign

applicable)

Portfolio Investors

OR

(FII, FPI)

Tax Treaty rate,

whichever is lower

Any Non-resident

20% (plus surcharge

Non-resident bondholders may opt for a tax rate under the Double Taxation Avoidance

bondholders

and

cess

as

Agreement ("Tax Treaty"). The Tax Treaty rate shall be applied for withholding the tax on

applicable) or

Tax

submission of the following documents to the company:

Treaty

rate,

whichever is lower

1.

Copy of Indian Tax Identification number (PAN), if available

2.

Self-attested copy of Tax Residency Certificate (TRC)

(for FY 2023-24 or calendar year 2023).

3.

In case where PAN is available Form 10F has to be executed in electronic mode from

Income Tax portal.

4.

Self-declaration confirming not having a Permanent Establishment in India and eligibility

to Tax Treaty benefit (for FY 2023-24 or calendar year 2023)

5. Self-declaration from Non-resident, primarily covering the following:

a.

I / We, confirm that I / we am/ are a tax resident of <>
country> as contemplated in Article of the Treaty with Tax
identification number and am/ are eligible to claim benefits

of the said DTAA.

b.

I / we am / are entitled to claim the treaty benefits under DTAA between India and

, read with the provisions laid down in Multilateral Instrument (MLI),

wherever applicable.

c.

I / we am/are the beneficial owner of such bond income.

d.

Bond income is not attributable / effectively connected to any Permanent

Establishment (PE) or Fixed Base in India.

Tax shall be deducted at 20% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) in case any of the above-

mentioned documents are not provided.

Application of Tax Treaty rate shall depend upon the completeness of the documents

submitted by the non-resident bondholder and are in accordance with the provisions of the

Act.

Submitting

Rate

provided

in

Lower/NIL withholding tax certificate obtained from Income Tax authorities.

Order

under

the Order

section

197 of

the Act

Table 3: Section 206AB of the Act applicable to all bondholders:

Particulars

Applicable Rate

Action by the Company

Specified person/s under Section 206AB

Higher rate i.e.

twice the

The Company will verify the status (i.e., Specified person or

of the Act

applicable tax

deduction

not) from the government enabled online utility and deduct

rate

the TDS accordingly.

To avail the benefit of non-deduction of tax at source, the bondholders are requested to submit the relevant exemption forms through e- mail to komalar@cameoindia.comby 11:59 P.M. IST on November 27, 2023.

We thank you for your support and kind gesture in participating and joining us in this "Green Initiative" and saving environment.

Yours Truly

For INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

Sd/-

(S P Mahesh Kumar)

General Manager & CFO

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