NBNK Investments plc

('NBNK' or the 'Company')

Directorate change

1 December 2014

Further to the Company's announcement on 21 November 2014 of the resignation of Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. as a non-executive director and Chairman of the Company, NBNK's board has resolved that Mr. Stephen Johnson be appointed as a non-executive director of the Company. Mr. Johnson, who will also become Chairman of the Company, is a private equity specialist within the WL Ross & Co Group and has worked with Mr. Ross on NBNK matters since certain funds managed by the WL Ross & Co Group acquired a significant holding in the Company in January 2013.

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Annex 1

In accordance with Rule 17 and Paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies, further information in relation to the appointment is set out below:

Name: Stephen Lloyd Johnson (Age 38)

Date of appointment as director: 21 November 2014

Present directorships and/or partnerships:

Insuratex Ltd

Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years):

Berkeley Point Capital

As at 1 December 2014 (being the date of this announcement), Mr. Johnson does not own (and never has owned) any ordinary shares in the Company. Funds within the WL Ross & Co Group (to which Mr Johnson is a related party) own 29.9% of the Company's issued ordinary shares. Mr. Johnson will be paid a nominal fee of £1 by the Company for his role as a non-executive director and Chairman. There are no other disclosures required to be under the AIM Rules For Companies.