Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statement

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

(in Eastern Caribbean dollars)

21. Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

(i) Commitments

The following table indicates the contractual amounts of the Gr oup's financial instruments that commit it to extend credit to customers.

(ii) Pending Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Group is routinely a defendant in or party to a number of pending and threatened legal actions and proceedings.

In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of such matters, the Group canno t state what the eventual outcome of such matters will be. However, based on current knowledge, management does not believe that liabilities, if any, arising from pending litigation will have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Group.