Eastern Bank has been recognized for the second year in a row by Disability:IN as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion on the 2025 Disability Index®. The Disability Index is the leading third-party benchmarking tool for evaluating corporate disability inclusion.

“We’re honored to once again be recognized by Disability:IN for our commitment to disability inclusion, and thank them for raising awareness about the importance of disability inclusion in the workplace,” said Bob Rivers, Executive Chair and Chair of the Board Directors of Eastern Bank. “Creating an environment where colleagues feel welcomed, supported and empowered is core to our organization because when everyone can contribute, innovation and the ability to add value to our customers and local communities are strengthened.”

Eastern fosters a people first culture rooted in a high performing workplace where every employee has the opportunity to succeed. This includes providing health and wellness benefits to support apparent and nonapparent disabilities. Eastern’s employee-led and executive sponsored Employee Resource Group “disAbility Advocacy Alliance” helps to organize workplace practices as well as events that foster awareness and inclusion for people with disabilities and provide resources for their caregivers and allies. This included co-hosting a recent screening of The 17 Percent, a short film about Collette Divitto, a neurodiverse business owner and Eastern customer, to highlight the experiences of successful entrepreneurs with disabilities.

The Disability Index® is the leading independent, third-party resource for the annual, confidential benchmarking of disability inclusion policies and programs in business. Companies earning a top score are recognized as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.” Disability:IN is the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion.

About Eastern Bank

Founded in 1818, Eastern Bank is Greater Boston’s leading local bank with approximately 110 branch locations serving communities in eastern Massachusetts, southern and coastal New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. As of March 31, 2025, Eastern had approximately $25.0 billion in assets. Eastern provides a full range of banking and wealth management solutions for consumers and businesses of all sizes including through its Cambridge Trust Wealth Management division, the largest bank-owned independent investment advisor in Massachusetts with approximately $8.4 billion in assets under management, and takes pride in its outspoken advocacy and community support that includes more than $240 million in charitable giving since 1994. An inclusive company, Eastern is comprised of deeply committed professionals who value relationships with their customers, colleagues and communities. Join us for good at www.easternbank.com and follow Eastern on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBC) is the holding company for Eastern Bank. For investor information, visitinvestor.easternbank.com.

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