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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement Jul 11, 2024

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ACCEPTANCE FORM

FOR THE MANDATORY TOTAL TENDER OFFER

pursuant to Articles 102 and 106, paragraph 1, of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58, 1998, as subsequently amended and supplemented

(the "Offer"),

promoted by Varas S.p.A. (the "Offeror")

Esteemed Appointed Intermediary ___________________
The undersigned (name, last name or company name) _________________ born in
____
on
___
tax
code
/
VAT
No.
_________
citizenship
/
nationality
________ resident
/
with
registered
office
in
_______
province
____
Street
_____ postcode __ holder of no. ___ ordinary shares of the Issuer (the "Shares"), with no
indication of face value, with regular entitlement rights and freely transferable, of which the subscriber guarantees the legitimate and full ownership and availability, as well as the
absence of real restrictions of any kind and nature, mandatory and / or personal;
having acknowledged that the capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this subscription form (the "Acceptance Form") have the same meaning attributed to them in the offer
document prepared for the purposes of the Offer (the "Offer Document")
DECLARES that I have read all the conditions, terms and methods of this Offer as per the Offer Document prepared for the purposes of the Offer and
available to the public for consultation at the registered office of the Issuer (at S.S. Sulcitana n.195 - Km. 19, 09018 - Sarroch (CA)), at the
headquarters of the Appointed Intermediary for Coordination of the Collection of Acceptances and the Appointed Intermediaries as indicated
in the Offer Document, and also available on the website of the Issuer (www.saras.it) and Global Information Agent (www.georgeson.com/it).
SUBSCRIBES irrevocably to this Offer for no. ________ Shares that:

have already been deposited with you in securities deposit no. _________ in the name of:
__________;

will be entered in the aforementioned deposit following the stock exchange liquidation;

are filed with you, at the same time as the subscription of this Acceptance Form;

will be transferred / deposited to you, in due time, by assignment expressly accepted at the bottom of this form, by the Custodian
Intermediary of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
AUTHORISES: the placing of the Shares indicated above in temporary deposit with you for the purposes of this Offer, where envisaged.
ALLOWS as of now, the transfer to the Offeror of the Shares entered in the aforementioned transitional deposit, where envisaged, giving you an
irrevocable mandate to execute or have executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned Adhering Shareholder, all the formalities
required for the transfer of the Shares to the Offeror, all against payment of the Consideration as better specified in the Offer Document.
DECLARES to accept as of now the reversal of the transaction if irregularities are found in the data contained in this Acceptance Form, following the
checks and controls subsequent to the delivery of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
ACKNOWLEDGES 1.
that its subscription of the Offer is irrevocable, except for the possibility to adhere to competing offers, in accordance with the laws and
regulations in force;
2.
that the Acceptance Period began at 8:30 (Italian time) on 12 July 2024 and will end at 17:30 (Italian time) on 9 August 2024, inclusive,
unless extended, and that the Acceptance Period may be reopened on the days 20 August 2024, 21 August 2024, 22 August 2024, 23
August 2024 and 26 August 2024, unless extended, as provided under Section F, Paragraph F.1 of the Offer Document;
3.
that the Offer Document provides that the payment of the Consideration will be made on 19 August 2024, i.e. the fifth Trading Day
following the end of the Acceptance Period, unless extended, or in the event of the Reopening of the Terms on 2 September 2024, i.e.
the fifth Trading Day following the end of the Reopening of the Terms, unless extended. Such payment is subject to the completion of
the formalities necessary to transfer the Shares;
4.
that the subscription can also be made via a Custodian Intermediary, which must send the subscription to an Appointed Intermediary;
5.
that the risk that the Custodian Intermediaries do not deliver this Acceptance Form and, if it is the case, do not deposit the Shares offered
in acceptance of the Offer with the Appointed Intermediary by the last valid day of the Period of Acceptance remains the sole
responsibility of the Subscribers, as well as the risk that the Appointed Intermediaries or Custodian Intermediaries do not transfer the
Consideration to the entitled parties, or delay the transfer;
6.
that the Offer, as a mandatory tender offer, is not subject to any condition precedent;
7.
that the Offeror will pay each Adhering Shareholder to the Offer a cash Consideration equal to Euro 1.60;
8.
that in the Offer Document it is envisaged that the payment of the Consideration will be made, except for extensions or amendments to
the Offer, in the terms and in the manner disclosed in accordance with the current legal provisions, in cash on the Payment Date. This
payment is subject to the execution of the formalities required to transfer the Shares to the Offeror;
9.
that the Consideration is net of Italian income tax on financial transactions, stamp duty and registration tax, where due, and remuneration,
commissions and expenses, which will be borne by the Offeror. Any income tax, withholding tax and substitute tax, where due in relation
to any realized capital gain, will be borne by the shareholders tendering their Shares in the Offer.
AUTHORISES This Intermediary Appointed to settle / arrange the settlement:

by crediting the current account no. ____ in the name of ___________,
at ______, IBAN __________;

by non-transferable banker's draft made out to _____________
to be sent to ___________
the amount of Euro ________ representing the total Consideration due for the Shares tendered to the Offer
DECLARES a) to be aware of the fact that the Offer (i) is addressed on equal terms to all the holders of the Shares, (ii) is promoted in Italy and is
extended to the United States of America in compliance with Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act"), subject to the exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(d) under the U.S. Exchange
Act and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Italian law; and (ii) the Offer has not been promoted in Canada, Japan and
Australia, as well as in any other country (collectively, the "Other Countries") in which the Offer is not permitted in the absence of
b) authorization by the competent authorities;
not to have received and/or sent partial or complete copies of this Acceptance Form, the Offer Document and/or any document
relating to the Offer from or into the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted without authorization from the competent
authorities and not to have otherwise used, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Offer, postal services and/or any other means
or instrument (including, by way of example and without limitation, postal network, fax, telex, e-mail, telephone and Internet, and/or
any other means or support of information technology) of national or international commerce, or the facilities of the financial
c) intermediaries of the Other Countries;
to be located outside the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted in the absence of specific authorisation from the competent
authorities or other fulfilments by the Offeror, when this Acceptance Form is delivered or signed.
_________
The Adhering Shareholder or its representative
__________
Stamp and signature of the Appointed Intermediary
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The CUSTODIAN INTERMEDIARY with whom this Acceptance Form was filed declares at the time of submission by the adhering shareholder (or his / her representative) and under its own responsibility:

a) that it is the custodian of the above-mentioned Shares owned by the Adhering Shareholder;

________________________, on____________________

b) that it shall carry out the formalities required for the transfer of the Shares to this Appointed Intermediary exclusively through Monte Titoli S.p.A., no later than the deadline of the Acceptance Period, i.e. 9 August 2024, unless extended, or the deadline of the Reopening of the Terms, if any.

ACCEPTANCE FORM

FOR THE MANDATORY TOTAL TENDER OFFER

pursuant to Articles 102 and 106, paragraph 1, of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58, 1998, as subsequently amended and supplemented

(the "Offer"),

promoted by Varas S.p.A. (the "Offeror")

Esteemed Appointed Intermediary ___________________
The undersigned (name, last name or company name) _________________ born in
____
on
___
tax
code
/
VAT
No.
_________
citizenship
/
nationality
________ resident
/
with
registered
office
in
_______
province
____
Street
_____ postcode __ holder of no. ___ ordinary shares of the Issuer (the "Shares"), with no
indication of face value, with regular entitlement rights and freely transferable, of which the subscriber guarantees the legitimate and full ownership and availability, as well as the
absence of real restrictions of any kind and nature, mandatory and / or personal;
having acknowledged that the capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this subscription form (the "Acceptance Form") have the same meaning attributed to them in the offer
document prepared for the purposes of the Offer (the "Offer Document")
DECLARES that I have read all the conditions, terms and methods of this Offer as per the Offer Document prepared for the purposes of the Offer and
available to the public for consultation at the registered office of the Issuer (at S.S. Sulcitana n.195 - Km. 19, 09018 - Sarroch (CA)), at the
headquarters of the Appointed Intermediary for Coordination of the Collection of Acceptances and the Appointed Intermediaries as indicated
in the Offer Document, and also available on the website of the Issuer (www.saras.it) and Global Information Agent (www.georgeson.com/it).
SUBSCRIBES irrevocably to this Offer for no. ____ Shares that:

have already been deposited with you in securities deposit no.
____ in the name of:
_____________;

will be entered in the aforementioned deposit following the stock exchange liquidation;

are filed with you, at the same time as the subscription of this Acceptance Form;

will be transferred / deposited to you, in due time, by assignment expressly accepted at the bottom of this form, by the Custodian
Intermediary of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
AUTHORISES: the placing of the Shares indicated above in temporary deposit with you for the purposes of this Offer, where envisaged.
ALLOWS as of now, the transfer to the Offeror of the Shares entered in the aforementioned transitional deposit, where envisaged, giving you an
irrevocable mandate to execute or have executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned Adhering Shareholder, all the formalities
required for the transfer of the Shares to the Offeror, all against payment of the Consideration as better specified in the Offer Document.
DECLARES to accept as of now the reversal of the transaction if irregularities are found in the data contained in this Acceptance Form, following the
checks and controls subsequent to the delivery of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
ACKNOWLEDGES 1.
that its subscription of the Offer is irrevocable, except for the possibility to adhere to competing offers, in accordance with the laws and
regulations in force;
2.
that the Acceptance Period began at 8:30 (Italian time) on 12 July 2024 and will end at 17:30 (Italian time) on 9 August 2024, inclusive,
unless extended, and that the Acceptance Period may be reopened on the days 20 August 2024, 21 August 2024, 22 August 2024, 23
August 2024 and 26 August 2024, unless extended, as provided under Section F, Paragraph F.1 of the Offer Document;
that the Offer Document provides that the payment of the Consideration will be made on 19 August 2024, i.e. the fifth Trading Day
3.
following the end of the Acceptance Period, unless extended, or in the event of the Reopening of the Terms on 2 September 2024, i.e.
the fifth Trading Day following the end of the Reopening of the Terms, unless extended. Such payment is subject to the completion of
the formalities necessary to transfer the Shares;
4.
that the subscription can also be made via a Custodian Intermediary, which must send the subscription to an Appointed Intermediary;
5.
that the risk that the Custodian Intermediaries do not deliver this Acceptance Form and, if it is the case, do not deposit the Shares offered
in acceptance of the Offer with the Appointed Intermediary by the last valid day of the Period of Acceptance remains the sole
responsibility of the Subscribers, as well as the risk that the Appointed Intermediaries or Custodian Intermediaries do not transfer the
Consideration to the entitled parties, or delay the transfer;
6.
that the Offer, as a mandatory tender offer, is not subject to any condition precedent;
7.
that the Offeror will pay each Adhering Shareholder to the Offer a cash Consideration equal to Euro 1.60;
8.
that in the Offer Document it is envisaged that the payment of the Consideration will be made, except for extensions or amendments to
the Offer, in the terms and in the manner disclosed in accordance with the current legal provisions, in cash on the Payment Date. This
payment is subject to the execution of the formalities required to transfer the Shares to the Offeror;
9.
that the Consideration is net of Italian income tax on financial transactions, stamp duty and registration tax, where due, and remuneration,
commissions and expenses, which will be borne by the Offeror. Any income tax, withholding tax and substitute tax, where due in relation
to any realized capital gain, will be borne by the shareholders tendering their Shares in the Offer.
AUTHORISES This Intermediary Appointed to settle / arrange the settlement:

by crediting the current account no. ___ in the name of _______,
at
_______, IBAN ______
;

by non-transferable banker's draft made out to _________
to be sent to
_________
the amount of Euro ________ representing the total Consideration due for the Shares tendered to the Offer
DECLARES a) to be aware of the fact that the Offer (i) is addressed on equal terms to all the holders of the Shares, (ii) is promoted in Italy and is
extended to the United States of America in compliance with Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act"), subject to the exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(d) under the U.S. Exchange
Act and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Italian law; and (ii) the Offer has not been promoted in Canada, Japan and
Australia, as well as in any other country (collectively, the "Other Countries") in which the Offer is not permitted in the absence of
b) authorization by the competent authorities;
not to have received and/or sent partial or complete copies of this Acceptance Form, the Offer Document and/or any document
relating to the Offer from or into the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted without authorization from the competent
authorities and not to have otherwise used, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Offer, postal services and/or any other means
or instrument (including, by way of example and without limitation, postal network, fax, telex, e-mail, telephone and Internet, and/or
any other means or support of information technology) of national or international commerce, or the facilities of the financial
c) intermediaries of the Other Countries;
to be located outside the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted in the absence of specific authorisation from the competent
authorities or other fulfilments by the Offeror, when this Acceptance Form is delivered or signed.
_________
The Adhering Shareholder or its representative
__________
Stamp and signature of the Appointed Intermediary
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The CUSTODIAN INTERMEDIARY with whom this Acceptance Form was filed declares at the time of submission by the adhering shareholder (or his / her representative) and under its own responsibility:

a) that it is the custodian of the above-mentioned Shares owned by the Adhering Shareholder;

________________________, on____________________

b) that it shall carry out the formalities required for the transfer of the Shares to this Appointed Intermediary exclusively through Monte Titoli S.p.A., no later than the deadline of the Acceptance Period, i.e. 9 August 2024, unless extended, or the deadline of the Reopening of the Terms, if any.

ACCEPTANCE FORM

FOR THE MANDATORY TOTAL TENDER OFFER

pursuant to Articles 102 and 106, paragraph 1, of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58, 1998, as subsequently amended and supplemented

(the "Offer"),

promoted by Varas S.p.A. (the "Offeror")

Esteemed Appointed Intermediary ___________________
The undersigned (name, last name or company name) _________________ born in
____
on
___
tax
code
/
VAT
No.
_________
citizenship
/
nationality
________ resident
/
with
registered
office
in
_______
province
____
Street
_____ postcode __ holder of no. ___ ordinary shares of the Issuer (the "Shares"), with no
indication of face value, with regular entitlement rights and freely transferable, of which the subscriber guarantees the legitimate and full ownership and availability, as well as the
absence of real restrictions of any kind and nature, mandatory and / or personal;
having acknowledged that the capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this subscription form (the "Acceptance Form") have the same meaning attributed to them in the offer
document prepared for the purposes of the Offer (the "Offer Document")
DECLARES that I have read all the conditions, terms and methods of this Offer as per the Offer Document prepared for the purposes of the Offer and
available to the public for consultation at the registered office of the Issuer (at S.S. Sulcitana n.195 - Km. 19, 09018 - Sarroch (CA)), at the
headquarters of the Appointed Intermediary for Coordination of the Collection of Acceptances and the Appointed Intermediaries as indicated
in the Offer Document, and also available on the website of the Issuer (www.saras.it) and Global Information Agent (www.georgeson.com/it).
SUBSCRIBES irrevocably to this Offer for no. ________ Shares that:

have already been deposited with you in securities deposit no. _________ in the name of:
__________;

will be entered in the aforementioned deposit following the stock exchange liquidation;

are filed with you, at the same time as the subscription of this Acceptance Form;

will be transferred / deposited to you, in due time, by assignment expressly accepted at the bottom of this form, by the Custodian
Intermediary of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
AUTHORISES: the placing of the Shares indicated above in temporary deposit with you for the purposes of this Offer, where envisaged.
ALLOWS as of now, the transfer to the Offeror of the Shares entered in the aforementioned transitional deposit, where envisaged, giving you an
irrevocable mandate to execute or have executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned Adhering Shareholder, all the formalities
required for the transfer of the Shares to the Offeror, all against payment of the Consideration as better specified in the Offer Document.
DECLARES to accept as of now the reversal of the transaction if irregularities are found in the data contained in this Acceptance Form, following the
checks and controls subsequent to the delivery of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
ACKNOWLEDGES 1.
that its subscription of the Offer is irrevocable, except for the possibility to adhere to competing offers, in accordance with the laws and
regulations in force;
2.
that the Acceptance Period began at 8:30 (Italian time) on 12 July 2024 and will end at 17:30 (Italian time) on 9 August 2024, inclusive,
unless extended, and that the Acceptance Period may be reopened on the days 20 August 2024, 21 August 2024, 22 August 2024, 23
August 2024 and 26 August 2024, unless extended, as provided under Section F, Paragraph F.1 of the Offer Document;
3.
that the Offer Document provides that the payment of the Consideration will be made on 19 August 2024, i.e. the fifth Trading Day
following the end of the Acceptance Period, unless extended, or in the event of the Reopening of the Terms on 2 September 2024, i.e.
the fifth Trading Day following the end of the Reopening of the Terms, unless extended. Such payment is subject to the completion of
the formalities necessary to transfer the Shares;
4.
that the subscription can also be made via a Custodian Intermediary, which must send the subscription to an Appointed Intermediary;
5.
that the risk that the Custodian Intermediaries do not deliver this Acceptance Form and, if it is the case, do not deposit the Shares offered
in acceptance of the Offer with the Appointed Intermediary by the last valid day of the Period of Acceptance remains the sole
responsibility of the Subscribers, as well as the risk that the Appointed Intermediaries or Custodian Intermediaries do not transfer the
Consideration to the entitled parties, or delay the transfer;
6.
that the Offer, as a mandatory tender offer, is not subject to any condition precedent;
7.
that the Offeror will pay each Adhering Shareholder to the Offer a cash Consideration equal to Euro 1.60;
8.
that in the Offer Document it is envisaged that the payment of the Consideration will be made, except for extensions or amendments to
the Offer, in the terms and in the manner disclosed in accordance with the current legal provisions, in cash on the Payment Date. This
payment is subject to the execution of the formalities required to transfer the Shares to the Offeror;
9.
that the Consideration is net of Italian income tax on financial transactions, stamp duty and registration tax, where due, and remuneration,
commissions and expenses, which will be borne by the Offeror. Any income tax, withholding tax and substitute tax, where due in relation
to any realized capital gain, will be borne by the shareholders tendering their Shares in the Offer.
AUTHORISES This Intermediary Appointed to settle / arrange the settlement:

by crediting the current account no. ____ in the name of ___________,
at ______, IBAN __________;

by non-transferable banker's draft made out to _____________
to be sent to ________
the amount of Euro
_____ representing the total Consideration due for the Shares tendered to the Offer
DECLARES a) to be aware of the fact that the Offer (i) is addressed on equal terms to all the holders of the Shares, (ii) is promoted in Italy and is
extended to the United States of America in compliance with Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act"), subject to the exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(d) under the U.S. Exchange
Act and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Italian law; and (ii) the Offer has not been promoted in Canada, Japan and
Australia, as well as in any other country (collectively, the "Other Countries") in which the Offer is not permitted in the absence of
b) authorization by the competent authorities;
not to have received and/or sent partial or complete copies of this Acceptance Form, the Offer Document and/or any document
relating to the Offer from or into the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted without authorization from the competent
authorities and not to have otherwise used, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Offer, postal services and/or any other means
or instrument (including, by way of example and without limitation, postal network, fax, telex, e-mail, telephone and Internet, and/or
any other means or support of information technology) of national or international commerce, or the facilities of the financial
c) intermediaries of the Other Countries;
to be located outside the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted in the absence of specific authorisation from the competent
authorities or other fulfilments by the Offeror, when this Acceptance Form is delivered or signed.
_________
The Adhering Shareholder or its representative
__________
Stamp and signature of the Appointed Intermediary
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The CUSTODIAN INTERMEDIARY with whom this Acceptance Form was filed declares at the time of submission by the adhering shareholder (or his / her representative) and under its own responsibility:

a) that it is the custodian of the above-mentioned Shares owned by the Adhering Shareholder;

________________________, on____________________

b) that it shall carry out the formalities required for the transfer of the Shares to this Appointed Intermediary exclusively through Monte Titoli S.p.A., no later than the deadline of the Acceptance Period, i.e. 9 August 2024, unless extended, or the deadline of the Reopening of the Terms, if any.

ACCEPTANCE FORM

FOR THE MANDATORY TOTAL TENDER OFFER

pursuant to Articles 102 and 106, paragraph 1, of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58, 1998, as subsequently amended and supplemented

(the "Offer"),

promoted by Varas S.p.A. (the "Offeror")

Esteemed Appointed Intermediary ___________________
____
on
The undersigned (name, last name or company name) _____________ born in
__
tax
code
/
VAT
No.
________
citizenship
/
nationality
________ resident
/
with
registered
office
in
_______
province
____
Street
_____ postcode __ holder of no. ___ ordinary shares of the Issuer (the "Shares"), with no
indication of face value, with regular entitlement rights and freely transferable, of which the subscriber guarantees the legitimate and full ownership and availability, as well as the
absence of real restrictions of any kind and nature, mandatory and / or personal;
having acknowledged that the capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this subscription form (the "Acceptance Form") have the same meaning attributed to them in the offer
document prepared for the purposes of the Offer (the "Offer Document")
DECLARES that I have read all the conditions, terms and methods of this Offer as per the Offer Document prepared for the purposes of the Offer and
available to the public for consultation at the registered office of the Issuer (at S.S. Sulcitana n.195 - Km. 19, 09018 - Sarroch (CA)), at the
headquarters of the Appointed Intermediary for Coordination of the Collection of Acceptances and the Appointed Intermediaries as indicated
in the Offer Document, and also available on the website of the Issuer (www.saras.it) and Global Information Agent (www.georgeson.com/it).
SUBSCRIBES irrevocably to this Offer for no. ____ Shares that:

have already been deposited with you in securities deposit no.
____ in the name of:
_____________;

will be entered in the aforementioned deposit following the stock exchange liquidation;

are filed with you, at the same time as the subscription of this Acceptance Form;

will be transferred / deposited to you, in due time, by assignment expressly accepted at the bottom of this form, by the Custodian
Intermediary of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
AUTHORISES: the placing of the Shares indicated above in temporary deposit with you for the purposes of this Offer, where envisaged.
ALLOWS as of now, the transfer to the Offeror of the Shares entered in the aforementioned transitional deposit, where envisaged, giving you an
irrevocable mandate to execute or have executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned Adhering Shareholder, all the formalities
required for the transfer of the Shares to the Offeror, all against payment of the Consideration as better specified in the Offer Document.
DECLARES to accept as of now the reversal of the transaction if irregularities are found in the data contained in this Acceptance Form, following the
checks and controls subsequent to the delivery of the Shares that are the object of this Acceptance Form.
ACKNOWLEDGES 1.
that its subscription of the Offer is irrevocable, except for the possibility to adhere to competing offers, in accordance with the laws and
regulations in force;
2.
that the Acceptance Period began at 8:30 (Italian time) on 12 July 2024 and will end at 17:30 (Italian time) on 9 August 2024, inclusive,
unless extended, and that the Acceptance Period may be reopened on the days 20 August 2024, 21 August 2024, 22 August 2024, 23
August 2024 and 26 August 2024, unless extended, as provided under Section F, Paragraph F.1 of the Offer Document;
3.
that the Offer Document provides that the payment of the Consideration will be made on 19 August 2024, i.e. the fifth Trading Day
following the end of the Acceptance Period, unless extended, or in the event of the Reopening of the Terms on 2 September 2024, i.e.
the fifth Trading Day following the end of the Reopening of the Terms, unless extended. Such payment is subject to the completion of
the formalities necessary to transfer the Shares;
4.
that the subscription can also be made via a Custodian Intermediary, which must send the subscription to an Appointed Intermediary;
5.
that the risk that the Custodian Intermediaries do not deliver this Acceptance Form and, if it is the case, do not deposit the Shares offered
in acceptance of the Offer with the Appointed Intermediary by the last valid day of the Period of Acceptance remains the sole
responsibility of the Subscribers, as well as the risk that the Appointed Intermediaries or Custodian Intermediaries do not transfer the
Consideration to the entitled parties, or delay the transfer;
6.
that the Offer, as a mandatory tender offer, is not subject to any condition precedent;
7.
that the Offeror will pay each Adhering Shareholder to the Offer a cash Consideration equal to Euro 1.60;
8.
that in the Offer Document it is envisaged that the payment of the Consideration will be made, except for extensions or amendments to
the Offer, in the terms and in the manner disclosed in accordance with the current legal provisions, in cash on the Payment Date. This
payment is subject to the execution of the formalities required to transfer the Shares to the Offeror;
9.
that the Consideration is net of Italian income tax on financial transactions, stamp duty and registration tax, where due, and remuneration,
commissions and expenses, which will be borne by the Offeror. Any income tax, withholding tax and substitute tax, where due in relation
to any realized capital gain, will be borne by the shareholders tendering their Shares in the Offer.
AUTHORISES This Intermediary Appointed to settle / arrange the settlement:

by crediting the current account no. ___ in the name of _______,
at
_______, IBAN ______
;

by non-transferable banker's draft made out to _________
to be sent to
_________
the amount of Euro ________ representing the total Consideration due for the Shares tendered to the Offer
DECLARES a) to be aware of the fact that the Offer (i) is addressed on equal terms to all the holders of the Shares, (ii) is promoted in Italy and is
extended to the United States of America in compliance with Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act"), subject to the exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(d) under the U.S. Exchange
Act and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Italian law; and (ii) the Offer has not been promoted in Canada, Japan and
Australia, as well as in any other country (collectively, the "Other Countries") in which the Offer is not permitted in the absence of
b) authorization by the competent authorities;
not to have received and/or sent partial or complete copies of this Acceptance Form, the Offer Document and/or any document
relating to the Offer from or into the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted without authorization from the competent
authorities and not to have otherwise used, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Offer, postal services and/or any other means
or instrument (including, by way of example and without limitation, postal network, fax, telex, e-mail, telephone and Internet, and/or
any other means or support of information technology) of national or international commerce, or the facilities of the financial
c) intermediaries of the Other Countries;
to be located outside the Other Countries where the Offer is not permitted in the absence of specific authorisation from the competent
authorities or other fulfilments by the Offeror, when this Acceptance Form is delivered or signed.
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The Adhering Shareholder or its representative
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Stamp and signature of the Appointed Intermediary
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The CUSTODIAN INTERMEDIARY with whom this Acceptance Form was filed declares at the time of submission by the adhering shareholder (or his / her representative) and under its own responsibility:

a) that it is the custodian of the above-mentioned Shares owned by the Adhering Shareholder;

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b) that it shall carry out the formalities required for the transfer of the Shares to this Appointed Intermediary exclusively through Monte Titoli S.p.A., no later than the deadline of the Acceptance Period, i.e. 9 August 2024, unless extended, or the deadline of the Reopening of the Terms, if any.

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