Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jun 26, 2023
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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(drafted pursuant to Article 125-ter of the Italian Legislative Decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998, and Articles 72 and 84-ter of the CONSOB Resolution No. 11971 of May 14, 1999)
"Proposal for the cross-border conversion of Brembo S.p.A. from Italy to the Netherlands, resulting in (i) the adoption of the legal form of a public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootschap) governed by the laws of the Netherlands and the adoption of the name "Brembo N.V."; and (ii) the transfer of the registered office to Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Related and consequent resolutions, including the adoption of new articles of association in accordance with Dutch law, the reinstatement of the par value of ordinary shares, and a voluntary share capital decrease pursuant to Article 2445 of the Italian Civil Code, without cancellation of shares and without any reimbursement of capital to shareholders, to the extent necessary to reduce the unit par value of Brembo's ordinary shares from the current Euro 0.104 (zero point one hundred and four) (implied par value) to Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one) and, therefore, for the maximum amount of Euro 31,388,691.50 (thirty-one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-one point fifty)"
This is an English courtesy translation of the original document prepared in Italian language. In the event of inconsistencies, the original Italian version of the Report shall prevail over this English courtesy translation.
This document has been prepared merely for informational purposes and is not intended to be, nor does it constitute, an offer or invitation to exchange or sell, or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe or purchase, or an invitation to exchange, purchase or subscribe any financial instrument or any part of the business or assets described herein, any other shareholding, or a solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, in relation to this transaction or otherwise, nor will any sale, issuance or transfer of financial instruments take place in any jurisdiction in breach of any applicable law. No offer of financial instruments will be made. This document is not a prospectus, an information document on a financial product or any other offer document for purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and Council of 14 June 2017. This document does not constitute an offer to the public in Italy, within the meaning of Section 1, letter (t) of Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998, as subsequently amended and supplemented. The issuance, publication or distribution of this document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and, therefore, persons in the jurisdictions in which this document is issued, published or distributed must inform themselves and comply with such restrictions. This document does not constitute an offer of sale of financial instruments in the United States in accordance with the Securities Act or in any other jurisdiction in which it is illegal to do so, or a solicitation of votes in the shareholders' meeting mentioned in this document. The financial instruments referred to in this document have not been and will not be registered in accordance with the Securities Act or the laws concerning financial instruments of any state of the United States, and any statement to the contrary constitute a breach of the law. The financial instruments referred to in this document may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or on behalf of or for the benefit of U.S. Persons, as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act, except by virtue of an exemption or a transaction not subject to registration obligations under the Securities Act or the state or local laws applicable to financial instruments.
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The transfer of the Company's registered office to Amsterdam (the Netherlands) concerns the financial instruments of a foreign company. The transaction is subject to the disclosure obligations of a foreign country which differ from those of the United States.
It may be difficult for you to exercise your rights and any legal claim on the basis of the federal laws of the United States on financial instruments, since the issuer has its registered office in a foreign country and some or all of its executives and directors may be residents in a foreign country. You may not succeed in summonsing to legal proceedings a foreign company or its executives or directors before a foreign court for breach of the laws of the United States on financial instruments. It may be difficult to force a foreign company and its affiliates to comply with a decision issued by a United States court.
You must be aware of the fact that the issuer may purchase financial instruments outside the transaction, such as, for example, on the market or through private purchasers outside the market.

| 1. | PRELIMINARY REMARK 2 | |
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| 2. | ILLUSTRATION OF THE TRANSACTION AND THE RATIONALE FOR IT 3 | |
| 2.1. | Name, legal form, registered office and governing law of the Company in the state of origin and the state of destination3 |
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| 2.2. | Legal framework, main steps and effective date of the Transaction 3 | |
| 2.3. | Rationale for the Transaction. 7 | |
| 2.4. | Conditions precedent 10 | |
| 3. | NEW ARTICLES AND SPECIAL VOTING MECHANISM 11 | |
| 3.1. | Adoption of the New Articles 11 | |
| 3.2. | Description of the Special Voting Mechanism 12 | |
| 4. | RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL: SHAREHOLDERS ELIGIBLE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL, DATA ON THE CASH SETTLEMENT OFFERED TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR WITHDRAWAL AND DIGITAL ADDRESS WHERE THE COMPANY RECEIVES ANY WITHDRAWAL NOTICES22 |
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| 5. | IMPACT OF THE TRANSACTION ON SHAREHOLDERS, CREDITORS AND EMPLOYEES24 | |
| 5.1. | Impact of the Transaction on shareholders 24 | |
| 5.2. | Impact of the Transaction on creditors 25 | |
| 5.3. | Impact of the Transaction on employees 26 | |
| 6. | DISCIPLINE APPLICABLE TO THE COMPANY AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS AS OF THE TRANSACTION EFFECTIVE DATE 26 |
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| 6.1. | Corporate governance 26 | |
| 6.2. | Applicability of the rules of Italian and Dutch law on takeover bids 28 | |
| 6.3. | Reporting requirements for major holdings 28 | |
| 6.4. | Related party transactions 30 | |
| 6.5. | Legislative Decree 231 and code of ethics 31 | |
| 6.7. | Corporate information 31 | |
| 7. | TAX ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION31 | |
| 8. | SPECIAL ADVANTAGES, IF ANY, CONFERRED IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OR MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY'S SUPERVISORY BODIES 32 |
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| 9. | PUBLIC GRANTS AND LOANS RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY, IN ANY FORM, IN ITALY DURING THE 5 (FIVE) YEARS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS REPORT 32 |
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| 10. | INDICATIVE TIMETABLE OF TRANSACTION 33 | |
| 11. | PROPOSED RESOLUTION 33 |

this explanatory report (the "Report") is drafted pursuant to Article 125-ter of the Italian Legislative Decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998 (the "ICLF"), Articles 72 and 84-ter of CONSOB Resolution No. 11971 of May 14, 1999 (the "Issuers' Regulations"), with reference to the extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Brembo S.p.A. ("Brembo" or the "Company") called for July 27, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. CEST, in a single call, (the "Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting"), to illustrate and submit for your approval the proposed transaction for the cross-border conversion of Brembo from Italy as the state of departure, to the Netherlands, as the state of destination, (the "Cross-Border Conversion" or the "Transaction"), in the context of which Brembo, without being dissolved or going into liquidation and retaining its legal personality,
In addition, in the context of the Cross-Border Conversion and immediately prior to its completion, the express par value of Brembo's ordinary shares will be determined and specified in the bylaws of the Company under Italian law (that will be amended as described under Annex D) and subsequently specified in the New Articles as required by the laws of the Netherlands, and, to this extent, a voluntary share capital decrease will be executed pursuant to Article 2445 of the Italian Civil Code, without cancellation of shares and without any reimbursement of capital to shareholders, to the extent necessary to reduce the unit par value of Brembo's ordinary shares from the current Euro 0.104 (zero point one hundred and four) (implied par value) to Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one) and, therefore, for the maximum amount - calculated assuming that the number of ordinary shares currently issued (equal to no. 333,922,250 (three hundred and thirty-three million nine hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty)) will not change and that no Brembo shareholder will exercise the Withdrawal (as defined below) due in connection with the Cross-Border Conversion - of Euro 31,388,691.50 (thirty-one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninetyone point fifty) (the "Share Capital Decrease").
Although the Transaction is not subject - for the reasons explained in the following paragraph 2.2 to the provisions of Articles 6-16, Chapter II (Conversion), of Italian Legislative Decree no. 19 of March 2, 2023 (the "Legislative Decree 19"), which transposed in Italy the Directive (EU) 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 27, 2019 (the "Directive 2121"), which in turn amends the Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017 (the "Directive 1132") regarding conversions, cross-border mergers and
( 1) The New Articles are attached to this Report in the official Dutch language version, as well as in their Italian and English translations.

demergers, this Report aims to provide the information substantially similar to those required by Article 86-quinquies of Directive 1132, as amended by Directive 2121, Article 8 and Article 21 (as referred to in Article 7) of Legislative Decree 19.
This Report was approved by Brembo's board of directors on June 20, 2023, and is made available to the public, within the terms of the laws and regulations, at the Company's registered office, on the Company's website (www.brembo.com), section "Investors - For Shareholders - Shareholders' Meetings," as well as on the authorized storage mechanism "" of Computershare S.p.A. ().
Attached to this Report are (i) the New Articles (sub Annex A); (ii) the terms and conditions of the Special Voting Shares (as defined below) (sub Annex B); (iii) a comparative table of the main regulatory provisions applicable to the Company currently and following the completion of the Transaction (sub Annex C); and (iv) the new version of the bylaws of the Company under Italian law including the express par value of Brembo's ordinary shares and the transitional clause relating to the Share Capital Decrease (sub Annex D).
The remaining documentation related to the Transaction will be made available in the manner and within the timeframe prescribed by the applicable laws and regulations.
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Information on the name, legal form, registered office and governing law of the Company in the state of departure (Italy) and the state of destination (the Netherlands) is given below:
| Company in the state of departure (Italy) |
Company in the state of destination (Netherlands) |
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| Name: | Brembo S.p.A. | Brembo N.V. |
| Legal form: | Joint-stock company (Società per Azioni) incorporated under Italian law |
Public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootschap) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands |
| Regulatory law: | Law of the Italian Republic | Laws of the Netherlands |
| Registered office: | Via Brembo 24, 24035 Curno (BG), Italy | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Tax domicile: | Curno (BG), Italy | Curno (BG), Italy |
| Main office: | Via Brembo 24, 24035 Curno (BG), Italy | Via Brembo 24, 24035 Curno (BG), Italy |
| VAT number and Italian tax code |
00222620163 | 00222620163 |
From a legal standpoint, the Transaction falls within the scope of so-called "cross-border transactions" and in particular within the scope of so-called "cross-border conversions" - which European Union law and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union recognize and facilitate as an
expression of the fundamental principle of freedom of establishment, with a view to ensuring a better functioning of the Single market (2 ). This freedom, as interpreted repeatedly by the Court of Justice of the European Union, includes the right of any company incorporated in accordance with the law of a member state to transfer its registered office to another member state, adopting a legal form peculiar to that system.
These principles were expressly recognized and declined by the European legislator, which, with the Directive 2121, introduced the principles and guidelines for a harmonized regulation of cross-border conversions, giving member states until January 31, 2023, to adopt the laws and regulations necessary to comply with the relevant provisions.
In particular, Article 86-ter, paragraph 2, of the Directive 1132, as amended by the Directive 2121, defines cross-border conversion as "an operation whereby a company, without being dissolved or wound up or going into liquidation, converts the legal form under which it is registered in a departure Member State into a legal form of the destination Member State (…) and transfers at least its registered office to the destination Member State, while retaining its legal personality" ( 3 ). As the Court of Justice of the European Union (4 ) has taken care to clarify, this definition also includes the case in which the transfer concerns only the registered office of the company and not also its actual seat (i.e., the place where the directive and administrative activity of the company is carried out), which may therefore remain located in the state of departure.
With regard to the implementation of the Directive 2121, it should be noted that (i) in the Netherlands, the legislative process has not been completed yet, pending the Senate's scrutiny of the draft legislation approved by the House of Representatives on 1 June 2023; and (ii) in Italy has been adopted the Legislative Decree 19, entered into force on March 22, 2023, which provides that the relevant provisions "shall take effect as of July 3, 2023 and shall apply to cross-border and international transactions in which none of the participating companies, as of the same date, has published the draft" (article 56, paragraph 1). Therefore, due to the circumstance that the documentation related to the Transaction (including this Report which, as anticipated above, contains the information required by Article 86 quinquies of the Directive 1132, as amended by the Directive 2121, Article 8 and Article 21 - as referred to in Article 7 - of the Legislative Decree 19) was published on June 20, 2023 (i.e., prior to July 3, 2023), the provisions of the Legislative Decree 19 do not apply to the Transaction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Transaction entails an amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation, as such falling within the purview of the extraordinary shareholders' meeting and incorporates the prerequisites for the entitlement to the right of withdrawal in favor of shareholders
( 2 ) The reference to European Union law and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union is understood to refer specifically to Articles 49 and 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the transfer of a company's registered office from one member state to another member state for the purpose of its conversion into a company subject to the law of the latter, including the decisions in the "Descartes," "Vale," and "Polbud" cases.
( 3) A similar definition is contained in Article 6, paragraph 1, letter a), of Legislative Decree 19: "the operation by which a company, without being dissolved or subjected to liquidation and while retaining its legal personality, changes the law to which it is subject and its corporate type, adopting one provided for by the law of the state of destination and locating its registered office in compliance with that law."
( 4) In particular, in the "Polbud" case (see Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment of October 25, 2017, Case C-106/16, Polbud v. Wykonawstwo sp. z o.o.), the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified that the cross-border conversion may also consist in the transfer to the destination member state of only the registered office of the company and not also its actual seat (i.e., the place where the company's management and administrative activity is carried out), which may therefore remain located in the member state of departure.

who did not participate in the approval of the relevant resolution pursuant to Article 2437, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code (the "Withdrawal").
More specifically, the resolution to transfer the registered office abroad, the approval of which is proposed entails the adoption by the Company of a legal form which, based on the laws of the destination member state (the Netherlands), corresponds to the Italian joint stock company (società per azioni), maintaining its legal relations (and therefore without dissolution in the departure member state and reconstitution in the destination member state).
In light of the above, the Cross-Border Conversion will be executed through the following main steps:
In this context, the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will also resolve upon (1) the determination and related specification, in the bylaws of the Company under Italian law (that will be amended as described under Annex D) and, subsequently, in the New Articles, of the express par value of Brembo's ordinary shares as required by Dutch law, and (2) the Share Capital Decrease. The Share Capital Decrease will be carried out on a voluntary basis pursuant to Article 2445 of the Italian Civil Code, without cancellation of shares and without any reimbursement of capital to shareholders, to the extent necessary to reduce the unit par value of Brembo's ordinary shares from the current Euro 0.104 (zero point one hundred and four) (implied par value) to Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one), that is, for the maximum amount calculated assuming that the number of ordinary shares currently issued (equal to no. 333,922,250 (three hundred and thirty-three million nine hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty)) will not change and that no Brembo shareholder will exercise the Withdrawal due in connection with the Cross-Border Conversion - of Euro 31,388,691.50 (thirty-one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-one point

fifty). It is understood that the Share Capital Decrease shall be implemented - subject to (1) the expiration of the 90 (ninety) day period starting from the date of registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the Companies' Register of Bergamo in the absence of oppositions, by Company's creditors prior to registration ( 5 ); and (2) the fulfillment of, or (as the case may be) the waiver of, the Conditions (as defined below) - immediately prior to its completion;
The Transaction will become effective on the date of the execution of the Dutch Notarial Deed (the "Transaction Effective Date"). The Transaction will not result in any dissolution or liquidation of the Company (nor therefore any need for reconstitution in the destination member state). Brembo will therefore retain its legal personality without any impact on the Company's legal relations, which will continue seamlessly.
Brembo shares are currently listed on the Italian regulated market Euronext Milan organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. ("Euronext Milan"), under ISIN code IT0005252728 (with respect to Brembo's ordinary shares held by Brembo shareholders who do not benefit from the voting rights
( 5) The Share Capital Decrease may be carried out, pursuant to Article 2445, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code, only once the 90 (ninety) day period starting from the date of registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with Companies' Register of Bergamo has elapsed, provided that within that period no creditor of the Company prior to the registration has filed an opposition. Pursuant to Article 2445, paragraph 4, of the Italian Civil Code, if oppositions are filed within that period, the Court may order that the transaction nevertheless take place, when it deems that the danger of prejudice to creditors is unfounded, or the Company has provided suitable guarantees.
( 6) See previous note.

increasing mechanism under Article 127-quinquies of the ICLF (the "Voting Increase")) and ISIN code IT0005380149 (with respect to Brembo' ordinary shares held by Brembo shareholders who benefit from the Voting Increase). Brembo's ordinary shares will continue to be listed on Euronext Milan seamlessly following the Transaction, as a result of which a new ISIN code will be assigned to them. The Transaction, therefore, will not affect the listing of Brembo's ordinary shares or the continuity of trading.
In addition, the Transaction will have no effect on financial statement disclosures. In fact, the Company's financial statements will continue to be drafted on the basis of IAS/IFRS.
As indicated above, the Transaction is aimed at transferring only the Company's registered office to the Netherlands. Therefore, in the context of the Transaction, no reorganization of the Company's or the Group's operating activities is envisaged, which will therefore continue to be carried out by the Company, without any transfer of people to the Netherlands. Furthermore, the Company, also following the completion of the Transaction, will maintain its tax residence in Italy. Finally, the Company will retain its current VAT number and Italian tax code.
Brembo is a world leader in the design, development and production of braking systems and components for transportation vehicles within the global market. The Company operates, either directly or through subsidiaries and related companies, in 15 (fifteen) countries on 3 (three) different continents, with 23 (twenty-three) production sites and sales offices, counting on the collaboration of more than 15,000 (fifteen thousand) people, of which about 10% (ten percent) are engineers and product specialists working in research and development.
The Group's main market is represented by the world's leading manufacturers of passenger cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles, as well as manufacturers of racing cars and motorcycles. Thanks to a constant focus on innovation and technological and process development, factors that have always underpinned Brembo's philosophy, the Group enjoys consolidated international leadership in the study, design and production of high-performance braking systems for a wide range of road and racing vehicles, targeting both the original equipment market and the aftermarket. During 2022, Brembo generated consolidated net revenues of Euro 3.6 (three point six) billion, up 30.7 percent (thirty point seven percent) from Euro 2.8 (two point eight) billion in the same period of 2021.
Brembo is currently focused on the "top" segments of the automotive sector and, geographically, develops most of its sales in Europe, North America and China. In order to reduce the risk of saturation in the segments/markets in which it operates, the Group has long been pursuing a strategy of diversification into other geographic areas and is gradually expanding its product range, also turning its attention to the "middle" segment.
The Transaction is intended to facilitate the achievement of the aforementioned objectives and, primarily, to create suitable conditions for the Group's future growth, including through acquisitions, to the benefit of its shareholders and stakeholders. To this end, the choice of the Netherlands as the state of destination is aimed at placing the Company's registered office in a jurisdiction that is ideal for the purpose in several respects, as witnessed by the numerous transfers to the Netherlands of the registered office of many groups - including Italian ones - with an international vocation.

From a strategic standpoint, with the relocation of the registered office to the Netherlands and the simultaneous introduction of a Special Voting Mechanism, enhanced compared to the one already adopted by the Company, Brembo intends to pursue the following objectives:
In the context of the Transaction, the Company intends to pursue the above objectives without any impact with regard to the organization, people, management and business in Italy or in any other region where the Group operates. In particular, no reorganization is envisaged, nor is any transfer to the Netherlands of the Group's activities. Furthermore, the Company, even after the Transaction, will maintain its tax residence in Italy. The maintenance of the current structure of the Group, which will continue to be headed by the Company, reflects the importance for Brembo to maintain its Italian identity and the historical presence of the Company in Italy.
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In the context and for the purposes of the Transaction, Brembo's board of directors intends also to propose to the shareholders to proceed with the Share Capital Decrease in order to facilitate the determination of the par value of Brembo ordinary shares. In this regard, it should be noted that Dutch law, contrary to Italian law, does not allow the issuance of shares of Dutch N.V.'s without express indication of par value and, on the other hand, it requires that the par value is specified in the articles of association and consists of no more than two decimal places.
Currently, Article 5 of Brembo's bylaws provides that the shares are without any indication of the par value; however, taking into account the amount of the subscribed and paid-up share capital (amounting to Euro 34,727,914 (thirty-four million seven hundred and twenty-seven nine hundred and fourteen)) and the number of Brembo shares issued (amounting to 333,922,250 (three hundred and thirty-three million nine hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty)), the implied par value of the same is equal to Euro 0.104 (zero point one hundred and four). Therefore, in order to specify into the New Articles a unit par value of ordinary shares with only two decimal places, instead of the current three, and equal to Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one), so as to limit the impact of the introduction of Special Voting Shares (as defined below) on reserves, simplify the
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administrative management of the Special Voting Mechanism (as defined below) and make any future capital transactions easier, it is intended to proceed with the reduction of the unit par value of Brembo's ordinary shares (without repayment to shareholders, but rather by transferring the amount of capital subject to reduction to reserves) and, therefore, with the Share Capital Decrease.
Below is the text of Article 5 of the bylaws for which the board is proposing the amendment, with a side-by-side exposition of the current and proposed text.
| Current text | Proposed text |
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| Art. 5) SHARE CAPITAL | Art. 5) SHARE CAPITAL |
| The Company's share capital shall amount to €34,727,914 (thirty four million, seven hundred and twenty seven thousand and nine hundred and fourteen) divided into 333,922,250 (three hundred and thirty three million, nine hundred and twenty two thousand, two hundred and fifty) ordinary shares with no nominal value |
The Company's share capital shall amount to €34,727,914 (thirty four million, seven hundred and twenty seven thousand and nine hundred and fourteen) divided into 333,922,250 (three hundred and thirty three million, nine hundred and twenty two thousand, two hundred and fifty) ordinary shares with no nominal value |
| Pursuant to Article 2443 of the Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on April 18th 2019 resolved to grant to the Board of Directors the power of attorney to increase the share capital for a maximum amount of Euro 3,472,791.40, through payment, one or more times, even in a separate way pursuant to Article 2439 , paragraph 2 of the Civil Code , and no later than April 18th 2024, excluding any option rights pursuant to art. 2441, para-graph 4, second sentence, of the Civil Code. Such increase will be realized through the issuance, in one or more tranches, of maximum 6,678,445 shares with no nominal value or - if lower – of a different number of shares that, at each date of the execution of the power of attorney (and considering any possible issuance of shares already made in the execution of the power of attorney stated herein, will form 10% (ten percent) of the total number of shares of the Company on the same date. |
Pursuant to Article 2443 of the Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on April 18th 2019 resolved to grant to the Board of Directors the power of attorney to increase the share capital for a maximum amount of Euro 3,472,791.40, through payment, one or more times, even in a separate way pursuant to Article 2439 , paragraph 2 of the Civil Code , and no later than April 18th 2024, excluding any option rights pursuant to art. 2441, para-graph 4, second sentence, of the Civil Code. Such increase will be realized through the issuance, in one or more tranches, of maximum 6,678,445 shares with no nominal value or - if lower – of a different number of shares that, at each date of the execution of the power of attorney (and considering any possible issuance of shares already made in the execution of the power of attorney stated herein, will form 10% (ten percent) of the total number of shares of the Company on the same date. |
| For the purposes of the execution of such power of attorney, the Board of Directors has been also assigned with the power to (a) determine, for each single tranche, the number, the is-sue unit price and the enjoyment of the ordinary shares rights, within the sole limits provided by art. 2441, paragraph 4, sentence 2 and / or art. 2438 and/or the paragraph 5 of art. 2346 of the Italian Civil Code; (b) determine the period for the subscription of the ordinary shares of the Company; and (c) give execution to the power of attorney mentioned above, including, but not limiting to, those power of attorneys to amend the by-laws from time to time, if necessary. |
For the purposes of the execution of such power of attorney, the Board of Directors has been also assigned with the power to (a) determine, for each single tranche, the number, the is-sue unit price and the enjoyment of the ordinary shares rights, within the sole limits provided by art. 2441, paragraph 4, sentence 2 and / or art. 2438 and/or the paragraph 5 of art. 2346 of the Italian Civil Code; (b) determine the period for the subscription of the ordinary shares of the Company; and (c) give execution to the power of attorney mentioned above, including, but not limiting to, those power of attorneys to amend the by-laws from time to time, if necessary. |
| The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on July 27, 2023 resolved to reduce the share capital on a voluntary basis, pursuant to Article 2445 of the Italian Civil Code, without cancellation of any of the Company's ordinary shares and without any reimbursement of the share capital to its shareholders, to the extent necessary to reduce the unit par value of Brembo's ordinary shares from the current implied par value of Euro 0.104 (zero point |

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one hundred and four) to Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one), and thus, for the maximum amount - calculated assuming that the number of ordinary shares currently issued (equal to no. 333,922,250) does not change and that no Brembo shareholder exercises the right of withdrawal due in connection with the crossborder conversion - of Euro 31,388,691.50 (thirty-one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-one point fifty); subject to (i) the expiration of the 90 (ninety) day period starting from the date of registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the Companies' Register of Bergamo in the absence of oppositions, by Company's creditors prior to registration; and (ii) the fulfillment of, or (as the case may be) the waiver of, the conditions upon the occurrence of which the completion of the crossborder conversion is conditional, immediately prior to the completion of the conversion itself.
The full text of Brembo's Italian bylaws, including the amendment described above, is attached to this Report sub Annex D.
Without prejudice to the provisions under paragraph 4 below, the Capital Decrease itself does not give the right of withdrawal to the Company's shareholders, as none of the prerequisites set forth in Article 2437 of the Italian Civil Code or other provisions of law are met.
The completion of the Cross-Border Conversion, through the execution of the Dutch Notarial Deed, is subject to the fulfillment (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent (the "Conditions"), that can be waived by the board of directors of the Company:
(the "Disbursement Amount") shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of Euro 200,000,000 (two hundred million), it being understood, in any event and for the sake of clarity, that the Disbursement Amount shall be calculated upon completion of the liquidation procedure for the Withdrawal Shares (as defined below), net of (1) the aggregate amount payable by the Company's shareholders or third parties for the purchase of the Withdrawal Shares pursuant to Article 2437-quater of the Italian Civil Code and (2) the amount to be paid

pursuant to the Back Stop Commitment (as defined below) assumed by the majority shareholder Nuova FourB S.r.l., (equal to Euro 50,000,000 (fifty million) regarding which please refer to paragraph 4 below), as well as any other purchase or commitment to purchase the Withdrawal Shares;
(iii) that have not occurred, at any time prior to the execution of the Dutch Notarial Deed, at a national or international level, (a) events or situations not known to the Company and/or the market, involving significant changes in the regulatory, political, financial, economic, currency or market situation, nationally or internationally, or any escalation or aggravation thereof that would have substantially adverse effects on the Transaction, the Company and/or the Group; and/or (b) events or situations of an extraordinary nature which, individually or in the aggregate, cause, or could reasonably be expected to cause, materially adverse effects on the legal situation, business as well as on the financial, equity and/or economic conditions (including prospective) of the Company and/or the Group and/or on the performance of Brembo's ordinary shares on Euronext Milan (the "MAC/MAE Condition"). It is understood that this MAC/MAE Condition also includes, specifically, any events or situations listed in (a) and (b) above that may occur as a result of, or in connection with, the release of COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine politico-military crisis and China-U.S. politico-military tensions that, although they are events in the public domain as of the date of this Report, may result in detrimental effects, in the terms set forth above, that are new and not anticipated or foreseeable.
The Company will notify the market of relevant information regarding the fulfillment or nonfulfillment of the Conditions, or the waiver of one or more of them, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Brembo's current bylaws, which comply with Italian law, were originally adopted at the time of Brembo's incorporation by a deed drawn up by Notary Public Enrico Gentile on January 25, 1971, under repertoire no. 1383311 and most recently amended by resolution of Brembo's extraordinary shareholders' meeting held on December 17, 2021 (the minutes of which were drawn up, by deed of Notary Giovanni Vacirca, dated December 18, 2021, under repertoire no. 167898 and collection no. 76975).
The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be asked to approve the New Articles, which comply with the laws of the Netherlands, in the form attached to this Report sub Annex A. The New Articles, if approved by the aforementioned Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, will come into effect on the Transaction Effective Date, replacing Brembo's bylaws under Annex D.
For information on Brembo's corporate governance system and shareholders' rights following the completion of the Transaction, please refer to paragraph 5.1 below as well as to the text of the New Articles (Annex A) and the table containing a comparative summary of the provisions currently in force and those that will be applicable as of the Transaction Effective Date (Annex C).

In order to further strengthen the stability of the Group and incentivize the development and ongoing involvement of a stable base of long-term shareholders (so-called loyal shareholders), also in function of the implementation of the Group's growth strategy through acquisitions and consolidation of companies active in sectors similar or complementary to the one in which the Group operates, the Transaction envisages confirming and strengthening the institution of the Voting Increase pursuant to Article 127-quinquies of the ICLF (so-called loyalty scheme) currently in place since 2019, through the adoption of a mechanism based on the allocation to "loyal" shareholders of special shares that grant additional voting rights to those due by virtue of holding ordinary shares (the "Special Voting Mechanism").
In the Italian legal system, the law (i.e., Article 127-quinquies of the ICLF) allows the benefit of the Voting Increase, to the maximum extent of 2 (two) votes to be attributed to each share that has belonged to the same shareholder for a continuous period of at least 24 (twenty-four) months from the date of registration in the special register established pursuant to Article 127-quinquies, paragraph 1, of the ICLF (the "Italian Special List"), upon request by each shareholder. Entitlement to benefit of the Voting Increase, once the relevant prerequisites are met, is achieved as a result of continuous inclusion in the Italian Special List, without the need for the eligible shareholders to be granted additional shares to the ordinary shares already held.
In contrast, in the Dutch system, the voting increase is granted, to shareholders who have accrued the right, through the allotment of a special category shares (the "Special Voting Shares" or "SVS") that grant voting rights in proportion to their par value.
The Special Voting Mechanism provides – through the matching of Special Voting Shares to Brembo's Ordinary Shares which continue to award 1 (one) vote each, (the "Ordinary Shares") that long-term "loyal" shareholders have the opportunity to exercise:

In addition, in order to reward Brembo's current shareholders who, as of today, are already - or express their desire to become - long-term shareholders and who intend to support the Company in its growth and internationalization project (an essential phase of which is the Cross-Border Transaction), as well as to encourage the long-term commitment of all Brembo's current shareholders, the Special Voting Mechanism provides for:
all as better described in paragraph 3.2.2 below.
The characteristics of the Special Voting Shares are described in the New Articles, attached to this Report sub Annex A, as well as in the Terms and Conditions of the Special Voting Shares, attached to this Report sub Annex B.
The allotment of Special Voting Shares does not preclude the transferability of the Ordinary Shares associated with them, it being understood that, for the purpose of the transfer, the shareholder must request, through its intermediary, the removal of the Ordinary Shares it intends to transfer from the special register maintained by Brembo pursuant to the Terms and Conditions of the Special Voting Shares (the "Loyalty Register"). However, subject to transfers to specific successors in title (in respect of which please refer to the Terms and Conditions), following the transfer the voting rights associated with the Special Voting Shares will be suspended with immediate effect and the Special Voting Shares will be transferred to Brembo without the payment of any consideration (for further details please refer to paragraph 3.2.4 below).

Initial allotment: Brembo's shareholders who (1) do not hold the Voting Increase at the Transaction Effective Date and (2) have registered (or have validly submitted to Brembo the request for registration) of their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List by the Final Term, shall be entitled to exercise a total of 2 (two) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held and to this end shall be entitled to receive - for each Ordinary Share held and which have been continuously registered in the Italian Special List by the Final Term - 1 (one) Special Voting Share of category "A" granting 1 (one) voting right (the "Special Voting Shares A" or "SVS A") as long as the relevant shareholder makes such application as provided below (the shareholders making such application, the "Initial Electing A Shareholders"). The Special Voting Shares A will be allotted to the Initial Electing A Shareholders no later than 15 (fifteen) business days from the Transaction Effective Date (the "Initial Allotment Date").
Brembo's shareholders who, as of the date of this Report, have not registered their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List and intend to become Initial Electing A Shareholders shall be required to register their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List by the date of the Final Term, by means of the procedure described in Brembo's regulations for increasing voting rights available on Brembo's website (www.brembo.com). In particular, such shareholders will be required to submit the form of request for the registration in the Italian Special List of all or part of their Ordinary Shares to their intermediary, so that the intermediary can ensure that the registration request and related ancillary documents are received by Brembo by the date of the Final Term.
Subsequent allotment: Brembo's shareholders who (1) have not registered their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special Register or (2) have validly submitted a request to Brembo for their inclusion in the Italian Special List after the Final Term, upon application for registration of its Ordinary Shares in the Loyalty Register ,shall be entitled to exercise a total of 2 (two) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held after 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding of the Ordinary Shares, as well as of continuous registration of the same in the Loyalty Register. Only for Ordinary Shares for which the request for inclusion in the Italian Special List has been validly submitted to Brembo after the Final Term, the previous inclusion in the Italian Special List will be taken into account.
To this end, the aforesaid persons shall be entitled to receive, for each Ordinary Share held, 1 (one) Special Voting Share A, provided that the shareholder concerned makes a request as provided below. After 1 (one) year from the date of registration of the Ordinary Shares in the Loyalty Register, such Special Voting Shares A shall be allotted to the entitled Brembo shareholders.
The Initial Electing A Shareholders shall be entitled to receive, on the Initial Allotment Date, a number of Special Voting Shares A corresponding to the number of Ordinary Shares registered in the Italian Special List (or for which the request for registration has been validly submitted to Brembo) by the Final Term and for which the benefit of the Voting Increase has not accrued by the Transaction Effective Date. For this purpose, on the Transaction Effective Date, Ordinary Shares continuously registered in the Italian Special List (or for which the request for registration has been validly submitted to Brembo) prior to the Final Term will be automatically
registered in the Loyalty Register. From the date of such registration, such Ordinary Shares will become Qualifying Ordinary Shares A (as defined in the Terms and Conditions).
Initial Electing A Shareholders who wish to receive Special Voting Shares A on the Initial Allotment Date should follow the procedure described in the Terms and Conditions available on Brembo's website (www.brembo.com).
In particular, following to the completion of the Transaction, the Initial Electing A Shareholders shall for this purpose:
The ownership of the Ordinary Shares on the Transaction Effective Date and the date of transmission of the Initial Electing Form and the Power of Attorney to the intermediary will be attested by the intermediary.
Subject to the verification that the conditions for the allotment of Special Voting Shares A are met, the Initial Electing A Ordinary Shares shall entitle the relevant holder to receive a corresponding number of Special Voting Shares A which will, therefore, become Qualifying Ordinary Shares A (as defined in the Terms and Conditions). The Special Voting Shares A will be issued no later than 15 (fifteen) business days after the Transaction Effective Date; on the same date, each Initial Electing A Shareholder will receive one Special Voting Share A for each Qualifying Ordinary Share A held.
(2) Request for subsequent allotment of Special Voting Shares A by shareholders not registered in the Italian Special List on the Transaction Effective Date
Following the completion of the Transaction, Brembo shareholders who (1) do not have registered their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List and (2) wish to receive Special Voting Shares A must request Brembo to register (in whole or in part) their Ordinary Shares within the Loyalty Register by sending, through their respective depository intermediaries, a request form (the "Election Form") and the Power of Attorney, which will be made available on Brembo's website (www.brembo.com), duly completed and signed by the requesting shareholders.
Ownership of the Ordinary Shares on the date of transmission of the Election Form to the depository intermediary will be attested by that intermediary.
From the date the Ordinary Shares are registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of the same shareholder or his successor provided that he is a "loyalty transferee" (as defined in the Terms and Conditions), such Ordinary Shares will become Electing Ordinary Shares (as defined in the Terms and Conditions). After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as

continuous enrollment in the Loyalty Register), the Electing Ordinary Shares will become Qualifying Ordinary Shares A and the holder will receive 1 (one) Special Voting A Share for each Qualifying Ordinary Share A held.
(3) Request for subsequent allotment of SVS A by shareholders registered in the Italian Special List after the Final Term
In the event of a request for the allotment of SVS A by shareholders who (1), as of the Transaction Effective Date, are not holders of the Voting Increase and (2) have validly submitted to Brembo the request for registration of their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List after the Final Term, the previous period of registration in the Italian Special List shall also be taken into account, subject to the conditions indicated below. In particular, the term of 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding of the Electing Ordinary Shares (as well as of continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) shall run from the date of the initial registration in the Italian Special List.
After the expiration of the aforementioned term, the Electing Ordinary Shares will become Qualifying Ordinary Shares A and the holder will receive 1 (one) Special Voting Share A for each Qualifying Ordinary Share A held.
To this end, Ordinary Shares that are registered in the Italian Special List on the Transaction Effective Date will be automatically registered in the Loyalty Register.
After that date, shareholders who wish to keep their Ordinary Shares on the Loyalty Register shall follow the procedure described in the Terms and Conditions of the Special Voting Shares and submit to Brembo, through their respective intermediary the registration confirmation form (the "Registration Confirmation Form") which will be made available on the Company's website (www.brembo.com), duly completed and signed, within 10 (ten) business days from the Transaction Effective Date. The intermediary will send the Registration Confirmation Form, duly completed and signed by the requesting shareholders, to Brembo.
Following the receipt of the Registration Confirmation Form by the Company, such Ordinary Shares will be converted into Electing Ordinary Shares and treated as such as of the Transaction Effective Date.
The ownership of Brembo's shares on the Transaction Effective Date and at the date of submission of the Registration Confirmation Form to the depository intermediary will be attested by the intermediary.
Initial Allotment: Brembo shareholders who on the Transaction Effective Date hold the Voting Increase shall be entitled to exercise a total of 3 (three) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held and, for this purpose, shall be entitled to receive - for each Ordinary Share held and continuously registered in the Italian Special List before the Final Term - 1 (one) Special Voting Share of category "B" granting 2 (two) voting rights (the "Special Voting Shares B" or "SVS B") as long as the relevant shareholder makes such application as provided below (the shareholders making such application, the "Initial Electing B Shareholders" and, together with the Initial Electing A Shareholders, collectively, the "Initial Electing Shareholders"). The Special Voting Shares B will be allotted to the Initial Electing B Shareholders on the Initial Allotment Date.

For this purpose, after the aforementioned time period has elapsed, each Special Voting Share A held will be converted into a Special Voting Share B.
(1) Request for initial allotment of SVS B by Initial Electing B Shareholders
The Initial Electing B Shareholders shall be entitled to receive, on the Initial Allotment Date, a number of Special Voting Shares B corresponding to the number of Ordinary Shares that, on the Transaction Effective Date, are provided with the benefit of the Voting Increase. To this end, on the Transaction Effective Date, Ordinary Shares bearing the benefit of the Voting Increase will be automatically registered in the Loyalty Register. As of the date of such registration, such Ordinary Shares will become Initial Electing Ordinary Shares B (as defined in the Terms and Conditions).
Initial Electing B Shareholders who wish to receive Special Voting B Shares on the Initial Allotment Date should follow the procedure described in the Terms and Conditions available on Brembo's website (www.brembo.com).
Specifically, following the completion of the Transaction, the Initial Electing B Shareholders shall for this purpose:
Ownership of the Ordinary Shares on the Transaction Effective Date and the date of transmission of the Initial Allotment Form to the depository intermediary will be attested by the intermediary.
Subject to the verification of compliance with the conditions for the allotment of Special Voting Shares B, the Initial Electing Ordinary Shares B shall entitle the relevant holder to receive a corresponding number of Special Voting Shares B and will therefore become Qualifying Ordinary Shares B (as defined in the Terms and Conditions). The Special Voting Shares B will be issued no later than 15 (fifteen) business days after the Transaction Effective Date; on the same date, each Initial Electing B Shareholder will receive one Special Voting Share B for each Qualifying Ordinary Shares B held.
(2) Request for subsequent allocation of SVS B by shareholders registered in the Italian Special List after the Announcement Date and who have not accrued the Voting Increase
In the event of a request for the allotment of SVS B by shareholders who (1) have registered (or have validly caused Brembo to receive a request for the registration of) their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List by the Announcement Date; and (2) are not holders of the Voting Increase as of the Transaction Effective Date, the previous period of registration in the Italian Special List will also be taken into account, subject to the conditions set forth below.
Specifically, Qualifying Ordinary Shares A held by shareholders who have registered their Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List prior to the Announcement Date will convert into Qualifying Ordinary Shares B, according to a ratio of 1:1, and the relevant holder shall be entitled to exercise 3 (three) voting rights for each of them at the earlier of (1) the lapse of the 24th (twenty-fourth) month from the registration of the Ordinary Shares in the Italian Special List; and (2) the lapse of 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding of Special Voting Shares A (as well as of continuous registration of the Ordinary Shares with which such Special Voting Shares A are associated in the Loyalty Register). For this purpose, the corresponding Special Voting Shares A shall convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Special Voting Shares B.
(3) Request for subsequent allocation of SVS B by shareholders not on the Italian Special List by the Announcement Date
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares A, such Qualifying Ordinary Shares A will convert into Qualifying Ordinary Shares B, according to a ratio of 1:1, and the corresponding holder shall be entitled to exercise 3 (three) voting rights for each of them. For this purpose, the corresponding Special Voting Shares A will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Special Voting Shares B.
c) Entitlement to 4 (four) voting rights: allotment of Special Voting Shares C
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares B, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 4 (four) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.

Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares B will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares C; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares B will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Special Voting Shares "C" bearing 3 (three) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares C" or "SVS C").
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares C, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 5 (five) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.
Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares C will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares D; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares C will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Special Voting Shares "D" bearing 4 (four) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares D" or "SVS D").
e) Entitlement to 6 (six) voting rights: allotment of Special Voting Shares E
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares D, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 6 (six) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.
Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares D will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares E; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares D will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Special Voting Shares "E" bearing 5 (five) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares E" or "SVS E").
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares E, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 7 (seven) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.
Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares E will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares F; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares E will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Special Voting Shares "F" bearing 6 (six) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares F" or "SVS F").
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares F, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 8 (eight) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.
Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares F will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares G; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares F will convert, according to a 1:1 ratio, into Special Voting Shares "G" bearing 7 (seven) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares G" or "SVS G").

After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares G, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 9 (nine) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.
Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares G will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares H; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares G will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Special Voting Shares "H" bearing 8 (eight) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares H" or "SVS H").
After 1 (one) year of uninterrupted holding (as well as continuous registration in the Loyalty Register) of Qualifying Ordinary Shares H, their holders shall be entitled to exercise 10 (ten) voting rights for each Ordinary Share held.
Specifically, (1) such Qualifying Ordinary Shares H will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Qualifying Ordinary Shares I; and (2) the corresponding Special Voting Shares H will convert, according to a ratio of 1:1, into Special Voting Shares "I" bearing 9 (nine) voting rights each (the "Special Voting Shares I" or "SVS I").
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By signing the Power of Attorney, shareholders will grant a power of attorney to the Company and an agent (the "Agent"), whereby it will authorize and irrevocably instruct each of the Company and the Agent to represent it and act on its behalf in connection with the issuance, allotment, acquisition, conversion, sale, re-purchase and transfer of the Special Voting Shares under the Terms and Conditions. Pursuant to the Terms and Conditions, Brembo shall also be entitled to grant the same powers and obligations (in whole or in part) to the Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to represent the Company as well as to execute and sign all documentation relating to the Special Voting Shares on behalf of the Company.
The Special Voting Shares will not be tradable on Euronext Milan. The Special Voting Shares to be issued pursuant to the New Articles will have a par value of (i) Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one) for Special Voting Shares A; (ii) Euro 0.02 (zero point zero two) for Special Voting Shares B; (iii) Euro 0.03 (zero point zero three) for Special Voting Shares C; (iv) Euro 0.04 (zero point zero four) for Special Voting Shares D, (v) Euro 0.05 (zero point zero five) for Special Voting Shares E; (v) Euro 0.06 (zero point zero six) for Special Voting Shares F; (vi) Euro 0.07 (zero point zero seven) for Special Voting Shares G; (vii) Euro 0.08 (zero point zero eight) for Special Voting Shares H; and (ix) Euro 0.09 (zero point zero nine) for Special Voting Shares I.
Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the New Articles, Brembo will maintain a separate capital reserve (the "Special Capital Reserve") in order to release the par value of the Special Voting Shares to be issued to the holders of the Qualifying Ordinary Shares. Brembo's board of directors may decide to issue the shares at the expense of the Special Capital Reserve and to increase or decrease this Special Capital Reserve by using or releasing other reserves of the Company. If the board of directors so decides, Special Voting Shares can be issued at the expense of the Special Capital Reserve in lieu of an actual

payment to Brembo of the relevant par value of the Special Voting Shares by the entitled shareholders.
The Special Voting Shares and the manner in which they are allotted are provided for and governed by the New Articles and Terms and Conditions, which are submitted to the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting for approval. For additional information regarding the Special Voting Shares, please refer to the New Articles and Terms and Conditions (7 ).
While Ordinary Shares are freely transferable, Special Voting Shares cannot be transferred to third parties (except under certain circumstances, specified in the Terms and Conditions).
In order to transfer Ordinary Shares registered in the Loyalty Register, shareholders must submit to Brembo, through their respective intermediary, the de-registration request in relation to those Ordinary Shares from the Loyalty Register (the "De-Registration Request"), through the form that will be made available on the Company's website (www.brembo.com), duly completed and signed by the requesting shareholders. Following this de-registration request, the relevant Ordinary Shares may be transferred freely.
Following the transfer of the Ordinary Shares, as well as if there is a change of control over the shareholder in question, the voting rights associated with the Special Voting Shares will be suspended with immediate effect and the Special Voting Shares will be transferred to Brembo without the recognition of any consideration (om niet). This is without prejudice to transfers to specific assignees (so-called Loyalty Transferee, as defined in the Terms and Conditions). In addition, the period of registration in the Loyalty Register will be interrupted.
In order to reward the long term commitment of the Company's loyal shareholders and further reinforce the Company's stability, the New Articles provide for the possibility that Brembo's board of directors, subject to a resolution of the shareholders' meeting, will grant all holders of Special Voting Shares I the right to convert each of their Ordinary Shares, to which the Special Voting Shares I are combined, into a multiple voting share entitling them to 20 (twenty) votes each, (the "Multiple Voting Shares") according to a ratio of 1:1 (the "Conversion Right"). Such Conversion Right may be exercised, subject to the adoption of the necessary resolutions of the relevant corporate bodies, in specific predetermined time windows. The Multiple Voting Shares may not be listed on any regulated market or multilateral trading facility and transfers thereof may be subject to certain restrictions.
Brembo's board of directors may recognize the possibility of exercising the Conversion Right under the terms described above only following the prior adoption of a special shareholders' meeting resolution, with the legal majorities, that (i) authorizes the board of directors; and (ii) amends the Company's bylaws by providing for the introduction of the new class of special shares (the Multiple Voting Shares) and the related conversion mechanism.
( 7)Pursuant to Article 21.2 of the Terms and Conditions of the Special Voting Shares, the same may be amended based on a resolution of Brembo's board of directors, subject to the approval of Brembo's shareholders' meeting. The approval of Brembo's shareholders' meeting is not required in the case of amendments that are merely technical or required to ensure compliance with applicable laws or stock exchange regulations.

Since the Transaction entails the conversion of the adopted legal form, Brembo shareholders who do not concur in the approval of the Transaction at the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting (as opposed, abstaining or absent) shall be entitled to exercise, if the relevant resolution is approved, the Withdrawal pursuant to Article 2437, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code, with respect to all or part of the Brembo's ordinary shares held.
Pursuant to Article 127-bis, paragraph 2, of the ICLF, a person in whose favor a registration on account of shares is made after the record date of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting referred to in Article 83-sexies, paragraph 2, of the ICLF (July 18, 2023) and before the starting of the of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, is deemed not to have contributed to the approval of the resolution for the purpose of exercising the Withdrawal.
The effectiveness of the exercise of the Withdrawal by the eligible shareholders who have validly exercised it (the "Withdrawing Shareholders") shall be conditioned upon the Cross-Border Conversion becoming effective, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.4 above. The Brembo's ordinary shares for which the Withdrawal is exercised (the "Withdrawal Shares") may not be sold or be disposed until the transfer of such shares or verification that the Conditions have not been fulfilled (or waived, as the case may be).
Pursuant to Article 2437-bis of the Italian Civil Code, eligible shareholders may exercise their Withdrawal within and no later than 15 (fifteen) days from the registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the Companies' Register of Bergamo, by sending Brembo a statement (the "Statement") (8 ) by one of the following methods:
( 8) The Statement shall contain the information referred to in Article 2437-bis, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code, namely: (i) the personal data, tax code, domicile and a telephone number of the Withdrawing Shareholder, for communications pertaining to the Withdrawal; (ii) the number of shares for which the Withdrawal is being exercised; and (iii) an indication of the authorized intermediary with whom the account in which the Shares for which the Withdrawal is being exercised are deposited (the "Intermediary"). The Withdrawing Shareholder shall, in addition, request the Intermediary, at the same time that the Statement is sent to Brembo, the issuance of the notice certifying: (i) the uninterrupted ownership of the Withdrawal Shares by the claimant from before the opening of the proceedings of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting and until the time of the issuance of the notice by the Intermediary; as well as (ii) the absence of any lien or other encumbrances on the Withdrawal Shares. If the Withdrawal Shares are encumbered by a pledge or other lien in favor of a third party, the Withdrawing Shareholder shall also attach to the Statement the affidavit of the pledgee (i.e., the party in whose favor the lien is affixed) by which such party gives its irrevocable and unconditional consent to the release of the shares from the pledge and/or lien, as well as to the liquidation thereof, in accordance with the instructions of the Withdrawing Shareholder.

Notice of the successful registration will be announced by means of a notice published on the Company's website (www.brembo.com), on the authorized storage mechanism "" of Computershare S.p.A. () as well as in a national daily newspaper.
Pursuant to Article 2437-ter, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code, the liquidation value of the Withdrawal Shares to be paid to the Withdrawing Shareholders is equal to Euro 13.096 (thirteenpointzeroninetysix) for each Brembo's ordinary share, i.e., the arithmetic average of the closing prices of Brembo's ordinary shares on Euronext Milan in the 6 (six) months preceding the publication of the notice of call of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting occurred in June, 20 2023 (the "Liquidation Value").
Once the period for the exercise of the Withdrawal has expired and before the Transaction becomes effective, the Withdrawal Shares shall be offered, under option and pre-emption, to the other shareholders and, thereafter, unsold Withdrawal Shares may be offered to third parties; any Withdrawal Shares that may remain unsold shall be purchased by Brembo at the Liquidation Value. The above offer and sale procedure, as well as the payment of any consideration due to the Withdrawing Shareholders, will be conditional on the completion of the Transaction. Therefore, in the event that one or more of the Conditions ( 9 ) is not fulfilled or waived, the offer and placement as well as the subsequent purchase of the Withdrawal Shares cannot take place or become effective, and they will remain at the disposal of the respective Withdrawing Shareholders.
The Company's controlling shareholder, Nuova FourB S.r.l. supports the international Group's strategy and, therefore, the Cross-Border Conversion. In light of the above, in order to reduce the Company's potential disbursement resulting from the purchase of the Withdrawal Shares that are not purchased pursuant to Article 2437-quater of the Italian Civil Code, Nuova FourB S.r.l. has committed to purchase Withdrawal Shares up to a maximum aggregate value of Euro 50,000,000 (fifty million) (the "Back Stop Commitment").
Further details on the exercise of the Withdrawal as well as information regarding the manner and terms of the liquidation procedure (including the number of Withdrawal Shares, the option and preemption offer as well as the market offer) will be provided to Brembo's shareholders in accordance with applicable laws and regulations with notices published on the Company's website (www.brembo.com), on authorized storage mechanism "" of Computershare S.p.A. (**) as well as in a national daily newspaper.
( 9 ) As further described in the previous section. 2.4, the effectiveness of the Transaction is conditioned, inter alia, on the circumstance that the Disbursement Amount to be paid by the Company:
(a) to Brembo shareholders who have exercised their Withdrawal in connection with the Cross-Border Conversion, pursuant to Article 2437-quater of the Italian Civil Code; and/or
(b) to Brembo's creditors prior to the registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the Bergamo Companies Register, who have proposed opposition to the Cross-Border Conversion and/or the Capital Decrease (or, alternatively, to banks or other financial institutions in order to sufficiently secure the claims of such Brembo creditors);
not exceed in the aggregate the amount of Euro 200,000,000 (), it being understood, in any event and for the sake of clarity, that the Disbursement Amount shall be calculated upon completion of the liquidation procedure for the Withdrawal Shares, i.e. net of (1) the aggregate amount payable by the Company's shareholders or third parties for the purchase of the Withdrawal Shares pursuant to Article 2437-quater of the Italian Civil Code and (2) the amount to be paid a pursuant to the Back Stop Commitment assumed by the majority shareholder Nuova FourB S.r.l., (equal to Euro 50,000,000 (fifty million)), as well as any other purchase or commitment to purchase the Withdrawal Shares.

As of the date of this Report, the Company has not issued any class of shares other than ordinary shares, nor has it issued any securities other than ordinary shares.
The rights currently enjoyed by Brembo shareholders will change as a result of the completion of the Transaction, because the Company, as of the Transaction Effective Date, will take the corporate form of a public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootschap)(N.V.) governed by the laws of the Netherlands (and no longer, with limited and specific exceptions, by Italian law) and the New Articles will come into effect.
The following are the most significant differences in terms of shareholder rights:

with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code (as defined below), will constitute the majority of the members of the board of directors (10);
For further information on the corporate governance system and regulations applicable to Brembo and its shareholders as of the Transaction Effective Date, please refer to paragraph 6, the text of the New Articles (Annex A) and the table containing a comparative summary of the provisions currently in force and those that will be applicable as of the Transaction Effective Date (Annex C).
For tax impacts on shareholders, please refer to paragraph 7 below.
The Transaction will take place under the continuity of legal relations and, therefore, will have no impact on the Company's relations with its creditors. Moreover, based on the information available as of the date of this Report, there is nothing to indicate that the Company may, once the Transaction becomes effective, be unable to meet its obligations as they fall due.
However, in line with certain Italian notarial guidelines and opinions ( 11) and taking into account that in the context of the Transaction a Share Capital Decrease is envisaged, the Cross-Border Conversion will not be executed before 90 (ninety) calendar days have elapsed since the registration of the
( 10) With reference to the internal organization and work of the board of directors, it is also expected that, following the completion of the Transaction, the latter board of directors will adopt board rules in accordance with the best practices applicable to Dutch companies.
( 11) See opinion E.B.3. of the Interregional Committee of Notarial Boards of The Three Venetias: "It is preferable to consider that the cancellation of the company from the Italian Commercial Register cannot take place before sixty days have elapsed since the registration of the resolution without any objections from creditors."

resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the Companies' Register of Bergamo, provided that within this period no corporate creditor prior to the registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting has filed an opposition.
The Transaction will take place under the continuity of legal relations and, therefore, will also have no impact on the Company's relations with its employees, which will continue to be governed by Italian law.
For the purpose of its Transactions in Italy, it is in any case provided that the Company shall establish a branch office with permanent representation in Italy, pursuant to Article 2508 of the Italian Civil Code.
With reference to Brembo's incentive plans currently in place, the Transaction will have no impact on them and, therefore, the beneficiaries, after the Transaction Effective Date, will maintain the same rights.
As indicated in the previous paragraph, the Cross-Border Conversion will result in the Company being governed, as of the Transaction Effective Date, by the laws of the Netherlands (and no longer, with limited and specific exceptions, by Italian law). In this regard, the most relevant profiles in terms of the rules applicable to Brembo and its shareholders following the Cross-Border Conversion are indicated below.
The completion of the Transaction will not result in changes to the current composition of Brembo's board of directors, whose members will remain in office after the Transaction Effective Date and until the date of the shareholders' meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2025.
However, some aspects of Brembo's system of administration under the New Articles differ from the system of administration under the bylaws currently in force. In fact, Brembo will adopt a onetier board system, consisting of executive directors and non-executive directors, the latter of whom will also supervise the executive directors. Directors will hold office for a period not exceeding four years and may be re-elected.
Pursuant to the New Articles (and in accordance with what is currently provided for), Brembo's board of directors shall consist of a minimum of 5 (five) to a maximum of 11 (eleven) directors.
In accordance with the best practices applicable to Dutch companies, it is envisaged that the Company will establish internal committees of the board of directors in line with the existing ones, namely the audit and risk committee and the remuneration and nomination committee. In any case, the board of directors may establish other committees, identifying their duties and powers, it being understood that, under all circumstances, the board of directors will remain fully responsible for the decisions made by these committees.

It is also planned that following the Cross-Border Conversion a new remuneration policy will be submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting for approval. This policy will be adopted in accordance with Dutch law and the New Articles. It is, however, understood that the incumbent directors will continue to receive compensation that (i) in economic terms, will be substantially equivalent to that to which they are entitled pursuant to the resolution of appointment adopted by the Company's Shareholders' Meeting on April 20, 2023, as well as (ii) will be substantially in accordance with the rules and principles set forth in the remuneration policy approved by the Brembo's board of directors and subsequently by the Shareholders' Meeting on March 2, 2023 and April 20, 2023, respectively.
Brembo will adopt a governance system that does not provide for a board of statutory auditors and, therefore, on the Transaction Effective Date the board of statutory auditors currently in office will cease to exist and no new board of statutory auditors will be appointed. It is, in any case, envisaged that the Company will establish an audit and risk committee ("Audit Committee") in line with the one existing today, which will be entrusted with audit duties in accordance with Dutch statutory and regulatory provisions. The Supervisory Board provided for under Italian Legislative Decree no. 231 of June 8, 2001 (the "Legislative Decree 231") will also be retained.
The Audit Committee will be responsible for, inter alia, assisting the board of directors in carrying out the tasks entrusted to it in the area of internal control, assessing the proper use of accounting standards and their uniformity for the purpose of preparing the consolidated financial statements, and supervising the effectiveness of the audit process, reporting periodically to the board of directors on its activities as well as on the adequacy of the internal control system.
Following the completion of the Transaction, Brembo will no longer adopt, as a reference model for its corporate governance, the provisions of the corporate governance code for listed companies adopted by the corporate governance committee promoted by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. Instead, the Company will comply with the Dutch corporate governance code (the "Dutch Corporate Governance Code" or "DCGC"), which contains provisions on best practices applicable to companies with registered offices in the Netherlands whose shares are listed on regulated markets (including foreign markets). These principles are to be regarded as a general guide to good corporate governance and compose a set of standards governing the conduct of each corporate body of a listed Dutch company.
The application of the DCGC is based on the so-called comply-or-explain principle. Consequently, listed companies are required to provide, in the annual management report drafted by the board of directors, information on whether or not they comply with the various principles and best practice provisions set forth in the DCGC. If a company compliance departs from a principle or best practice provision, it must provide a substantive and transparent explanation for any departures.
Brembo's board of directors recognizes the importance of good corporate governance and agrees with the general approach and the majority of the provisions of the DCGC.
Notwithstanding the fact that the completion of the Transaction will not result in changes to the current composition of Brembo's board of directors, it should be noted that the current chairman of the board of directors is an executive director who cannot be considered independent under Dutch

law, and in particular under the DCGC; therefore, it is envisaged that the board of directors will retain its executive chairman and, in addition, appoint one of its non-executive members as "lead non-executive director," and the latter will serve as the formal chairman of the board of directors.
Any deviations from best practices will be explained, in accordance with the DCGC, in the annual management report drafted by the board of directors.
Given that Brembo's ordinary shares will continue to be listed on Euronext Milan following the completion of the Transaction, takeover bids involving Brembo shares will be subject in part to Dutch law and in part to certain regulations under Italian law.
The rules of Dutch law and those of Italian law will apply in different areas.
In particular, pursuant to Article 101-ter, paragraph 4, of the ICLF, which is also applicable as a result of the Cross-Border Conversion, matters relating to the consideration of the offer and the procedure of the offer (in particular, the disclosure requirements regarding the decision to proceed with the offer, the content of the offer document, and the disclosure of the offer), while matters of company law will be governed by Dutch law, in particular, the thresholds upon exceeding which the obligation to make a takeover bid follows and the exceptions to this obligation, as well as the conditions under which the board of directors of the offeree company may perform acts or transactions that may counteract the achievement of the objectives of the offer.
With particular reference to mandatory takeover bids, the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht) provides, in summary, that a shareholder who acquires a position of predominant control over a listed company is obliged to submit a takeover bid for all of the shares of the company in question, where predominant control is understood to mean that a shareholder can exercise at least 30% (thirty percent) of the voting rights in the company's shareholders' meeting. In addition, the Dutch Financial Supervision Act provides for exemptions from the obligation to submit a takeover bid, such as in the event that the shareholder reduces its shareholding below the applicable threshold within 30 (thirty) days and in the event that a person, having submitted a voluntary takeover bid, can exercise as a result of it at least 50% (fifty percent) of the voting rights in the company's shareholders' meeting.
With reference to the thresholds above at which the obligation to submit a takeover bid is triggered, it should be noted that Dutch law does not provide a provision similar to that on the so-called "consolidation" takeover bis, as set out in Article 106, paragraph 3, letter b), of the ICLF.
As of the Transaction Effective Date, disclosure requirements for significant holdings in the Company's capital will be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.
Specifically, pursuant to the Dutch Financial Supervision Act, any person who, directly or indirectly acquires or dispose of an actual or potential interest in the capital or voting rights of Brembo must immediately notify the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, (Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten: the "AFM"), through a designated portal, if, as a result of such acquisition or disposal, the percentage of the capital interest or voting rights held by such person in the Company reaches, exceeds, or falls below the following thresholds: 3% (three percent), 5% (five percent), 10% (ten

percent), 15% (fifteen percent), 20% (twenty percent), 25% (twenty-five percent), 30% (thirty percent), 40% (forty percent), 50% (fifty percent), 60% (sixty percent), 75% (seventy-five percent), and 95% (ninety-five percent).
The disclosure requirement also applies if a person's capital interest or voting rights reaches, exceeds, or falls below the above thresholds as a result of a change in the Company's total issued share capital and/or voting rights. Such notification shall be made no later than the fourth trading day following the date on which the AFM published the Company's notification of the change of its issued share capital or voting rights.
In addition, every holder of 3% or more of the Company's share capital or voting rights whose interest changes in respect of the previous notification of the AFM by reaching or crossing one of the thresholds mentioned above as a consequence of the interest being differently composed due to an exchange of, for example, options for shares, must notify the AFM of the changes within four trading days after the date on which the holders knows or should have known that their interest reaches or crosses a relevant threshold.
For the purpose of calculating the percentage of capital interest or voting rights, the following interests must, inter alia, be taken into account: (a) shares and voting rights directly held (or acquired or disposed) by any person; (b) shares and voting rights held (or acquired or disposed of) by such person's controlled entity or by a third party for such person's account or by a third party with whom such person has concluded an oral or writing voting agreement; (c) voting rights acquired pursuant to an agreement providing for a temporary transfer of voting rights against a payment; (d) shares which such person (directly or indirectly), or third party referred to above, may acquire pursuant to any option or other right to acquire shares; (e) shares that determine the value of certain cash- settled financial instruments such as contracts for difference and total return swaps; (f) shares that must be acquired upon exercise of a put option by a counterparty; and (g) shares that are the subject of another contract creating an economic position similar to a direct or indirect holding in those shares.
Therefore, anyone who, as of the Transaction Effective Date, holds an interest in the share capital equal to at least 3% (three percent) of Brembo's issued share capital, or a percentage of voting rights equal to at least 3% (three percent) of Brembo's voting rights, must then take steps to notify the AFM without delay.
Each board member, for his or her part, shall also notify the AFM of the number of shares in Brembo (including any option rights) and the number of voting rights in Brembo he or she holds as of the Transaction Effective Date, as well as any subsequent changes.
Failure to comply with the reporting requirements under the Market Abuse Regulation and the Dutch Financial Supervision Act, described above, constitutes an economic tort (economisch delict) under Dutch law and may result in criminal or administrative sanctions, imprisonment or other sanctioning measures. The AFM may impose administrative sanctions or measures to enjoin the offending conduct, assisted by payment obligations for failure to comply. Where criminal charges are formulated, the AFM is no longer permitted to apply administrative sanctions; conversely, the formulation of criminal charges is no longer permitted where administrative sanctions have already been applied. In addition, the civil judicial authority may take measures against any person who fails to report, or fails to properly report, to the AFM circumstances that must be reported. A request to impose such measures must be submitted by the Company and/or one or more shareholders who, alone or together with others, represent at least three percent (3%) of the Company's issued share

capital or are able to exercise at least three percent (3%) of the voting rights. Measures that the civil judicial authority may take include: (a) order to the person who has failed to comply with the disclosure obligation under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act to make due disclosure; (b) suspension of the exercise of voting rights for up to 3 (three) years, as determined by the court; (c) annulment of the resolution adopted by the shareholders' meeting, if the court finds that the resolution itself would not have been adopted without the casting vote of the person subject to the disclosure obligation, or suspension of the effectiveness of the resolution adopted by the shareholders' meeting until the decision on the annulment, if any; and (d) prohibition of a person who has violated the disclosure duties under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act, for a maximum period of 5 (five) years, as determined by the court, from acquiring shares and/or voting rights of Brembo.
As of the Transaction Effective Date, the provisions of the regulation on related parties' transactions, as approved by CONSOB with Resolution No. 17221 of March 12, 2010, will no longer apply to the Company because of its Dutch nationality. Likewise, the procedure on related party transactions adopted pursuant to the mentioned regulation by resolution of the Company's board of directors on November 12, 2010, as last amended by resolution of the board of directors on May 10, 2021, will also cease to apply.
After the Transaction Effective Date, the rules of Dutch law will apply to related party transactions.
Under Dutch law, material transactions with related parties not entered into within the ordinary course of business or not concluded on normal market terms, will need to be approved by the board of directors of Brembo and be publicly announced at the time that the transaction is entered into. In addition, certain items in respect of any such related party transaction not concluded on normal market terms must be disclosed in the explanatory notes to the Company's annual financial statements.
In addition, the DCGC requires that all transactions in which a conflict of interest with members of the board of directors emerges must be negotiated and concluded on terms that are customary in the market. Transactions in which a conflict of interest emerges with members of the board of directors, and which are of material significance to Brembo or the member of the board of directors, require the approval of the non-executive directors. Such transactions must be reported in the annual management report of the board of directors.
The DCGC contains similar best practices in relation to all transactions that are entered into between Brembo and individuals or legal entities that hold an interest of at least 10% (ten percent) of the Company's share capital.
Additional regulations under Dutch law also require the board of directors to give evidence of material related party transactions that have been concluded outside the normal course of business or on terms not customary in the market. No shareholders' approval is required.
It is also expected that following the Cross-Border Conversion, Brembo's board of directors will adopt a policy on related party transactions compliant with the laws of the Netherlands.

As of the Transaction Effective Date, the Italian regulations set forth in Legislative Decree 231, governing the administrative liability of companies and entities, will no longer apply to Brembo.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, considering the fact that Brembo will only transfer its registered office to the Netherlands and not the production plants, the Company will in any case continue to apply the organization, management and control model adopted pursuant to Article 6 of Legislative Decree 231 (as most recently updated in July 2022) and the Supervisory Board - set up pursuant to that legislation - will continue to operate in its current composition.
In addition, it is expected that following the Cross-Border Conversion, the Group Code of Ethics adopted by a resolution of the Company's board of directors on December 18, 2015, will be maintained.
The provisions of Regulation 596/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014 on market abuse, as directly applicable within the European Union, will continue to apply following the Cross-Border Conversion.
As Brembo's ordinary shares will remain listed only on Euronext Milan, an Italian regulated market, Brembo will remain subject to the following provisions of the ICLF regarding corporate information: Article 114 (Disclosures to the public), Article 114-bis (Disclosure to the market regarding the allocation of financial instruments to corporate officers, employees or collaborators), and Article 115 (Disclosures to CONSOB).
Pursuant to Article 114 of the Issuers' Regulations, Brembo will also be required to provide, in the manner set forth in Article 112-bis of the Issuers' Regulations, information equivalent to that set forth in Part III, Title II, Chapter II, Section IV "Information on Extraordinary Transactions" and Section VI "Other Information," of the Issuers' Regulations, having regard to the Dutch corporate system.
Finally, pursuant to Article 112-bis of the Issuers' Regulations (Methods of dissemination of regulated information), Brembo will continue to disseminate regulated information in accordance with the provisions of Articles 65-bis, 65-ter, 65-quater, 65-quinquies, 65-sexies, 65-septies, paragraph 5, and 65 novies of the Issuers' Regulations.
The Company, also as a result of the Transaction, will maintain its tax residence in Italy, both under Italian law (see Article 73, paragraph 3, of Presidential Decree No. 917 of December 22, 1986, the "TUIR") and under applicable international law (see Article 4, paragraph 3, of the Convention against double taxation in force between Italy and the Netherlands), as the seat of the Company's administration and effective management will remain in Italy.
As a result, the Company's tax obligations, as required by current Italian law, will remain unchanged and the exit tax provisions of Article 166 of the TUIR (so-called exit tax) will not be applicable.
For Dutch tax resident shareholders only, there is a risk that the Transaction may result in the application of an additional withholding tax on future dividends distributed. In any case, there are -

in the Company's opinion - reasonable grounds to exclude the application of such further withholding taxes.
Shareholders are in any case required to consult their advisors regarding any other relevant tax profile of their investment in the Company as a result and effect of the Transaction.
In connection with the Cross-Border Conversion, there are no plans to grant any special benefits to individuals who are responsible for the administration or members of Brembo's supervisory bodies.
In the period between January 1, 2018 and the date of this Report (i.e., in the 5 (five) years prior to the date of this Report), Brembo and the other companies in the Group have received the following public grants and loans in Italy:
| # | Description of the public grant and loan received | Ref. In the annual financial report |
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| Financial year 2018 | |||
| (i) | Non-repayable grant disbursed by Regione Lombardia, in favor of Brembo, for the amount of Euro 646,000 (six hundred and forty-six thousand) pursuant to D.R. 5245 of May 31, 2016. |
See page 218 of the annual financial report for the year 2018 |
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| (ii) | Subsidized loan granted by the Ministry of Economic Development, in favor of Brembo, for the amount of Euro 86,000 (eighty-six thousand). |
See page 231 of the annual financial report for the year 2018 |
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| Financial year 2019 | |||
| (iii) | Non-repayable grant disbursed by Regione Piemonte, in favor of Brembo, for the amount of Euro 22,000 (twenty-two thousand). |
See page 189 of the annual financial report for the year 2019 |
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| Financial year 2020 | |||
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Financial year 2021 | |||
| (iv) | Non-repayable grant disbursed by Regione Piemonte, in favor of Brembo, for the amount of Euro 11,000 (eleven thousand) for industrial research and experimental development projects. |
See page 205 of the annual financial report for the year 2021 |
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| (v) | Subsidized loan granted by the Ministry of Economic Development (Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico), in favor of Brembo, for the amount of Euro 982,000 (nine hundred eighty-two thousand). |
See page 217 of the annual financial report for the year 2021 |
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| (vi) | Subsidized loan granted by the Ministry of Education and Merit (Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito), in favor of Brembo, for the amount of EUR 110,000 (one hundred and ten thousand) |
See page 217 of the annual financial report for the year 2021 |
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| Financial year 2022 | |||
| (vii) | Non-repayable grant disbursed by Regione Lombardia, in favor of Brembo, in the amount of Euro 834,000 (eight hundred thirty-four thousand) pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 3 (d) of L.R. no. 29/2016 |
See page 193of the annual financial report for the year 2022 |

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| (viii) Non-repayable grant disbursed by Regione Lombardia, in favor of Brembo, for the amount of Euro 129,000 (one hundred and twenty-nine thousand) pursuant to D.G.R: no. 727 of November 5, 2018 and D.R. 18854 of December 14, 2018 |
See page 193 of the annual financial report for the year 2022 |
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| (ix) | Non-repayable grant from the Ministry of Education and Merit (Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito), in favor of Brembo, in the amount of Euro 120,000 (one hundred and twenty thousand) pursuant to D.D. no. 257 of May 30, 2012 |
See page 193 of the annual financial report for the year 2022 |
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| Financial year 2023 (up to the date of this Report) | |||
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In the period between January 1, 2018 and the date of this Report (i.e., in the 5 (five) years prior to the date of this Report), no measures of revocation or forfeiture of benefit have been taken against Brembo or other companies in the Group in relation to public grants or loans received.
As of the date of this Report, there are no ongoing proceedings aimed at obtaining the revocation or forfeiture of benefits in relation to public grants or loans received by Brembo or other Group companies.
Below is there an indicative timetable for the Transaction:
All of the above, we submit for your approval the following:
"The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Brembo S.p.A. ("Brembo" or the "Company")

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the name "Brembo N.V.", with registered office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with consequent registration in the Dutch commercial register, while retaining, however, its tax residence in Italy and without any reorganization of its operating activities and people, who will continue seamlessly to operate in Italy through the establishment of a secondary office. The Company will also retain its current VAT number and Italian tax code;
all pursuant to a notarial deed of conversion and amendment to be entered into by the Company under the laws of the Netherlands (the "Dutch Notarial Deed");

- of Euro 31,388,691.50 (thirty-one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-one point fifty) (the "Share Capital Decrease");
shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of Euro 200,000,000 (two hundred million);
C. that have not occurred, at any time prior to the execution of the Dutch Notarial Deed, at a national or international level, (a) events or situations not known to the Company and/or the market,

involving significant changes in the regulatory, political, financial, economic, currency or market situation, nationally or internationally, or any escalation or aggravation thereof that would have substantially adverse effects on the Transaction, the Company and/or the Group; and/or (b) events or situations of an extraordinary nature which, individually or in the aggregate, cause, or could reasonably be expected to cause, materially adverse effects on the legal situation, business as well as on the financial, equity and/or economic conditions (including prospective) of the Company and/or the Group and/or on the performance of Brembo's ordinary shares on Euronext Milan. It is understood that this Condition also includes, specifically, any events or situations listed in (a) and (b) above that may occur as a result of, or in connection with, the release of COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine politico-military crisis and China-U.S. politico-military tensions that, although they are events in the public domain as of the date of this Report, may result in detrimental effects, in the terms set forth above, that are new and not anticipated or foreseeable;
Stezzano (Bergamo), June 20, 2023
For the Board of Directors.
the Chairman
(signed by Matteo Tiraboschi)

STATUTEN
Brembo N.V.

van een bepaalde soort wordt daaronder verstaan het vennootschapsorgaan dat wordt gevormd door de houders van aandelen van de desbetreffende soort dan wel een bijeenkomst van houders van aandelen van de desbetreffende soort (of hun vertegenwoordigers) en andere personen met vergaderrechten.
1.6. Tenzij uit de context anders voortvloeit, hebben woorden en uitdrukkingen in deze statuten, indien niet anders omschreven, dezelfde betekenis als in het Burgerlijk Wetboek. Verwijzingen in deze statuten naar de wet verwijzen naar de Nederlandse wet zoals deze van tijd tot tijd luidt.
2.1. De naam van de vennootschap is: Brembo N.V.
zoals de OEM-markt (Original Equipment Manufacturer), de OES-markt (Original Equipment Supplier) en de aftermarket-markten).
merkbekendheid van Brembo;
en persoonlijke garanties verstrekken voor Aandeelhouders en derden, op voorwaarde dat dergelijke activa en transacties niet beroepsmatig worden ondernomen ten aanzien van het publiek en altijd noodzakelijk of nuttig zijn voor het bereiken van de doelstellingen.
Algemene Vergadering om (i) het Bestuur toe te staan een dergelijk besluit te nemen, en (ii) de Statuten van de Vennootschap te wijzigen. Voor de wijziging van deze Statuten met betrekking tot het introduceren van een nieuw soort Aandelen, en de uitgifte van Aandelen van een bestaande of toekomstige soort, is geen goedkeuring vereist van een vergadering van groep of van individuele houders van Aandelen van een bepaalde soort.
5.4. Alle Aandelen luiden op naam. Het Bestuur kan met betrekking tot het verhandelen en het leveren van Aandelen op een buitenlandse effectenbeurs bepalen dat de Aandelen worden opgenomen in het Giraal Systeem, een en ander overeenkomstig de vereisten van de relevante buitenlandse effectenbeurs.
beperkt of uitgesloten bij besluit van de Algemene Vergadering. Echter, ten aanzien van een uitgifte van Gewone Aandelen waartoe het Bestuur heeft besloten, kan het voorkeursrecht worden beperkt of uitgesloten bij besluit van het Bestuur, indien en voor zover het Bestuur daartoe door de Algemene Vergadering is aangewezen. Het bepaalde in de Artikelen 6.2 en 6.3 is van overeenkomstige toepassing.
In een dergelijk besluit moeten de Aandelen waarop het besluit betrekking heeft worden aangewezen en moet de uitvoering van het besluit zijn geregeld.
Voor de intrekking van alle Aandelen van een bepaalde soort is de voorafgaande goedkeuring van de vergadering van houders van Aandelen van de desbetreffende soort vereist.
11.3. Vermindering van het nominale bedrag van de Aandelen, met of zonder terugbetaling, moet naar evenredigheid op alle Aandelen geschieden. Van dit vereiste kan worden afgeweken op zodanige wijze dat er een onderscheid wordt gemaakt tussen soorten Aandelen. In dat geval is voor een vermindering van het nominale bedrag van de Aandelen van een bepaalde soort de voorafgaande goedkeuring van de vergadering van houders van Aandelen van de desbetreffende soort vereist.
11.4. Op een vermindering van het geplaatste kapitaal van de Vennootschap zijn voorts van toepassing de bepalingen van de Artikelen 2:99 en 2:100 BW.
Vruchtgebruikers en pandhouders die stemrecht hebben, hebben Vergaderrechten.
13.5. De bepalingen van Artikel 12 zijn eveneens van toepassing op het vestigen of overdragen van een recht op vruchtgebruik of pandrecht. Een pandrecht op Aandelen kan ook worden gevestigd zonder erkenning door of betekening aan de Vennootschap. Alsdan is Artikel 3:239 BW van (overeenkomstige) toepassing, met dien verstande dat de mededeling, bedoeld in Artikel 3:239 lid 3 BW wordt vervangen door erkenning door of betekening aan de Vennootschap.
uittreksel uit het register met betrekking tot zijn recht op Aandelen ter beschikking.
Stemrechtaandelen I kan nemen.
Stemrechtaandeel I.
Elk Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel A, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel B, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel C, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel D, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel E, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel F, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel G of Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel H zal automatisch worden geconverteerd in één Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel B, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel C, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel D, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel E, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel F, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel G, Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel H of Bijzonder Stemrechtaandeel I na afgifte van een verklaring door de Vennootschap inhoudende conversie van Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen.
De Vennootschap geeft een dergelijke verklaring af indien en wanneer een Aandeelhouder gerechtigd is tot Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen B, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen C, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen D, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen E, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen F, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen G, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen H of Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen I een en ander zoals nader bepaald in de BSA-voorwaarden. Het verschil tussen het nominale bedrag van de geconverteerde Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen A, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen B, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen C, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen D, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen E of Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen F, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen G of Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen H en de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen B, de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen C, de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen D, de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen E, de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen F, de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen G, de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen H of de nieuwe Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen I zal ten laste worden gebracht van de Bijzonder Kapitaal Reserve.
16.10. Om de lange termijn commitment van loyale aandeelhouders verder te belonen en de stabiliteit van de Vennootschap te versterken, kan het Bestuur besluiten om alle houders van Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen I het recht te geven om al hun Gewone Aandelen waaraan Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen I zijn verbonden, om te ruilen voor één Gewoon Aandeel met meervoudig stemrecht dat recht geeft op twintig (20) stemmen per Gewoon Aandeel met meervoudig stemrecht; met dien verstande dat, ingevolge de discretionaire besluiten van de relevante vennootschapsorganen, bepaald zal worden binnen welke vooraf bepaalde periode aandelen omgeruild kunnen worden en dat de Gewone Aandelen met meervoudig stemrecht ook niet-beursgenoteerd kunnen zijn en aan bepaalde overdrachtsbeperkingen onderworpen kunnen zijn.
Het Bestuur kan voornoemd besluit alleen nemen na goedkeuring van de Algemene Vergadering om (i) het Bestuur toe te staan een dergelijk besluit te nemen, en (ii) de Statuten van de Vennootschap te wijzigen die voorzien in de introductie van een nieuwe klasse van Gewone Aandelen met meervoudig stemrecht en het omruilingsmechanisme. De goedkeuring door de Algemene Vergadering vereist enkel een goedkeurende stem van de meerderheid van het geplaatste aandelenkapitaal van de Vennootschap; overeenkomstig het bepaalde in Artikel 5.3 is voor de goedkeuring van het omruilingsmechanisme en de goedkeuring van een dergelijke nieuwe soort aandelen geen goedkeuring vereist van een bepaalde groep of klasse van Aandeelhouders.
17.1. De Vennootschap wordt bestuurd door een Bestuur, en heeft daartoe binnen de grenzen van Nederlands recht alle bevoegdheden welke bij de Statuten niet aan anderen zijn toegekend, met inachtneming van (a) Nederlands recht, (b) de Statuten, en (c) het Bestuursreglement vastgesteld door het Bestuur.
bevoegdheden bepaalt. Personen met gedelegeerde bevoegdheden moeten minstens op kwartaalbasis verslag uitbrengen aan het Bestuur, tijdens vergaderingen van het Bestuur, of telkens wanneer de urgentie dit rechtvaardigt, zelfs indirect, door schriftelijk of mondelinge informatie te verstrekken over de algemene trends in het management, te verwachten ontwikkelingen en de belangrijke transacties, in termen van bedrag of kenmerken, uitgevoerd door de Vennootschap en haar Dochtermaatschappijen.
19.4. Bovendien kan het Bestuur (andere) commissies instellen, zoals een Strategie Commissie, een audit-, risico- en duurzaamheidscommissie en een renumeratie- en benoemingscommissie. Het Bestuur kan commissies instellen. Het Bestuur stelt de samenstelling en taken van iedere commissie vast en wijst de leden van iedere commissie aan. Het Bestuur kan op ieder moment de samenstelling en/of de taken van iedere commissie wijzigen.
20.1. Het Bestuur kan - met inachtneming van het daaromtrent in deze Statuten en Nederlands recht bepaalde - een Bestuursreglement vaststellen, waarbij regels worden gegeven omtrent het houden van vergaderingen door en de besluitvorming van het Bestuur, delegatie door het Bestuur, verdeling van taken van het Bestuur, het voeren van het beleid door het Bestuur en andere aangelegenheden die het Bestuur, de Uitvoerend Bestuurders, de Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurders en de door het Bestuur ingestelde commissies betreffen.
22.1. Bestuurders worden benoemd door de Algemene Vergadering van Aandeelhouders. Bestuurders worden benoemd als Uitvoerend Bestuurder of als Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurder. Het Bestuur draagt voor elke vacature een kandidaat voor. Een voordracht door het Bestuur heeft een bindend karakter. De Algemene Vergadering kan te allen tijde het bindende karakter aan een voordracht ontnemen bij besluit genomen met een meerderheid van ten minste de helft van de uitgebrachte stemmen in de Algemene Vergadering, mits deze meerderheid meer dan de helft van het geplaatste kapitaal van de Vennootschap vertegenwoordigt in overeenstemming met Artikel 2:133 lid 2 BW. Als het bindende karakter aan de voordracht is ontnomen, kan het Bestuur een nieuwe bindende voordracht doen, en het bepaalde in dit Artikel zal dan ook weer van toepassing zijn.
Indien er niet of niet tijdig een voordracht is gedaan, wordt dit bij de oproeping vermeld en staat het de Algemene Vergadering vrij de desbetreffende Bestuurder naar eigen inzicht te benoemen.
worden voorgedragen voor benoeming tot Uitvoerend Bestuurder of Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurder.
22.4. Bij een voordracht tot benoeming van een Bestuurder wordt ook de zittingstermijn meegedeeld.
De benoeming van Bestuurders geschiedt voor een door de Algemene Vergadering vast te stellen periode welke niet later eindigt dan onmiddellijk na afloop van de eerstvolgende jaarlijkse Algemene Vergadering ter goedkeuring van de jaarrekening over het laatste boekjaar van hun mandaat, die wordt gehouden in het derde jaar na het jaar van hun benoeming. Een Bestuurder die als gevolg van het aflopen van zijn termijn aftreedt, is terstond herbenoembaar.
Een Bestuurder zal zijn functie onmiddellijk neerleggen op het moment dat één van de volgende gebeurtenissen plaatsvindt:
Iedere Bestuurder kan te allen tijde door de Algemene Vergadering worden geschorst of ontslagen. Tot een schorsing of ontslag anders dan op voorstel van het Bestuur kan de Algemene Vergadering alleen besluiten met een volstrekte meerderheid van de uitgebrachte stemmen. Een Uitvoerend Bestuurder kan ook door het Bestuur worden geschorst. In tegenstelling tot het bepaalde in Artikel 26.1, kan een besluit van het Bestuur tot schorsing van de Uitvoerend Voorzitter slechts worden genomen met een meerderheid van twee/derde (2/3) van de uitgebrachte stemmen in een vergadering waarin alle Bestuurders, behoudens de Uitvoerend Voorzitter, aanwezig of vertegenwoordigd zijn.
22.7. Een schorsing door het Bestuur kan te allen tijde door de Algemene Vergadering worden opgeheven. Een schorsing kan één of meer malen worden verlengd, maar kan in totaal niet langer duren dan drie maanden. Is na verloop van die tijd geen beslissing genomen omtrent de opheffing van de schorsing of ontslag, dan eindigt de schorsing.
Bestuurder belast. In geval van ontstentenis of belet van alle Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurders of van de enige Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurder, is de Algemene Vergadering bevoegd de uitoefening van de taken en bevoegdheden van Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurders tijdelijk op te dragen aan één of meer andere natuurlijke personen.
24.1. De Vennootschap heeft een beleid op het terrein van bezoldiging van de Bestuurders. Dit beleid zal worden vastgesteld door de Algemene Vergadering met een meerderheid van meer dan de helft van de uitgebrachte stemmen; het Bestuur doet hiertoe een voorstel. De Uitvoerend Bestuurders mogen niet deelnemen aan de beraadslaging en besluitvorming van het Bestuur hieromtrent.
In het bezoldigingsbeleid komen ten minste de in Artikel 2:135a lid 6 BW omschreven onderwerpen aan de orde, voor zover deze het Bestuur betreffen.
b. de Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurders worden vastgesteld door de Algemene Vergadering, met inachtneming van de op de Vennootschap toepasselijke wet- en regelgeving, waaronder het bezoldigingsbeleid van de Vennootschap en de bepalingen betreffende het recht van terugvordering (claw back bepalingen) als bedoeld in Artikel 2:135 lid 8 BW.
24.3. Regelingen voor het uitgeven van Aandelen of het toekennen van rechten voor het nemen van Aandelen aan Bestuurders worden door het Bestuur aan de Algemene Vergadering ter goedkeuring voorgelegd. Deze regelingen vermelden ten minste het aantal Aandelen en de rechten tot het nemen van Aandelen die kunnen worden toegewezen aan Bestuurders en de criteria die gelden met betrekking tot de toewijzing en eventuele wijzigingen hierin. Het ontbreken van goedkeuring als bedoeld in dit Artikel tast de vertegenwoordigingsbevoegdheid van het Bestuur en zijn leden niet aan.
opzettelijk, bewust roekeloos of ernstig verwijtbaar, tenzij uit Nederlands recht anders voortvloeit of zulks in de gegeven omstandigheden naar maatstaven van redelijkheid en billijkheid onaanvaardbaar zou zijn;
26.1. Vergaderingen van het Bestuur worden opgeroepen door de Uitvoerend Voorzitter, de Hoofd Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurder of, in geval van hun afwezigheid of ongeschiktheid, de Plaatsvervangend Voorzitter (indien verkozen), telkens als de Uitvoerend Voorzitter, Hoofd Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurder of Plaatsvervangend Voorzitter dit nodig acht, of op verzoek van ten minste twee Bestuurders.
Vergaderingen van het Bestuur worden voorgezeten door de Hoofd Niet-Uitvoerend Bestuurder of, bij zijn afwezigheid, de Uitvoerend Voorzitter. Indien beiden afwezig zijn, wordt de vergadering voorgezeten door de Plaatsvervangend Voorzitter (indien verkozen) en bij afwezigheid van de Plaatsvervangend Voorzitter wordt de vergadering voorgezeten door een van de andere Bestuurders, aangewezen met meerderheid van de stemmen uitgebracht door de op de vergadering aanwezige Bestuurders.
Het ontbreken van de goedkeuring zoals bedoeld in dit Artikel tast de vertegenwoordigingsbevoegdheid van het Bestuur en de Uitvoerend Bestuurders als bepaald in Artikel 28.1 niet aan.
gegevens bij de Jaarrekening een wettige grond wordt medegedeeld waarom de verklaring ontbreekt.
29.8. De taal van de Jaarrekening en het bestuursverslag is Engels.
reserverings- en dividendbeleid wordt als apart agendapunt op de Algemene Vergadering behandeld en verantwoord.
32.6. Uitkeringen kunnen slechts worden gedaan voor zover het eigen vermogen van de Vennootschap groter is dan het bedrag van het geplaatste kapitaal vermeerderd met de reserves die krachtens de wet of deze Statuten moeten worden aangehouden.
betrekking tot de onderwerpen die in acht dienen te worden genomen;
welke informatie nog ten minste één (1) jaar toegankelijk zal zijn op de website van de Vennootschap.
36.1. Algemene Vergaderingen worden gehouden te Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 's-Gravehagen of Haarlemmermeer (daaronder begrepen luchthaven Schiphol), ter keuze van degene die de vergadering bijeenroept.
41.1. Vergaderingen van houders van Gewone Aandelen, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen A, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen B, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen C, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen D, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen E, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen F, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen G, Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen H en Bijzondere Stemrechtaandelen I ("Soortvergaderingen") worden gehouden zo dikwijls het Bestuur deze bijeenroept. Het bepaalde in de Artikelen 35.7 tot en met Artikel 40 is van overeenkomstige toepassing, behoudens voor zover anders bepaald in dit Artikel.
en andere personen met vergaderrechten tot de afloop der vergadering worden neergelegd. Tevens dient een afschrift van het voorstel voor Aandeelhouders en andere personen met Vergaderrechten van de dag van de nederlegging tot de dag van de vergadering kosteloos verkrijgbaar te worden gesteld.
Brembo N.V.
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION UNDER DUTCH LAW

This document is an English-language translation of an original document prepared in the Dutch language. In case of mismatches between the two versions, the Dutch language version shall prevail
On the [●] two thousand and twenty-three, appearing before me, Philippe Huib Ferdinand König, civil-law notary in Rotterdam, is: [●]
experts work together;
class (or their representatives) and other persons entitled to attend such meetings.
1.6. Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions contained and not otherwise defined in these Articles bear the same meaning as in the DCC. References in these Articles to the law are references to provisions of Dutch law as it reads from time to time.
2.1. The Company's name is: Brembo N.V.
systems and the performance of trials, tests and simulations of all kinds;
undertaking all support activities as well as organisation, technical, managerial and financial coordination, as may be deemed appropriate, in compliance with laws, including tax laws, applicable in the countries in which the Company, its subsidiaries and/or associates and/or investees, directly or indirectly, operate;
5.1. The authorised capital of the Company amounts to [●] ([●]). 1
1 The Articles must include the Company's authorised (maximum allowed) capital .In the final statements of the deed of
conversion and amendment of the Articles, the amount of the Company's issued capital and the paid-up part thereof shall be included. the Company's authorised capital is the maximum capital which can be issued, without the need to amend the Articles. At least one-fifth of the authorised capital must be issued.
2 This will be the date that these Articles will come into force (the day following the date of execution of the deed of conversion and amendment of the Articles).
to a resolution of the General Meeting. This competence concerns all non-issued Shares of the Company's authorised capital from time to time, except insofar as the competence to issue Shares is vested in the Board of Directors in accordance with Article 6.3 hereof.
3 This will be the date that these Articles will come into force (the day following the date of execution of the deed of conversion and amendment of the Articles).
Ordinary Shares issued to a person exercising a right to subscribe for Ordinary Shares previously granted.
a party other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;
The Shares in respect of which such resolution is passed must be designated therein and provisions for the implementation of such resolution must be made therein.
A cancellation of all Shares of a particular class shall require the prior approval of the meeting of holders of Shares of the class concerned.
13.1. Without prejudice to Article 16.8, a right of usufruct or a right of pledge may be granted over Shares.
Holders of a right of pledge or a right of usufruct without voting rights do not have Meeting Rights.
Holders of a right of pledge or a right of usufruct with voting rights have Meeting Rights.
13.5. The provisions of Article 12 equally apply to the creation or transfer of a right of usufruct or a right of pledge on a Share. A right of pledge on Shares may also be created without acknowledgement or official service of notice to the Company. In such case, section 3:239 DCC shall apply mutatis mutandis, provided, however, that the communication referred to in subsection 3 of that section shall then be replaced by acknowledgement by or official service on the Company.
recorded in the register of Shareholders. Barring proof to the contrary, the provision of an e-mail address by a person holding Meeting Rights to the Company will constitute evidence of that Shareholder's consent to the sending of notices to such Shareholder electronically.
Shares B;
Special Voting Shares.
16.9. Each Special Voting Share A can be converted into one Special Voting Share B, each Special Voting Share B can be converted into one Special Voting Share C, each Special Voting Share C can be converted into one Special Voting Share D, each Special Voting Share D can be converted into one Special Voting Share E, each Special Voting Share E can be converted into one Special Voting Share F, each Special Voting Share F can be converted into one Special Voting Share G, each Special Voting Share G can be converted into one Special Voting Share H and each Special Voting Share H can be converted into one Special Voting Share I.
Each Special Voting Share A, Special Voting Share B, Special Voting Share C, Special Voting Share D, Special Voting Share E, Special Voting Share F, Special Voting Share G, or Special Voting Share H will be automatically converted into one Special Voting Share B, one Special Voting Share C, Special Voting Share D, Special Voting Share E or Special Voting Share F, Special Voting Share G, Special Voting Share H, Special Voting Share I (as the case may be) upon the issuance of a conversion statement by the Company.
The Company will issue such conversion statement if and when a Shareholder is entitled to Special Voting Shares B, Special Voting Shares C, Special Voting Shares D, Special Voting Shares E, Special Voting Shares F, Special Voting Share G, Special Voting Share H, or Special Voting Share I, all as set out in more detail in the SVS Terms. The difference between the nominal value of the converted Special Voting Shares A, Special Voting Shares B, Special Voting Shares C, Special Voting Shares D, Special Voting Shares E, Special Voting Shares F, Special Voting Share G, or Special Voting Share H and the newly Special Voting Shares B, newly Special Voting Shares C, newly Special Voting Shares D, Special Voting Shares E, newly Special Voting Shares F, newly Special Voting Share G, newly Special Voting Share H, or newly Special Voting Share I will be charged to the Special Capital Reserve.
16.10. In order to further reward the long-term commitment of loyal shareholders and reinforces the Company's stability, the Board of Directors may decide to provide all holders of Special Voting Shares I with the right to exchange each of their Ordinary Shares, to which Special Voting Shares I are attached, for one multiple voting share giving right to twenty (20) votes per multiple voting share; it being understood that, as per the relevant corporate bodies' discretionary resolutions, the right to exchange shall be exercisable within a pre-set period of time and the multiple voting shares could also be non-listed and subject to certain transfer restrictions.
The Board of Directors may take aforesaid decision only after obtaining approval of the General Meeting to (i) allow the Board of Directors to take such decision, and (ii) amend the Company's articles of association providing for the introduction of a new class of multiple voting shares and the relevant exchange mechanism. The approval by the General Meeting requires solely a vote of at least the majority of the issued share capital of the Company; pursuant to article 5.3 the authorisation of the exchangeability and the authorisation of such a new class of shares will not require the approval of any particular group or class of Shareholders.
Article 17. Powers.
17.1. The Company will be managed by a Board of Directors and shall for such purpose have all the powers within the limits of Dutch law that are not granted to others by these Articles, with due observance of (a) Dutch law, (b) these Articles, and (c) any Board Rules adopted by the Board of Directors.
providing written or oral information on general management trends, foreseeable developments and the most significant transactions, in terms of amount or features, effected by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
19.4. Furthermore, the Board of Directors may establish (other) committees, such as the Strategic Steering Committee, an audit, risk and sustainability committee and a remuneration and appointment committee. The Board of Directors determines the composition and tasks of each committee and appoints the members of each committee. The Board of Directors may at any time change the duties and/or the composition of each committee.
20.1. With due observance of the relevant provisions of these Articles and Dutch law, the Board of Directors may adopt Board Rules, containing rules with respect to the holding of meetings by and the decision-taking process of the Board of Directors, delegations by the Board of Directors, division of tasks within the Board of Directors, the policy to be conducted by the Board of Directors and any other matters concerning the Board of Directors, the Executive Directors, the Non-Executive Directors and the committees established by the Board of Directors.
and extraordinary) General Meetings. At meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman Emeritus expresses non-binding opinions and considerations, without voting rights.
22.1. Directors will be appointed by the General Meeting. Directors will be appointed either as an Executive Director or as a Non- Executive Director.
The Board of Directors will nominate a candidate for each vacant seat. A nomination by the Board of Directors will be binding. The General Meeting may at all times overrule the binding nature of such a nomination by a resolution adopted by a majority of at least half of the votes cast in the General Meeting provided such majority represents more than half of the issued share capital of the Company in accordance with section 2:133, subsection 2 DCC. If the nomination is deprived of its binding character, the Board of Directors will be allowed to make a new binding nomination, and this Article shall apply again.
If a nomination has not been made or has not been made in due time, this shall be stated in the notice and the General Meeting shall be free to appoint the relevant director at its discretion.
At the nomination, the Board of Directors shall determine whether a Director is appointed as Executive Director or Non-Executive Director.
22.4. A nomination will also state the candidate's term of office.
Directors are appointed for a period of time to be determined by the General Meeting, ending not later than immediately after the annual General Meeting for the approval of the financial statements pertaining to the last financial year of their term held in the third year after the year of their appointment. A Director who ceases office due to the expiry of his office is immediately eligible for reappointment.
Each Director may be suspended or removed by the General Meeting at any time. A resolution of the General Meeting to suspend or remove a Director other than pursuant to a proposal by the Board of Directors requires an absolute majority of the votes cast. An Executive Director may also be suspended by the Board of Directors. Contrary to Article 26.1, any resolution of the Board of Directors concerning the suspension of the Executive Chair shall be adopted with a majority of two/thirds in a meeting where all Directors, other than the Executive Chair, are present or represented. A suspension by the Board of Directors may at any time be discontinued by the General Meeting.
22.7. Any suspension may be extended one or more times but may not last longer than three months in the aggregate. If, at the end of that period, no decision has been taken on termination of the suspension or on removal, the suspension will end.
24.1. The Company shall have a policy on remuneration of the Directors. This policy shall be adopted by the General Meeting by a majority of more than half of the votes cast; the Board of Directors will make a proposal to that end. The Executive Directors may not participate in the discussion and decision-making process of the Board of Directors on this.
The remuneration policy will include at least the subjects described in section 2:135a, subsection 6 DCC, to the extent these subjects concern the Board of Directors.
with due observance of any applicable rules and regulations as applicable to the Company, including the remuneration policy of the Company and the claw back provisions as referred to in section 2:135 subsection 8 DCC.
24.3. The Board of Directors shall submit to the General Meeting for approval plans to issue Shares or to grant rights to subscribe for Shares to Directors. The plans shall at least indicate the number of Shares and the rights to subscribe for Shares that may be allotted to Directors and the criteria that shall apply to the allotment or any change thereto. The absence of approvals required pursuant to this Article will not affect the authority of the Board of Directors or its members to represent the Company.
based on acts or failures to act in the exercise of their duties or any other duties currently or previously performed by them at the Company's request, if and only if and to the extent the relevant costs and damages are not reimbursed on account of said other duties.
26.1. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called by the Executive Chair, the Lead Non-Executive Director, or in the case of their absence or disability, the Deputy Chair (if elected), whenever the said Executive Chair, Lead Non-Executive Director or Deputy Chair deems
fit, or at the request of at least two Directors. Meetings of the Board of Directors are presided over by the Lead Non-Executive Director or, in his absence, the Executive Chair. If both are absent, the Deputy Chair (if elected) or in the absence of the Deputy Chair, one of the other Directors, designated by a majority of votes cast by the Directors present at the meeting, shall preside.
26.12. Third parties may rely on a written declaration by the Executive Chair, the Lead Non-Executive Director, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary concerning resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.
The absence of the approval as required under this Article shall not affect the powers of the Board of Directors and the Executive Directors to represent the Company as set forth in Article 28.1.
at the place stated in the convening notice, from the day the notice is sent convening the General Meeting intended to discuss these documents and information. The Shareholders and other holders of Meeting Rights may inspect those documents there and obtain copies free of charge. Third parties may obtain a copy at the aforesaid locations at cost price.
dividend to holders of Ordinary Shares will be dealt with as a separate agenda item at the General Meeting. No distribution will be made on the Special Voting Shares.
inspection to the Shareholders and holders of Depositary Receipt under Dutch law or these Articles;
which information will remain accessible for at least a year on its website.
36.1. General Meetings will be held in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague or Haarlemmermeer (including Schiphol Airport), at the choice of those who call the meeting.
exercise the voting right. The Board of Directors may also determine that the electronic means of communication used must allow each person entitled to attend the General Meetings or his proxy holder to participate in the discussions.
42.1. The internal organisation of the Company and all matters related therewith are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. This includes (i) the validity, nullity and legal consequences of the resolutions of the bodies of the Company; and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Shareholders and Directors as such.
Brembo N.V.
SVS TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These terms and conditions (these "SVS Terms") will apply to the allocation, acquisition, conversion, holding, sale, repurchase and transfer of special voting shares in the share capital of Brembo N.V., a public company (naamloze vennootschap) under the laws of the Netherlands, having its corporate seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the "Company" or "Brembo").
In these SVS Terms (including the Schedules), save where explicitly provided otherwise, the capitalised words and expressions shall have the meanings specified or referred to in Schedule 1.
The sole purpose of Special Voting Shares is to encourage long-term shareholder participation in a manner that reinforces the Company's stability, as well as to provide the Company with enhanced flexibility in pursuing strategic investment opportunities in the future and, in connection therewith, the use of Ordinary Shares as currency.
4.1. A Shareholder may at any time opt to become eligible for Special Voting Shares by requesting the Company – through the Agent – to register one or more Ordinary Shares in the Loyalty Register. Such a request (a "Request") has to be made by the relevant Shareholder via its Intermediary, by submitting (i) a duly completed Election Form and (ii) a
confirmation from the relevant Intermediary that such Shareholder holds ownership (including voting rights attached thereto) to the Ordinary Shares included in the Request.
Italian Special Register will be automatically registered in the Loyalty Register on the Redomiciliation Effective Date. In order to confirm such registration and carry over the holding period from the Italian Special Register, Shareholders with Ordinary Shares Registered in the Italian Special Register after the Final Term must submit a duly completed Registration Confirmation Form and Power of Attorney as referred to in clause 4.2 no later than ten (10) Business Days from the Redomiciliation Effective Date. Subject to the completeness and correctness of the Registration Confirmation Form and the Power of Attorney (to which clause 4.4 shall apply mutatis mutandis) the Ordinary Shares held by such Shareholders on the Redomiciliation Effective Date will become Electing Ordinary Shares as from the Redomiciliation Effective Date.
D corresponding to the number of Qualifying Ordinary Shares E will automatically convert into an equal number of Special Voting Shares E.
9.3. The conversion of Special Voting Shares D to Special Voting Shares E will be effectuated for no consideration (om niet) and be subject to these SVS Terms. The difference between the nominal value (nominale waarde) of the converted Special Voting Shares D and the Special Voting Shares E will be charged to the Special Capital Reserve.
12.1. As per the date on which a Qualifying Ordinary Share G has been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee for an uninterrupted period of one (1) year (the "SVS H Qualification Date"), such Qualifying Ordinary Share G will become a Qualifying Ordinary Share H and the holder thereof will be entitled to acquire one (1) Special Voting Share H in the manner set out in clause 12.2 in respect of such Qualifying Ordinary Share H. A transfer of Qualifying Ordinary Shares G to a Loyalty Transferee shall not be deemed to interrupt the one (1) year holding period referred to in this clause 12.1.
In light of the above, (i) Shareholders with Ordinary Shares Registered in the Italian Special Register before the Announcement Date and Shareholders with Ordinary Shares Registered in the Italian Special Register between the Announcement Date and the Final Term will be entitled to request the Initial Allocation of Special Voting Share A; and (ii) Shareholders with Increased Voting Rights under Italian law will be entitled to request the Initial Allocation of Special Voting Share B, with the procedures set out below.
The Shareholders who make use of the Initial Allocation hereinafter referred to as the "Initial Electing Shareholders".
15.5. Upon de-registration from the Loyalty Register, such Ordinary Shares will no longer qualify as Initial Electing Ordinary Shares or Electing Ordinary Shares or Qualifying Ordinary Shares.
No Shareholder shall, directly or indirectly:
17.7. If the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that a Shareholder has taken any action to avoid the application of clause 16 or clause 17, the Company may determine that clauses 17.1 and 17.2 will be applied by analogy.
In these SVS Terms (including the Schedules), save where explicitly provided otherwise, the capitalised words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
| Affiliate | an "Affiliate" of any person means any other person who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person; and for these purposes "controlling person" means any person who controls any other person; "control" (including the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with") means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management, policies or activities of a person whether through the ownership of securities, by contract or agency or otherwise; and for these purposes the term "person" is deemed to include a company and a partnership; for the avoidance of doubt, "Affiliate" includes shareholders holding an interest of at least fifty percent (50%), subsidiaries (dochtermaatschappijen) and group companies (groepsmaatschappijen) within the meaning of articles 2:24a and 2:24b respectively of the Dutch Civil Code; |
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| Agent | has the meaning given to it in clause 3.3; |
| Announcement Date | the date of the announcement of the Redomiciliation to the public (i.e., 20 June 2023). |
| Articles | the articles of association (statuten) of the Company as in effect from time to time following completion of the Redomiciliation; |
| Board | the board of directors (bestuur) of the Company; |
| Book Entry System | any book entry system in the country where the shares are listed from time to time; |
| Brembo or Company | alternatively (i) before the completion of the Redomiciliation Brembo S.p.A., a company with limited liability (Società per Azioni), incorporated under Italian law, with its registered office at Via Brembo, 25, Curno (Bergamo), Italy, and registered with the Italian Companies' Register of Bergamo (Registro delle Imprese di Bergamo) under number 00222620163; and (ii) after the completion of the Redomiciliation Brembo N.V., a public company (naamloze vennootschap) under the laws of the Netherlands, having its corporate seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; |
| Business Day | a calendar day which is not a Saturday or a Sunday or a public holiday in the Netherlands or Italy and on which Euronext Milan is open for trading; |
| Change of Control | in respect of any Shareholder that is not an individual (natuurlijk persoon): any direct or indirect transfer in one or a series of transactions of (i) the ownership or control in respect of fifty per cent (50%) or more of the voting rights of such Shareholder, (ii) |
the de facto ability to direct the casting of fifty per cent (50%) or more of the votes exercisable at general meetings of such Shareholder; (iii) the ability to appoint or remove half or more of the directors, executive directors, board members or executive officers of such Shareholder or (iv) to direct the casting of fifty per cent (50%) or more of the voting rights at meetings of the board, governing body or executive committee of such Shareholder; provided that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:
the notification to be made by a Qualifying Shareholder in respect of whom a Change of Control has occurred, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 11;
levering) of Special Voting Shares A between (i) the Company or a special purpose entity as referred to in Article 16.6 of the
Compensation Amount has the meaning given to it in clause 20.1;
Change of Control
Notification
Conversion Statement the conversion statement as referred to in Article 16.9 of the Articles pursuant to which one or more Special Voting Shares A are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares B, one or more Special Voting Shares B are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares C, one or more Special Voting Shares C are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares D, one or more Special Voting Shares D are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares E, one or more Special Voting Shares E are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares F, one or more Special Voting Shares F are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares G, one or more Special Voting Shares G are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares H or one or more Special Voting Shares H are converted into one or more Special Voting Shares I substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 9, as amended from time to time; Deed of Allocation the private deed of allocation (onderhandse akte van uitgifte of
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| Deed of Retransfer | a private deed of repurchase and transfer (onderhandse akte van inkoop c.q. terugkoop en levering) of Special Voting Shares, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 12; |
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| De-Registration Form | the form to be completed by a Shareholder requesting to de register some or all of its Initial Electing Ordinary Shares, Electing Ordinary Shares or Qualifying Ordinary Shares from the Loyalty Register and to transfer such shares to the relevant Book Entry System, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 10; |
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| De-Registration Request | has the meaning given to it in clause 15.1; | |
| Dutch Civil Code | Burgerlijk Wetboek; | |
| Electing Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares, not being Qualifying Ordinary Shares, for which a Shareholder has issued a Request for registration in the Loyalty Register; |
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| Election Form | the form to be completed by a Shareholder requesting to register one or more Ordinary Shares in the Loyalty Register, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 5; |
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| Euronext Milan | the Italian regulated market Euronext Milan, organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. |
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| Fair Market Value | the average closing price of an Ordinary Share on Euronext Milan calculated on the basis of the period of five trading days prior to the Change of Control or transfer; |
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| Final Term | the last date of the period for the exercise of the withdrawal right from the Company pursuant to Article 2437, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code in connection with the Redomiciliation (i.e., the fifteenth (15th) day after the registration, with the Companies' Register of Bergamo, of the resolution of the Brembo's extraordinary shareholders' meeting called to resolve upon the Redomiciliation, in accordance with Article 2437-bis, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code); |
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| Foundation | a foundation (or equivalent legal entity), charitable or family foundation (as the case may be) or trustee complying with each and all the following conditions: a) the foundation or trust agreement shall have been established or stipulated by (i) either the relevant Shareholder (ii) or the Ultimate Controlling Person (as of the date of the transfer of the Qualifying Ordinary Shares) of the relevant Shareholder; b) the beneficiary (or the beneficiaries, as the case may be) of the foundation or trust, if any, shall be the transferor(s) itself or transferor's relative (or relatives, as the case may be) up to and including the fourth degree; and c) the relevant foundation's bylaws or articles of association or the relevant provisions of the trust agreement shall strictly |
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| interest (directly or indirectly) held in the Company to third parties, unless such transfer is imposed by the applicable law upon liquidation or dissolution of the foundation or trust; |
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| Initial Allocation | has the meaning given to it in clause 14.1; | |
| Initial Deed of Allocation | a private deed of allocation (onderhandse akte van toekenning) of Special Voting Shares A or B, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 4; |
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| Initial Election Form | the form completed by a shareholder of Brembo requesting to confirm the registration of one or more Ordinary Shares which such shareholder will hold in the context of the Redomiciliation in the Loyalty Register and applying for allocation of a corresponding number Special Voting Shares in accordance with clause 14.1, substantially in the form as attached hereto as 1.2.i, as amended from time to time; |
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| Initial Electing Shareholders | has the meaning given to it in clause 14.2; | |
| Initial Electing Ordinary Shares |
has the meaning given to it in clause 14.4; | |
| Intermediary | the financial institution or intermediary at which the relevant Shareholder operates its securities account; |
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| Italian Special Register | the special register for the increasing voting rights (maggiorazione del diritto di voto) under the applicable Italian law; |
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| Loyalty Register | that part of the Company's shareholder register (aandeel houdersregister) reserved for the registration of Special Voting Shares, Qualifying Ordinary Shares, Initial Electing Ordinary Shares and Electing Ordinary Shares; |
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| Loyalty Transferee | (A) with respect to any Shareholder that is not a natural person: a) any Affiliate of such Shareholder; b) in case of merger of such Shareholder, to the extent the legal entity resulting from the merger is directly or indirectly controlled by the Ultimate Controlling Person of the Shareholder as of the date of effectiveness of the merger, the legal entity resulting from the merger; c) in case of demerger of such Shareholder, to the extent the legal entity ending up with the Qualifying Ordinary Shares is directly or indirectly controlled by the Ultimate Controlling Person of the Shareholder as of the date of effectiveness of the demerger, the legal entity ending up with the Qualifying Ordinary Shares; d) the legal entity resulting from a merger, or the legal entity ending up with the Qualifying Ordinary Shares in the context of a demerger, to the extent both the following conditions are met: - as of the day of effectiveness of the relevant merger or demerger the merging, or demerging, Shareholder is not controlled, and - the Fair Market Value of the Initial Electing |
Ordinary Shares, Electing Ordinary Shares or Qualifying Ordinary Shares (as the case may be) held by such Shareholder represent less than twenty per cent (20%) of the total assets of (i) the legal entity resulting from the merger, or (ii) the legal entity ending up with the Initial Electing Ordinary Shares, Electing Ordinary Shares or Qualifying Ordinary Shares in the context of a demerger (in both case as resulting from the latest available financial statements); or
For the avoidance of doubt any transfer to a Loyalty Transferee cannot qualify as a Change of Control;
| Mandatory Retransfer Event | has the meaning given to it in clause 17.1; | ||
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| New Ordinary Share | has the meaning given to it in clause 19.1; | ||
| New Special Voting Share | has the meaning given to it in clause 19.1; | ||
| Ordinary Shares | ordinary shares (gewone aandelen) in the share capital of the Company; |
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| Power of Attorney | a power of attorney pursuant to which a Shareholder irrevocably authorises and instructs the Company and the Agent to represent such Shareholder and act on its behalf in connection with any allocation, acquisition, sale, repurchase and transfer of any Special Voting Shares in accordance with and pursuant to these SVS Terms, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 6; |
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| Qualifying Ordinary Shares | Qualifying Ordinary Shares A, Qualifying Ordinary Shares B, Qualifying Ordinary Shares C, Qualifying Ordinary Shares D, Qualifying Ordinary Shares E, Qualifying Ordinary Shares F, |
Qualifying Ordinary Shares G, Qualifying Ordinary Shares H or Qualifying Ordinary Shares I; Qualifying Ordinary Shares A a) Initial Electing Ordinary Shares that have been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee from the date of execution of the Initial Deed of Allocation and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares A; and b) Ordinary Shares that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares A; Qualifying Ordinary Shares B a) Initial Electing Ordinary Shares that have been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee from the date of execution of the Initial Deed of Allocation and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares B; and b) Qualifying Ordinary Shares A that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares B; Qualifying Ordinary Shares C Qualifying Ordinary Shares B that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares C; Qualifying Ordinary Shares D Qualifying Ordinary Shares C that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares D; Qualifying Ordinary Shares E Qualifying Ordinary Shares D that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares E; Qualifying Ordinary Shares F Qualifying Ordinary Shares E that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares F; Qualifying Ordinary Shares G Qualifying Ordinary Shares F that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special
Voting Shares G;
| Qualifying Ordinary Shares H | Qualifying Ordinary Shares G that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special |
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Qualifying Ordinary Shares I Qualifying Ordinary Shares H that have for an uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year been registered in the Loyalty Register in the name of one and the same Shareholder or its Loyalty Transferee and as such give entitlement to Special Voting Shares I;
Qualifying Shareholder the holder of one or more Qualifying Ordinary Shares;
Redomiciliation the cross-border conversion of Brembo from an Italian S.p.A. to a Dutch N.V.;
Redomiciliation Effective Date the date on which the Redomiciliation is legally effected;
Registration Confirmation Form the form completed by a shareholder of Brembo requesting to confirm the registration of one or more Ordinary Shares of the Company which such shareholder will hold in the context of the Redomiciliation in the Loyalty Register, elect to receive a corresponding number of Special Voting Shares B and carry over the holding period from the Italian Special Register for the purpose thereof, substantially in the form as attached hereto as Schedule 3, as amended from time to time;
Request has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1;
Ultimate Controlling Person the natural person who ultimately owns or controls a legal entity
Shareholders with Increased Voting Rights under Italian law
Shareholders with Ordinary Shares Registered in the Italian Special Register before the Announcement Date
Shareholders with Ordinary Shares Registered in the Italian Special Register between the Announcement Date and the Final Term
Shareholders with Ordinary Shares Registered in the Italian Special Register after through direct or indirect ownership of fifty per cent (50%) plus one of the voting rights in an entity, including through bearer shareholdings, or through control via other means;
Shareholder a holder of one or more Ordinary Shares;
Shareholders that, at the Redomiciliation Effective Date (included), have their voting rights increased (maggiorazione del diritto di voto) under Italian law;
Shareholders that (i), at the Redomiciliation Effective Date (included), have not increased yet their voting rights (maggiorazione del diritto di voto) under the Italian law; but (ii) have validly requested the Company to register their Ordinary Shares into the Italian Special Register before the Announcement Date (excluded);
Shareholders that (i), at the Redomiciliation Effective Date (included), have not increased yet their voting rights (maggiorazione del diritto di voto) under Italian law; but (ii) have validly requested the Company to register their Ordinary Shares into the Italian Special Register in the period between the Announcement Date (included) and the Final Term (included);
Shareholders that (i), at the Redomiciliation Effective Date (included), have not increased yet their voting rights (maggiorazione del diritto di voto) under Italian law; but (ii) have
| the Final Term | validly requested the Company to register their Ordinary Shares into the Italian Special Register between the Final Term (excluded) and the Redomiciliation Effective Date (excluded); |
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| Special Capital Reserve | a separate reserve (statutaire reserve) maintained in the books of the Company to pay-up Special Voting Shares; |
| Special Voting Shares | special voting shares in the capital of the Company. Unless the contrary is apparent, this includes Special Voting Shares A, Special Voting Shares B, Special Voting Shares C, Special Voting Shares D, Special Voting Shares E, Special Voting Shares F, Special Voting Shares G, Special Voting Shares H and Special Voting Shares I; |
| Special Voting Shares A | the special voting shares A in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares B | the special voting shares B in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares C | the special voting shares C in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares D | the special voting shares D in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares E | the special voting shares E in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares F | the special voting shares F in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares G | the special voting shares G in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares H | the special voting shares H in the share capital of the Company; |
| Special Voting Shares I | the special voting shares I in the share capital of the Company; |
| SVS A Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 5.1; |
| SVS B Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 6.1; |
| SVS C Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 7.1; |
| SVS D Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 8.1; |
| SVS E Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 9.1; |
| SVS F Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 10.1; |
| SVS G Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 11.1; |
| SVS H Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 12.1; |
| SVS I Qualification Date | has the meaning given to it in clause 13.1; |
| SVS Terms | the SVS terms of the Company, as amended from time to time; and |
| Transferred Group | the relevant Shareholder together with its Affiliates, if any, over which control was transferred as part of the same change of control transaction within the meaning of the definition of |
In these SVS Terms, unless specified otherwise:
a. a "Clause", "Recital" or "Schedule" means a clause (including all sub clauses), a recital, or a schedule in or to these SVS Terms;
Change of Control.
[Computershare form to be inserted]
[Computershare form to be inserted]
THIS INITIAL PRIVATE DEED OF ALLOCATION (the "Deed") is entered into on [●] and made between:
OR
[name individual], born in [●] on [●], and residing at [●] (the "Shareholder").
The parties to this Deed are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually as a "Party".
E. The Company and the Shareholder shall hereby effect the issuance and the acceptance of the New SVS [A/B] on the terms stated below.
The New SVS [A/B] are issued at nominal value (nominale waarde), and therefore at an issue price of [●] eurocent (EUR [●]) per share, amounting to [●] euro (EUR [●]) in the aggregate and are paid up in full at the expense of the Special Capital Reserve.
4.4. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Deed shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Signature page to follow -
Signature page Initial Private Deed of Allocation –
Agreed upon and signed by:
BREMBO N.V. By: Position: Position:
BREMBO N.V. By:
[Shareholder] By: Position: Position:
[Shareholder] By:
[Computershare form to be inserted]
[name entity], a [●] company, under the laws of [corporate jurisdiction], having its corporate seat in [●] , [●], its principal place of business at [●], [●], and registered in the [name of commercial register] under number [●] (the "Shareholder").
OR
[name individual], born in [●] on [●], and residing at [●] (the "Shareholder").
hereby grants to each of:
(the "Representative"), acting severally and not jointly (with single signature),
a limited power of attorney to, on behalf of the Principal, represent him/her/it and act on his/her/its behalf in connection with the registration, in the name of the Shareholder, of the Ordinary Shares and Special Voting Shares in the Loyalty Register, as well as with any issuance, allocation, acquisition, transfer, conversion and/or repurchase of any Special Voting Share, in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions with respect to special voting shares as accessible via the Company's corporate website (www.brembo.com) (the "SVS Terms"), including but not limited to the execution of the Initial Deed of Allocation, any Deed of Allocation and any Deed of Retransfer.
The capitalised terms used in this power of attorney but not defined in this power of attorney will have the meaning as set out in the SVS Terms.
The Representative is not liable for any loss or damage, directly and indirectly suffered by the Shareholder as a result of any act or omission of the Representative in connection with this power of attorney, with the exception of loss or damage caused by the intentional or deliberately reckless conduct of the Representative.
This power of attorney is governed exclusively by Dutch law.
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[name of the Shareholder] by: [name signatory] place: date:
Please send the following documents to the Company or the Agent:
THIS PRIVATE DEED OF ALLOCATION (the "Deed") is entered into on [●] and made between:
OR
[name individual], born in [●] on [●], and residing at [●] (the "Shareholder").
The parties to this Deed are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually as a "Party".
[The New SVS A are issued at nominal value (nominale waarde), and therefore at an issue price of one eurocent (EUR 0.01) per share, amounting to [●] euro (EUR [●]) in the aggregate and are paid up in full at the expense of the Special Capital Reserve./The Existing SVS A are transferred for no consideration.]
4.4. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Deed shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Signature page to follow -
Signature page Initial Private Deed of Allocation –
THIS DEED has been signed by the parties (or their duly authorised representatives) on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.
BREMBO N.V. By: Position: Position:
BREMBO N.V. By:
[Shareholder] By: Position: Position:
[Shareholder] By:
relating to the conversion of Special Voting Shares [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H] into Special Voting Shares [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I]
Brembo N.V. (the "Company") has a special voting scheme pursuant to which shareholders can be rewarded with multiple voting rights for long-term ownership of ordinary shares (gewone aandelen) in the capital of the Company. The terms and conditions with respect to special voting shares are accessible via the Company's corporate website (www.brembo.com) (the "SVS Terms"). Capitalised terms used in this statement but not defined in this conversion statement will have the mean ing as set out in the SVS Terms.
[name Shareholder] holds [●] ([●]) Special Voting Shares [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H], with a nominal value of [●] eurocent (EUR [●]) each (the "Existing SVS [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H]"), whereby the Ordinary Shares corresponding to the Existing SVS [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H] have become Qualifying Ordinary Shares [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I] as from [●], and thus giving entitlement to Special Voting Shares [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I], such in accordance with clause 6 of the SVS Terms.
In view of the foregoing, the Company hereby issues this conversion statement pursuant to which the Existing SVS [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H] are converted into an equal number of Special Voting Shares [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I], with a nominal value of [●] eurocent (EUR [●]) each (the "New SVS [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I]"), such in accordance with Article 16.9 of the Articles and clause [6.3/7.2/8.2/9.2/10.2/11.2/12.2/13.2] of the SVS Terms.
This conversion takes immediate effect. The New SVS [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I] shall be registered and no share certificates shall be issued for the New SVS [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I]. The Company shall register the issuance of the New SVS [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I] in its register of shareholders (aandeelhoudersregister).
The difference between the nominal value of the Existing SVS [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H] and of the New SVS [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I], amounting to [●] euro (EUR [●]) in the aggregate, are paid up in full at the expense of the Special Capital Reserve.
– Signature page Conversion Statement New SVS [B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I] –
THIS CONVERSION STATEMENT has been signed on the date stated at the beginning of this statement.
BREMBO N.V. By: Position: Position:
BREMBO N.V. By:
[Computershare form to be inserted]
This notification serves to notify Brembo N.V. of the occurrence of a Change of Control relating to the holder of ordinary shares registered in the loyalty register. Please read, complete and sign this Change of Control Notification in accordance with the instructions contained herein.
I hereby declare that a Change of Control has occurred in relation to the undersigned, as holder of Ordinary Shares registered in the Loyalty Register of the Company. This Change of Control Notification is accompanied by the attached duly completed De-Registration Form in relation to all Ordinary Shares as stated under paragraph 3 of this Change of Control Notification.
Date on which the Change of Control occurred:
Cause of the Change of Control:
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1 The Change of Control Notification must be signed by the registered holder(s) exactly as such name(s) appear(s) in the Loyalty Register of the Company.
2 If the signature is placed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney -in-fact, agent, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide proof of the signatory's authority to represent the Shareholder.
4.2. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Change of Control Notification shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Signature page to follow –
- Signature page Change of Control Notification –
THIS CHANGE OF CONTROL NOTIFICATION has been signed on the date stated at the beginning of this statement.
[Shareholder] By: Position: Position:
[Shareholder] By:
THIS PRIVATE DEED OF RETRANSFER (the "Deed") is entered into on [●] and made between:
1. [name entity], a [●] company, under the laws of [corporate jurisdiction], having its corporate seat IN [●], [●], its principal place of business at [●], [●], and registered in the [name of commercial register] under number [●] (the "Shareholder"); and
OR
[name individual], born in [●] on [●], and residing at [●] (the "Shareholder"); and
2. BREMBO N.V., a public company (naamloze vennootschap), under the laws of the Netherlands, with its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, its principal place of business at Via Brembo, 25, Curno (Bergamo), Italy, and registered with the trade register (handelsregister) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (kamer van koophandel) under number [●] (the "Company").
The parties to this Deed are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually as a "Party".
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares B, with a nominal value of two eurocent (EUR 0.02) each, numbered SVSB-[●] through SVSB-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares C, with a nominal value of three eurocent (EUR 0.03) each, numbered SVSC-[●] through SVSC-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares D, with a nominal value of four eurocent (EUR 0.04) each, numbered SVSD-[●] through SVSD-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares E, with a nominal value of five eurocent (EUR 0.05) each, numbered SVSE-[●] through SVSE-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares F, with a nominal value of six eurocent (EUR 0.06) each, numbered SVSF-[●] through SVSF-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares G, with a nominal value of seven eurocent (EUR 0.07) each, numbered SVSG-[●] through SVSG-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares H, with a nominal value of eight eurocent (EUR 0.08) each, numbered SVSH-[●] through SVSH-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
[The Shareholder is the owner of fully paid up ● Special Voting Shares I, with a nominal value of nine eurocent (EUR 0.09) each, numbered SVSI-[●] through SVSI-[●] acquired on [●] by way of a conversion [([collectively,] the "Offered SVS");]
The Shareholder warrants to the Company that he has full and unencumbered title to the Offered SVS.
The Company shall record the transfer of the Offered SVS effected by this Deed in its register of shareholders (aandeelhoudersregister).
4.4. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Deed shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Signature page to follow -
Signature page Initial Private Deed of Retransfer –
THIS DEED has been signed by the parties (or their duly authorised representatives) on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.
[Shareholder] By: Position: Position:
[Shareholder] By:
BREMBO N.V. By: Position: Position:
BREMBO N.V. By:

The following chart provides a comparison between the governance provisions (including the independence requirements for directors) currently applicable to Brembo S.p.A. and those applicable to Brembo N.V. following the Cross-Border Conversion.
It should be noted that the column related to the governance of Brembo N.V. after the Cross-Border Conversion has been prepared on the basis of publicly available information.
| Before the Cross-Border Transaction – Brembo S.p.A. |
After the Cross-Border Transaction – Brembo N.V. |
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| model Governance |
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| Currently, Brembo S.p.A. has adopted a traditional governance model, under which the corporate bodies are: (i) the shareholders' meeting, (ii) the board of directors (appointed by the shareholders' meeting), and (iii) the board of statutory auditors (appointed by the shareholders' meeting). |
Brembo N.V. will adopt, according to the New Articles, the one-tier model in which the corporate bodies are: (i) the shareholders' meeting of holders of all shares, as well as of each class of shares and (ii) the board of directors appointed by the shareholders' meeting. |
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| Following the Cross-Border Transaction, Brembo N.V. will not have a board of auditors. | ||
| Shareholders' meeting – Notice of call |
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| Pursuant to Brembo S.p.A.'s by-laws and Italian law, shareholders' meetings may be called in single call as well as in first, second or third call. The meeting shall be convened by the board of directors by written notice containing the day, time, place, and business to be transacted to be published in a nationally circulated newspaper and on the company's website at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting, except as noted below. With regard to the ordinary meeting called to appoint, through the list voting mechanism, the members of the board of directors and the board of auditors, the notice must be published at least 40 days before the date of the meeting. With regard to the extraordinary shareholders' meeting called to pass resolutions under Articles 2446 (capital reduction due to losses), 2447 (capital reduction below the legal limit) and 2487 (liquidation) of the Civil Code, the notice of the meeting must be published at least 21 days before the date of the meeting. With regard to the meeting called to deliberate under Article 104 of the ICLF (authorization to take defensive measures in the context of an MTO), the notice of the meeting must be published at least 15 days before the date of the meeting. |
The meeting shall be convened by the board of directors by means of a notice stating the items to be discussed, the place and time of the meeting, the requirements and procedures for attendance and voting, and the address of the website of Brembo N.V. Shareholder meetings must be called at least 42 days before the date set for the meeting. In accordance with Dutch law, all announcements, notices and other communications to shareholders and other persons entitled to attend the meeting must be made public on the company's website. For class meetings of the shares of a class that are not listed, the term for convening such meeting is at least 15 days and no record date applies. |

| Shareholders' meeting – Attendance requirements |
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| In order to attend the shareholders' meeting, holders of Brembo S.p.A. shares (dematerialized and admitted to centralized management at Monte Titoli in accordance with Articles 83-quater et seq. of the ICLF) are required to request the banks or intermediaries with whom they hold the relevant account, to transmit to Brembo S.p.A. the certifications attesting to the number of shares held at the end of the 7 th open market day preceding the date scheduled for the shareholders' meeting (record date), without changes in share ownership occurring between that record date and the date of the shareholders' meeting being relevant. Such certification issued by the intermediary must be received by Brembo S.p.A. by the end of the 3rd trading day prior to the date of the shareholders' meeting. In any case, shareholders are |
The right to attend the shareholders' meeting is vested in those who hold this right on the 28th day prior to the date of the meeting (record date). In addition to the record date, the notice convening the shareholders' meeting shall, likewise, stipulate the manner by which shareholders and other persons entitled to attend must register and exercise their respective rights. Shareholders may choose to be represented at the meeting by a duly authorized representative in writing. |
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| entitled to attend the meeting even if the certification is received by Brembo S.p.A. later but before the start of the meeting proceedings. |
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| Each shareholder entitled to attend the meeting may be represented by another person. Representation requires the granting of a written power of attorney. A proxy may only be given for a single meeting. |
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| Shareholders' meeting – Voting rights |
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| The by-laws of Brembo S.p.A. provide for increased voting rights pursuant to Article 127- quinquies of the ICLF. Specifically, upon uninterrupted ownership and continuous registration in a special register in the name of the same shareholder for twenty-four months, each ordinary |
Under Dutch law and statutory practice, increased voting rights can be adopted without meeting the quantitative limit to the voting multiplier provided by Italian law under Article 127- quinquies of the ICLF (2x). |
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| share will thus confer two voting rights. | The New Articles will provide, in addition to the change of the corporate purpose, a multiple voting share system under Dutch law, immediately applicable following the Cross-Border Conversion and designed to encourage long-term shareholder participation in a manner that reinforces the Company's stability, as well as to provide the Company with enhanced flexibility in pursuing strategic investment opportunities in the future and, in connection therewith, the use of ordinary shares as currency. |
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| Shareholders' meeting – Quorum |
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| An ordinary meeting of shareholders is validly constituted on first call if at least 50% of the share capital is represented. On second or single call, no quorum is required. In first call, the ordinary shareholders' meeting passes resolutions with the affirmative vote of the majority of the share capital (absolute majority). On second or single call, the ordinary meeting passes resolutions by the affirmative vote of the majority of the share capital represented at the meeting. In resolutions concerning the appointment of the board of directors and the board of auditors, the election is carried out through the list voting mechanism. An extraordinary shareholders' meeting is validly constituted when at least half of the share capital is represented, if convened on first call, or when more than 1/3 of the share capital is |
Dutch law makes no distinction between ordinary and extraordinary meetings. All resolutions are passed by an absolute majority of those voting. However, in cases where shareholders representing less than half of the issued share capital attend the meeting, a 2/3 majority of the votes cast is required to pass the following resolutions: (a) reduction of share capital; (b) limitation or exclusion of pre-emptive rights; (c) authorization of the board of directors to limit or exclude shareholders' pre-emptive rights; and (d) approval of merger or demerger transactions. |
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| represented, if convened on second call, or, finally, when at least 20% of the share capital is represented, if convened on subsequent second or single call. On first call, second call, or on subsequent call or single call, the extraordinary meeting shall pass resolutions with the affirmative |
For class meetings, all resolutions will be adopted by absolute majority of the votes cast on shares with no quorum being applicable. |

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| Shareholders' right to call a meeting and request to supplement the agenda |
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| The directors must call a meeting without delay when a request is made by as many shareholders representing at least 5% of Brembo S.p.A.'s capital, subject to an indication of the items to be discussed and provided that the relevant resolution does not, by law, require that it be passed on the proposal of the directors or on the basis of a draft or report prepared by them. If the board of directors or, in its stead, the board of auditors fails to provide, the meeting may be convened by the competent court if the refusal to provide is unjustified. Shareholders representing at least 2.5% of Brembo S.p.A.'s share capital may request that items be added to the agenda within 10 days of the publication of the notice of call of the meeting (or within 5 days if the meeting is called to approve a reduction in share capital). If the board of directors or, in its stead, the board of auditors fails to provide, the meeting may be convened by the competent court if the refusal to provide is unjustified. |
Persons holding voting rights who hold, including jointly, at least 10% of the share capital may request in writing that the board of directors call a meeting, indicating the matters to be discussed. If no such meeting has been held within eight weeks after the request, the requesting shareholders may be authorized by the court to call the meeting. Shareholders representing at least 3% of the capital may request that items on the agenda be added to the agenda. The shareholder needs to state the reasons for the request and the request needs to be received by the lead non-executive chair, the executive chair or the chief executive officer in writing at least sixty (60) days before the date of the shareholders' meeting. The Dutch Corporate Governance Code prescribes that shareholders should only do so after having consulted the board of directors. |
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| Solicitation of proxies | ||
| Pursuant to Italian law, Brembo S.p.A., one or more of its shareholders or any other eligible person may conduct a proxy solicitation. The solicitation of proxies must be carried out through the dissemination of a prospectus and a proxy form; the relevant notice must be published on Brembo S.p.A.'s website and communicated to CONSOB, Borsa Italiana and Monte Titoli. Proxies must be dated, signed, and include voting instructions. Voting instructions may also refer only to certain items on the agenda. Proxies so conferred may be revoked up to the last day before the meeting. Proxies may be conferred only for individual meetings that have already been convened. |
The New Articles provide that a shareholder may be represented by a proxy holder authorized in writing. A proxy form will be made available on the company's website on the date of the convocation of the shareholders' meeting. Solicitation of Proxies is not regulated in the Netherlands. |
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| Pre-emption right | ||
| Under Italian law, a shareholder of a joint stock company has an option right to subscribe for new shares issued for cash and convertible bonds in proportion to the shareholding already held, with the exceptions summarized below. Pre-emption rights do not apply to newly issued shares to be paid for by contributions in kind. The pre-emption right may also be excluded or limited when the interest of the company so requires. In both cases, the reasons for exclusion or limitation must be adequately explained by the directors in a special report. In companies with shares listed on regulated markets or traded on multilateral trading facilities, the by-laws may also exclude pre-emption right to the extent of 10% of the pre-existing share capital, provided that the issue price corresponds to the market value of the shares and this is confirmed in a special report by a statutory auditor or auditing firm. Eventually, pre-emption rights are excluded if the newly issued shares are offered for subscription |
Under the New Articles, shareholders have a pre-emptive right on newly issued ordinary shares in proportion to the aggregate number of ordinary shares already held. Exceptions to these pre-emptive rights include (i) the issue of ordinary shares against a contribution in kind other than in cash, (ii) the issue of ordinary shares to employees of the company or of a group company pursuant to a n employee share scheme or as an employee benefit and (iii) the issue of ordinary shares to persons exercising a previously granted right to subscribe for shares. Following the Cross-Border Conversion, the board of directors will be the competent body to restrict or exclude pre-emptive rights for a period of 5 years. After this 5-year period, pre emptive rights relating to ordinary shares may be restricted or excluded by the shareholders' meeting, or if the shareholders' meeting designed the board of directors to do so, the board of directors for maximum periods of 5 year. |
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| to employees of the company or companies that control it or are controlled by it. | Within eight (8) days following the adoption of a resolution to exclude or restrict pre-emptive rights or for the designation of the board of directors to restrict or exclude pre-emptive rights, |

| the board of directors shall file the full text of the resolution at the office of the Dutch trade register. Shareholders have no pre-emptive rights on newly issued special voting shares. In respect of an issuance of ordinary shares to all shareholders, subject to regulatory restrictions, whereby pre emptive rights are not restricted or excluded, each holder of one or more special voting shares will have a pre-emptive right to acquire such a number of special voting shares to maintain the same proportion of ordinary shares and special voting shares as a shareholder holds prior to the issuance of ordinary shares. |
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| Right of withdrawal | ||
| Pursuant to Italian law, the right of withdrawal may be exercised by shareholders who did not participate (as absent, opposed or abstaining) in the adoption of the following resolutions at the shareholders' meeting: (a) the modification of the corporate purpose of the company; (b) the transformation of society; (c) the transfer of the registered office abroad; (d) the revocation of the company's state of liquidation; and (e) amendments to the by-laws concerning voting or participation rights. Under Italian law, in the case of shares listed on regulated markets, shareholders who did not participate in the resolution resulting in the delisting have the right to withdraw from the company. The right of withdrawal may be exercised for all or part of the shares held by the eligible shareholder. In order to validly exercise their right of withdrawal, eligible shareholders must send a notice to the company by registered letter within fifteen days of the registration in the commercial register of the resolution legitimizing the exercise of withdrawal. Shares for which the right of withdrawal is exercised cannot be transferred by the withdrawing shareholder and must remain deposited at the registered office (or with the relevant |
Dutch law does not provide for the institution of a right of withdrawal (except in the case of cross-border merger transactions in which a Dutch company acts as disappearing company). |
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| Purchase of own shares | ||
| Pursuant to Italian law, the purchase of treasury shares is permitted only within the limits of distributable profits and available reserves resulting from the latest financial statements, it being understood, in any case, that only fully paid shares may be purchased. The purchase must be authorized by the shareholders' meeting, which shall determine the terms and conditions, indicating in particular the maximum number of shares to be purchased, the duration, not exceeding 18 months, for which the authorization is granted, the minimum consideration and the maximum consideration. The par value of treasury shares that can be purchased by the company and its subsidiaries may in no case exceed a total of 20% of the company's share capital. |
The purchase of fully paid-up treasury shares for consideration is permitted only if: (a) the board of directors has been authorized to do so by the shareholders' meeting. Such authorization may be issued for a period not exceeding 18 months, and shall specify the number of shares, the method of purchase, and the limits for setting the purchase price; (b) the assets of the company, less the amount needed to make the share purchase, are not less than the sum of subscribed and paid-up share capital and mandatory reserves; (c) the par value of the treasury shares to be purchased and the treasury shares already held by the company (or held in pledge or held by subsidiaries) does not exceed half of the aggregate par value of the share capital. |

| Shareholders' authorization to dispose of treasury shares has no time limit. |
The purchase of treasury shares is also allowed, without authorization by the shareholders' meeting, for the purpose of transferring such shares to employees under an employee share scheme, provided these shares are listed. |
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| Other rights of minority shareholders | ||
| Under Italian law, shareholders representing at least 1/40th of the share capital of a company with listed shares may bring a corporate liability action on behalf of the company against directors for breach of their duties to the company. If such an action is successful, damages shall accrue exclusively in favor of the company. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right to damages due to an individual shareholder who has been directly harmed by a negligent or willful act of the directors. Any shareholder representing at least 1/1000 of the share capital (with voting rights) of a company with listed shares may also challenge resolutions of the board of directors within 90 days of approval where the relevant resolution may prejudice his or her rights. Any shareholder (absent, dissenting, or abstaining) representing at least 1/1000 of the share capital (with voting rights) may challenge any resolution of the shareholders' meeting that is contrary to the law or the by-laws. |
If a director is liable to the corporation, such as for breach of fiduciary duty, only the corporation can bring a liability action against him or her. Accordingly, a shareholder or a group of shareholders can only bring an action against a director if they are directly harmed by a wrongful act of the director. If they show that there are well-founded reasons to doubt the correctness of the company's management policy or conduct of its business, qualified minorities of shareholders may obtain the initiation of judicial review proceedings at the Companies Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals. This right accrues to shareholders who (even jointly): • where the issued share capital does not exceed Euro 22.5 million, hold shares representing the lesser of: (i) at least 10% of the issued share capital, or (ii) Euro 225,000 of the par value of the issued shares; • where the issued share capital exceeds Euro 22.5 million, hold shares representing the lesser of: (i) 1% of the issued share capital, or (ii) Euro 20 million based on the closing price of the share at the end of the last trading day before the application is filed. This procedure (enquĕte) is not only enabled for shareholders, but also for Brembo N.V. itself, groups further specified in the by-laws, and the trustee in case of bankruptcy, trade unions and the attorney general for reasons of public interest. |
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| Financial statements | ||
| The company's ordinary shareholders' meeting shall be convened to approve the financial statements within 120 days after the close of the company's fiscal year, or 180 if the by-laws so permit and the company is required to prepare consolidated financial statements or special needs relating to the company's structure and purpose so require. Within 4 months after the end of the year, Italian listed company shall make available to the public at the company's headquarters, on the company website and with the other ways envisaged by CONSOB's regulation, the annual financial report, comprising the draft financial statements and consolidated financial statements, the report on operations and the auditing report. The Italian listed companies shall publish, as soon as possible and in any case within 3 months after the end of the first 6 months of the financial year, a half-yearly financial report containing the simplified half-year statements, interim directors' report auditors' report. |
The board of directors needs to prepare the annual financial statements within 4 months after the close of the company's financial year, make them publicly available and file the with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The board of directors must submit the annual accounts for adoption by the shareholders' meeting. The Company's shareholders' meeting is convened to approve the annual financial statements within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year and otherwise the supervisor, the AFM, needs to be notified without delay. Within 3 months after the end of the first 6 months of each financial year, the board of directors must prepare interim financial statements, make them publicly available and file the with the AFM. |
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| Dividends | ||
| Dividends may be distributed to shareholders: (i) up to the amount of the net income shown in the duly approved annual financial statements for the preceding fiscal year, provided, however, that net income is first deducted to establish the legal capital reserve (and up to such reserve |
The board of directors may decide that the profits realized during a financial year are fully or partially appropriated to increase and/or form reserves. The profits remaining will be put at the disposal of the shareholders' meeting. for the benefit of the holders of ordinary shares. |
| being equal to 20% of the share capital) and subject to any further provisions provided for in the articles of incorporation or ordered by the shareholders' meeting, and/or (ii) up to the amount of the distributable capital reserves. Dividends may not be distributed where such distribution would reduce the assets of the company below the amount of fully subscribed and paid-up share capital and reserves provided for in accordance with the law. |
The company may make distributions of operating profits for the benefit of shareholders only to the extent that the company's equity exceeds the amount of the company's issued share capital plus the reserves that must be maintained in accordance with Dutch law and the articles of association. Dividends will be paid after the adoption of the annual accounts and a proposal to pay dividend to the holders of the ordinary shares will be dealt with as a separate agenda item at the shareholders' meeting. No distribution will be made on the special voting shares. Interim distributions may be made by the board of directors when it appears from an unaudited interim statement of assets signed by the board of directors that the company's equity exceeds the amount of the issued capital, increased by the reserves which must be maintained in accordance with Dutch law and the articles of association. |
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| Administrative body: election, removal, replacements | ||
| The company is governed by a board of directors consisting of between five and eleven members, as determined by the shareholders' meeting. Currently, Brembo S.p.A.'s board of directors consists of eleven members. Directors are appointed for a term not exceeding 3 fiscal years, expiring on the day of the meeting called to approve the annual budget for the last year of their term. Under Italian law, the board of directors is elected through a slate voting mechanism. Directors may be removed from office at any time by resolution of the shareholders' meeting. Directors removed before the natural expiration of their term of office without just cause are entitled to compensation for damages. In the event that certain directors leave office, the board of directors, by a resolution approved by the board of auditors, shall replace them by co-option, provided that the majority is still made up of directors appointed by the shareholders' meeting. Directors so appointed shall hold office until the next shareholders' meeting. |
The board of directors is elected by the shareholders' meeting on a pure majority system, by separate voting for each candidate listed on the agenda upon a binding nomination by the board of directors. The shareholders' meeting may overrule this nomination by a majority of the votes provided that this majority of the votes represents more than half of the issued share capital. List voting is not covered by Dutch law. The board of directors consists of executive and non executive directors. The chairman is chosen from among the latter. The term of office of the board of directors may not exceed 4 years. According to the DCGC, an executive director may be reappointed for a term of four years and the diversity and inclusion policy should be considered in the preparation of the appointment or reappointment. According to the DCGC, a non-executive director also appointed for a period of four years and may then be reappointed once for another four-year period. After those eight years, the non-executive director may then be reappointed for a period of two years, which may be extended by at most two years. The shareholders' meeting has the power to suspend or remove directors from office at any time. In the event that one or more directors cease to serve, management power remains with the board of directors formed by the remaining directors, who may appoint one or more substitutes to serve temporarily. |
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| Administrative body: independence and gender requirements | ||
| The corporate governance code promoted by Borsa Italiana provides the following rules and principles regarding the independence of board members: • in large companies with concentrated ownership (which Brembo S.p.A. is) at least 1/3 of the directors must be independent. In addition, the majority of the members of the control and risk committee, the remuneration committee and the nomination committee must be independent; • circumstances that compromise, or appear to compromise, the independence of a director |
Independence The DCGC provides the following rules and principles regarding the independence of non executive directors: • the majority of the non-executive directors must be independent. In addition, the chairman of the board must be independent and cannot be a former executive director of the company. In addition, the majority of the members of the audit committee, the remuneration committee, and the nomination committee must be independent; |
According to Article 147-ter of the ICLF, the least represented gender must get at least 2/5 of the directors.
• a non-executive director cannot be considered independent if he or she personally, or his or her spouse, partner (or part of a civil union), adopted child, or relative or kin up to the second degree:
A new gender law has become effective in the Netherlands and is applicable to companies with shares admitted to a regulated exchange in the Netherlands and is therefore not applicable to Brembo N.V. This law stipulates that as long as one-third of the non-executive directors are not men or are not women, the appointment of a person, who's appointment would not make the ratio of men to women between the non-executive directors more balanced, void, unless there is a reappointment within eight years of the year of appointment or exceptional circumstances are applicable (as meant in another Dutch law provision). If the number of nonexecutives is not dividable by three, the adjacent higher number that is divisible by three is taken into account for this calculation.
Pursuant to the DCGC the company must have a policy on diversity and inclusion (D&I policy) for the enterprise. This policy should set in any case set specific, appropriate and ambitious targets in order to achieve a good balance in gender diversity and other D&I aspects of relevance to the company. This policy should be applicable to the executive directors, nonexecutive directors, the executive committee and a category of employees in managerial

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| The corporate governance statement included in the company's annual report must explain the D&I policy and the way in which it is implemented in practice, including the goals, the plan to achieve the goals, the result in the past financial year and the gender composition of the board of directors, executive committee and senior management at the end of the past financial year. |
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| Administrative body: powers | |
| The board of directors is vested with the broadest powers for the ordinary and extraordinary management of the company, excluding only those powers that the law strictly reserves to the shareholders' meeting. A majority of the directors in office must be present for board meetings to be valid. Resolutions are passed by majority vote of those present; in case of a tie, the chairman has the casting vote. Under Brembo S.p.A.'s by-laws, the following matters are the exclusive responsibility of the board of directors and cannot be delegated: • Resolutions concerning mergers in the cases provided for in Articles 2505 and 2505-bis of the Civil Code; • The establishment and suppression of branch offices; • An indication of which of the directors have the power to represent the company; • The reduction of capital in the event of shareholder withdrawal; • Adaptations of the statute to regulatory provisions; • The relocation of the registered office within the national territory. The board of directors may be delegated by the shareholders' meeting to increase, in one or more tranches, the share capital up to a specified amount and for the maximum period of five years. It is also authorized, pursuant to Article 2365(2) of the Civil Code, to pass resolutions on: • Merger and demerger transactions with wholly and/or ninety% owned companies; • Establishment or cancellation of branch offices; |
The board of directors is charged with the management of the company and exercises control over its administration. The presence of a majority (including by representation) of the directors in office is required for board meetings to be valid. Resolutions are passed by a majority vote of those present. It is also possible for the board of directors to make decisions by written consultation without convening a meeting, provided that all directors, have been consulted and none of them raised an objection to adopt resolutions in that matter. The board of directors may be authorized by the shareholders' meeting to increase, in one or more tranches, the share capital up to a specified amount and for the maximum period of 5 years. Under Dutch law, resolutions of the board of directors that have a material impact on the identity or business of the company may only be adopted with the approval of the shareholders' meeting. Such resolutions include, among others: • The transfer of the (substantially) entire corporate activity to third parties; • entering into or terminating long-term cooperation agreements of the company or its subsidiaries with another legal person or company or as an unlimited partner of limited partnerships or general partnerships, where such entry into or termination is of particular importance to the company; • the acquisition or disposal, by the company or one of its subsidiaries, of an interest in the capital stock of companies whose value is at least one-third of the company's assets, as shown in the latest financial statements and notes thereto or, if the company is required to prepare consolidated financial statements, in the latest consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. |
| • The designation of directors with power of attorney; |
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| • Reduction of share capital in case of withdrawal of the shareholder; |
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| • Adaptations of the statute to regulatory provisions. |
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| Administrative body: internal delegations and committees | |
| Pursuant to Brembo S.p.A.'s by-laws, the board of directors may delegate, within the limits of the law, its powers to an executive committee or to one or more of its members including the Chairman. In addition to the CEO and two executive directors, as well as the chairman, to date, Brembo S.p.A.'s board of directors has established the following intra-board committees in accordance with the corporate governance code promoted by Borsa Italiana (all composed of non-executive |
Specific tasks may be assigned to individual executive directors in the board rules and delegations by the executive directors. According to the DCGC, the division of duties between the non-executive directors should be laid down in terms of reference, including a paragraph dealing with its relations with the executive directors, the shareholders' meeting, the employee participation body and the executive committee, and should be posted on the company's website. |
| and independent directors): | Pursuant to the DCGC, if the board of directors has more than 4 non-executive directors, the |

| • The audit, risk and sustainability committee and related parties; |
following internal-board committees must be established: |
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| • The remuneration and nomination committee. |
• an audit committee responsible for, among other things, overseeing the accounting and financial reporting process, auditor selection, internal control system, and risk management system; |
| • a remuneration committee responsible, among other things, for setting remuneration policies concerning directors; |
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| • an appointment committee responsible for, among other things, establishing criteria and procedures for the selection and appointment of directors and the evaluation of directors. |
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| If the non-executive directors decide not to establish one of the abovementioned committees, the best practice provisions applicable to such committees should apply to all non-executive directors. The non-executive directors should draw up terms of reference for these committees, indicating the role and responsibility of the committee concerned, its composition and the manner in which it discharges it duties. These terms of reference should also be posted on the website. |
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| Disclosure of significant holdings | |
| Pursuant to Article 120 ICLF, each person whose shareholding in the share capital of a listed company reaches or exceeds, upward or downward, the thresholds of 3% [only for non-SME companies], 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50%, 66.6% or 90% is required to notify both the company and CONSOB within 4 trading days after the relevant threshold is exceeded. For the purpose of disclosures on significant holdings, capital means the capital represented by voting |
Pursuant to the Dutch regulations, each person who, directly or indirectly, acquires or disposes of an actual or potential interest in the company or voting rights in the company is required to immediately notify the AFM in writing, by submitting a special form on a dedicated portal, if - as a result of such purchase or act of disposition – the percentage of share capital interest and/or voting rights attributable to that person reaches, or exceeds, or falls below the following |
shares; in companies whose by-laws allow for increased voting rights or have provided for the issuance of multiple voting shares, capital means the total number of voting rights.
For the purpose of calculating the percentage shareholding in the share capital and/or voting rights, the shares in which a person holds are taken into account, even if the voting right is vested or assigned to a third party or is suspended.
Shares in respect of which a person is entitled to or has the right to vote shall also be considered where one or a combination of the following occurs: (i) the voting right accrues as a pledgee or usufructuary, (ii) the voting right accrues as a custodian or nominee on behalf of a third party, provided that such right may be exercised discretionally, (iii) the voting right accrues by virtue of a proxy, provided that such right may be exercised discretionally in the absence of specific instructions from the proxy giver, and (iv) the voting right accrues pursuant to an agreement providing for the provisional transfer of the same for a consideration.
and/or voting rights attributable to that person reaches, or exceeds, or falls below the following thresholds: 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 75% or 95%.
The aforementioned disclosure requirements also apply with reference to shareholdings and/or voting rights referable to members of the board of directors.
For the purpose of calculating the percentage of capital interest or voting rights, the following interests must, inter alia, be taken into account: (a) shares and voting rights directly held (or acquired or disposed) by any person; (b) shares and voting rights held (or acquired or disposed of) by such person's controlled entity or by a third party for such person's account or by a third party with whom such person has concluded an oral or writing voting agreement; (c) voting rights acquired pursuant to an agreement providing for a temporary transfer of voting rights against a payment; (d) shares which such person (directly or indirectly), or third party referred to above, may acquire pursuant to any option or other right to acquire shares; (e) shares that determine the value of certain cash- settled financial instruments such as contracts for difference and total return swaps; (f) shares that must be acquired upon exercise of a put option by a counterparty; and (g) shares that are the subject of another contract creating an economic position similar to a direct or indirect holding in those shares.
Failure to comply with these reporting requirements constitutes an offense and may result in criminal proceedings. The AFM may apply administrative sanctions for noncompliance; a resolution to this effect is made public. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed by the court in civil proceedings against any person who fails to disclose - or improperly discloses -

| information that he or she has a duty to disclose (such as sterilization of voting rights or annulment of the meeting resolution adopted with the casting vote of the person who failed to disclose his or her shareholding). |
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| Pursuant to Article 106(1) of the ICLF, anyone (as a result of acquisitions or as a result of increasing their voting rights) who holds an interest of more than 30% of the share capital or holds more than 30% of the voting rights must promote a mandatory tender offer, addressed to all holders of the issuer's securities, on all securities admitted to trading on a regulated market. In addition, Article 106(1-bis) of the ICLF stipulates that a mandatory takeover bid shall be made in the event that any person, as a result of acquisitions, is found to hold more than 25% of the share capital of a non-SME issuer and no other shareholder has a stake greater than the latter. |
Under Dutch law, any person who, acting individually or in concert with others, acquires, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the voting rights of a company listed on a Dutch or EEA regulated market will be obliged to make a takeover bid for all of the company's shares. The obligation does not apply to those who, individually or in concert with others, hold 30% or more of the voting rights of the company before the shares are listed and who continue to hold the same interest after the listing. |
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| Sell out and squeeze out | ||
| Anyone who comes to hold more than 90% of the issued capital of a listed Italian company has an obligation to buy the remaining securities admitted to trading from those who request it (sell out) if he or she does not restore within 90 days a sufficient free float to ensure regular trading. An offeror who comes to hold, as a result of a full public offering, a stake of at least 95% of the issued capital of a listed Italian company: (i) has the obligation to purchase the remaining securities from those who request them (sell out), and (ii) has the right to purchase the shares held by minority shareholders within the period of 3 months after the end of the offer acceptance period, if it has declared in the offer document its intention to avail itself of this right (squeeze out). |
A shareholder who, in his or her own right, holds at least 95% of the issued capital may institute proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for the purpose of obtaining an order allowing him or her to purchase the shares of minority shareholders (squeeze out). The Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal will reject the claim if the minority shareholders would suffer serious material damage as a result of the transfer despite the compensation. An offeror under a public offer is also entitled to start squeeze-out proceedings if, following the public offer, the offeror comes to hold a stake of at least 95% of the outstanding share capital and represents at least 95% of the voting rights. For this purpose, the majority shareholder is required to file an appropriate application with the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal within the period of 3 months after the end of the offer acceptance period. At the same time, each minority shareholder has the right to apply to the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for a shareholder holding at least 95% of the issued capital or at least 95% of the voting rights to purchase its shares (sell out). In such a case, the relevant application must be filed with the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal within the period of three months after the end of the offer acceptance period. |
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| Officer "in charge of drafting corporate accounting documents" | ||
| Pursuant to Article 154-bis, paragraph 1, of the ICLF, the by-laws of listed company having Italy as their "home member state" stipulate the professionalism requirements and the procedures for the appointment of a manager "in charge of drafting corporate accounting documents" (dirigente preposto alla Redazione dei documenti contabili societari), subject to the mandatory opinion of the supervisory board. |
The law of the Netherlands does not provide for a similar officer. |
Annex "[•]" to the Notary Deed n. [•] of the notary repertoire dated [27 July 2023]
Art. 1) NAME
These By-laws regulate the joint-stock company named:
"BREMBO S.P.A."
Art. 2) REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the Company shall be in Curno (Bergamo).
The administrative organ may set up branches, agencies, facilities, ware-houses and secondary offices and may close down the same. With regard to relationships between the Company and its shareholders, the domicile of each shareholder shall be deemed to be as indicated in the Shareholders' Register.
Art. 3) DURATION
The term of the Company shall expire on 31 (thirty-one) December 2099 (two thousand and ninety-nine) and may be extended once or several times by the General Shareholders' Meeting.
With the aim of pursuing sustainable success, the Company has for its corporate purpose engagement in directly and/or indirectly, and even through the acquisition of participating interests in businesses and corporations in Italy and abroad and/or through its parent companies, subsidiaries and investees in Italy and internationally:
a) all industrial and technological activities, including the analysis,
planning, prototyping, testing, design, development, application, production, assembly, sale and/or distribution of parts and/or components and/or accessories of all kinds (including, but not limited to, mechanical and/or electrical and/or electronic and/or mechatronic parts and/or components relating to the wheel-side module, brakes, friction materials, wheels, spindles, tyres, suspensions, shock absorbers, electronic control units, sensors, actuators, detectors, robotised components, etc.) intended for all means of transport (including nonroad vehicles) for property, products and/or individuals (including, but not limited to, four-, three- and two-wheel vehicles, autonomous vehicles for carrying property, products and/or individuals, push scooters and vehicles with new technological conceptions), including, but not limited to, all means of transport with all types of combustion, electric, electronic, manual and physical propulsion, based on alternative energy of all kinds, as well as autonomous means of transport and/or connected and/or associated means of transport and/or all types of innovative means of transport that may be developed in future through the use of new technologies; all for road, sea, air and rail use and in racing; of all kinds related to the aforementioned means of transport. The foregoing within the framework of all types of markets at the global level and towards all categories of consumers/users (including, for example, industrial and retail markets,
such as the OEM, OES and aftermarket markets).
b) The Company also performs the following activities and services in reference to the products, goods and markets indicated above:
(i) the provision of consulting services to third parties (within the framework of the provisions of applicable legislation), including, but not limited to, engineering consulting services, creation of software, algorithms, artificial intelligence systems and the performance of trials, tests and simulations of all kinds;
(ii) the analysis, design, production, purchase, sale, licensing, as licensor and/or licensee, including to and/or from third parties (within the framework of the provisions of applicable legislation) of all kinds of software, databases, data analytics, algorithms, artificial intelligence systems, infrastructure and/or new technologies, data of all kinds (Big Data), platform for aggregate analysis of data relating to the foregoing, including data and/or information generated by the Company's activity or by its products and/or services;
(iii) the use and storage of proprietary and/or third-party databases, including in dematerialised and cloud form (but always in accordance with applicable legislation);
(iv) the development, preparation, use, purchase and marketing of proprietary and nonproprietary information platforms (including licensed as licensor and/or licensee) for the performance of all online activity permitted by applicable legislation (and including subscription activities);
(v) the performance of studies and research on its own or in partnership with Italian and International Entities, Universities and Research Centres;
(vi) the formation and/or acquisition of shareholdings in innovative start-ups, including through corporate venture capital initiatives.
c) the foundry of light alloys and metals in general, the manufacture of systems for the production of new materials and/or new components for, including electronic systems and/or systems based on the creation of "smart systems" and/or on the creation of proprietary software, intended for the above means of transport;
d) the production, marketing, licensing (as licensor and/or licensee) and sale of all types of consumer goods (including, by way of example, apparel, accessories, beverages, objects, merchandisings, e-games, etc.), whose design, style, performance, taste, visibility, aesthetics, use, perception, utility, etc. are capable of conveying the values of Brembo and thus of its proprietary brands and/or those of its parent companies and/or subsidiaries and/or investees anywhere in the world;
e) the manufacture, marketing, licensing (as licensor and/or licensee) and sale of sports clothing as well as other type of clothing and and other accessories of any kind whatsoever characterised by Brembo's brand awareness;
f) the supply and/or licensing (as licensor and/or licensee) to parent companies and/or subsidiaries and/or investees, as well as other third-party companies, and public and private entities and third parties in general, relating to services and/or consultancy services concerning the activities referred to in the other points of this article;
g)the organisation, on behalf parent companies and/or subsidiaries and/or investees or other companies, as well as public and private entities or third parties in general, of courses, seminars and conventions anywhere in the world; the publication and distribution of books, notes and technical bulletins, in any form whatsoever and/or with the use of any kind of available technology, for training and information in the areas of activity included in the purpose;
h) the management, coordination and control of subsidiaries and/or investees, undertaking all support activities as well as organisation, technical, managerial and financial coordination, as may be deemed appropriate, in compliance with laws, including tax laws, applicable in the countries in which the Company, its subsidiaries and/or associates and/or investees, directly or indirectly, operate.
The Company may undertake any and all the commercial, corporate, industrial and financial transactions, involving both personal property and real estate, that the Board of Directors may deem necessary or useful in the pursuit of the Company's corporate purpose clause. The Company may also stand surety and issue performance bonds and other guarantees, including guarantees in rem and in the interest of third parties.
The Company may, furthermore, acquire participating interests and share-holdings in other companies or corporations of any nature or kind whatsoever, after obtaining, where necessary, the authorisations provided for by the applicable laws. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Company may proceed with the formation of insurance and/or reinsurance companies or acquire controlling or 100% shareholdings in such companies in order to manage within the group and finance the risks of the Companies and/or subsidiaries and/or investees not transferred to the insurance market.
The Company may receive loans from shareholders with the obligation for repayment in accordance with applicable legislation and receive loans to and from companies of the group of which it is the parent (subsidiaries and/or direct and/or indirect associates), provide sureties, endorsements and collateral and personal guarantees for shareholders and third parties, provided that such assets and transactions are not undertaken professionally in respect of the public and are always necessary or useful to achieving the purpose.
The Company may also issue bonds, including convertible bonds, by resolution of the directors pursuant to and in accordance with the law.
The purpose shall necessarily exclude, and the Company shall refrain from, the solicitation of investment by the public, the provision of investment services, collective asset management, the purchase and sale of financial instruments through offering to the public and all other services and activities to be considered reserved pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 ("TUF"), and any and all other applicable provisions of laws and regulations.
Pursuant to Treasury Ministry Decree of 2 March 1995 published in the Official Gazette of 12/04/1995, as further amended and extended, the Company may also solicit investments for its own employees, provided that the amount of such investments is contained within the limits of the Company's overall paid-up share capital and reserves as per the last approved financial statements.
Art. 5) SHARE CAPITAL
The Company's share capital shall amount to €34,727,914 (thirty four million, seven hundred and twenty seven thousand and nine hundred and fourteen) divided into 333,922,250 (three hundred and thirty three million, nine hundred and twenty two thousand, two hundred and fifty) ordinary shares with no nominal value
Pursuant to Article 2443 of the Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on April 18th 2019 resolved to grant to the Board of Directors the power of attorney to increase the share capital for a maximum amount of Euro 3,472,791.40, through payment, one or more times, even in a separate way pursuant to Article 2439 , paragraph 2 of the Civil Code , and no later than April 18th 2024, excluding any option rights pursuant to art. 2441, para-graph 4, second sentence, of the Civil Code. Such increase will be realized through the issuance, in one or more tranches, of maximum 6,678,445 shares with no nominal value or - if lower – of a different number of shares that, at each date of the execution of the power of attorney (and considering any possible issuance of shares already made in the execution of the power of attorney stated herein, will form 10% (ten percent) of the total number of shares of the Company on the same date.
For the purposes of the execution of such power of attorney, the Board of Directors has been also assigned with the power to (a) determine, for each single tranche, the number, the is-sue unit price and the enjoyment of the ordinary shares rights, within the sole limits provided by art. 2441, paragraph 4, sentence 2 and / or art. 2438 and/or the paragraph 5 of art. 2346 of the Italian Civil Code; (b) determine the period for the subscription of the ordinary shares of the Company; and (c) give execution to the power of attorney mentioned above, including, but not limiting to, those power of attorneys to amend the by-laws from time to time, if necessary.
The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on July 27, 2023 resolved to reduce the share capital on a voluntary basis, pursuant to Article 2445 of the Italian Civil Code, without cancellation of any of the Company's ordinary shares and without any reimbursement of the share capital to its shareholders, to the extent necessary to reduce the unit par value of Brembo's ordinary shares from the current implied par value of Euro 0.104 (zero point one hundred and four) to Euro 0.01 (zero point zero one), and thus, for the maximum amount - calculated assuming that the number of ordinary shares currently issued (equal to no. 333,922,250) does not change and that no Brembo shareholder exercises the right of withdrawal due in connection with the cross-border conversion - of Euro 31,388,691.50 (thirty-one million three hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and ninety-one point fifty); subject to (i) the expiration of the 90 (ninety) day period starting from the date of registration of the resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the Companies' Register of Bergamo in the absence of oppositions, by Company's creditors prior to registration; and (ii) the fulfillment of, or (as the case may be) the waiver of, the conditions upon the occurrence of which the completion of the cross-border conversion is conditional, immediately prior to the completion of the conversion itself.
Art. 6) NATURE OF THE SHARES AND RULES FOR ISSUE
All the shares in the Company are registered shares. Each share is indivisible and bears the right to one vote, without prejudice to the provisions of the subsequent paragraphs.
By way of exception to the provision of the foregoing paragraph, each share will entitle its holder to a double vote (and thus to two votes per share) where both the following conditions are met: (a) the share has been held by the same party, by virtue of lawful title giving rise to the right to vote (full owner-ship with the right to vote, bare ownership with the right to vote or usufruct with the right to vote) for a period of at least twenty-four consecutive months; (b) the requirement set out under (a) is witnessed by continuous registration for a period of at least twenty-four months, in the specifically instituted special list governed by this Article (the "Special List").
Increased Voting Rights are effectively granted upon the earlier of: (i) the fifth exchange business day of the calendar month after that in which the conditions imposed by the Bylaws for Increased Voting Rights are met; and (y) the record date of the General Shareholders' Meeting, determined in accordance with applicable legislation, after the date on which the conditions imposed by the By-laws for Increased Voting Rights are met.
The Company institutes and keeps at its registered office — in the form and with the content provided for in applicable legislation — the Special List in which the parties who intend to benefit from the Increased Voting Rights must be registered.
In order to be registered in the Special List, the party meeting the requirements set out in this Article must submit a specific application, appending a notice attesting to share possession — which may apply even only to part of the shares held by the shareholder issued by the intermediary with which
the shares are held in accordance with applicable legislation. Increased Voting Rights may be requested even for only a part of the shares held by the shareholder. If the applicant is not a natural person, in the application it must be specified whether the applicant is subject to direct or indirect control by third parties and the identification details of any controlling entity must be dis-closed.
The provisions regarding the shareholder register and all other applicable provisions, including with regard to the publication of information and share-holders' right of inspection, apply to the Special List set out in this Article, to the extent applicable.
The Special List is updated by the Company by the fifth exchange business day after the end of each calendar month and, in any event, by the record date in accordance with applicable legislation in respect for the right to participate and vote in the shareholders' meeting.
Removal from the Special List will occur in the following cases:
a) waiver by the interested party;
b) notice from the interested party or intermediaries attesting to loss of the requirements for the Increased Voting Rights or the loss of lawful title to the shares and/or the of relevant voting rights;
c) automatically, where the Company becomes aware of circumstances en-tailing the loss of the requirements for the Increased Voting Rights or the loss of lawful title to shares and/or the relevant voting rights.
Increased Voting Rights will be forfeit:
a) when a share is transferred, with or without valuable consideration, it being understood that 'transfer' also includes the grant of a pledge, right of usufruct or other security interest in the share, where this entails the loss of the voting right by the shareholder;
b) when a controlling interest in a company or other entity that holds In-creased Voting Rights in excess of the threshold set out in Article 120, para-graph 2, of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 is transferred directly or indirectly.
Increased Voting Rights:
a) are retained in the event of the grant by the party registered in the Special List of a pledge or right of usufruct on the shares (for such time as the voting right is held by the party granting the pledge or right of usufruct);
b) are retained in the event of hereditary succession by the heir and/or legatee;
c) are retained in the event of a merger or de-merger of the shareholder by the surviving company in the merger or the beneficiary of the de-merger;
d) are proportionally extended to newly issued shares in the event of a capital increase pursuant to Article 2442 of the Italian Civil Code and a capital in-crease by new contribution through exercise of options;
e) may also be attached to shares assigned in exchange for those with which Increased Voting Rights are already associated, in the event of the merger or de-merger of the Company, where the terms and conditions of the merger or de-merger so provide;
f) are retained in the event of the transfer of UCIs managed by the same party from one portfolio to another;
g) are retained in the event of transfer without valuable consideration to an entity including, without limitation, a trust, marital fund or foundation, of which the transferor or the transferor's heirs are beneficiaries;
h) where the equity investment is held by a trust, are retained in the event of a change of trustee.
In the situations set out under points (d) and (e) of the foregoing paragraph, the new shares acquire Increased Voting Rights (i) for the newly issued shares to which the holder is entitled in exchange for shares in respect of which Increased Voting Rights have already accrued, with effect from
registration in the Special List, without the need to complete an additional un-interrupted holding period, and (ii) for the newly issued shares to which the holder is entitled in exchange for shares in respect of which Increased Voting Rights have not yet accrued (but are in the process of accruing), with effect from the completion of the holding period, calculated from the date of original registration in the Special List.
All holders of Increased Voting Rights may always irrevocably waive such In-creased Voting Rights (in whole or in part) at any time by written notice to be sent to the Company, without prejudice that the fact that the loyalty voting rights may be reacquired in respect of the shares for which they are waived through new registration in the Special List and the full completion of an uninterrupted holding period of no less than 24 months.
Increased Voting Rights are also considered when calculating quora for the constitution of meetings and for passing resolutions that are based on percentages of share capital, but have no effect on rights other than voting rights, that are conferred by virtue of holding certain percentages of share capital.
For the purposes of this Article, the notion of 'control' is as defined in the regulations for listed issuers.
The representation of shares held under co-ownership shall be regulated pursuant to law. The shares are dematerialised and are stored in the centralized management system mentioned in Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended and extended ("TUF") under the dematerialisation regime on the basis of agreements entered into by the Company's administrative organ with the management company pursuant to TUF, Legislative Decree No. 213 of 24 June 1998 and the Implementing Regulations approved by CONSOB resolution No. 11768 of 23 December 1998, as further amended and extended.
Payments due on shares shall be called by the Board of Directors whenever the latter deems fit, on one or several occasions, at least fifteen days prior to the scheduled payment date and in the manner the Board of Directors deems fit. Delays by shareholders in making the payments due shall entail the appli-cation of interest at the legal rate increased by five points, and in any event, not in excess of the limits established from time to time pursuant to Law No. 108 of 7 March 1996, as further amended and extended.
The Company may issue bonds, including convertible bonds, in compliance with statutory provisions.
The power to authorise the issue of ordinary bonds, resides with the Board of Directors. The issue of convertible bonds or bonds with warrants, must be approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting, in accordance with the provisions of Arti-cle 2420-bis of the Italian Civil Code and other applicable statutory provisions, without prejudice to the General Meeting's right to delegate to the Board the powers required to issue convertible bonds, pursuant to section 2420-ter of the Italian Civil Code and other applicable statutory provisions.
Art. 8) RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
The right of withdrawal of shareholders shall be regulated pursuant to applicable statutory provisions.
Art. 9) ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING The duly constituted General Shareholders' Meeting shall represent all the shareholders and General Meeting resolutions passed in accordance with law and these By-laws shall be deemed to be binding on all the shareholders. The General Shareholders' Meeting shall be Ordinary and Extraordinary as required under law, and shall be convened at the registered offices, or else-where in Italy, whenever the Board of Directors deems fit and in the cases contemplated under law, in accordance with the manner, form and deadlines specified in applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
The General Meeting shall be called by the Board of Directors by notice of calling containing an indication of the date, time and venue of the scheduled meeting, the items placed on the agenda, as well as further information re-quired by applicable laws and regulations.
The notice of calling of the General Shareholders' Meeting shall be published, within the terms established by law, on the Company's website and in compliance with any other methods required by laws and regulations from time to time into force.
The Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting must be called by the administrative organ at least once a year within one hundred and twenty days following the end of the Company's financial year, or within one hundred and eighty days from such date in the case where the Company is required to draw up consolidated financial statements or where warranted by specific reasons pertaining to the Company's corporate purpose and structure, such reasons being indicated in the Directors' Report mentioned in Article 2428 of the Italian Civil Code.
Article 10-BIS) ADDITION OF ITEMS TO THE AGENDA AND SUBMISSION OF NEW MOTIONS.
Shareholders who, individually or collectively, represent at least one fortieth of share capital may submit a written application, according to the terms and conditions set forth in applicable laws and regulations, to add items to the agenda for the Shareholders' Meeting, indicating the proposed additional items of business in the application, or to submit new motions on the items already on the agenda.
The notice of calling, setting forth the items placed on the agenda, shall be published in accordance with the procedures specified in article 10 above, by the deadlines imposed under applicable statutory and regulatory provisions. Shareholders intending to request the inclusion of additional items on the agenda of the General Shareholders' Meeting, or submitting new motions on the items already on the agenda, shall draw up a report on the said additional items, or on the additional motions submitted on the items already on the agenda.
The report in question shall be submitted to the Board of Directors by the final deadline imposed for the submission of requests for the inclusion of additional items on the agenda. The Board of Directors shall disclose the said re-port to the public, together with any Board's own assessments, and at the same time, publish the notice of the inclusion of additional items on the agenda, on the Company's website and in accordance with the other procedures set forth in applicable statutory and regulatory provisions. The agenda may not be extended through the inclusion therein of items pertaining to matters on which the General Shareholders' Meeting may only pass resolutions, pursuant to law, at the motion of the directors or on the basis of a draft resolution or otherwise a report drawn up by the directors, other than the report on the items included on the agenda.
Article 10-TER) RIGHT TO POSE QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
Shareholders who are entitled to vote at the General Shareholders' Meeting may pose questions even prior to the said Meeting, according to the terms and procedures prescribed in the notice of calling.
11) PARTICIPATION IN AND REPRESENTATION AT GENERAL
Shareholders are entitled to vote and may participate in the meeting and cast votes if the Company has received an appropriate notice certifying their standing, issued by the intermediary participating in the centralised financial instrument management system, by the third trading day prior to the date for which the Shareholders' Meeting is scheduled (or within other term as pro-vided for under applicable law).
Any party entitled to participate in a Shareholders' Meeting may be repre-sented by another person, not required to be a shareholder, through proxy granted pursuant to the procedures prescribed by applicable laws and indicated in the notice of calling. Proxies may be also granted electronically and notified to the Company by e-mail sent to the certified e-mail address specified in the notice of calling.
Proxies may be issued only for a specific General Shareholders' Meeting and shall be valid even for subsequent callings of such General Meeting, pursuant to applicable statutory provisions. The Chairman of the General Share-holders' Meeting shall declare the validity of proxies, and in general, the right to participate in the Meeting.
Art. 12) CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING AND MINUTES The General Shareholders' Meeting shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and, in the absence or disability thereof, by the Deputy Chairman, if appointed. In the case where the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, if appointed, both waive their chairmanship rights or are unable to exercise the same, the General Meeting shall be chaired by another person appointed by the General Meeting by simple majority.
At the motion of the Chairman, the General Meeting shall appoint a Secretary, who need not necessarily be a party holding voting rights, who, if necessary, shall in turn appoint two scrutineers who need not necessarily be shareholders.
The Chairman of the General Meeting shall determine whether or not the
General Meeting is validly constituted and shall direct and regulate the proceedings, establishing the procedures and the order of voting. In drawing up the minutes, the Chairman shall be assisted by the Secretary. Where required under law or requested by the Chairman of the General Meeting, the minutes shall be drawn up by a notary public.
Art. 13) QUORA AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL
Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meetings are normally held following a single calling. The quorum requirements for constituting a session and passing resolutions set out in applicable current provisions of law shall apply to this end. However, should the Board of Directors deem it to be appropriate, it may decide that the Ordinary or Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting be held following multiple callings, expressly specifying this information in the notice of calling. The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting at first, second or third calling shall be validly constituted and pass resolutions with majorities established under law applicable case by case.
Pursuant to Article 2380 of the Italian Civil Code, the Company shall adopt the administrative and auditing system regulated under paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of the said Article 2380 of the Italian Civil Code.
The Company shall be administered by a Board of Directors made up of a minimum of 5 (five) and a maximum of 11 (eleven) members, who need not
necessarily be shareholders, as established from time to time by the General Shareholders' Meeting at the time of the appointment of the Board.
The Board of Directors shall be made up of executive and non-executive directors.
In any event, (i) at least 1 (one) Board member or 2 (two) if the Board is made up of more than 7 (seven) members, must meet the requirements of independence pursuant to laws and the Corporate Governance Code of Borsa Italiana, adopted by the Company and (ii) the composition of the Board of Directors must reflect gender balance, in accordance with the laws and regulations from time to time in force.
Board members shall be eligible for re-appointment and, save where other-wise established by General Meeting resolution, shall be appointed for a term determined by the General Meeting resolution appointing them, up to a maximum of three financial years. The term of office of the Board of Auditors shall be deemed to expire on the date of the General Shareholders' Meeting called for the approval of the financial statements pertaining to the last financial year of their term, save in the case of the reasons for termination or disqualification contemplated under law or in these By-laws.
Art. 15-BIS) APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS After determining the number of members making up the Company's Board, the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting shall proceed to appoint the same, on the basis of voting lists submitted by shareholders pursuant to the following paragraphs.
Voting lists may be submitted only by those shareholders who, as at the date
on which the lists are lodged with the Company, either on their own or together with others, represent at least the minimum percentage of the shares bearing voting rights at the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting, established un-der applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
Each shareholder (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, the latter term being defined to include the party, which need not necessarily be a corporation, exercising control within the meaning of article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code, and each subsidiary controlled by, or under the common control of the said party or (ii) shareholders who have entered into the same shareholders' agreement within the meaning of article 122 of TUF, or (iii) shareholders who are otherwise associated with each other by virtue of associative relationships contemplated under the applicable statutory and/or regulatory framework) may submit, either on their own or jointly with other shareholders, directly or through third party intermediaries, or trust companies, a single list of candidates, under pain of disqualification of the list.
The lists of candidates, duly signed by the shareholders submitting the same, or the shareholder delegated to make the submission, together with all the other related documents as required under these By-laws, must be filed with the Company's registered offices at least twenty-five (25) calendar days prior to the scheduled date of the General Meeting at first calling and public dis-closure must be made both on the Company's website and at its registered offices, in the manner and form specified under applicable statutory and regulatory provisions, at least twenty-one (21) calendar days prior to the scheduled date of the General Meeting. The filing of voting lists pursuant to the provisions of this article 15-bis shall also be valid for General Meetings held at subsequent callings, if any. In this latter case, new voting lists may be submitted and the aforementioned terms set forth for the filing of lists are reduced to fifteen and ten days, respectively.
In order to establish their ownership of the number of shares required for the submission of lists, each shareholder making such a submission must file with the Company's registered offices, together with the voting list in question, by the end of the day on which the said list is lodged with the registered offices or thereafter but not later than the deadline imposed for the public dis-closure of lists pursuant to the preceding paragraph, a copy of the notice is-sued by authorised intermediaries and mentioned in article 11 of these By laws, establishing his or her ownership of the minimum shareholding required for the submission of lists, taking due account of the shares registered in the name of the shareholder in question as at the date on which the lists are lodged with the Company's registered offices. Each candidate may appear on only one list, upon penalty of ineligibility.
The number of candidates on each list may be no less than 2 (two) and no more than the maximum number of Board members mentioned in article 15 of these By-laws. The candidates must be listed in serial order. Furthermore, each list must include at least 1 (one) candidate or at least 2 (two) candidates, if the Board is to be made up of more than 7 (seven) members who meet the requirements of independence pursuant to laws and the Corporate Governance Code of Borsa Italiana, endorsed by the Company.
The lists containing a number of candidates equal to or greater than 3 (three) cannot include only candidates of the same gender (men and women); such lists must include a number of candidates of the under-represented gender
such as to ensure that the composition of the Board of Directors complies with the laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force, it being understood that where the application of the distribution criterion between genders results in a non integer number, this must be rounded up in compliance with the legislation including regulatory — applicable from time to time and as specified in the notice of calling of the General Shareholders' Meeting called to resolve on the appointment of the members of the Board of Directors.
Moreover, all lists must be drawn up taking into account the diversity criteria specified in the Corporate Governance Code of Brembo S.p.A.
Together with each list, the following documents must be filed with the Company's registered office, no later than the deadline imposed for the filing of lists, and that is to say, the 25th (twenty-fifth) calendar day immediately pre-ceding the scheduled date of the General Shareholders' Meeting:
A. he does not labour under any of the causes of ineligibility or disqualification within the meaning of section 2382 of the Italian Civil Code;
B. he meets the requirements of personal integrity and professionalism im-posed under applicable statutory and/or regulatory provisions;
C. where applicable, an indication that the candidate meets the requirements of independence pursuant to laws and the Corporate Governance Code of Borsa Italiana, endorsed by the Company;
Each party entitled to vote (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, the latter being defined to include the party, which need not necessarily be a corporation, exercising control within the meaning of article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code, and each subsidiary controlled by, or under the com-mon control of the said party or (ii) shareholders who have entered into the same shareholders' agreement within the meaning of article 122 of TUF, as amended, or (iii) shareholders who are otherwise associated with each other by virtue of associative relationships contemplated under the applicable statutory and/or regulatory framework) shall be entitled to vote for only one list.
The Chairman shall determine the voting procedures to be followed from time to time, pursuant to applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
For the intents and purposes of appointments to the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions set forth below, no account must be taken of lists that failed to obtain a number of votes representing at least half the percentage of share capital established under article 15-bis of these By-laws for the sub-mission of voting lists.
Should no voting list be submitted, the General Meeting shall make the required appointments through resolutions approved by the majority of votes cast, in accordance with laws and regulations from time to time in force, also on gender balance (men and women) (including the rounding-up to the next higher unit in the event the application of the distribution criterion between genders results in a non integer number) Should only one list be submitted, all the members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed from the said list in accordance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force (including the rounding-up to the next higher unit in the event the application of the distribution criterion between genders results in a non integer number). Should, on the other hand, two or more lists be submitted, the Board of Di-rectors shall be appointed as follows:
all the Board members to be appointed as determined by the General Meeting, save 1 (one), shall be drawn from the list obtaining the highest number of the votes cast, in the same serial order in which they appear on the said list, without prejudice to provisions aimed at guaranteeing the gender balance (men and women), in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations from time to time in force;
the remaining seat on the Board shall be awarded to the first candidate on the list that obtained the second highest number of votes and that is not linked in any way, whether directly or indirectly, with the shareholders who submitted or voted in favour of the list that obtained the highest number of votes;
the Board positions reserved to candidates meeting the requirements of in-dependence, pursuant to article 15 of these By-laws, will be filled from the list that obtained the highest number of the votes cast, or if this is not possible, from the list that obtained the second highest number of votes.
Should the voting not comply with laws and regulations on the gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force (including the roundingup to the next higher unit in the event the application of the distribution criterion between genders results in a non integer number), the last-elected candidate of the most represented gender taken, in serial order, from the list that obtained the highest number of votes, will be excluded and replaced by the first unelected candidate of the opposite gender taken from the same list.
This process of replacement shall be repeated until the composition of the Board of Directors complies with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force, (including the rounding-up to the next higher unit in the event the application of the distribution criterion be-tween genders results in a non integer number). In the case where it is not possible to draw from the list obtaining the highest number of votes the required number of Directors belonging to the gender less represented and necessary to guarantee compliance with laws and regulations on the gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force, the Board seats in question will be filled by appointments by the General Shareholders' Meeting, by ordinary procedures and majorities. Should the application of the distribution criterion between genders result in a non integer number, this must be rounded up to the next higher unit.
Should, during any financial year, one or more Board members drawn from the list that obtained the highest number of votes (Majority Board members), cease to serve in office for any reason or cause whatsoever, without affecting the majority of the Board members appointed by the general meeting, the fol-lowing procedure shall apply:
the Board shall replace the outgoing Majority Board members by cooptation pursuant to the provisions of article 2386 of the Italian Civil Code, in accord-ance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force, it being understood that if the outgoing Majority Board member is an independent director, another independent director must be co-opted to replace him;
the directors thus co-opted shall remain in office through to the next Share-holders' Meeting that shall either confirm or replace them following the ordi-nary procedures and with ordinary majorities, in departure from the list based voting system mentioned in Article 15-bis above.
Should, during any financial year, the Board member drawn from the list that obtained the second highest number of votes (Minority Board member), cease to serve in office for any reason or cause whatsoever, the following procedure shall apply:
(i) the Board shall replace the outgoing Minority Board member with the first unelected candidate on the same list, provided that the said candidate is still eligible and willing to accept the appointment, and if not, with the first eligible candidate willing to accept the appointment, from the candidates appearing in serial order on the same list, or, in default, from the list that obtained the highest number of votes from amongst all the lists that received the minimum number of votes mentioned in this article 15-ter, without prejudice to provisions aimed at guaranteeing the gender balance (men and women), in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations from time to time in force. The replacement's term in office shall be coterminous with that of the Board members already in office at the time of his appointment to the Board;
(ii) in the case where the Minority Board member is an independent director, he must be replaced by another independent director, without prejudice to provisions aimed at guaranteeing the gender balance (men and women), in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations from time to time in force;
(iii) if it is not possible to proceed as indicated above, as a result of the lack of a sufficient number of candidates or the unwillingness of candidates to accept their appointments, the Board of Directors shall replace the outgoing Minority Board member by co-optation pursuant to the provisions of section 2386 of the Italian Civil Code, with a director selected by the Board itself, in accordance with the principles and policies established under law, without prejudice to provisions aimed at guaranteeing the gender balance (men and women), in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations from time to time in force. The Board member thus coopted shall remain in office until the following General Meeting which shall either confirm his appointment or re-place him pursuant to ordinary procedures and majorities, without recourse to the voting list system mentioned in article 15-bis above and in accordance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force.
The Administrative Organ shall be in charge of Company management, save for those matters and powers that under law are reserved to the exclusive competence of the General Shareholders' Meeting. Pursuant to Article 2365 of the Italian Civil Code, the Company's administrative organ shall enjoy competence in respect of the following matters: a) resolutions regarding mergers in the cases provided for by Articles 2505 and 2505-bis of the Italian Civil Code;
Save where provision for the same has been made by the General Share-holder's' Meeting, the Board of Directors at its first meeting shall elect from amongst its members, a Chairman and, where the Board deems fit, also a Deputy Chairman. The Board shall further appoint a secretary who need not necessarily be a Board member, determining the remuneration of the same. The Board of Directors may delegate its powers to an executive committee made up of some of the Board members or by one or more Board members, including the Chairman, determining the content, limits and, if necessary, the procedures for the exercise of the delegated powers, subject to the provisions of Article 2381 of the Italian Civil Code, and further determining the re-muneration thereof.
Persons or bodies invested with delegated powers must report to the Board of Directors, at least on a quarterly basis, at Board meetings, or whenever urgency so warrants, even indirectly, providing written or oral information on general management trends, foreseeable developments and the most signifi-cant transactions, in terms of amount or features, effected by the Company and its subsidiaries.
Similarly, pursuant to article 150 of TUF, the Board of Directors shall report at least on a quarterly basis to the Board of Statutory Auditors on the activities undertaken and the most significant transactions in economic, financial or balance-sheet terms, effected by the Company or its subsidiaries, as well as, in respect of transactions in which they may have an interest, either directly or on behalf of third parties, or that may be influenced by the party to the management and coordination of which the Company is subject. This information shall be notified by the directors to the Board of Directors in writing or orally, at specific meetings with the directors or at Board meetings or at meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors pursuant to Article 2404 of the Italian Civil Code, or in written reports, mention of which must be made in the Register of Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors, required under Article 2421, paragraph 5, of the Italian Civil Code.
1. The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting may appoint, from within or externally to the members of the Board of Directors, a Chairman Emeritus (hereinafter the "Chairman Emeritus"), chosen from among individuals who have contributed to the Company's prestige and development notably and for a significant period of time.
2. Concurrently with the appointment of the Chairman Emeritus, the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting shall set his or her term of office, which may also be indefinite; in this case, the appointment may be revoked at any time by resolution of the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting. The Chairman Emeritus may be re-elected.
3. The functions of the Chairman Emeritus are established by the Board of Directors. In particular, the Chairman Emeritus may be assigned advisory functions relating to the definition of strategies and determination of actions aimed at the growth of the Company and Group, the execution of extraordinary transactions and the preparation of guidelines for the development of new products and/or the identification of new markets.
4. The Board of Directors may appoint a Strategic Steering Committee tasked with advising the Board of Directors regarding the matters indicated in paragraph 3 above, without prejudice to the non-binding nature of the Committee's recommendations and opinions.
5. Where a Strategic Steering Committee is formed, the Chairman Emeritus shall be a member thereof.
6. The Board of Directors may also task the Chairman Emeritus with representing the Company at events relating to cultural, scientific and charitable activities and at institutional meetings with public and private entities.
7. The Chairman Emeritus may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors and sessions of the Ordinary and/or Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting. At meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman Emeritus expresses non-binding opinions and
Board meetings shall be called by the Chairman, or in the case of his absence or disability, the Deputy Chairman (if elected), whensoever the said Chairman or Deputy Chairman deems fit, or at the request of at least two Board members. Board meetings may be held in Italy or in another Country where the Company — directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries or investee companies — operates.
Board meetings may also be held by telephone and/or video conference call, provided that: (i) the Chairman and Secretary of the Board meeting are physically present at the same venue;
(ii) the Chairman of the Board meeting is able to determine the identity and the right to attend the meeting of participants, regulate the proceedings of the meeting, as well as to observe and declare the results of voting;
(iii) the person drawing up the minutes of the Board meeting is able to adequately follow the proceedings subject to record in the minutes;
(iv) all attendees are able to exchange documents and, in any event, take part in real time in the debate and simultaneous voting on the items placed on the agenda.
The Chairman or in the case of the latter's disability or absence, the Deputy Chairman, shall establish the agenda, coordinate the works and ensure that adequate information on the items placed on the agenda are provided to all the Board members.
Board meetings shall be called by registered letter, telegram, facsimile transmission or email with confirmation of receipt, to be sent to all Board members and all the members of the Board of Auditors, at least five days, or in the cases of particular urgency, at least two days prior to the scheduled date of the Board meeting.
Board meetings and the Board resolutions passed thereat shall be deemed to be valid even without formal calling, provided that all the Board members and members of the Board of Auditors are present at the Board meeting.
Art. 19) BOARD RESOLUTIONS
The Board of Directors shall pass valid resolutions with the attendance (even by telephone and/or video conference call) of the majority of the directors in office and the favourable vote of the majority of the directors present at the Board meeting. In the case of deadlock, the Chairman shall cast the deciding vote.
Board resolutions must be recorded in the minutes, transcribed in the specific Register of Board resolutions, and signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Board meeting.
The representation of the Company before third parties and the Courts shall lie, severally and not jointly, with the Chairman of the Board and the Deputy Chairman, if appointed.
Such representation shall also lie with the managing directors, if appointed, with regard to and up to the limits of the powers thereto attributed and with the Board members invested with powers of representation by the Board pursuant to Article 17 of these Company Bylaws.
Persons vested with powers of representation of the Company may appoint special attorneys-in-fact who need not be Board members or shareholders of the Company, in respect of individual tasks or categories of tasks, determining the remuneration thereof.
Art. 21) DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION
Board members are entitled to the reimbursement of the expenses sustained by reason of their office and remuneration as determined by the General Meeting at the time of appointment of the Board.
The remuneration of Board members in charge of specific tasks shall be established by the Board, after having heard the opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
The General Meeting may establish an overall amount by way of remuneration for all the Board members, including those in charge of specific tasks, to be subdivided amongst the Board members as established by the Board it-self, pursuant to law.
Art. 22) COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF
The Board of Auditors shall be made up of 3 (three) acting auditors and 2 (two) alternates, appointed by the General Meeting on the basis of voting lists submitted by shareholders, subject to the following procedures.
The voting lists submitted for the aforesaid purpose, must be divided into two sections: one for candidates for the post of acting auditor and the other for candidates for the post of alternate.
All the voting lists submitted:
(i) must include at least one candidate for the post of acting auditor and, in any event, a number of candidates not exceeding the total number of members to be appointed to the Board of Auditors, it being further understood that all candidates must be listed in serial order. Each candidate may appear on only one list, upon penalty of ineligibility; (ii) the lists containing a number of
candidates equal to or greater than 3 (three), considering both sections, must include a number of candidates in the acting Statutory Auditors' section such as to ensure that the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors, in respect of its acting members, complies with the laws and regulations on gen-der balance (men and women) from time to time in force, it being understood that where the application of the distribution criterion between genders results in a non integer number, this must be rounded up in compliance with the legislation — including regulatory — applicable from time to time and as specified in the notice of calling of the General Shareholders' Meeting called to resolve on the appointment of the members of the Board of Statutory Audi-tors. Moreover, all lists must be drawn up taking into account the diversity criteria specified in the Corporate Governance Code of Brembo S.p.A.
Voting lists may be submitted only by those shareholders who, at the date the lists were submitted, represent, either on their own or together with others, at least the minimum shareholding required for the submission of lists of candidates seeking appointment to the Board of Directors, pursuant to article 15-ter of these By-laws, or such other percentage of the share capital, as may be established under applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
Each party entitled to vote (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, the latter term being defined to include the party, which need not necessarily be a corporation, exercising control within the meaning of article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code, and each subsidiary controlled by, or under the common control of the said party or (ii) shareholders who have entered into the same shareholders' agreement within the meaning of article 122 of TUF, or (iii) shareholders who are otherwise associated with each other by virtue of associative relationships contemplated under the applicable statutory and/or regulatory framework) may submit, either on their own or jointly with other shareholders, directly or through third party intermediaries, or trust companies, a single list of candidates, under pain of disqualification of the list.
The lists of candidates, duly signed by the shareholders submitting the same, or the shareholder delegated to make the submission, together with all the other related documents as required under these By-laws, must be filed with the Company's registered offices at least twenty-five (25) calendar days prior to the scheduled date of the General Meeting at first calling and public dis-closure must be made both at Company's registered offices and on its web-site and in the manner and form specified under applicable statutory and regulatory provisions, at least twenty-one (21) calendar days prior to the scheduled date of the General Meeting. The filing of voting lists for the appointment of Statutory Auditors taken from a minority list, pursuant to the provisions of this Article 22 shall also be valid for General Shareholders' Meetings held at subsequent callings, if any. In this latter case, new voting lists may be submitted and the aforementioned terms set forth for the filing of lists are reduced to fifteen and ten days, respectively.
In order to establish their ownership of the number of shares required for the submission of lists, each shareholder making such a submission must file with the Company's registered offices, together with the voting list in question, by the end of the day on which the said list is lodged with the registered offices or thereafter but not later than the deadline imposed for the public di closure of lists pursuant to the preceding paragraph, a copy of the notice I sued by authorised intermediaries and mentioned in article 11 of these By-laws, establishing his or her ownership of the minimum shareholding required for the submission of lists, taking due account of the shares registered in the name of the shareholder in question as at the date on which the lists are lodged with the Company's registered offices. No later than the deadline imposed for the filing of lists, and that is to say, the 25th (twentyfifth) calendar day immediately preceding the scheduled date of the General Shareholders' Meeting, the following documents must also be filed with the registered office together with each list: (i) declarations issued by each candidate attesting their acceptance of their candidature and further attesting, under their own responsibility, that they do not labour under any of the reasons or causes of disqualification and ineligibility and that they meet the requirements of personal integrity and professionalism and independence imposed under applicable regulations for such posts and by the Code of Conduct of Borsa Italiana, endorsed by the Company, (ii) exhaustive information on each candidate's personal and professional features (curriculum vitae) (iii) a list of directorships or auditorships held in other companies or bodies by candidates seeking appointment to the Board of Auditors, if the same are significant in light of restrictions on the cumulative number of positions members of the Board of Auditors may hold, imposed pursuant to these By-laws or under applicable statutory and/or regulatory provisions; (iv) a list of the shareholders submitting the voting list, with an indication of their names, company names, registered offices, registration number with the Office of the Registrar of Companies or an equivalent body, and the overall percentage of share capital held by the shareholders submitting the voting list; (v) with regard to any lists submitted by shareholders other than those who, separately or collectively, hold a controlling (or relative majority) interest in the Company, a declaration attesting to the absence of connections, as de-fined in current applicable legislation, with such shareholders.
Voting lists submitted other than in compliance with the provisions of this article, shall be deemed as never having been submitted.
The candidates must meet the requirements of eligibility, personal integrity and professionalism imposed under law and must not hold offices in excess of the threshold established in Article 23 below.
Each party entitled to vote (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, the latter being defined to include the party, which need not necessarily be a corporation, exercising control within the meaning of article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code, and each subsidiary controlled by, or under the com-mon control of the said party or (ii) shareholders who have entered into the same shareholders' agreement within the meaning of article 122 of TUF, or (iii) shareholders who are otherwise associated with each other by virtue of associative relationships contemplated under the applicable statutory and/or regulatory framework) shall be entitled to vote for only one list.
The Chairman shall determine the voting procedures to be followed from time to time, pursuant to applicable statutory and regulatory provisions. Should no voting list be submitted, the General Meeting shall appoint the Board of Audi-tors and the Chairman thereof, through resolutions approved by the majority of votes cast, in accordance with laws and regulations from time to time in force, also on gender balance (men and women).
If only one voting list is submitted, the entire Board of Auditors shall be drawn therefrom and the first candidate on the list shall be appointed Chairman of
the Board of Auditors in accordance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force.
. Should, on the other hand, two or more lists be submitted, the Board of Auditors shall be appointed as follows:
without prejudice to the compliance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force (a) the first two candidates for the post of statutory auditor and (b) the first candidate for the post of alternate auditor, appearing in serial order on the list that obtained the highest number of votes, shall be appointed to the Board of Auditors;
(a) the first candidate for the post of statutory auditor, who shall also be appointed Chairman of the Board of Auditors, and (b) the first candidate for the post of alternate auditor, if indicated, appearing in serial order on the list receiving the second highest number of votes and that is not directly or indirectly linked with the shareholders who submitted or voted the list that obtained the highest number of votes; in the case where no candidate for the post of alternate auditor is included in the said list, the first candidate for the post of alternate on the list obtaining the next highest number of votes, and that is not directly or indirectly linked with the shareholders who submitted or voted the list the obtained the highest number of votes, shall be deemed appointed to the said position.
Should the voting process not comply with law and regulations on the gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force, the last-elected candidate for the post of statutory auditor of the most represented gender taken, in serial order, from the list that obtained the highest number of votes, will be
excluded and replaced by the first unelected candidate of the opposite gen-der taken from the same list.
Should, during any financial year, one or more members of the Board of Auditors be drawn from the list that obtained the highest number of votes (Majority Auditors), cease to serve in office for any reason or cause whatsoever, the same shall be replaced — where possible — by the other alternate auditor drawn from the same list as the outgoing auditor, or in default thereof, by the other alternate, without prejudice to the compliance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force. Should it not be possible to proceed as indicated above, a General Meeting must be called pursuant to Article 2401, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code, for making the required appointments to the Board of Auditors, in accordance with ordinary procedures and majorities, without recourse to the voting list system mentioned in this article 22, without prejudice to the compliance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force.
Should, during any financial year, the member of the Board of Auditors drawn from the list that obtained the second highest number of votes (the "Minority Auditor"), cease to serve in office for any reason or cause whatsoever, the same shall be replaced — where possible by the alternate drawn from the same list as the outgoing auditor, and shall also assume the chair of the Board of Auditors, remaining in office for a term coterminous with that of the other members of Board of Auditors already in office at the time of his appointment as serving auditor without prejudice to the compliance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force. Should it not be possible to proceed as indicated above, the entire Board of Auditors shall be deemed to have immediately ceased serving in office, and accordingly, a General Meeting must be called for the appointment of a new Board of Auditors, pursuant to the voting list system mentioned in this article 22 without prejudice to the compliance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force.
Should the General Meeting be called upon to appoint the alternate auditors required to ensure that all posts on the Board of Auditors are filled, pursuant to section 2401, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code, the related resolutions shall be approved in accordance with ordinary procedures and majorities, without recourse to the voting list system mentioned in this article 22 without prejudice to the compliance with laws and regulations on gender balance (men and women) from time to time in force.
The Board of Statutory Auditors discharges the supervisory duties entrusted to it under
applicable laws and regulations and supervises compliance with the law and By-laws, observance of the principles of sound management and in particular of the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and ac-counting structures adopted by the Company and the material operation of those structures, as well as the concrete approach to implementing the corporate governance rules set forth in applicable legislation.
Persons who fail to meet the requirements for eligibility, and of personal integrity and professionalism imposed under law, as well as persons who hold directorships or auditorships in excess of applicable statutory and/or regulatory thresholds, may not be appointed to the Board of Auditors, and if appointed, must be deemed disqualified from office.
Auditors are appointed for a term of three years and are eligible for rea pointment.
The term of office of the Board of Auditors shall be deemed to expire on the date of the General Shareholders' Meeting called for the approval of the financial statements pertaining to the last financial year of their term, save in the case of the reasons for termination or disqualification contemplated under law or in these By-laws.
The General Meeting shall establish the remuneration due to members of the Board of Auditors, pursuant to law.
Article 23-BIS) STATUTORY AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
The statutory audit of accounts shall be carried out by independent auditors that meet the relevant statutory requirements. The appointment and dismissal of the Company's independent auditors, as well as the tasks, powers and responsibilities thereof, shall be governed under applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
Art. 24) FINANCIAL YEARS
The financial year of the Company shall end on the 31st (thirty-first) of December of each year.
Art. 25) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
At the end of each financial year, the financial statements made up of the balance sheet, the income statement and the notes to the financial statements, shall be prepared pursuant to law.
Art. 26) LEGAL RESERVE AND ADVANCES ON DIVIDENDS
The net profits as per the financial statements for the year, net of a portion amounting to at least 5% (five percent) to be set aside to the legal reserve pursuant to and within the limits of the Article 2430 of the Italian Civil Code, may be distributed to shareholders or set aside to a reserve, as determined by General Shareholders' Meeting resolutions.
Advances on dividends may be distributed pursuant to Board resolutions passed pursuant
Article 2433-bis of the Italian Civil Code, it being understood that such advances must be distributed in accordance with the procedures and restrictions set forth in statutory provisions.
Dividends that are not collected within five years from the date on which they fall due, shall be deemed to be forfeited in favour of the Company.
Art. 27–BIS) MANAGER IN CHARGE OF THE COMPANY'S FINANCIAL REPORTS
The Board of Directors, after having necessarily acquired the compulsory but non-binding opinion to be issued by the Board of Auditors, shall, with the majorities mentioned in article 19 of these By-laws, approve a resolution appointing the Manager in charge of the Company's financial reports (hereinafter referred to, in short, as the "Manager"), and establishing the remuneration thereof.
No person who fails to meet the following requirements of professionalism, may be appointed to the post of Manager, and if appointed, must be deemed disqualified from office:
(a) diploma or university degree in economics, finance, or subjects related to business management and corporate organisation;
(b) at least three years' professional experience:
in a position of responsibility in the administrative and/or auditing fields, or an executive position with a joint-stock company, or
in a position of responsibility for business management or auditing, or as a consultant such as a Certified Public Accountant, with corporations operating in the credit, financial or insurance fields or sectors closely related thereto, or in the Company's core business and related sectors mentioned in article 4 of these By-laws, entailing the management of financial and economic re-sources.
Furthermore, no person who fails to meet the requirements of personal integrity imposed under article 147-quinquies of TUF, may be appointed to the post of Manager, and if appointed, must be deemed disqualified from office. The Board of Directors shall endow the Manager with adequate powers and resources for performing his tasks and duties, in accordance with the provisions of article 154-bis of TUF.
The Manager shall be appointed for a three-year term that may be renewed once or several times.
Should the Manager cease to serve in office, or should the employment relationship underway between the Manager and the Company be terminated for any reason or cause whatsoever, the Board of Directors shall, without delay, appoint a replacement in the person of another Manager, after having necessarily heard the compulsory but non-binding opinion to be issued by the Board of Auditors, it being understood that the related Board resolution must be approved with the majorities mentioned in article 19 of these By-laws. The Manager thus appointed shall remain in office for a new three-year term.
The Manager shall be invested with the powers and responsibilities attributed thereto under article 154-bis of TUF, and related implementing regulations. The Manager shall attend Board meetings at which matters falling within his sphere of competence are discussed.
Art. 28) DISSOLUTION AND WINDING-UP
In the case of the dissolution and winding up of the Company, the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting shall appoint the receivers, determining:
(i) the number of receivers;
(ii) in the case of several receivers, the rules of functioning of the panel of receivers, even through reference to the rules regulating the functioning of the Board of Directors insofar as the same are compatible;
(iii) the parties invested with powers of representation of the Company;
(iv) the policies governing the winding-up;
(v) any and all restrictions on the powers of the receivers.
Art. 29) FINAL PROVISIONS
Any and all matters not specifically dealt with in these By-laws shall be governed by the statutory provisions thereto pertaining.
Any and all clauses contained in these By-laws that become incompatible with imperative statutory provisions, shall be deemed to be replaced by law and shall be suitably amended by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 16, at the time of other amendments, unless otherwise required under law. Signed: Alberto Bombassei
Giovanni VACIRCA - Notary (stamp).
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