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Pre-Annual General Meeting Information Mar 14, 2024

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Pre-Annual General Meeting Information

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SAES GETTERS S.p.A.

Registered office in Lainate (Milan), Viale Italia, 77 Share capital Euro 12,220,000.00 fully paid-in Registered with the Milan Companies Register, Tax code and VAT reg. no. 00774910152 Website of the Company www.saesgetters.com

Call of the ordinary and extraordinary general meeting

The shareholders are convened to the ordinary and extraordinary general meeting in single call at the offices in Milan, Piazza Castello 13, scheduled for 23 April 2024, at 10:30 p.m., to pass resolutions on the following

Agenda:

Ordinary session:

    1. Report by the Board of Directors for the year ended 31 December 2023; financial statements as at 31 December 2023. Presentation of the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2023; related resolutions:
    2. 1.1. Approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2023;
    3. 1.2. Decisions on how to allocate the profit for the year and distribution of dividend;
    1. Appointment of the Board of Directors:
    2. 2.1. determination of the number of members;
    3. 2.2. appointment of the members;
    4. 2.3. decision on their remuneration;
    1. Appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors:
  • 3.1. appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors for the financial years 2024- 2026 and of the President;

  • 3.2. determination of remuneration of the Standing Auditors;
    1. Report on the remuneration policy and the payments made:
    2. 4.1 approval of the remuneration policy in accordance with article 123-ter, paragraph 3-bis, of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998;
    3. 4.2 decisions on the second section of the report in accordance with article 123-ter, paragraph 6 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998;
      1. Authorization to purchase treasury shares through a voluntary partial tender offer to be promoted by the Company. Related and subsequent resolutions.

Extraordinary session:

  1. Cancellation of the treasury shares purchased by the Company. Consequent and related amendments of the Company By-laws. Related and subsequent resolutions.

It should be noted that - in application of art. 106 of Legislative Decree no. 18 of 17 March 2020, converted with amendments into law no. 27 of 24 April 2020 and its subsequent amendments and additions, extended until 30 April 2024 with law no. 18 of 23 February 2024, which converted, integrating it, the Legislative Decree 215/23 - the meeting will take place with the participation in the meeting, for the persons admitted, also by means of telecommunication and that the share capital may intervene exclusively through the designated representative pursuant to art. 135-undecies Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998 ("TUF") in the manner described below, with the exclusion of access to the meeting rooms by shareholders or delegates other than the aforementioned Appointed Representative.

Right to attend the General Meeting

Anyone who has the right to vote at the end of the accounting day of the seventh trading day prior to the date scheduled for the sole call of the General Meeting will have the right to attend and vote at the General Meeting, i.e. 12 April 2024 (the record

date) and for whom the related communication by the intermediary has been sent to the Company. Anyone found to own shares after 12 April 2024 will not have the right to attend or vote at the General Meeting.

The communication of the intermediary pursuant to the above will have to reach the Company by the end of the third trading day (18 April 2024) prior to the date scheduled for the sole call of the General Meeting. However, there will still be the right to attend and vote if the communication reaches the Company after said deadline provided that it arrives before the General Meeting starts. The communication to the Company will be made by the intermediary at the request of the party who has the right to vote.

Participation in the General Meeting and granting of power of attorney to the Designated Representative

As specified above, participation in the Shareholders' Meeting by those who have the right to vote is only permitted through the designated representative.

Therefore, the Company has engaged Computershare S.p.A. – with registered office in Milan, Via Mascheroni 19, 20145 – to represent the shareholders in accordance with article 135-undecies of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/98 and the above-mentioned Law Decree (the "Exclusive Designated Representative"). The Shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting will therefore have to give the Exclusive Designated Representative the proxy – with the voting instructions – on all or some of the proposals for resolution regarding the topics on the agenda, using the specific proxy form, also electronic, prepared by the Exclusive Designated Representative in agreement with the Company, available on the website of the Company at the address www.saesgetters.com where the connection to a procedure is shown for sending the proxy via electronic means.

The proxy form with the voting instructions must be sent following the instructions on the form and on the website of the Company within the second trading day before the General Meeting, i.e. 19 April 2024, and the proxy may be revoked within the same deadline.

The proxy given this way will only be valid for the proposals in relation to which the voting instructions were given.

The shares for which the proxy was given, even in part, are calculated in order to determine whether the General Meeting is quorate. In relation to the proposals for which no voting instructions are given, the shares are not calculated in order to calculate the majority and the capital percentage required to approve the resolutions.

The Exclusive Designated Representative may also be given proxies or sub-proxies in accordance with article 135-novies of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/98, as an exception to article 135-undecies, paragraph 4 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/98 with the mechanisms and within the deadline indicated in the above-mentioned website of the Company.

The Exclusive Designated Representative will be available for clarifications or information at the number +39 02-46776831-14 or at the email address [email protected].

Appointment of the Directors and the Statutory Auditors

With regard to renewing the corporate offices, a slate voting system will be used. Shareholders who, with regard to the shares registered to the shares on the day on which the lists are filed with the Company, by themselves or along with other Shareholders, represent at least 2.5% of the shares with voting rights at the General Meeting, shall have the right to submit the lists, as established by Consob with Executive Order no. 92 of 31.01.2024.

Each Shareholder may submit or join in the submission of one list only. Shareholders that are part of the same group and Shareholders who enter a shareholders' agreement, pursuant to article 122 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998 cannot submit or vote for more than one list, even through intermediaries or trust companies. A candidate may appear on one list only, under penalty of ineligibility.

The lists, in which the candidates have to be listed with a progressive number, signed by the Shareholders who submit them, must be filed with the registered office, at least 25 days before the date scheduled for the sole call of the General Meeting (i.e. by 29

March 2024), or sent to the certified email address [email protected] or by fax to no. +39 02 93178250, with the documentation provided for by prevailing law and the provisions of article 14 of the Articles of Association attached, with regard to the appointment of the Board of Directors, and the provisions of article 22 of the Articles of Association with regard to the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors. Reference should be therefore made to the Articles of Association. The text of the Articles of Association is available at the registered office and on the Internet site www.saesgetters.com - "Investor Relations - Corporate Governance - Articles of Association". The lists, with the above-mentioned information attached, will be published on the website of the Company www.saesgetters.com, made available at the registered office of the company (Viale Italia, 77, Lainate (Milan), at the storage mechanism at the address , at least 21 days before the date scheduled for the General Meeting called to decide on the appointments (and therefore by 2 April 2024).

Lists submitted without complying with the legal and regulatory provisions and the articles of association will be deemed not to have been submitted.

In accordance with article 147-ter, paragraph 3 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, at least one of the members of the Board of Directors will be taken from the minority list that obtains the highest number of votes and that is not connected in any way, including indirectly, with the shareholders that submitted or voted for the list that comes first in terms of numbers of votes.

With regard to the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors, the lists will have to be divided into two sections, one for candidates for the position of Standing Auditor and the other for candidates for the position of Alternate Auditor. Ineligible candidates or candidates whose qualifications are incompatible with the requirements or who do not meet the requirements established by applicable law cannot be put onto the lists of candidates, pursuant to article 22 of the Articles of Association, or who exceed the cumulative number of positions permitted as established by the prevailing provisions of the laws and regulations.

Since, in accordance with article 2400, final paragraph of the Italian Civil Code, upon appointment and before acceptance of the position, the positions of administration and control held by the Statutory Auditors at other companies will have to be made known to the General Meeting, the candidates are asked to provide that information making a declaration to attach to the information provided with the lists, ensuring they are updated to the date the General Meeting in which the elections will be held is actually held, during which any updates with respect to the information provided will have to be communicated.

In accordance with article 148, paragraph 2 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, the standing member of the Board of Statutory Auditors appointed by the minority on the basis of the provisions of article 22 of the Articles of Association will be elected by the minority shareholders that are not connected in any way, including indirectly, with the shareholders that submitted or voted for the list that comes first in terms of number of votes. To that end, in accordance with article 144-sexies of the Issuers Regulation approved by Consob decision no. 11971 of 14.5.1999 as amended ("Issuers' Regulation"), the other shareholders besides the Majority Shareholder who intend to submit a list for the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors will have to file, at the same time, a declaration confirming that there are no relationships involving significant influence with said Shareholder, in accordance with article 144-quinquies of the Issuers' Regulation.

We would like to note that in accordance with article 144-sexies, paragraph 5 of the Issuers' Regulation, if, by the deadline of 25 days before the date scheduled for the sole call of the General Meeting (and therefore by 29 March 2024), only one list has been submitted for the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors, or lists were only submitted by shareholders that have connections in accordance with prevailing laws, other lists can be submitted up to the third day following the date of expiry of said deadline (i.e. by 1 April 2024). In that case, the minimum threshold of 2.5% for submission of the lists, as indicated above, will be reduced by a half.

Finally, under the laws in force on gender balance, the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors must be made up in such a way that the less represented gender represents at least two-fifths of the members of the Board of Directors and Board of Statutory Auditors, with rounding in the case of a fractional number, in compliance with the laws and regulations in force pro-tempore.

For further information on the composition, methods and terms, as well as on the documentation to be filed for the presentation of the lists, please refer to what is more fully described in the Directors' Explanatory Reports on the item on the agenda and, in general, to the legal provisions and applicable Articles of Association.

Shareholders are also invited to read the recommendations regarding the qualitative qualitative composition deemed optimal by the outgoing Board of Directors and contained in the attached "Guidelines of the Board of Directors of Saes Getters to Shareholders on the future size and composition of the Board of Directors" to the Directors' Explanatory Report on the appointment of the Board of Directors published on the company's website www.saesgetters.com.

Submission of proposals for decisions/additions to the agenda

Shareholders that, even jointly, represent at least a fortieth of the share capital with voting rights may request, within ten days from publication of this notice (i.e. by 24 March 2024), to add to the list of matters to be discussed at the General Meeting, indicating any further topics proposed in the request, or submitting proposals for decision on matters already on the agenda of the General Meeting.

Such request, along with the communication proving the ownership of said percentage of shares, issued by the intermediaries who hold the accounts on which the shares are registered, must be submitted signed in original within the above-mentioned deadline, to the registered office of the Company (Viale Italia, 77 Lainate (Milan) - to the Legal Department), or a communication must be sent by certified email to the address [email protected]., along with information that allows the submitting Shareholders to be identified (to that end, please also provide a reference telephone number for contact). Within said deadline, and using the same methods, any proposing Shareholders must

also send a report showing the reasons behind the proposals for decisions on the new matters that they propose to be dealt with as an addition to the agenda, or the reasons for the further proposals for decision submitted on matters already on the agenda. With respect to any additions of the list of matters on the agenda of the General Meeting or the submission of further proposals to be decided upon on the matters already on the agenda, notice will be given by the Company, in the same form provided for publication of this notice calling the meeting, at least fifteen days prior to the date scheduled for the sole call of the General Meeting. At the same time as publication of the notice adding to the agenda or presenting further proposals for decision to the matters already on the agenda, the above-mentioned proposals to add to/decide, and the reports prepared by the Shareholders, accompanied by any evaluations by the Board of Directors, will be made available to the public using the same methods as set out under article 125-ter, paragraph 1 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998.

It will not be permitted to add topics to the agenda for which the General Meeting will decide, in accordance with the law, on proposals of the directors or on the basis of a project or a report prepared by the directors (as opposed to the matters on the agenda provided for under article 125-ter of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998).

Faculty to individually present proposed resolutions before the meeting

Please note that, in order to facilitate the carrying out of the meeting proceedings and the exercise of voting by proxy through the Designated Representative of the Company, Shareholders who intend to present any individual proposals are invited to do so well in advance and in any case by 8 April 2024, by: (i) deposit at the registered office of SAES Getters S.p.A. (in Lainate, Viale Italia n. 77 - Milan); or (ii) electronic communication to the certified email address [email protected]. Any proposals received will be made available on 9 April 2024 at the registered office of the Company (Viale Italia, 77, Lainate (Milan) as well as at the internet address www.saesgetters.com and at the storage mechanism at the address www. .it.

Right to ask questions on the items on the agenda

Anyone who has the right to vote may ask questions on the items on the agenda by the end of the seventh trading day prior to the date of the sole call of the general meeting (i.e. by 12 April 2024) by sending a registered letter with notice of receipt to the registered office of the Company (Viale Italia 77, Lainate (Milan) - to the Legal Department), or by communication sent by certified email to the address [email protected]

Documentation will have to be attached to the questions that allows for identification of the Shareholder and the certifications confirming the right to exercise the right; if the Shareholder has asked his or her intermediary for the communication to attend the General Meeting, it will be enough to state the communication references or at least the name of the intermediary in the request.

Questions received before the Meeting will be answered at the latest, at least three open market days prior to the date of the meeting, by publication on the Company's website, pursuant to Consob Communication no. 3/2020 of 10 April 2020.

The Company can provide a uniform response to questions having the same content. Please note that no response will be provided if the requested information is already available in "question and answer" format in a specific section of the Company's website or when the response is already published in the same section.

Share Capital and Shares with voting rights

The share capital is Euro 12,220,000.00 divided into 16,785,248 ordinary shares all without any nominal value. Each ordinary share is assigned one vote, or two votes, as provided by article 11 of the Articles of Association in relation to the "increased vote", where the person with the right to vote is found to fulfil all the legal assumptions and the provisions of said article 11.

At the date of publication of this notice calling the meeting, the total voting rights that can be exercised amount to 21,803,734.

As of the date of publication of this call notice, the Company owns 3,900,000 treasury shares.

General meeting documentation

The following shall be available to the public at the registered office of the Company (Viale Italia 77, Lainate (Milan)) and at the web address www.saesgetters.com and at the storage mechanism at the address :

I. from today's date:

  • the report of the Board of Directors on the appointment of the Board of Directors drawn up pursuant to art. 125-ter, of the TUF;
  • the report of the Board of Directors on the appointment of Board of Statutory Auditors drawn up pursuant to art. 125-ter, of the TUF
  • the report of the Board of Directors on the purchase of treasury shares to be implemented through a partial voluntary public purchase offer drawn up pursuant to art. 125-ter of the TUF and articles 72 and 73 of the Consob Regulation,
  • the report of the Board of Directors regarding the cancellation of the treasury shares purchased by the Company and the related and/or consequent amendments to the Company By-Laws;

II. from 29 March 2024:

  • i) the annual financial report and the other documents pursuant to art. 154-ter of Legislative Decree 58/1998 and therefore, the draft financial statements and the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2023, accompanied by the reports of the Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors and the independent auditors KPMG SpA;
  • ii) the explanatory report of the Board of Directors pursuant to art. 125-ter of the TUF regarding the first item on the agenda relating to: (a) the approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2023; (b) the allocation of the result for the year and distribution of dividend;
  • iii) the annual report on corporate governance and ownership structures;
  • iv) the report on the remuneration policy and fees paid pursuant to art. 123-ter, Legislative Decree 58/98;
  • v) the Non-Financial Statement as at 31 December 2023

III. from 2 April 2024

  • i) the lists of candidates for the office of director;
  • ii) the lists of candidates for the office of statutory auditors;
  • IV. from 8 April 2024 the documentation relating to the financial statements of the subsidiaries pursuant to article 77, paragraph 2-bis of the Consob Regulation will be filed at the registered office of the Company only.

Lainate, 14 March 2024

The Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr Massimo della Porta

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