AGM Information • May 8, 2023
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VAT No. 00 707 431 201
Tax Code 82 001 030 384 – Economic and Administrative Index (REA) No. 266734 – BO 001785
On 28 April 2023 at 11.00 a.m. in Imola, at the registered office in Via Lasie 12/a, the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of IRCE S.p.A. met in first call.
Pursuant to art. 14 of the Articles of Association, the Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr Filippo Casadio.
The Chairman appoints Ms Elena Casadio as Secretary to the Meeting.
The Chairman then informs the shareholders that:

The following are present:
The Chairman communicates that, on the basis of CONSOB rules:
| Shareholder | No. of shares | Stake held |
|---|---|---|
| Aequafin S.p.A. | 14,076,529 | 50.045% |

the Chairman notes that, pursuant to art. 2368 of the Italian Civil Code, this Shareholders' Meeting is validly established and declares the meeting open, moving on to discussing the first item on the agenda.
The Chairman communicates that, since 2021, listed issuers such as Irce S.p.A. must publish the separate financial statements and the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the specifications envisaged by the ESEF Regulation (EU Regulation no. 2019/815 of 17 December 2018). This Regulation, in order to make the financial statements of listed issuers comparable at a European level, requires that the annual financial reports are prepared in an electronic format called XHTML and that the consolidated financial statements are marked up in XBRL (markup language), using the IFRS taxonomy; therefore, Shareholders will be asked to specifically approve IRCE S.p.A.'s Separate Financial Statements and the Group's Consolidated Financial Statements also in this new XHTML format and the Group's Consolidated Financial Statements also marked up in XBRL.
The Chairman proposes, and the Shareholders' Meeting agrees, to omit reading the financial statement tables and the Explanatory Notes as they are included in the files that were previously made available to the public in compliance with the terms and procedures set forth by law, and to merely read the Report on Operations and the proposal for the allocation of profit for the year.
The Chairman calls for a vote on:
a) the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, the Explanatory Notes and the Report on Operations.

| Shares in favour | 19,556,724 equal to 69.73% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 0 |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 0 |
The Shareholders' Meeting unanimously approves the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, the Explanatory Notes and the Report on Operations, in accordance with ESEF Regulation No. 2019/815 of 17 December 2018 in XHTML format.
The Chairman calls for a vote on:
b) the proposal to distribute a gross dividend of € 0.06 for each outstanding share, thus excluding treasury shares in the company's portfolio, to be paid out of the profit of the year, with ex-dividend date on 22 May 2023, record date on 23 May 2023, and payment date on 24 May 2023, and to allocate the remaining net profit after the payment of the dividends to the extraordinary reserve.
| Shares in favour | 19,556,724 equal to 69.73% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 0 |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 0 |
The Shareholders' Meeting unanimously approves the proposal to distribute a gross dividend of € 0.06 for each outstanding share, thus excluding treasury shares in the company's portfolio, to be paid out of the profit of the year, with ex-dividend date on 22 May 2023, record date on 23 May 2023, and payment date on 24 May 2023, and to allocate the remaining net profit after the payment of the dividends to the extraordinary reserve.
The Chairman presents to the Shareholders' Meeting the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Group as at 31 December 2022.

The Group's Consolidated Financial Statements and IRCE S.p.A.'s Separate Financial Statements as of 31 December 2022, with the related Attachments, as well as the Report of the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Reports of the Independent Auditors are attached to these minutes under letter "B".
With the approval of the Financial Statements as of 31 December 2022, the mandate conferred by the Shareholders' Meeting on the Board of Statutory Auditors expired and it is therefore necessary to appoint the new Board of Statutory Auditors for the years 2023-2024-2025, specifically until the approval of the Financial Statements as of 31 December 2025.
The Chairman communicates that only one list was submitted, by the majority shareholder AEQUAFIN S.p.A., together with exhaustive information regarding candidates' personal and professional profiles, the statements with which the candidates accept the office, conditional on their appointment, and confirm, under their own responsibility and at the risk of being excluded from the list, that the grounds for ineligibility and disqualification envisaged by art. 2399 of the Italian Civil Code do not exist, and that they possess the prerequisites required by the law, the Articles of Association and CONSOB Regulation on Issuers.
The aforementioned list was submitted within the terms envisaged by art.15 of the Articles of Association and by art.144-quarter of CONSOB Regulation on Issuers.
The Chairman reads the list submitted by the shareholder AEQUAFIN S.p.A., which is attached to these minutes under letter "C".
| Shares in favour | 18,918,724 equal to 67.26% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 0 |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 638,000 equal to 2.27% of share capital |

The Shareholders' Meeting approves on a majority basis the proposal to appoint for the years 2023-2024-2025 and, more specifically, up to approval of the Financial Statements as of 31 December 2025, the following auditors:
Standing Statutory Auditors:
Substitute Statutory Auditors:
In addition, the Chairman clarifies that, according to art. 23 of the Articles of Association, since only one list was submitted, the Chair of the Board of Statutory Auditors shall be the first candidate indicated in the list, and hence Ms Donatella Vitanza.
Ms Stefania Salvini, acting as Designated Representative of the Company, addresses the meeting to read the voting instructions received from the Shareholder Aequafin S.p.A., which proposes to the Shareholders' Meeting to set an annual remuneration for each Standing Statutory Auditor as indicated below:

| Shares in favour | 18,879,266 equal to 67.12% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 39,458 equal to 0.14% of share capital |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 638,000 equal to 2.27% of share capital |
The Shareholders' Meeting approves on a majority basis the proposal of the shareholder Aequafin S.p.A.
On 15 March 2023, IRCE S.p.A.'s Board of Directors approved putting to the Shareholders' Meeting the proposal to authorise the purchase and disposal of treasury shares pursuant to Articles 2357 and seq. of the Italian Civil Code, attached to these minutes under letter "D".
The aforementioned authorisation is requested in order to give the company, in accordance with a practice that is widespread among listed companies, a tool to intervene on the stock market, so as to enable the stabilisation of the share price, preventing contingent or purely speculative situations and thus improving the liquidity of the shares.
| Shares in favour | 19,519,601 equal to 69.40% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 37,123 equal to 0.13% of share capital |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 0 |
The Shareholders' Meeting approves on a majority basis the authorisation to purchase and dispose of treasury shares under the terms of the Board's proposal and to grant the Chairman all powers necessary to carry out the purchases and disposals, also through agents.
On 15 March 2023, the Board of Directors approved the Remuneration Report prepared pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and Article 84 of CONSOB Regulation on Issuers, attached to these minutes under letter "E".

As envisaged by the provisions in force, the Shareholders' Meeting is called upon to resolve on the remuneration policy contained in the first section of the Remuneration Report, pursuant to the provisions of art. 123-ter of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF), paragraph 3-bis. The aforementioned resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting assumes the nature of a binding opinion.
| Shares in favour | 19,519,601 equal to 69.40% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 37,123 equal to 0.13% of share capital |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 0 |
The Shareholders' Meeting approves on a majority basis the first section of the Remuneration Report.
The Shareholders' Meeting is also called upon, under Article 123-ter, paragraph 6, of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF), to approve or reject the second section of the Remuneration Report on fees paid in 2022; the resolution is not binding and the outcome of the vote is made available to the public pursuant to Article 125-quater, paragraph 2.
| Shares in favour | 19,556,724 equal to 69.73% of share capital |
|---|---|
| Shares against | 0 |
| Shares not expressing a vote | 0 |
The Shareholders' Meeting unanimously expresses a favourable opinion on the second section of the Remuneration Report.
The Chairman, having observed that the discussion of the items on the agenda was concluded, thanks all the participants and declares the Shareholders' Meeting closed at 12.30 p.m.
| The Secretary | The Chairman |
|---|---|
| Ms Elena Casadio | Mr Filippo Casadio |

List of participants, in person or by proxy, in the Shareholders' Meeting of 28 April 2023
| PARTICIPANT | DELEGATING SHAREHOLDER | No. OF SHARES |
|---|---|---|
| STEFANIA SALVINI | AEQUAFIN SPA | 14,076,529 |
| STEFANIA SALVINI | CASADIO ANDREA | 333,502 |
| STEFANIA SALVINI | CASADIO MATTEO | 333,500 |
| STEFANIA SALVINI | GANDOLFI COLLEONI GIULIA | 452,500 |
| SIMONE GUBERTI | ENSIGN PEAK ADVISORS INC | 16,001 |
| SIMONE GUBERTI | ACADIAN NON US MICROCAP EQUITY FUND LLC | 21,122 |
| SIMONE GUBERTI | MEDIOLANUM GESTIONE FONDI SGR - FLESSIBILE SVILUPPO ITALIA 414,500 | |
| SIMONE GUBERTI | MEDIOLANUM GESTIONE FONDI SGR - FLESSIBILE FUTURO ITALIA | 223,500 |
| SIMONE GUBERTI | NEW ENGLAND CARPENTERS PENSION FUND | 4,869 |
| SIMONE GUBERTI | RUSSEL INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC | 2,335 |
| CASADIO CARLA | 559,371 | |
| CASADIO ELENA | 333,500 | |
| CASADIO FILIPPO | 560,571 | |
| DALLAGO ORFEO | 595,267 | |
| MONGARDI ANNA MARIA | 1,094,664 | |
| PIRAZZOLI CARLO | 534,993 | |
| Total shares | 19,556,724 | |
| Percentage of total shares 28,128,000 |

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