SIF Banat Crisana S.A.

Share Issue/Capital Change • Mar 15, 2023

ADDRESS CALEA VICTORIEI 35A ARAD 310158 ROMANIA • TEL +40257 304 438 • FAX +40257 250 165 • EMAIL SIFBC@SIF1.RO • INTERNET WWW.SIF1.RO

CURRENT REPORT

according to Regulation no. 5/2018 and Law no. 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations

Report date: March 14, 2023

Issuer Societatea de Investiții Financiare Banat-Crișana SA (SIF Banat-Crișana) | Registered office 35A Calea Victoriei, Arad 310158, Romania | Phone +40257 304 438 | Fax +40257 250 165 | Webpage www.sif1.ro | Email sifbc@sif1.ro| Tax Identification Code RO2761040 | Trade Register Number J02 / 1898 / 02.09.1992 | Number In ASF AFIAA Register PJR07.1AFIAA / 020007 / 09.03.2018 | Number In ASF SIIRS Register PJR09SIIR / 020002 / 02.02.2006 | Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) 254900GAQ2XT8DPA7274 | Subscribed and paid-up share capital RON 50,751,005.60 | Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) Premium category (symbol: SIF1)

Important event to be reported:

Completion of Share-based Payment Plan

By Current Report dated 25.01.2022, SIF Banat-Crișana informed the shareholders upon the approval by the Board of Directors of the "Share-based payment plan" (Stock Option Plan), by which 880,000 SIF1 shares were offered to the members of Company's management, as per the resolutions no. 3 and no. 4 adopted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on October 11, 2021.

At the same time, with the same current report, it was published the "Disclosure document concerning the shares offered or allotted to members of SIF Banat-Crișana management" prepared as per Annex no. 4 to Regulation no. 5/2018.

SIF Banat-Crișana informs the shareholders that upon completing the term of 12 months from the signing of the share-based payment agreements, the members of the management structure exercised their right to receive a number of 880,000 SIF1 shares, representing 0.1734% of the current share capital.

On March 13, 2022, Depozitarul Central (Central Depository) carried out the direct transfer of shares in accordance with the regulations in force. The information provided in art. 19 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 EU will be available on company's website in the Investor Relation section.

As there were no changes in the "Disclosure document concerning the shares offered or allotted" initially published, this report represents the "Disclosure document concerning the allotted shares", within the meaning of the provisions of the ASF Regulation no. 5/2018.

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO Bogdan-Alexandru Drăgoi

Compliance Officer, Eugen Cristea