SIF Banat Crisana S.A.

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 15, 2020

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: April 14, 2020

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 51,746,072.40 | Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) Premium category (symbol: SIF1)

Important event to be reported:

Concerning the participation to the OGM / EGM convened for April 27 (28), 2020

By the current report published on March 23, 2020, SIF Banat-Crișana convened the ordinary general meeting of shareholders (OGM) and the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (EGM) for April 27 (28), 2020, whose reference date is April 13, 2020.

Information regarding the OGM and EGM of April 27 (28) 2020 is available on SIF Banat-Crișana website, at www.sif1.ro, in the Investor Relations › General Shareholders' Meetings › 2020 › Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders convened for April 27 (28), 2020. Here, investors can access all the materials related to the topics on the agenda of the OGM, respectively the EGM, the procedure on organizing the general meetings, presenting in detail the voting methods available to shareholders, including the correspondence voting, and are provided the voting forms.

Following the establishment of the state of emergency through the Decree of the President of Romania no. 195 / 16.03.2020 and given the restrictions imposed by the competent authorities of the state for the management of the situation generated by COVID-19, such as the suspension of the activities carried out in closed spaces and considering the provisions of the ASF Regulation no. 5/2020, in order to protect its shareholders, SIF Banat-Crișana restates the recommendations made in the convening notice for the GMS meetings of April 27 (28), 2020.

Thus, it is recommended that shareholders:

• access and consult the materials relating to the OGM/EGM in electronic form available on Company's website (www.sif1.ro, section GMS/2020) and to avoid the request to be issued on hard copy;

• to give precedence to means of communicating with the Company to the electronic communication channels available, using the e-mail with an extended electronic signature incorporated irrespective of the documents sent to the Company (questions regarding the matters on the agenda of the OGM/EGM, special or general empowerment form for representation in the OGM/EGM, correspondence voting for and any other documents related to OGM/EGM sent to the Company) avoiding the transmission as hard copies by post, courier services or submitting personally the documents by the shareholders to the Company;

• to give precedence to the method of voting by correspondence, as an alternate method of participating in the GMS directly or through a representative;

• in order to send the vote by correspondence forms, the Company's website, www.sif1.ro, section GMS/2020, provide the shareholders both the correspondence voting forms and voting instructions and it is recommended the completed ADDRESS CALEA VICTORIEI 35A ARAD 310158 ROMANIA • TEL +40257 304 438 • FAX +40257 250 165 • EMAIL SIFBC@SIF1.RO • INTERNET WWW.SIF1.RO

correspondence voting forms to be sent using the e-mail with extended electronic signature incorporated, avoiding, as far as possible, the transmissions as hard copy by post, courier services or submitting them personally to the Company's registration office;

• should the shareholders opt for the vote by representation, to transmit the general empowerments or, as the case may be, the special empowerments by e-mail, with the extended electronic signature incorporated, avoiding, as far as possible, their transmission as hard copy by post, courier services or submitting them personally to the Company's registration office;

• to notify the Company (by e-mail to aga@sif1.ro) at least 5 days before the date of the general meetings, in the event that the shareholder intends to participate directly or by proxy at the OGM and / or EGM, in order to allow the Company to take all the organizational measures required in the context shown, including requesting the necessary authorizations from the public authorities having competence in this matter.

We remind the shareholders that the voting documents (correspondence voting forms and special / general empowerments), together with all the accompanying documents, can be sent to the Company by e-mail with an extended electronic signature incorporated, at aga@sif1.ro, until April 25, 2020, 10:00 am.

In the event that the measures taken by the authorities will impose it, the Company will inform the shareholders by publishing current reports, according to ASF Regulation no. 5/2020 and the other applicable legal provisions, on the measures taken to conduct the general meetings, without the Company or the management of the Company to be held liable for the measures taken, in accordance with the law.

Chairman and CEO Bogdan-Alexandru DRĂGOI

Compliance Officer, Eugen Cristea