Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 24, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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This is an English courtesy translation of the original documentation prepared in Italian language
To Our Shareholders,
in compliance with Art. 125-ter of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998 and Art. 73 of the Regulation issued by Consob with resolution No. 11971 of 14th May 1999 and subsequent amendments ("Issuers' Regulations"), we hereby submit the authorisation request, within the limits and according to the procedures detailed below, to the purchase and disposal of treasury stock.
The treasury stock purchase and disposal authorization request is aimed at allowing the Company to reach several targets, namely:
(i) fulfilling the obligations arising from the stock option and/or financial instruments (performance shares) based plans already adopted by the Company and other incentive plans which might be approved in future;
(ii) supporting business initiatives, since the authorization to purchase treasury stock, if granted, will allow transactions such as the sale, contribution and exchange of treasury stock in order to acquire stakes in companies and/or to reach agreements with strategic partners within the Group's expansion objectives;
(iii) supporting the Recordati's shares liquidity, in order to promote the regular course of the shares' negotiations and avoid price fluctuations inconsistent with the market trend.
In order to achieve the above said objectives, we propose that you authorise the Board of Directors, also with power of delegation to the Chief Executive Officer and possibly to other Directors, to purchase even in one or more tranches a maximum of no. 3,500,000 Recordati S.p.A. ordinary shares with a face value of € 0.125, corresponding to 1.6736% of the current share capital of € 26,140,644.50 and in any event for a maximum amount of € 200,000,000, a percentage and amount which, as detailed below, complies with article 2357 of the Italian Civil Code.
At the same time, we ask you to authorise, in accordance with Art. 2357-ter of the Italian Civil Code, the Board of Directors also with the power of delegation to the Chief Executive Officer, and possibly to other Directors, to dispose of, even in more than one tranche by means of sale and assignment operations according to the procedures indicated below, the treasury stock that may be purchased. All the foregoing, always within the purposes identified at Section 1 above.
Please note that the authorization to purchase treasury stocks granted by the Shareholders' Meeting dated 22 nd April 2024 will expire at the date the latter approves the financial statements of the Company as at 31st December 2024.

In order to comply with the third paragraph of article 2357 of the Italian Civil Code, we hereby report that the share capital of the Company amounting to € 26,140,644.50 currently consists of 209,125,156 ordinary shares with a value of € 0.125 each.
We also report that on 18 th March 2025 the Company holds in its portfolio no. 3,022,304 treasury stock, corresponding to 1.445% of the total nominal value of the share capital while the companies controlled by the Company do not hold any treasury stock or Recordati S.p.A.. It should also be noted that the share buyback programme initiated on 12 th November 2024 is still in progress at the date of approval of this Report. On the basis of such programme, no. 1,390,019 shares had been purchased as of 18 th March 2025, (thus leaving no. 109,981 shares until the maximum number of purchasable shares). Even in the event, in principle, that all the aforementioned remaining no. 109,981 shares and all the no. 3,500,000 shares under the current authorization request would be purchased, without dismissal in the meantime of any of the treasury stock held as of today in the portfolio, the Company would reach the ownership of no. 6,632,285 treasury stock, with an overall nominal value equal to 3.171% of the share capital, that is a percentage under the permitted threshold for issuing companies by the aforementioned law (i.e. 20% of the nominal value of the share capital).
The authorisation to purchase is requested until the date of the shareholders' meeting called for the approval of the Company's financial statement as at 31st December 2025. The disposal of purchased shares may occur without time limits, exception being made for the law provisions and regulations from time to time applicable.
The Board proposes the minimum unit price for the purchase to be not less than the face value of the RECORDATI S.p.A. ordinary shares (currently € 0.125) and the maximum price not to be greater than the average of the official stock exchange prices in the five sessions prior to the purchase, plus 5%. The Board in any case proposes that the purchases of ordinary treasury stock, if carried out for liquidity purposes, or to comply with those obligations related to incentive plans, both based on stock options and on financial instruments (performance shares), may be executed in compliance with (i) the market practice approved by Consob according to Art. 13 Reg. EU No. 596/2014, and (ii) Art. 5 of such Regulation, as well as second Chapter of Reg. EU 1052/2016. All of it also with respect to the shares purchase price on the market.
With regard to the maximum expense limit, the Board observes that in accordance with article 2357 of the Italian Civil Code, first paragraph, treasury stock may be purchased up to the limits of the distributable profits and the reserves available resulting from the last financial report approved.
In this respect, it is underlined that in the financial statements of the Company as at and for the year ended on 31st December 2024, submitted for your approval during the meeting scheduled on 29 th April 2025, the distributable profits amount to € 320,830,287 (of which € 123,948,886 have already been distributed in November 2024 as interim dividend) and the total amount of the reserves is € 254.321.262 amount divided as follows:
| Additional paid-in capital: | € 83,718,523 |
|---|---|
| Extraordinary Reserve: | € 14,450,908 |
| Reserve formed following the transition to IFRS/IAS standards: | € 156,151,831 |
We therefore highlight that considering the maximum price mentioned previously (€ 200,000,000), the distributable profits and the available reserves are sufficient to cover any possible purchase of treasury stock.

This is an English courtesy translation of the original documentation prepared in Italian language
As far as it concerns the purchase transactions procedures, which may be performed in one or more tranches, the Board proposes these transactions to be performed, also through duly appointed intermediaries, in compliance with Art. 144-bis, of the Issuers' Regulations:
As far as it concerns the procedures for the utilisation, it is proposed that the Shareholders' Meeting authorises the Board of Directors - also with power of delegation to the Chief Executive Officer and possibly to other Directors - at any time, to dispose, fully or in part, in one or more tranches and even before all possible purchases are made – of the treasury stock purchased, (i) to implement long term incentive plans (based on stock options or financial instruments – performance shares) (ii) by sale on regulated markets, either in lots or by public tender offer, as well as (iii) payment for the purchase of shares and/or the conclusion of agreements with strategic partners. All the foregoing is subject to the compliance with any applicable law and possibly performed pursuant to the market practices approved by Consob according to Art. 13 Reg. EU No. 596/2014, where applicable.
The proposal for the purchase of treasury stock is not made for the purpose of reducing the share capital.
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In light of the information provided, it is hereby submitted to the shareholders' meeting the proposal to grant to the Board of Directors - also with power of delegation to the Chief Executive Officer and possibly to other Directors - the faculty to determine, from time to time, within the applicable laws and regulations, terms, means and conditions which may be deemed proper for the purchase and disposal of the treasury shares, provided that the Board of Directors, while executing such transactions, will be obliged to fulfil in any case, (i) any applicable laws and possibly the provisions of the market practices approved by Consob in accordance to Art. 13 of the Reg. EU No. 596/2014, where applicable, if adopted by the Company; as well as, (ii) the disclosure obligations under the laws and rules, from time to time applicable, and in particular those set forth in Art. 144-bis, third paragraph of the Issuers' Regulation.
We propose that you approve the following resolutions:
"The Ordinary Shareholders' meeting of RECORDATI S.p.A.,
i. to authorise, pursuant to and for the purposes of Art. 2357 of the Italian Civil Code and until the date of the shareholders' meeting called for the approval of the Company's financial statements as at 31st December 2025, the purchase, in one or more tranches, of a maximum of 3,500,000 ordinary RECORDATI S.p.A. shares with a face value of €0.125

This is an English courtesy translation of the original documentation prepared in Italian language
and, in any event, in an amount such that the maximum number of treasury shares held by the Company never exceeds one fifth of the share capital, also considering the shares that may be held by subsidiaries;
Milan, 18 th March 2025
For the Board of Directors The Chief Executive Officer Robert Koremans
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