Danieli & C

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Sep 28, 2020

Single Item on the Agenda

Explanatory Report of the Board of Directors

concerning the Mandatory Conversion of Savings Shares into Ordinary Shares. Related and Consequent Resolutions.

Dear Savings Shareholders,

you have been called to the Special Meeting of the Savings Shareholders of Danieli & C. S.p.A. (hereinafter the "Company" or "Danieli") – in accordance with article 146, par. 1, lett. b), of Legislative Decree 58/1998 (hereinafter the "TUF") – to approve the proposal concerning the mandatory conversion of savings shares into ordinary shares, which is also the subject of a proposal submitted to the approval of the Shareholders' Meeting of Danieli convened for October 28, 2020 in extraordinary session (hereinafter the "Shareholders' Meeting").

This report has been prepared in order to explain the reasons for the proposed resolutions concerning the single item on the agenda, in accordance with article 125-ter of the TUF and Article 72 as well as Annex 3A of the Issuers' Regulation approved by Consob resolution n. 11971 of May 14, 1999 (hereinafter the "Issuers' Regulation").

I. Grounds for the Proposal

The proposal submitted to your approval provides for the mandatory conversion of all the issued and outstanding savings shares of Danieli into ordinary shares (hereinafter the "Mandatory Conversion"), as a transaction aimed at rationalizing and simplifying the structure of the Company's share capital. The Mandatory Conversion also entails:

• greater transparency in the governance with only one category of shares, with the same rights and the same price and consequently fully aligning the interests of all shareholders;
• increase in the ordinary market capitalization with a consequent greater weight on the indexes and portfolio of institutional investors;
• reduction in corporate formalities and in the costs connected to the existence of different categories of shares;
• increase in the share liquidity both for the existing ordinary shareholders and for the savings shareholders post-Mandatory Conversion.

In addition to the above, the savings shareholders will also benefit from the conversion ratio represented, for each savings share, by n. 0.65 Danieli ordinary shares (hereinafter the "Conversion Ratio") and from the payment of an extraordinary dividend equal to Euro 1.20 per share (hereinafter the "Extraordinary Dividend" and together with the Conversion Ratio, the "Economic Terms") which shall be paid to all the ordinary shareholders post-Mandatory Conversion subject to the actual effectiveness of the Mandatory Conversion. The Conversion Ratio implies a premium equal to 7,69% of the price of savings shares at the same date of September 23, 2020. For more information concerning the Conversion Ratio, the historical averages of conversion ratios and the implicit premium, please refer to the following paragraph VIII The saving shareholders

will also benefit from the distribution of the Extraordinary Dividend (subject to the effectiveness of the Conversion) with a total benefit equal to 18.23%- compared to the price of the savings share as at 23 September 2020 - taking into account the above premium relating to the Conversion Ratio.

It should also be noted that the proposal for the Mandatory Conversion is accompanied by the proposals submitted to shareholders Meeting concerning the introduction into the Company Charter of the "increased voting rights", i.e. of the possibility – as a consequence of the uninterrupted holding of ordinary shares for 24 months – to be entitled to two votes per ordinary share, instead of only one vote, as a way of rewarding long-term investments in the Company's share capital. The Mandatory Conversion therefore allows you, as holders of savings shares, to benefit – once the conversion has taken place – also from what indicated above..

Considering that the proposal under consideration, if approved by both the Shareholders' Meeting and the Special Meeting of the savings shareholders (hereinafter the "Special Meeting"), will legitimate the savings shareholders who did not approve the resolution to exercise the right of withdrawal pursuant to article 2437, par. 1, lett. g) of the civil code (hereinafter the "Right of Withdrawal"), the execution of the Mandatory Conversion is subject to the condition that the overall liquidation value of the shares for which the Right of Withdrawal will be exercised does not exceed the amount of Euro 20.000.000,00 (hereinafter the "Condition"). Such Condition is unilateral due to the fact that has been imposed in the interest of the Company and of the shareholders to ensure that the transaction is not excessively costly for Danieli, considering that, according to the law, the shares for which the Right of Withdrawal is exercised – unless they are purchased under the option by other shareholders or on the market – must be purchased by the Company. The Company can waiver to such condition, since the fact that is a unilateral condition.

II. Description of the rights or privileges attached to the Danieli savings shares

As of the date of this report, the share capital of Danieli amounts to Euro 81,304,566, made up of 81,304,566 shares with a face value of 1 Euro each, divided into 40,879,533 ordinary shares and 40,425,033 savings shares.

According to the provisions of the Company Charter currently in force, savings shares do not confer voting rights in general shareholders' meetings.

According to the Charter, savings shares are preference shares with regard to profit sharing and capital repayment, namely:

1) on net profits resulting from the duly approved financial statements, after deduction of the legal reserve portion, savings shares will be first of all allocated a proportion up to 5.16% of the nominal value of said shares;

2) after the allocation of said preferred dividend to the legal reserve and to the savings shares, subject to the shareholders' meeting payout resolution, residual profits are distributed among all the shares, in such a way that savings shares are paid a total dividend higher than ordinary shares to an extent equal to 2.07% of the shares nominal value; should a dividend lower than 5.16% be allocated to savings shares in a financial year, the difference will be computed increased by 5.16% than the preferred dividend in the two subsequent financial years;

3) the reduction of the share capital for losses will not involve the reduction of the nominal value of savings shares, unless for that part of loss which exceeds the total nominal value of the other shares; also, the provisions of art. 145 paragraph 5 of the TUF will apply.

4) on the occasion of an increase in the share capital, holders of savings shares will have option right on newly issued savings shares and failing these - or for the difference - on ordinary shares;

5) in case of reserve distribution, savings shares have the same rights as ordinary shares;

6) in the event of the company being wound up, savings shares have pre-emption on the share capital repayment;

7) should savings shares or ordinary shares be excluded from trading, savings shares will keep their own rights and characteristics.

III. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Mandatory Conversion

As a result of the Mandatory Conversion:

• (a) as of the effective date of the Mandatory Conversion, the holders of Danieli savings shares will lose their economic rights, privileges and the protections provided for this category of shares by the law, the applicable regulations and the Charter. In any case, the savings shareholders who have not exercised the Right of Withdrawal will receive ordinary shares of the Company and will therefore acquire voting rights in any shareholders' meeting of Danieli (in ordinary and extraordinary session), even in the form of increased voting rights, provided the related conditions are fulfilled (assuming that the proposal under item 10 on the agenda of the shareholders Meeting is approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting), and will acquire all the rights and protections related to ordinary shares, also benefiting, among other things, from the liquidity on the market;
• (b) As of the effective date of the Mandatory Conversion, the voting rights of ordinary shareholders will be diluted in proportion to the number of ordinary shares issued in the context of the Mandatory Conversion. The ordinary shares issued before said date will represent approximately 60,87% of the Company's share capital post-Mandatory Conversion, while the total amount of the ordinary shares issued to service the Mandatory Conversion will be equal to approximately 39,13% of the Company's share capital post-Mandatory Conversion. Ordinary shareholders will benefit from the elimination of the privileges connected to savings shares. Shareholders on the whole will benefit from the simplification of the share capital structure and from the increased liquidity of the Danieli shares;

Considering that, concurrently with the proposal for the Mandatory Conversion, also the proposal to eliminate the nominal value of shares is submitted to the approval of the Shareholders' Meeting in order to simplify capital transactions, as well as the circumstance that the Mandatory Conversion will be performed after the nominal value elimination has become effective, the Mandatory Conversion will not involve an increase in the share capital of Danieli, which will therefore remain unchanged. The total number of existing shares following the Mandatory Conversion will instead decrease by virtue of the issue of new ordinary shares to service the Mandatory Conversion.

IV. Quantity of savings shares held by the controlling shareholder pursuant to Article 93 of the TUF

As of the date of this report, the shareholder Sind International S.r.l. holds n. 27.461.013 ordinary shares, equivalent to 33,78% of the total share capital and 67,18% of the share capital represented by ordinary shares.

V. Intention of the controlling shareholder to do trading on savings shares

As of the date of this report, the shareholder Sind International S.r.l. has not declared its intention to do trading on savings shares.

VI. Possible undertakings to convert made by savings shareholders, with particular reference to the controlling shareholder

Since this is a Mandatory Conversion, all savings shares will be automatically converted into ordinary shares.

For the sake of completeness, we point out that as at the date of publication of this report: (i) the shareholder Sind International S.r.l. has not stated its voting intention in relation to the proposed Mandatory Conversion; (ii) on the basis of the information available to the Company and of the information available on the Consob internet site concerning shareholders' agreements, no shareholder has undertaken to vote in favor of the proposed resolution referring to the Mandatory Obligation.

VII.Dividends paid in the last five years to savings shareholders

The following table shows the dividends distributed by Danieli to the savings shareholders, starting from the financial year 2015 (expressed in Euro per share).

Dividend per	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
savings share	0,1207	0,1207	0,1207	0,1207	0,1707

It is hereby specified that the ordinary shares issued to service the Mandatory Conversion will have regular dividend rights as from the date of execution of the same Mandatory Conversion.

VIII. Conversion ratio and criteria for determining the same

Preliminary remarks

The Board of Directors resolved to propose the Mandatory Conversion on the basis of the Economic Terms composed of the Conversion Ratio - represented, for each savings share, by n. 0.65 Danieli ordinary shares for each savings share - and by the Extraordinary Dividend equal to Euro 1.20 per share paid to the ordinary shareholders post-Mandatory Conversion subject to the actual effectiveness of the Mandatory Conversion.

The Economic Terms were determined by the Board of Directors on the basis of various considerations and is supported also by the opinion of an independent advisor. In particular, the Economic Terms Conversion Premium were defined on the basis of the following criteria:

(a) the reasons underlying the proposed Mandatory Conversion;

• (b) the administrative and property rights associated to savings shares compared with those associated to ordinary shares;
• (c) the trend of the market prices of savings shares compared with the market prices of ordinary shares in different periods of time;
• (d) a fundamental financial analysis to take into account the perpetual present value of the expected cash flows arising from the higher dividend on savings shares;
• (e) the conversion ratios and implicit premiums recorded in similar operations occurred on the Italian market in the last decade.

In its considerations on the Economic Terms, the Board of Directors used as the last reference date the market prices of ordinary and savings shares recorded on the trading day closed on September 23, 2020 [i.e. the day before the announcement of the conversion proposal to the market.

More details are provided below with respect to the above-mentioned points taken into account for the purposes of determining the Economic Terms.

Market price trend of Danieli ordinary and savings shares

The following graph shows the share price trend of each category of shares over the last 12 months, starting from September 23, 2019.

The following table shows the share price trend of each category of shares with reference to September 23, 2020 and to some historical averages.

Table - Share price trend: final closing price of shares vs. historical averages

	Price of ordinary shares (€)	Price of savings shares (€)	Ratio between the market prices of savings shares and the market prices
--	---------------------------------	--------------------------------	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

			of ordinary shares
September 23, 2020	12,26	7,40	0,60
Average of the last month	12,39	7,61	0,61
Average of the last three months	11,86	7,24	0,61
Average of the last six months	11,73	7,03	0,60

Analysis of previous similar transactions

In the last 10 years, starting from 2010, it is possible to identify n. 10 Mandatory conversion transactions of savings and/or preference shares into ordinary shares, carried out by Italian companies on ordinary and savings or preference shares admitted to trading on the regulated markets organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.

From the analysis of the previous significant transactions, it therefore follows that the premiums implied in Conversion ratio offered are in line with the range-premium compared to those registerd in the previous recent similar historical cases in Italy.

Fundamental analysis

In the analysis, the perpetual present value of the extraordinary dividend attributed to savings shares (as provided for in the Company Charter) which results to be equal to approximately Euro 0.326 per share (assuming a discount rate appropriate to the risk profile of the aforementioned cash flows arising from the dividend) is compared with the premium offered to the savings shareholders in the scope of the Conversion.

On the basis of such analysis, it has been identified an intrinsic "extra value" offered to savings shareholders within the scope of the conversion.

IX. Modalities for the exercise of the Mandatory Conversion

The Mandatory Conversion will take place through Monte Titoli S.p.A., which will give instructions to the intermediaries participating in the centralized management system with which the savings shares are deposited. All the operations necessary for the completion of the Mandatory Conversion must be carried out by the aforementioned intermediaries and by Monte Titoli S.p.A.

Except for possible tax charges imposed on the transaction and depending on the nature of the recipient, the Mandatory Conversion will be made without any charges to be borne by the shareholders. The conversion is neutral for tax purposes and does not give rise to fiscally relevant capital gains or capital losses. The ordinary shares received as a result of the conversion shall maintain the same value recognized for tax purposes as the savings shares being converted.

Intermediaries holding accounts with each holder of savings shares will allocate to each

holder a number of ordinary shares resulting from the Conversion Ratio.

For the purposes of managing the remaining ordinary shares deriving from the Conversion Ratio of the Mandatory Conversion, the Company will specifically appoint an authorized intermediary.

The effective date of the Mandatory Conversion will be agreed with Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and made public by means of a press release and through publication on the Company's internet site, and in general in accordance with the applicable law. With the same communication, the Company will disclose details on the procedures for the allotment of ordinary shares and the management of any remnants resulting from the Conversion Ratio.

On the same date, the savings shares will be withdrawn from listing on the Italian Electronic Stock Market (MTA), organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and the ordinary shares resulting from the Mandatory Conversion will be admitted to trading on the market on an equal footing with the other outstanding ordinary shares (subject to the prior publication of listing particulars for admission to official listings in accordance with the applicable law).

X. Conditions for the effectiveness of the Mandatory Conversion

The Mandatory Conversion must be approved both by the Shareholders' Meeting and by the Special Meeting.

Moreover, considering that - if the Mandatory Conversion is approved by both the abovementioned shareholders' meetings - the savings shareholders who did not approve the resolution during the Special Meeting will be entitled to exercise the Right of Withdrawal, the execution of the Mandatory Conversion is subject to the condition that the overall liquidation value of the shares for which the Right of Withdrawal will be exercised does not exceed the amount of Euro 20.000.000,00, without prejudice to the Company's right to waive the Condition.

The Right of Withdrawal can be exercised within 15 calendar days following the registration of the approval of the Mandatory Conversion by the Special Meeting in the Company Registry. Consequently, the fulfilment of the Condition will be assessed taking into account the time actually required for the receipt of the notices of withdrawal (indicatively, in the third and fourth weeks following the date of the Special Meeting); the outcome of the above-mentioned assessment – i.e. the fulfilment or not of the Condition – will be communicated to the public by means of a press release issued in accordance with the applicable law.

XI. Number of savings shares to be converted

All savings shares (equal to n. 40.425.033) will be converted into ordinary shares with the same characteristics as the ordinary shares existing on the effective date of the Mandatory Conversion.

On the basis of the Conversion Ratio described above, the total number of ordinary shares to service the Mandatory Conversion will be equal to 26.276.271.

XII. Trend of the prices of savings shares in the last six months

The following graph shows the prices of savings shares in the period from March 23, 2020

and September 23 2020 (i.e. the day of the announcement to the market of the proposed Mandatory Conversion).

Mandatory Conversion Incentives

The Board of Directors resolved to propose a conversion of the Company's savings shares into ordinary shares on the basis of a Conversion Ratio represented, for each savings share, by n. 0.65 Danieli ordinary shares.

It should also be noted that the proposal for the Mandatory Conversion is accompanied by the proposals related to the distribution of an extraordinary dividend equal to Euro 1.20 for each ordinary share and the introduction in the Company Charter of the "increased voting rights" which the holders of savings shares can benefit from after the execution of the conversion.

On the basis of the above-mentioned Economic Terms, the Mandatory Conversion is characterized by an implicit premium of 7.69% in the Conversion Ratio with respect to the market price of savings shares at September 23, 2020. The Mandatory Conversion is also characterized by an overall bonus for saving shareholders equal to 18.23%- also considering the Extraordinary Dividend. Reference is made to paragraph VIII above, related to the criteria for defying the conversion ratio and the implicit bonus.

In any case, it should be noted that possible different market conditions existing at the time of the execution of the conversion could also impact on, or exclude the existence of, a premium implicit in the conversion ratio.

XIII. Effects of the Mandatory Conversion on stock option plans concerning savings shares

At the date of this report, there are no stock option plans in place with underlying savings shares. Therefore, this section is not applicable.

XIV. Composition of the Company's share capital before and after the Mandatory Conversion

As of the date of this report, the share capital of Danieli amounts to Euro 81,304,566, made up of 81,304,566 shares with a face value of 1 Euro each, divided into 40,879,533 ordinary shares and 40,425,033 savings shares.

Following the Mandatory Conversion, the share capital of the Company will be composed of n. 67.155.804 ordinary shares with no par value, assuming the approval of the proposal as per item 8 on the agenda.

XV. Significant changes in ownership structure as a result of the Mandatory Conversion

The following table shows the effects that the Mandatory Conversion would have on the share capital of Danieli, including the significant holdings communicated pursuant to article 120 of the TUF (according to the data available to the public on September 23, 2020), highlighting in particular the dilution for holdings in ordinary shares.

	% voting rights before the Mandatory Conversion	% voting rights after the Mandatory Conversion
Sind International S.p.A.	72,42%	44,56%
Floating	27,58%	55,44%
Overall	100,00%	100,00%

XVI. Main allocations that the Company intends to assign to the net revenue of the Mandatory Conversion

The Mandatory Conversion does not provide for the payment of any balance in favor of the Company. Therefore, there will be no revenue in favor of the Company following the Mandatory Conversion.

XVII. Right of withdrawal

As the resolution which approves the Mandatory Conversion entails a change in the Company Charter concerning the voting and participation rights of the holders of savings shares, the latter, should they not approve the related resolution of the Special Meeting, will be entitled to exercise the Right of Withdrawal pursuant to article 2437, first paragraph, letter (g), of the Italian civil code as shown below.

In accordance with article 127-bis, paragraph 2, of the TUF, any person on whose behalf savings shares are registered after the record date indicated in article 83-sexies, paragraph 2, of the TUF (i.e. November 23, 2017), and prior to opening of the Special Meeting, will be considered as not having approved the resolution for the purpose of exercising the Right of Withdrawal.

As indicated, the execution of the Mandatory Conversion is subject to the condition that the overall liquidation value of the shares for which the Right of Withdrawal will be exercised does not exceed the amount of Euro 20.000.000,00.

Liquidation value

The liquidation value of each savings share was calculated in accordance with article 2437 ter of the Italian Civil Code and established by the Board of Directors at Euro 7.0401 (equivalent to the arithmetic average of the closing stock market prices of savings shares in the six months prior to the date of publication of the notice of call of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting.The Company Charter does not provide for any exceptions to the above-mentioned legal criteria.

Procedures for exercising the Right of Withdrawal

The terms and conditions for exercising the Right of Withdrawal and liquidation of the shares for which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised are briefly illustrated below.

Pursuant to Article 2437-bis of the Italian civil code, the entities entitled to exercise the Right of Withdrawal may exercise this right, for all or part of the savings shares held, by registered letter (hereinafter the "Declaration of Withdrawal") which must be sent to the registered office of the Company within 15 calendar days from the date of registration of the resolution that approves the Mandatory Conversion in the Companies' Register. Such registration will be communicated to the public in accordance with the terms and conditions provided for by the applicable legislation (including its publication on the Italian daily newspaper ["ItaliaOggi" ].

The Declaration of Withdrawal must contain the following information:

• the personal data, the tax code, the domicile (and, where possible, a telephone number and email address) of the shareholder who withdraws for communications relating to the Right of Withdrawal;
• the number of savings shares for which the Right of Withdrawal is exercised;
• the details of the current account (including details of the IBAN) of the withdrawing shareholder to which the liquidation value of the savings shares for which the Right of Withdrawal will be exercised must be credited;
• an indication of the intermediary with which the account, where the shares for which the Right of Withdrawal is exercised are registered, is opened, together with the details of the aforesaid account;
• a statement that the shares are not pledged or otherwise encumbered.

Without prejudice to what is indicated above, it is recalled that, pursuant to Article 43 of the Consob-Bank of Italy Regulation of August 13 2018(hereinafter the "Consob-Bank of Italy Regulation"), the legitimacy to exercise the right of withdrawal pursuant to Article 2437 of the Italian civil code is certified by a communication from the intermediary to the issuer. The savings shareholders who intend to exercise their Right of Withdrawal are therefore required to request the intermediary, authorized to keep accounts in accordance with the law, to send the aforementioned communication to the Company, pursuant to Article 41 of the Consob-Bank of Italy Regulation.

Such communication must state what follows:

• the uninterrupted ownership by the withdrawing shareholder of the savings shares in relation to which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised, starting from the date of the Special Meeting which approved the Mandatory Conversion until the date on which this right is exercised, taking into account the requirements established by Article 127 bis, paragraph 2, of the TUF;
• the absence of a pledge or other constraint on the savings shares in relation to which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised; otherwise, the withdrawing shareholder must send the Company, as a condition for the admissibility of the Declaration of Withdrawal, a specific declaration made by the pledgee or by the entity having other constraints on the savings shares, with which such entity gives its irrevocable consent to carry out the liquidation of the savings shares in relation to which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised, in accordance with the instructions given by the withdrawing shareholder.

As provided for by Article 2437-bis of the Italian civil code and by the applicable regulations, the shares object of the communication pursuant to Article 43 of the Consob-Bank of Italy Regulation (and therefore the savings shares for which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised by the entitled entity) are made unavailable by the intermediary, and therefore cannot be the subject of acts of disposition, until their liquidation.

In the event that one or more shareholders exercise their Right of Withdrawal, the liquidation procedure will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article 2437 quater of the Italian civil code, as explained below.

Article 2437-quater of the Italian civil code provides that:

• (i) the Directors of the Company will offer the shares of the withdrawing shareholders as an option to the other shareholders; the option right can be exercised within a period of time of at least 30 days from the date on which the notice of rights issue is filed with the Register of Companies; the shareholders who exercise their right of option will also have pre-emptive rights to the purchase of the shares for which options are not taken up, provided a request is made at the time of exercise; in the event that some of the shares in relation to which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised are not purchased by the Company's shareholders, the aforementioned shares can be offered by the Company's Directors to the market;
• (ii) the event that some of the shares in relation to which the Right of Withdrawal has been exercised are not purchased on conclusion of the procedure under item (i), the Company must acquire the aforementioned shares by using the available reserves, also departing from the quantitative limits established by paragraph 3 of article 2357 of the Italian civil code.

The information concerning the terms and conditions for the exercise of the Right of Withdrawal which cannot be defined before the data of the Special Meeting, including the date of the effective registration of the resolution with the Register of Companies, will be made public by the Company – together with the detailed indication of the arrangements for the exercise of the right – in accordance with the terms and procedures established by the law (including its publication on the daily newspaper ["ItaliaOggi"].

Also, the terms and conditions for the liquidation procedure (including the number of savings shares in relation to which the Right of Withdrawal was exercised, the option and pre-emption offer as well as the offer to the market) will be communicated in accordance with the terms and procedures established by the law (including their publication on the daily newspaper ["ItaliaOggi"].

XVIII. Changes to the Company Charter

The Mandatory Conversion requires the amendment of Articles 6, 7 and 24 of the Company Charter of Danieli. The table below therefore shows the amendments proposed to the Shareholders' Meeting, assuming that the proposed resolution concerning item 7 ] on the agenda of the Shareholders' Meeting about the renewal of the of the authorizations to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital and to issue bonds and cornering item 8 related to the elimination of the nominal value of the shares (it should be noted that, if also the proposed resolution as per item 10on the agenda of the Shareholders' Meeting concerning the increased voting rights is approved, Article 7 will be amended as well, according to what indicated in the such proposal.

SECTION III SECTION III SHARE CAPITAL - SHARES - SHARE CAPITAL - SHARES - DEBENTURES DEBENTURES ART.6) The share capital amounts to euro 81,304,566 (eighty-one million three Euro [] ([]) 81,304,566 hundred four thousand five hundred and sixty six) divided into 81,304,566 (eighty one million three hundred four thousand ([]) 81,304,566 (eighty-one five hundred and sixty six) shares of 1 (one) three hundred four thousand euro each, namely 40,879,533 ordinary shares and 40,425,033 non-convertible savings shares. 40,425,033 non-convertible By resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting on October 28, 2014, the following powers were also granted to the Board of Directors: a) authority to increase the share capital, in sixty six) divided into one or more operations, in accordance with ordinary shares with no face value. art. 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, within a By resolution of the maximum period of five years from the Meeting on October 28, 2014, resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 100,000,000 (one hundred million), through the Board of Directors: issue of ordinary and/or non-convertible savings shares, to be issued free to those	Current Text	Proposed amendments
payment option, defining in such case, on each occasion, the category of shares being	with the right and/or offered with a	ART.6) The share capital amounts to (eighty-one million three hundred four thousand five hundred and sixty six) divided into [] million five hundred and sixty six) ordinary shares with no par value of 1 (one) euro each, namely 40,879,533 ordinary shares and savings shares. The share capital amounts to euro 81,304,566 (eighty-one million three hundred four thousand five hundred and 67.155.804 Shareholders' the following powers were also granted to a) authority to increase the share capital, in one or more operations, in accordance with art. 2443 of the Italian Civil Code,

issued, their characteristics, the issue price of the shares, date of issue, any contribution to costs, any allocation of the increase in share capital to service conversion of debentures issued, with the power to reserve, within the limits of the law, part of the issued shares for directors and employees of the Company and/or its subsidiaries;

b) the right to issue, in accordance with art. 2420 ter of the Italian Civil Code, in one or more operations, within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million), debentures, including convertible debentures and/or with rights (warrants) to subscribe to and purchase, in euro and/or foreign currencies, where permitted, on each occasion, within legal limits and with the necessary increases in share capital to service the loans.

within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 100,000,000 (one hundred million), through issue of ordinary and/or [TBD with the notary public] non-convertible savings shares, to be issued free to those with the right and/or offered with a payment option, defining in such case, on each occasion, the category of shares being issued, their characteristics, the issue price of the shares, date of issue, any contribution to costs, any allocation of the increase in share capital to service conversion of debentures issued, with the power to reserve, within the limits of the law, part of the issued shares for directors and employees of the Company and/or its subsidiaries;

b) the right to issue, in accordance with art. 2420 ter of the Italian Civil Code, in one or more operations, within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million), debentures, including convertible debentures and/or with rights (warrants) to subscribe to and purchase, in euro and/or foreign currencies, where permitted, on each occasion, within legal limits and with the necessary increases in share capital to service the loans.

By resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting on October 28, 2020, the following powers were also granted to the Board of Directors:

a) authority to increase the share capital, in one or more operations, in accordance with art. 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 100,000,000 (one hundred million), through issue of ordinary and/or non-convertible savings shares,

	to be issued free to those with the right and/or offered with a payment option,
	defining in such case, on each occasion, the category of shares being issued, their characteristics, the issue price of the shares, date of issue, any contribution to costs, any allocation of the increase in share capital to service conversion of debentures issued, with the power to reserve, within the limits of the law, part of the issued shares for directors and employees of the Company and/or its subsidiaries;
	b) the right to issue, in accordance with art. 2420 ter of the Italian Civil Code, in one or more operations, within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million), debentures, including convertible debentures and/or with rights (warrants) to subscribe to and purchase, in euro and/or foreign currencies, where permitted, on each occasion, within legal limits and with the necessary increases in share capital to service the loans.
ART. 7) - Ordinary shares are registered and	ART. 7) - Ordinary shares are registered and
are indivisible. Each ordinary share has the	are indivisible. Each ordinary share has the
right to one vote.	right to one vote.
Savings shares are bearer shares - subject to	Savings shares are bearer shares - subject to
other mandatory provision of the law - and	other mandatory provision of the law - and
carry no votes in either the ordinary and	carry no votes in either the ordinary and
extraordinary meetings.	extraordinary meetings.
That part of the share capital represented by	That part of the share capital represented by
savings shares will not be considered for the	savings shares will not be considered for the
purposes	purposes
of	of
the	the
composition	composition
of	of
the	the
shareholders' meeting and of the validity of	shareholders' meeting and of the validity of
resolutions,	resolutions,
nor	nor
for	for
calculating	calculating
the	the
percentages in Art. 2393, fourth and fifth	percentages in Art. 2393, fourth and fifth

paragraphs, of the Italian Civil Code.	paragraphs, of the Italian Civil Code.
Savings shares have preference in distribution of profits and reimbursement of capital, namely:	Savings shares have preference in distribution of profits and reimbursement of capital, namely:
1) of the net profits in the duly approved financial statements, less that part going to the legal reserves, the savings shares shall receive a dividend up to 5.16% of the nominal value of said shares;	1) of the net profits in the duly approved financial statements, less that part going to the legal reserves, the savings shares shall receive a dividend up to 5.16% of the nominal value of said shares;
2) the profits remaining after the allocation to the reserve fund and to the savings shares of the said preferred dividend, which the shareholders' meeting has voted to distribute, are shared among all shares in such a way that the savings shares receive an overall increased dividend versus the dividend on ordinary shares equal to 2.07% of the nominal value of the shares; in the event that during a financial year the savings shares receive a dividend smaller than 5.16% of their nominal value, the difference will be added to the amount of the 5.16% preferred dividend in the two following financial years;	2) the profits remaining after the allocation to the reserve fund and to the savings shares of the said preferred dividend, which the shareholders' meeting has voted to distribute, are shared among all shares in such a way that the savings shares receive an overall increased dividend versus the dividend on ordinary shares equal to 2.07% of the nominal value of the shares; in the event that during a financial year the savings shares receive a dividend smaller than 5.16% of their nominal value, the difference will be added to the amount of the 5.16% preferred dividend in the two following financial years;
3) the reduction of share capital for losses does not involve any reduction of the nominal value of savings shares except for that part of the loss which exceeds the overall nominal value of the other shares; also the provisions of para. 5, art. 145 of Legislative decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998 shall be applied;	3) the reduction of share capital for losses does not involve any reduction of the nominal value of savings shares except for that part of the loss which exceeds the overall nominal value of the other shares; also the provisions of para. 5, art. 145 of Legislative decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998 shall be applied;
4) in the event of an increase in share capital, the holders of savings shares are entitled to an option on new issue savings shares and, failing that, or for any shortfall, on ordinary shares;	4) in the event of an increase in share capital, the holders of savings shares are entitled to an option on new issue savings shares and, failing that, or for any shortfall, on ordinary shares;
5) in case of reserve distribution, savings shares have the same rights as ordinary shares;	5) in case of reserve distribution, savings shares have the same rights as ordinary shares;
6) in the event of the company being wound up, savings shares have pre-emption on the	6) in the event of the company being wound up, savings shares have pre-emption on the

representative of the holders of savings shares is kept suitably informed on operations that could influence the trend in quoted share values, he will be provided, through the legal representatives, with information in connection with the above mentioned matters.	mentioned matters.
7) Should savings shares or ordinary shares be excluded from trading, savings shares will keep their own rights and characteristics.	characteristics.
SECTION VII
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PROFITS
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shares until 5.16% of the nominal value of shares is reached. The residual profits, distribution of which is resolved by the shareholders' meeting, are allocated between all shares in such a way that the savings shares receive a higher overall dividend, compared with that for

share capital repayment.

In order to ensure that the common

nominal share value. The same criteria will be applied to interim dividends which may be resolved, complying with the requirements of the law.

ordinary shares, equivalent to 2.07% of

Profits due but not cashed in within the terms of the law will become statute-barred and used to increase the extraordinary reserve.

share capital repayment.

In order to ensure that the common representative of the holders of savings shares is kept suitably informed on operations that could influence the trend in quoted share values, he will be provided, through the legal representatives, with information in connection with the above-

7) Should savings shares or ordinary shares be excluded from trading, savings shares will keep their own rights and

SECTION VII

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PROFITS

ART. 24) - The net profits shown in the duly approved financial statements, minus 5% to be allocated to the legal reserve until this has reached at least one-fifth of the share capital, are allocated as follows: to the ordinary shares by way of dividend according to the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting following a proposal by the Board of Directors. will be allocated to the savings shares until 5.16% of the nominal value of shares is reached.

The residual profits, distribution of which is resolved by the shareholders' meeting, are allocated between all shares in such a way that the savings shares receive a higher overall dividend, compared with that for ordinary shares, equivalent to 2.07% of nominal share value.

The same criteria will be applied to interim dividends which may be resolved, complying with the requirements of the law.

a) 5% of the legal reserve until this has reached the at least one-fifth of the share capital;

b) the profit remaining and of which the assembly deliberates distribution on a proposal from the Board of Directors of ordinary shares in respect of dividend; c) the shareholders Meeting shall resolve upon the on the allocation of undistributed profits
Profits due but not cashed in within the terms of the law will become statute-barred and used to increase the extraordinary reserve.

Making available to the public

This report is available to the public in accordance with the law at the website of the Company, www.danieli.com[], and on the authorized storage system "SDIR&Storage " at the address www.emarketstorage., as well as at the registered office of the Company and on the website of the market management company Borsa Italiana S.p.A. at the address www.borsaitaliana.it.

Resolution Proposal

Now, therefore, the Board of Directors submits the following proposal for its approval:

"The Special Shareholders' Meeting of Danieli & C. S.p.A., having examined the explanatory report prepared by the Board of Directors and the proposal contained therein,

resolves

1) to approve, in accordance with art. 146, par. 1, let. b), of Legislative Decree 58/1998, as far as it is concerned, the Mandatory conversion of savings shares into ordinary shares, which was the subject of the resolution of the Company's Shareholders' Meeting held today in extraordinary session:

"The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Danieli S.p.A., having examined the explanatory report prepared by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 72 and in compliance with Annex 3A of the Regulation approved by CONSOB Resolution no. 11971 of 14 May 1999, and the proposal contained therein,

resolves

1) to approve and implement the Mandatory conversion of existing savings shares into ordinary shares of the Company with regular dividend rights and having the same characteristics as the ordinary shares existing at the date of the transaction, with a conversion ratio, for each savings share, equal to n. 0.65 ordinary shares, attributing newly issued ordinary shares, it being understood that the execution of the

conversion is subject to: (i) the approval of the aforementioned Mandatory conversion by the competent special meeting of savings shareholders pursuant to article 146, paragraph 1, letter b) of Legislative Decree n. 58 of February 24, 1998; (ii) the circumstance that the overall liquidation value of the shares for which the right of withdrawal is exercised pursuant to Article 2437, paragraph 1, letter g), of the Italian civil code, by the savings shareholders who did not approve the Mandatory conversion during the Special Meeting, does not exceed the amount of Euro 20.000.000 [];

2) to amend, in the event that the resolution approving the conversion as per item 1 above takes effect and is implemented, and assuming that the proposed resolution as per item 7 and 8 on the agenda are approved, Articles 6, 7 and 24 of the Company Charter currently in force, as follows:

ART.6) The share capital amounts to Euro [] ([]), divided into n. [] ([]) ordinary shares with no par value.

By resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting on October 28, 2020, the following powers were also granted to the Board of Directors:

a) authority to increase the share capital, in one or more operations, in accordance with art. 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 100,000,000 (one hundred million), through issue of shares, to be issued free to those with the right and/or offered with a payment option, defining in such case, on each occasion, the category of shares being issued, their characteristics, the issue price of the shares, date of issue, any contribution to costs, any allocation of the increase in share capital to service conversion of debentures issued, with the power to reserve, within the limits of the law, part of the issued shares for directors and employees of the Company and/or its subsidiaries;

b) the right to issue, in accordance with art. 2420 ter of the Italian Civil Code, in one or more operations, within a maximum period of five years from the resolution, by a maximum total amount of € 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million), debentures, including convertible debentures and/or with rights (warrants) to subscribe to and purchase, in euro and/or foreign currencies, where permitted, on each occasion, within legal limits and with the necessary increases in share capital to service the loans.

ART. 7) - Ordinary shares are registered and are indivisible. Each ordinary share has the right to one vote.

ART. 24) - The net profits shown in the duly approved financial statements,

a) 5% of the legal reserve until this has reached the at least one-fifth of the share capital;

b) the profit remaining and of which the assembly deliberates distribution on a proposal from the Board of Directors of ordinary shares in respect of dividend;

c) The shareholders Meeting shall resolve upon the on the allocation of undistributed profits

Profits due but not cashed in within the terms of the law will become statute-barred and used to increase the extraordinary reserve.

3) to confer powers and mandate to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the CEO, individually and with the faculty to sub-delegate, to carry out all the actions deemed necessary or appropriate for the full implementation of the aforementioned resolutions including, but not limited to: (i) define the further terms and conditions for the Mandatory Conversion, including, among other things, the effective date

of the conversion, by agreeing on it with Borsa Italiana S.p.A.; (ii) define the terms and conditions of the procedure related to the exercise of the right of withdrawal to which the savings shares are entitled pursuant to article 2437, paragraph 1, letter g), of the Italian civil code; (iii) complete the liquidation procedure of the savings shares for which the right of withdrawal is exercised, also by purchasing, if necessary, such shares using the available reserves; (iv) complete any other formality in order to obtain the necessary authorizations for the aforementioned resolutions and, in general, any other authorization for the full implementation of the resolutions, together with any other necessary powers, with no exception and/or exclusion, including the power to make amendments or additions to the resolutions (without making substantial changes to the contents of the resolutions themselves) as deemed necessary and/or appropriate for filing them with the Register of Companies or for the implementation of laws and regulations, as well as to proceed to the filing and registration with the Register of Companies of the approved amendments to the Company Charter."

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STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

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Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.

Via Nazionale 41

33042 – Buttrio (UD)

To the attention of the Board of Directors

Milan, September 24, 2020

RE: Fairness opinion on the economic terms of the conversion offered in relation to the proposed mandatory conversion of Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. savings shares into Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. ordinary shares

Dear Directors of the Board,

On July 3, 2020, Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. (hereinafter "Danieli" or the "Company") appointed Equita SIM S.p.A. ("Equita") as the financial advisor for the proposed mandatory conversion of Danieli savings shares into ordinary shares of the Company ("Transaction" or "Conversion"). With reference to the activities listed in the letter of engagement signed by the parties ("the Engagement"), the Company has asked Equita to issue a fairness opinion in the interest and for the exclusive benefit of Danieli's Board of Directors, concerning the fairness - from a financial stand point - of the economic terms defined for the Conversion (hereinafter the "Opinion").

Danieli ordinary and savings shareholders are called to their respective meetings on 28 October 2020 to deliberate on the principal economic terms of the Transaction, among other things.

The Danieli savings shareholders who do not take part in the approval of the Conversion will earn the right to withdraw as per art. 2437-ter of the civil code, and the Conversion is subject to the condition that the liquidation value of the shares for which the right to withdraw can be exercised by savings shareholders cannot exceed a total of Euro 20 million, notwithstanding the company's right to waive it.

This Opinion aims only to express an opinion for the sole benefit of the Company's Board of Directors, regarding the fairness from a financial stand point of the economic terms of the Transaction. This Opinion does not aim to analyze the merits of the proposed Transaction and of the effects and prospects that could derive therefrom for the Company, nor is it meant to be a recommendation as to the possibility of approving or performing the Transaction.

Documentation Used

Equita used the following documentation to prepare this Opinion:

• drafts of the Board of Directors' explanatory report on the Transaction;
• analysis of previous transactions regarding the conversion of savings shares and/or preferred shares into ordinary shares of Italian companies holding shares that are traded on markets regulated by the Italian Stock Exchange Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (hereinafter "Borsa Italiana").

For the purposes of this Opinion, Equita also used documents, data and information available to the public and particularly market information (market prices, volumes traded by brokers, etc.) gathered through Bloomberg and Factset, regarding Danieli and the previous transactions concerning the conversion of savings and/or preferred shares into ordinary listed shares.

In preparing this Opinion, Equita fully relied on the truthfulness, fairness, accuracy and completeness of all the documentation and all the information mentioned above, without having it verified independently. Equita did not perform any independent verification, inquiry or assessment of this documentation and information and did not perform any accounting, financial, fiscal, legal or commercial audits or did not generally carry out any administrative and/or autonomous and/or independent verifications and/or technical expert assessments in connection with the Transaction. Furthermore, with the exception of the above, Equita did not supply, obtain or examine any expert opinion - including but not limited to - legal, accounting, actuarial, environmental, IT or fiscal opinions - and, consequently, the Opinion does not take into account the possible implications of these aspects to which these types of expert opinions could refer.

Limits and Restrictions on the Analyses

The considerations contained in this Opinion refer to existing market, regulatory and economic conditions that can be evaluated until 23 September 2020.

The assessments expressed in this Opinion are based on all the indications and analyses contained therein, and therefore no part of the Opinion can be considered or in any event used separately from the Opinion in its entirety.

The methodological considerations and the considerations expressed in this Opinion cannot in any case be considered as possible indicators of the market price or value, either current or forecast, of Danieli's ordinary and/or savings shares.

Description of the Proposed Transaction

Danieli's share capital is Euro 81,304,566, divided into 81,304,566 shares having a par value of 1 euro each, specifically made up of 40,879,533 ordinary shares and 40,425,033 savings shares.

Based on the provisions of the current Company Bylaw, savings shares do not grant voting rights at the general shareholders' meetings.

In accordance with the Company Bylaw, savings shares are preferred stocks as regards profit distribution and capital repayment, namely:

• I. on the net profit resulting from the regularly approved financial statements, after deducting the sum earmarked for the legal reserve, first of all the savings shares are assigned an amount up to 5.16% of their nominal value;
• II. the profit remaining after the allocation of said preferred dividend to the reserve fund and to the savings shares, and whose distribution was decided by the shareholders, is divided among all the shares so that the savings shares receive a total dividend that is 2.07% greater than that of the ordinary shares, in terms of their nominal value; if during a fiscal year a dividend of less than 5.16% of share nominal value is assigned to the savings shares, the difference is calculated as a 5.16% increase of the preferred dividend amount in the two following years;
• III. the reduction of share capital due to losses does not entail a reduction in the nominal value of savings shares, except for the part of the loss that exceeds the total nominal value of the other shares; the provisions of art. 145, paragraph 5 of the Consolidated Law on Finance are also applicable;
• IV. if share capital is increased, the holders of savings shares have the right of first refusal on the newly issued savings shares, and failing that - or to make up for the difference on ordinary shares;
• V. in the case of distribution of reserves, savings shares have the same rights as ordinary shares;
• VI. if the company is terminated, savings shares have priority as regards the repayment of share capital;
• VII. If savings or ordinary shares cannot be traded, savings shares maintain their rights and features.

The proposed Transaction involves the conversion of savings shares into ordinary shares in accordance with the following economics terms ( the "Economic Terms"):

• n. 0.65 ordinary share per savings share held (The "Conversion Rate");
• payment of an extraordinary dividend of Euro 1.20 per share to all holders of postconversion ordinary shares (including those resulting from the Conversion), subject to the effectiveness of the Conversion (the "Extraordinary Dividend").

Newly issued ordinary shares assigned to savings shareholders will have the same features as the outstanding ordinary shares. Savings shareholders who do not take part in

approving the Conversion will earn the right of withdrawal pursuant to art. 2437-ter of the civil code, which can be exercised at a value equal to the arithmetic average of the closing prices of the savings shares on the stock market in the six months preceding the publication of the convocation notice for the special meeting of savings shareholders.

The Conversion is subject to the condition that the liquidation value of the shares for which the right to withdraw can be exercised by savings shareholders cannot exceed a total of Euro 20 million, notwithstanding the company's right to waive it.

Analysis of the benefits offered to savings shareholders

The Conversion Ratio proposed for the Transaction entails the following premiums for savings shareholders ( the "Implied Premiums"):

• 7.69% with respect to the date preceding the announcement of the Transaction;
• 5.89% with respect to the month preceding the announcement of the Transaction;
• 6.43% with respect to the three months preceding the announcement of the Transaction;
• 8.38% with respect to the six months preceding the announcement of the Transaction.

Considering the Extraordinary Dividend (subordinated to the effectiveness of the Conversion) and also considering the Implied Premiums mentioned above, the Economic Terms imply total benefits for holders of savings shares (the "Total Benefits") equal to:

• 18.23% compared to the date before the announcement of the Conversion;
• 16.15% compared to the month before the announcement of the Conversion;
• 17.20% compared to the three months before the announcement of the Conversion;
• 19.47% compared to the six months before the announcement of the Conversion.

Please note that all Implied Premiums and Total Benefits are calculated as of 23 September 2020.

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Valuation Methods

Analysis of implied premiums offered in previous similar conversion transactions in Italy

In order to evaluate the premium offered to Danieli savings shareholders, it is possible to refer to the premiums paid to holders of savings and/or preferred shares in previous conversions of savings and/or preferred shares into ordinary shares.

In the last 10 years, starting from 2010, n. 10 mandatory conversions of savings and/or preferred shares into ordinary shares were carried out by Italian companies holding ordinary and savings shares or preferred shares traded on markets regulated by Borsa Italiana.

The analysis of the precedent relevant transactions, shows that the premiums offered in the Danieli Conversion stay within the ranges of those expressed in recent similar precedents in Italy.

Fundamental Analysis

The analysis compares the present value in perpetuity of the additional dividend assigned to the savings shares (as per the Company Bylaws) which amounts to about Euro 0.326 (assuming a discount rate that is appropriate for the risk profile of the above-mentioned dividend flows), with the premium offered to the savings shareholders under the Conversion.

Based on this analysis, an intrinsic "extra value" was identified for savings shareholders as part of the Conversion.

Additional considerations on the Transaction

The conversion of savings shares into ordinary shares would entail the following:

• elimination of the incremental dividend of Euro 0.0207 per savings share for savings shareholders, amounting to about Euro 0.8 million per year for all the savings shares currently issued by the Company;
• a reduction in the total number of shares issued by the Company at a conversion ratio of n. 0.65 ordinary shares for each savings share held; this reduction in the total number of shares issued by the Company would also entail an increased of the earning per share for ordinary shareholders;
• payment of an extraordinary dividend of Euro 1.20 per share to all the ordinary shareholders post-conversion;
• greater transparency in governance due to a single category of shares with the same rights and the same price, and therefore full alignment of interests among all shareholders;
• increased market capitalization of ordinary shares and consequently greater weight on indexes and portfolios of institutional investors;

• optimization of capital structure and reduction of corporate obligations and costs connected with the existence of various categories of shares;
• increased stock liquidity for both current ordinary shareholders and post-conversion savings shareholders.

Conclusions

This Opinion is given solely in the interest and for the benefit of Danieli's Board of Directors in connection with the Transaction, and no other person can rely on the Opinion, nor can the Opinion be used for other purposes. Equita has not made any considerations regarding the decisions of Danieli's shareholders to approve or not to approve the Transaction, decisions that result solely from the judgement of individual holders of ordinary and savings shares.

Considering:

• the Implied Premiums in the Conversion Ratio;
• the benefits deriving from the payment of the Extraordinary Dividend, subject to the effectiveness of the Transaction;
• the implied valuation in the Economic Terms of the savings shares; greater than the sum between the current price of the savings share and the net present value in perpetuity of the incremental dividend for the savings shareholder provided by the Company Bylaw;
• the general merits of the Conversion;

based on the above, today Equita considers the Economic Terms of the proposed Conversion fair from a financial stand point.