Fila — Share Issue/Capital Change 2020

Apr 17, 2020

Informazione Regolamentata n. 1565-20-2020		Data/Ora Ricezione 17 Aprile 2020 14:28:14	MTA - Star
Societa'	:	FILA
Identificativo Informazione Regolamentata	:	130914
Nome utilizzatore	:	FILASPANSS01 - De Rosa
Tipologia	:	REGEM
Data/Ora Ricezione	:	17 Aprile 2020 14:28:14
Data/Ora Inizio Diffusione presunta	:	17 Aprile 2020 14:28:15
Oggetto	:	post exercise Warrant	F.I.L.A. S.p.A._PR share capital change
Testo del comunicato

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PRESS RELEASE

CHANGE IN SHARE CAPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Pero, April 17, 2020 – F.I.L.A. – Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A. ("Fila" or the "Company") announces, as per Article 85-bis of Consob Issuers' Regulation adopted with motion No. 11971/1999, the new composition of its share capital following the early exercise, on April 8, 2020, of 56,156 "Pacon Manager Warrants" - which grant the right to subscribe 1 (one) ordinary Fila share for each warrant exercised - to be applied to the paid and divisible share capital increase, with the exclusion of the option right pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 8, of the Civil Code, to service the exercise of the "Pacon Manager Warrants, approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Fila of October 11, 2018 (the "Share capital increase").

Consequently, a total of 56,156 new ordinary Fila shares were issued and assigned from the Share Capital Increase, with the same characteristics as those already in circulation at the issue date, without indication of nominal value and with full rights.

The declaration as per Article 2444 of the Civil Code of the new amount of the share capital was filed at the Milan, Monza-Brianza and Lodi Companies Registration Office yesterday April 16, 2020.

		Current share capital (*)		Previous share capital
	Euro	no. of shares	Nominal unitary value	Euro	no. of shares	Nominal unitary value
Total of which:	46,932,427.68	51,004,952	-	46,876,271.68	50,948,796	-
Ordinary shares (full rights; coupon number in progress: 8)	39,495,872.85	42,923,096	-	39,440,428.10	42,866,940	-
Class B – special multi-vote shares (full rights; coupon number in progress: 6)	7,436,554.83	8,081,856	-	7,435,843.58	8,081,856	-

The current composition of the company share capital (compared to the previous) is presented below.

(*) Currently, the amount of voting rights, conferred by the 42,923,096 ordinary shares (which grant 1 vote each) and by the 8,081,856 B shares (which grant 3 votes each), is 67,168,664 votes.

The following table shows the number of Company warrants exercised and the number of remaining Company warrants still outstanding at today's date.

	no. warrants exercised	no. residual warrants in circulation
Pacon Manager Warrants	56,156	53,345
F.I.L.A. S.p.A. Sponsor Warrants	-	690,000

In addition, the By-Laws of Fila, updated with the new amount of share capital has been filed for registration with the Milan, Monza-Brianza and Lodi Companies Registration Office and is made available to the public on the Fila website at www.filagroup.it, "Governance" section, and at the authorised storage mechanism " "EMARKET STORAGE" at the address **.

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F.I.L.A. (Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini), founded in Florence in 1920 and managed since 1956 by the Candela family, is a highly consolidated, dynamic and innovative Italian industrial enterprise and continues to grow market share. In November 2015, F.I.L.A. listed on the STAR segment of the Milan Stock Exchange. The company, with revenue of Euro 687.9 million in 2019, has grown significantly over the last twenty years and has achieved a series of strategic acquisitions, including the Italian Adica Pongo, the US Dixon Ticonderoga Company and Pacon Group, the German LYRA, the Mexican Lapiceria Mexicana, the English Daler-Rowney Lukas and the French Canson, founded by the Montgolfier family in 1557. F.I.L.A. is an icon of Italian creativity globally through its colouring, drawing, modelling, writing and painting tools, thanks to brands such as Giotto, Tratto, Das, Didò, Pongo, Lyra, Doms, Maimeri, Daler-Rowney, Canson, Princeton, Strathmore and Arches. Since its foundation, F.I.L.A. has chosen to focus on growth through continuous innovation, both in technological and product terms, in order to enable individuals to express their ideas and talent through tools of exceptional quality. In addition, F.I.L.A. and the Group companies work together with the Institutions to support educational and cultural projects which promote creativity and expression among individuals and make culture accessible to all.

F.I.L.A. currently operates through 22 production facilities (of which 2 in Italy) and 35 subsidiaries across the globe and employs over 9,500.

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For further information:

F.I.L.A. Investor Relations

Stefano De Rosa - Investor Relations Officer Francesca Cocco - Investor Relations ir@fila.it (+39) 02 38105206

For financial communication:

Community Strategic Communications Advisers Tel. (+39) 02 89404231 fila@communitygroup.it

F.I.L.A Press Office

Cantiere di Comunicazione Eleonora Galli: (+39) 02 87383180 -186 – mob: (+39) 331 9511099 e.galli@cantieredicomunicazione.com Antonella Laudadio: (+39) 02 87383180 -189 a.laudadio@cantieredicomunicazione.com