Share Issue/Capital Change • Jul 17, 2024
Share Issue/Capital Change
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Planned issue of a maximum 1.017.000 new ordinary Franchetti S.p.A. shares at a price of Euro 5.90 per share
Arzignano, July 17, 2024 – Franchetti S.p.A. (BIT:FCH) ("Company" or "Franchetti"), listed on the Italian Stock Exchange's Euronext Growth Milan market and parent of a multinational software development and engineering design Group delivering solutions for safety and the predictive scheduling of maintenance activities on infrastructural network structures, announces that today's meeting of the Board of Directors resolved to partially execute the power granted pursuant to Article 2443 of the Civil Code by the Company's Shareholders' Meeting of July 1, 2024 and, therefore, to increase the Company's share capital, for cash and in divisible form, by the maximum amount of Euro 6.000.300,00. This amount is inclusive of share premium, with the exclusion of option rights pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 5, of the Civil Code, by issuing a maximum 1.017.000 new ordinary Franchetti S.p.A. shares ("New Shares"), without indication of par value and having the same characteristics as those already outstanding on the issue date with regular dividend entitlement ("Capital Increase"), with a final subscription deadline of December 31, 2024.
The Capital Increase is proposed for subscription at a price of Euro 5.90 per New Share, of which Euro 0.05 to be charged to the share capital and Euro 5.85 to be charged to share premium. This price was determined using the weighted average of official prices for the last 6 months preceding the date of July 17, 2024 as the reference criterion. It should be noted that the Board of Statutory Auditors issued a positive opinion in compliance with the provisions of Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Civil Code. The purpose of the Capital Increase is to quickly and efficiently raise new resources to strengthen Franchetti's capital structure and support its growth and development projects, enabling leading investors to take holdings in the Company.
As a result of the Capital Increase resolution, the Company therefore announces the launch of an Accelerated Bookbuilding ("ABB") procedure for a maximum 1.017.000 New Shares at a price of Euro 5.90 per New Share and exclusively to

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qualified and institutional investors, as defined pursuant to Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017.
The ABB will begin immediately and may be completed at any time. The Company shall promptly communicate its outcome.
The New Shares will be admitted to trading on the Euronext Growth Milan, similarly to the shares already outstanding and in compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory provisions.
The Explanatory Report of the Board of Directors and the opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, written pursuant to art. 2441, paragraph 6 of the Civil Code, will be made available on the website www.franchetti.tech in the "Governance/Assemblies" section.
In support of the transaction, Integrae SIM S.p.A. acted as sole bookrunner, while the Company is supported by the legal firm ADVANT Nctm Studio Legale and the IR and communication firm TWIN.
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This Press Release is available at www.franchetti.tech, in the "Investor Relations/Financial press releases" section.
Franchetti S.p.A. heads the Franchetti Group, a pioneer in the management, diagnostics and predictive maintenance of infrastructure (bridges and viaducts in particular). Founded in 2013 in Arzignano (VI), with subsidiaries in Brazil and Canada and operations in the US and India, Franchetti is an innovative SME that has worked on over 40,000 equivalent motorway and railway bridges worldwide. The Group boasts a technical and scientific track record that places it among the industry's leading international experts. Operations are broken into two main business lines: diagnosis and planning for infrastructure maintenance, with inspections and assessments, intervention planning and construction management and ICT services for the predictive programming of infrastructure maintenance. Franchetti has in fact developed two proprietary software programs that leverage the potential of artificial intelligence and predictive data analysis: Argan® can estimate an infrastructure's life cycle and automatically assess safety levels over time for a range of maintenance scenarios and contexts, Pathwork© ensures the optimized management of road and highway works on infrastructure and to support sustainable mobility, while SIDECHECK© can intelligently compare collected data related to inspections, inspectors, schedules, and work estimates to make the evaluation process as objective and complete as possible.
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With a workforce of 70 professionals, more than 90% of whom are engineering graduates, the Group achieved a Value of Production of Euro 7.0 million in 2023 (+42.9% on 2022) and EBITDA of Euro 2.5 million (+38.9% on 2022).
Franchetti S.p.A. TWIN Tel. +39 0444 671443
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