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PRADA S.p.A. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024

Mar 27, 2024

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

PRADA S.p.A.

Via Antonio Fogazzaro No. 28, 20135 Milan, Italy

Registry of Companies of Milan, Monza, Brianza, Lodi, Italy: No. 10115350158

(Incorporated under the laws of Italy as a joint-stock company with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1913)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of PRADA S.p.A. (the "Company") will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. CET time (4:00 p.m. Hong Kong time) (see Note 1). Pursuant to the Italian legislation set forth under Article 106 of the Law Decree No. 18 of March 17, 2020, as converted with amendments by Law No. 27 of April 24, 2020, and as last confirmed by the Law Decree No. 215 of December 30, 2023, as converted with amendments by Law No. 18 of February 23, 2024, as well as in accordance with Articles 13.2, 13.3 and 17.3 of the By-laws and persons entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting are allowed to attend and vote by way of electronic means only.

The Annual General Meeting will be convened for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing (with or without amendments) the following resolutions:

  1. To approve the Audited Separate Financial Statements of the Company, which show a net income of Euro 566,740,484, and the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2023, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors, and the Independent Auditor.
  2. To approve the allocation of the net income of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023, as follows: (i) Euro 350,558,888 to Shareholders as final dividend, equal to Euro 0.137 per share, and (ii) Euro 216,181,596 to retained earnings of the Company.
  3. To approve that the new Board of Directors will consist of eleven Directors and will be appointed for a term of three financial years, expiring on the date of the shareholders' general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the last year of the Board of Directors' office.
  4. To elect the following persons as members of the new Board of Directors of the Company, as follows:

(i) To elect Mr. Patrizio BERTELLI as an Executive Director of the Company;
(ii) To elect Mr. Paolo ZANNONI as an Executive Director of the Company;
(iii) To elect Mr. Andrea GUERRA as an Executive Director of the Company;
(iv) To elect Ms. Miuccia PRADA BIANCHI as an Executive Director of the Company;
(v) To elect Mr. Andrea BONINI as an Executive Director of the Company;


(vi) To elect Mr. Lorenzo BERTELLI as an Executive Director of the Company;
(vii) To elect Mr. Yoël ZAOUI as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company;
(viii) To elect Ms. Marina Sylvia CAPROTTI as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company;
(ix) To elect Ms. Pamela Yvonne CULPEPPER as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company;
(x) To elect Ms. Anna Maria RUGARLI as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company;
(xi) To elect Ms. Cristiana RUELLA as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company; and

  1. To appoint Mr. Patrizio BERTELLI as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  2. To approve the aggregate base remuneration of the Board of Directors for its three-year term in the amount of Euro 800,000 gross per year.
  3. To elect the following persons as standing members of the Board of Statutory Auditors or alternate statutory auditors (as the case may be), of the Company for a term of three financial years, expiring on the date of the shareholders' general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the last year of the Board of Statutory Auditors' office:

(i) Mr. Roberto SPADA (Standing Statutory Auditor)
(ii) Ms. Maria Luisa MOSCONI (Standing Statutory Auditor)
(iii) Ms. Patrizia ARIENTI (Standing Statutory Auditor)
(iv) Ms. Stefania BETTONI (Alternate Statutory Auditor)
(v) Mr. Cristiano PROSERPIO (Alternate Statutory Auditor)

and, as prescribed by Article 25.6 of the By-laws, the standing statutory auditor candidate who receives the highest number of votes from the shareholders at the Shareholders' General Meeting will be automatically appointed as Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors. In the event that two or more standing statutory auditors can be automatically appointed, to elect the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors by a separate resolution.

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  1. To approve the aggregate remuneration for the Board of Statutory Auditors for its three-year term in the amount of Euro 130,000 gross per year.

By Order of the Board
PRADA S.p.A.
Mr. Paolo ZANNONI
Executive Deputy Chairman

Milan (Italy), March 27, 2024

Registered office:
Via Antonio Fogazzaro No. 28
20135 Milan
Italy

Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
8th Floor
One Taikoo Place
979 King's Road
Quarry Bay
Hong Kong

Notes:

(1) The online platform will be opened for registered Shareholders and non-registered Shareholders to login 45 minutes prior to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting ("Online AGM"), and it is highly recommended to log in at least 5 minutes before the start of the Online AGM in order to complete the registration and authentication procedure required to validly attend and vote at the Online AGM, given that under Italian laws, the Company has to announce at the commencement of the AGM the number of shares and percentage present. The online platform can be accessed from any location with internet connection by a smart phone, tablet device or computer. Shareholders should allow ample time to check into the online platform to complete the login procedure and remain logged in until the commencement of and during the Online AGM. The "Online User Guide" will be available on the Company's website www.pradagroup.com around one week before the AGM to guide you through the login process.

(2) Each of the ordinary resolutions will be passed if the vote of more than 50% of the shares represented at the Annual General Meeting is cast in favour of each of them.

(3) A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Online AGM is entitled to appoint any other person as his/her proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her; a proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company. As a matter of Italian law, it is not possible to appoint a director, statutory auditor or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries as proxy.

(4) In the case of joint registered holders of any shares, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote (by proxy), will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s) and for this purpose, seniority shall be determined as that one of the persons so represented whose name stands first on the register of Shareholders in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

(5) In order to be valid, a form of proxy, together with any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) and any other documents specified in the proxy form itself, shall either be deposited with the Company's Hong Kong Share Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong or sent via email to [email protected], in each case, by no later than 10:00 a.m. CET time, or 4:00 p.m. Hong Kong time, on April 22, 2024, being 48 hours before the time fixed for the holding of the Online AGM. The form of proxy is published on the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited at www.hkexnews.hk and the Company at www.pradagroup.com. The completion and return of the proxy form shall not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting online at the Online AGM (or any adjournment thereof) if they so wish.

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(6) The Shareholders' register will be closed during the following periods:

(i) Online AGM

In order to qualify for attending and voting for the Online AGM, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates, if issued, must be lodged with:

(a) the Company's Hong Kong Share Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shop 1712-16, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, if the transfer concerns shares registered in the section of the Company's shareholders' register kept by the Company's Hong Kong Share Registrar, or
(b) the Company's registered office at Via Antonio Fogazzaro No. 28, 20135 Milan, Italy, if the transfer concerns shares registered in the section of the Company's shareholders' register kept by the Company at its registered office,

in any case no later than 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time), or 10:30 a.m. (CET time), on Friday, April 19, 2024. The shareholders' register of the Company (both sections) will be closed from Monday, April 22, 2024, to Wednesday, April 24, 2024, both days inclusive, during which period no shares transfer can be registered.

The Shareholders recorded on the Shareholders' register on Monday, April 22, 2024 (record date) will be allowed to attend and vote at the Online AGM.

(ii) Proposed Final Dividend

In order to qualify for the payment of the final dividend, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates, if issued, must be lodged with:

(a) the Company's Hong Kong Share Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shop 1712-16, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, if the transfer concerns shares registered in the section of the Company's shareholders' register kept by the Company's Hong Kong Share Registrar, or
(b) the Company's registered office at Via Antonio Fogazzaro No. 28, 20135 Milan, Italy, if the transfer concerns shares registered in the section of the Company's shareholders' register kept by the Company at its registered office,

in any case no later than 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time), or 10:30 a.m. (CET time), on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The shareholders' register of the Company (both sections) will be closed on Thursday, May 2, 2024, during which period no shares transfer can be registered.

The final dividend will be paid to the shareholders recorded on the Company's shareholders' register on Thursday, May 2, 2024, and the payment date will be Friday, May 17, 2024.

(7) The Chairperson of the Online AGM will demand a poll on each of the resolutions submitted for determination at the Online AGM. On a poll, every Shareholder who is present, or as represented by the proxy or corporate representative, shall have one vote for every share held by him/her.

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's executive directors are Mr. Patrizio BERTELLI, Mr. Paolo ZANNONI, Mr. Andrea GUERRA, Ms. Miuccia PRADA BIANCHI, Mr. Andrea BONINI and Mr. Lorenzo BERTELLI; and the Company's independent non-executive directors are Mr. Yoël ZAOUI, Ms. Marina Sylvia CAPROTTI, Mr. Maurizio CEREDA, Ms. Pamela Yvonne CULPEPPER and Ms. Anna Maria RUGARLI.

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