Remuneration Information • Apr 9, 2021
Remuneration Information
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This document ("The Annual Report on Remuneration policy and compensation paid", the "Report"), was prepared and approved by the Board of Directors on 15 March 2021 according to Article 123-ter of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998 ("TUF") and Article 6 of the Corporate Governance Code, the January 2020 version, approved by the Corporate Governance Committee established at Borsa Italiana S.p.A..
This Report has been prepared in accordance with the annexed table 3A Scheme 7-bis contained in the Regolamento Emittenti no.11971/1999 and in accordance with the existing dispositions of art. 123-ter of Legislative decree. No. 58/1998.
The Report describes the Remuneration policy adopted by Reply S.p.A (hereon "Reply") with reference to remuneration to (i) members of the Board of Directors and in particular to Executive Directors and Directors invested with special charges (ii) Directors with Strategic Responsibility and, pursuant to article 2402 of the Civil Code, (iii) members of the Control committee.
The Remuneration Policy adopted by Reply with the resolution of the Board of Directors on 13 March 2020 has not changed during the financial year. The First Section remained, in its content, unchanged, although integrated with further information subsequent to the updated outline of the Report, approved by Consob by resolution no. 21623 of 10 December 2020, while the Second Section was integrated with the additional information requested.

The corporate bodies and persons responsible for drafting, approving and making possible changes to the Remuneration Policy are the following:
With regard to remuneration, the Shareholders' meeting:

The Board of Directors:
The remuneration committee:

evaluating that the performance target has been achieved;
On 24 April 2018, Reply S.p.A.'s Board of Directors appointed the actual members of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee. As at the date of approval of this Report, the Remuneration and Nominating Committee was comprised as follows:
The Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee has gained adequate knowledge and experience on financial issues and remuneration policy given his professional experience in large companies.
There are no conflict of interest profiles within the Committee as the Remuneration Committee consists only of Independent Directors and the remuneration of independent Directors is resolved by the Shareholders' Meeting.
In 2020 the Remuneration Committee relied on the support of remuneration policy structure in Reply to draw up the Remuneration Policy related to the period 2020-2022, without using other companies' remuneration policies as reference.
For further information regarding the operation and activities of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee for the financial year ended as at 31 December 2020, see the 2020 Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure.
Executive Directors:

The Board of Statutory Auditors has the task of providing opinion in relation to the Remuneration Policy; in particular, the Board provides opinions on the remuneration of Executive Directors and Directors invested with special charges; in expressing their opinion the Board verifies the consistency of the proposals with the Remuneration Policy.
The 2021 Remuneration Policy related to Executive Directors and Directors with strategic responsibilities hasn't evolved compared to 2020, submitted at the meeting of 13 March 2020 by the Board of Directors.
The Remuneration policy adopted by the Board of Directors of 13 March 2020 is related to the period 2020- 2022.
In this regard, it should be noted that the Board of Directors at the meeting of 15 March 2021 decided not to review the Remuneration Policy of Executive Directors and Directors with strategic responsibilities, confirming the current approach and this in relation to the fact that the result of the votes on the First Section of the Policy that took place during the Shareholders' Meeting on 21 April 2020, received 37,416,021 votes equal to 84.330% of the votes represented in the shareholders' meeting and 68.926% of the share capital with voting rights.
The Remuneration Policy adopted by the Board of Directors of 13 March 2020 is related to the period 2020- 2022 and subsequently has revoked the previous remuneration plan (2018-2020).
The Remuneration Policy is intended to ensure the Company has the ability to attract, retain and motivate individuals who have professional skills and experience to pursue the achievement of the Company's objectives. The Policy is also instrumental in aligning the interests of the Company's management with those of the shareholders, pursuing the primary objective of the creation of value over a medium-long term period, through the creation of a strong link between remuneration and individual or of the whole society performance.
The Remuneration Policy reflects and takes into account the specificities of the business model adopted by Reply.
Annual Report on Remuneration Policy and compensation paid in 2020
Reply operates through a network of companies that highly specializes in processes, applications and technologies. The growth of the network takes place both organically, also through the creation of new startups, and through the acquisitions of control investments in companies always with the mission of becoming excellence centers in its operational scope and grow both operationally and dimensionally.
This model has allowed:
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Due to the distinctive character of Reply's business model, the Remuneration Policy has always identified EBITDA as a prevailing performance indicator both for the short-term period and for the long-term. During the approval of the last Remuneration Policy, approved by the Board of Directors on 13 March, 2020, it was considered:

With reference to 2020 the Non-executive Directors were as follows:
| Fausto Forti | Non-Executive Director, Independent and Lead Independent Director |
|---|---|
| Secondina Giulia Ravera | Non-Executive Director, Independent |
| Francesco Umile Chiappetta | Non-Executive Director, Independent |
In 2020 remuneration of Directors not invested with operational proxies is as follows:
• 50,000 Euros annually for each member of the Board, as resolved by the Shareholders' meeting of 23 April 2018 and 21 April 2020.
In 2020 the remuneration of Board members of the Supervisory Body – with reference to Mr. Fausto Forti – was determined as follows:
• 1,000 Euros for each participation in the Supervisory Body meeting.
A specific remuneration component in relation to the participation in the Committee meetings or to the execution of specific engagements not related to operational proxies was not foreseen. Non-Executive Directors are not eligible for any variable form of compensation linked to the achievement of financial targets.
The Company has an insurance policy on third party liability for damage inflicted by the Board of Directors (apart from the General Manager, but also Directors with Strategic Responsibilities) in performing their duties, with the aim of safeguarding the beneficiaries and the Company from any connected indemnity, excluding cases of malice or gross negligence.

With reference to 2020 the Directors were as follows:
| Mario Rizzante | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|---|---|
| Tatiana Rizzante | Chief Executive Officer |
| Claudio Bombonato | Executive Director |
| Daniele Angelucci | Executive Director |
| Filippo Rizzante | Executive Director |
| Elena Maria Previtera | Executive Director |
Under a legal and statutory perspective, remuneration of the Company's Executive Directors is established in accordance with:
From the perspective of the Remuneration Policy, the remuneration of the Executive Directors is generally comprised of the following elements:
The Board of Directors keeps in mind two factors when determining remuneration and its single components: the specific proxy that each Executive Directors holds and/or the function and the role actually carried out by each Executive Director within the Company, thus ensuring in particular that the variable component is coherent with the tasks assigned.
Under an accounting perspective, the remuneration of the Executive Directors is recorded in the Financial Statements in the year in which the services are rendered both for the fixed gross annual component and the variable component, even though payment is made through profit sharing in accordance with Article 22 of the Company By-laws; This is consistent with the International Financial Reporting Standards IAS/IFRS in as much as profit-sharing is considered to all effects as part of the remuneration and therefore the relative al location is recorded in the Financial Statements in the year in which the Executive Directors' services are rendered; for

such reason, the proposal to attribute profit-sharing is the object of resolution by the Board of Directors at the same time as approval of the draft annual Financial Statements.
Annual Report on Remuneration Policy and compensation paid in 2020
The criteria utilized in defining remuneration for Executive Directors was established by the Board of Directors and is as follows:

Reply strongly believes in environmental and social responsibility issues. For this reason, Reply has always integrated within its values: attention to people, quality and care of its ecosystem. To ensure continuous monitoring and improvement of specific behaviors and initiatives, ESG has also set up a dedicated team that deals, within the group, of verifying the achievement of the objectives as well as encouraging and promoting the Reply culture in these areas.
If the performance targets are not achieved because of extraordinary and/or unpredictable factors, the Board of Directors, following the advice of the Remuneration Committee, after hearing the opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, and activating, where required, the Procedure with Related Parties Operations, reserves the right to consider whether to pay the medium-term variable component in all or in part, considering the percentage of deviation with respect to the targets for quantitative objectives.
The Executive Directors are granted other types of benefits related to the office held and recognized within the Group to Directors having strategic responsibilities and/or managers (i.e. company car).
For those Directors employed by the company, these directors are entitled to the employee severance indemnity (TFR, pursuant to Article 2120 of the Italian Civil Code. Directors are also entitled to a termination severance indemnity (TFM) for small amounts (see the annexed table to section 3.1). Following termination of office, the Directors have not signed non-compete agreements.
The Board of Directors can propose to the Shareholders the adoption of the incentive mechanisms through the attribution of financial options, but, at present no incentive plans of this kind have been established.
The Company deems that the Remuneration Policy is consistent with the pursuit of the long-term interests of the company and its risk management.

As at 15 March 2021 the role of General Manager is nonexistent in the Company's organization.
Five Directors have Strategic Responsibility at 15 March 2021.
Remuneration to Directors with Strategic Responsibilities is composed by a fixed and short-term variable component and established with the same principles and criteria described above for the Executive Directors. For further information, see point Remuneration to Executive Directors. Directors with Strategic Responsibilities have the right to severance indemnity (TFR) ex Art. 2120 of the Italian Civil Code. Furthermore, some Directors who cover strategic positions in subsidiaries have also been assigned post termination treatment (TFM) determined in the same manner as severance indemnity.
If the performance targets are not achieved because of extraordinary and/or unpredictable factors, the Board of Directors, following consultation of the Remuneration Committee, after hearing the opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, and activating, where required, the Procedure with Related Parties Operations, reserves the right to consider whether to pay the medium-term variable component in all or in part, considering the percentage of deviation with respect to the targets for quantitative objectives.
Due the composition of the Board of Directors no allowance has been set in event of cessation of office or termination of employment on behalf of Executives and Directors with Strategic Responsibilities apart from what is provided by the ex-law and/or the Collective labor agreement in case the persons have a dependent work contract such as the Employee severance indemnities (4 Directors) or Directors severance indemnities (1 Director) determined in a similar way as the Employee severance indemnities.
In accordance to the updated Report, approved by Consob by resolution no. 21623 of 10 December 2020, the following table shows the information requested in relation to first section, paragraph 1, point m), with reference to the relationships in place with Reply S.p.A. and its subsidiaries.
| Director | Employee contract - Director |
Further agreements |
Notice period and related circumstances |
Remuneration as Board member |
Remuneration as Director |
Compensation for non competitive commitments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Rizzante | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Tatiana Rizzante | Yes, indefintely | No | Yes, pursuant to CCNL |
No | Employee severance indemnities |
No |
| Claudio Bombonato | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Daniele Angelucci | Yes, indefintely | No | Yes, pursuant to CCNL |
No | Employee severance indemnities and Directors severance indemnities |
No |
| Filippo Rizzante | Yes, indefintely | No | Yes, pursuant to CCNL |
No | Employee severance indemnities |
No |
| Elena Maria Previtera |
Yes, indefintely | No | Yes, pursuant to CCNL |
No | Employee severance indemnities |
No |
| Directors with strategitc responsabilities |
Indefintely for 1 employee |
Re-employment as an employee for a Director |
Yes, pursuant to CCNL for a DIrector |
No | Employee severance indemnities for 1 employee; Directors severance indemnities for 2 Directors |
Yes, for 1 Director |
With regard to Executive Directors and Directors with strategic responsibilities, it should be noted that:

With the aim of rewarding the most distinctive performance, as well as remunerating significant efforts in the field of operations and projects of extraordinary nature, the Company reserves the opportunity to offer Directors and/or Directors with strategic responsibility forms of extraordinary remuneration (una tantum bonuses) up to a maximum amount subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, on the proposal of the Committee for Remuneration, consulting with the Board of Statutory Auditors, and activating, if required, the Procedure with Related Parts Operations.
The shareholders' meetings of 23 April 2018 and of 21 April 2020 determined the annual compensation for the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors:
In anticipation of the resolution decided by the Shareholders meeting of 21 April 2020, the Company conducted a benchmark analysis with other comparable companies of the compensation paid to members of the Board of Statutory Auditors in order to formulate a proposal of adequacy of the fixed compensation.
The outgoing controlling Body has provided the Company with insights about the quantification of the commitment required to carry out the task, also in accordance with the annual self-assessment process, which shows the adequacy of the current remuneration.
In line with best practices, an insurance policy is in place to o cover the civil liability towards third parties of the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors in the exercise of their functions aimed at keeping the beneficiaries and the Company harmless from the charges deriving from the related compensation, excluding cases of willful misconduct.

In accordance with the updated Report, approved by Consob by resolution no. 21623 of 10 December 2020, the information requested is given below.
The main components of the remuneration of Executive Directors and Directors with strategic responsibilities in 2020 were in summary:
The remuneration, articulated in the aforementioned components and recognized as described in this report, is in accordance with the Remuneration Policy adopted by the Company and is consistent with the purpose of contributing to the Company long-term results.
With reference to the variable short-term components of remuneration attributed to Executive Directors and Directors with strategic responsibilities, the following indications are given:
The medium-long-term variable component of the remuneration relates to the three-year period 2020-2022 and therefore no compensation was paid in the year. With regard to the projection of the achievement of the medium-long-term objectives, a provision has been accounted for total amount of Euro 1,430,000.
Incentive plans based on financial instruments were not implemented during the year. During the financial year, no allowances and/or other benefits were awarded for the termination of office or termination of the employment relationship.
The Company did not derogate from the remuneration policy for exceptional circumstances, nor applied "Claw-back" mechanisms during the financial year.
The Board of Directors of 15 March 2021 did not consider applicable to revise the Remuneration Policy of Executive Directors and Directors with Strategic Responsibilities adopted by the Company, confirming the current approach and this considering the outcome of the votes on the First Section of the Policy that took place during the Shareholders Meeting on 21 April 2020, reaching 37,416,021 votes equal to 84.330% of the votes represented in the shareholders meeting and 68.926% of the share capital with voting rights.

(figures in thousands of Euros)
| Name Surname | Office held | Period of office | Term of office | Fixed | Remuneration for | non-equity variable remuneration | Other | Total | Fair value of | Post mandate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remuneration | the participation in internal committees |
Bonus and other incentives |
Profit Sharing | benefits | remuneration | the equity remuneration |
indemnity | |||||
| (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| Mario Rizzante | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
460 (1) | - | - | 600 | - | - | 1,060 | - | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 270 (2) | - | - | - | - | - | 270 | - | - | |||
| Total | 730 | - | - | 600 | - | - | 1,330 | - | - | |||
| Tatiana Rizzante | Chief Executive Officer | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
260 (3) | - | - | 600 | - | - | 860 | - | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 359 (4) | - | - | - | - | 359 | - | - | ||||
| Total | 619 | - | - | 600 | - | - | 1,219 | - | - | |||
| Claudio Bombonato Executive Director | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
300 | - | - | 450 | - | - | 750 | - | - | |
| Filippo Rizzante | Executive Director | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
150 | - | - | 500 | - | - | 650 | - | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 352 (5) | - | - | - | - | 352 | - | - | ||||
| Total | 502 | - | - | 500 | - | - | 1,002 | - | - |

| Daniele Angelucci | Executive Director | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
220 | - | - | 500 | - | - | 720 | - | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 203 (6) | - | - | - | - | 8(7) | 211 | - | - | |||
| Total | 423 | - | - | 500 | - | 8 | 931 | - | - | |||
| Elena Maria Previtera |
Executive Director | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
299 (8) | - | - | 500 | - | - | 799 | - | - |
| Fausto Forti | Non-Executive Director and Independent |
1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
54 (9) | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | - | - |
| Secondina Giulia Ravera |
Non-Executive Director and Independent |
1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
50 | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Francesco Umile Chiappetta |
Non-Executive Director and Independent |
1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
50 | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Giorgio Mosci | Chairman of the Board of Sta tutory Auditors |
1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
58 | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | - | - |
| Ada Alessandra | Statutory Auditor | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
42 | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | - |
| Garzino Demo | Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 10.5 (10) | - | - | - | - | - | 10.5 | - | - | ||
| Total | 52.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 52.5 | - | - | |||
| Piergiorgio Re | Statutory Auditor | 1/01/2020- 31/12/2020 |
31/12/2020 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | - |
| Directors with strategic responsi bilities |
Remuneration paid by subsidiaries 1,728 - |
- | 2,003 | - | 54 | 3,785 | - | - | ||||
| Remuneration to Directors is as follows: (1) Gross emolument for the office of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Directors in Reply S.p.A. (2) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries (3) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in Reply S.p.A. (4) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries equal to 64 thousand Euros. The remaining amount refers to the gross salary received as an employee |
(5) Gross Salary received as an employee in a subsidiary company (6) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries equal to 128 thousand Euros. The remaining amount refers to the gross salary received as an employee (7) Post termination treatment (8) Gross Salary received as an employee in Reply S.p.A. (9) Gross emolument for the office of Independent Directors in 2020 equal to 50 thousand Euros. The residual amount is referred to the presen ce tokens in 2020 for the participation in the Internal Control Committee meetings (10) Gross emolument for the office of Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors in 2020 in subsidiaries |

| (4) | |
|---|---|
Other Bonus |
|
| ( | |
| ferred | |
At present no stock options are held, have been assigned, exercised or have expired in 2020.
At the closing date of this Report no incentive plans based on financial instruments other than stock options are in force.
| a | b | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and surname | Position held | Plan | Bonus of the year | Bonus of the previous year | |||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (a) | (b) | (c) | ||||
| Payable/Paid | Deferred | Deferral period | No longer payable | Payable/Paid | Still deferred | ||||
| Mario Rizzante | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Reply S.p.A. |
||||||||
| financial statement | Remuneration from the company that prepares the | Short Term Bonus CdA 13/03/2020 |
600 | - | - | - | - - |
- | |
| Tatiana Rizzante | Chief Executive Officer of Reply S.p.A. |
||||||||
| financial statement | Remuneration from the company that prepares the | Short Term Bonus CdA 13/03/2020 |
600 | ||||||
| Claudio Bombonato Executive Director of Reply S.p.A. |
|||||||||
| financial statement | Remuneration from the company that prepares the | Short Term Bonus CdA 13/03/2010 |
450 | - | - | - | - - |
- | |
| Filippo Rizzante | Executive Director of Reply S.p.A. |
||||||||
| financial statement | Remuneration from the company that prepares the | Short Term Bonus CdA 13/03/2020 |
500 | - | - | - | - - |
- | |
| Daniele Angelucci | Executive Director of Reply S.p.A. |
||||||||
| financial statement | Remuneration from the company that prepares the | Short Term Bonus CdA 13/03/2020 |
500 | - | - | - | - - |
- | |
| Elena Maria Pre vitera |
Executive Director of Reply S.p.A. |
||||||||
| financial statement | Remuneration from the company that prepares the | Short Term Bonus CdA 13/03/2020 |
500 | - | - | - | - - |
- | |
| Directors with strategic responsabilities | Short Term Bonus 2020 |
2,003 | - | - | - | - - |
- |

| FIRST NAME AND SURNAME |
OFFICE | SHARES HELD | NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2019 |
NO. OF SHARES BOUGHT |
NO OF SHARES SOLD |
NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2020 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rizzante Tatiana |
Chief Executive Officer |
Reply S.p.A. | (1) | 62,936 | - | - | 62,936 |
| Rizzante Filippo |
Executive Director |
Reply S.p.A. | 13,600 | - | - | 13,600 | |
| Angelucci Daniele |
Executive Director |
Reply S.p.A. | (2) | 481,078 | 1,900 | 49,556 | 433,422 |
(1) of which 48,680 shares held personally;
(2) di cui 258,322 shares held personally and 160,300 shares held in usufruct.
Mr. Mario Rizzante, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Claudio Bombonato, Executive Director, Mr. Fausto Forti, Mrs. Secondina Giulia Ravera and Mr. Francesco Umile Chiappetta, Independent Directors, and Mr. Giorgio Mosci, Mrs. Ada Alessandra Garzino Demo and Mr. Piergiorgio Re Statutory Auditors, do not hold shares of Reply S.p.A..
At 31/12/2020 the following members of the Board of Directors hold shares in the Company:
| NUMBER OF DIRECTORS HAVING STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITY |
SHARES IN | NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2019 |
NO. OF SHARES BOUGHT |
NO. OF SHARES SOLD |
NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Reply S.p.A. | 709,610 | - | 8,458 | 701,152 |

In the present document the definitions of the words in upper case are as follows:
"Board": means all the Board members of Reply, whether Executive, Non- Executive, Independent, etc.;
"Executive Directors": means, in accordance with the criteria of the Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies:
"Other Directors invested with special charges" means Directors who are assigned special charges (i.e. Chairman, Vice- Chairman), different from the Executive Directors;
"Executives with Strategic responsibilities" means those who have power and responsibility in – directly or indirectly- planning, managing and controlling the activities of the Company, in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (Regolamento UE n. 596/2014), pursuant to art. 3, paragraph 1, point 25, let. b).

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