AGM Information • Apr 3, 2025
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FOR THE DAY
MAY 8, 2025 IN A SINGLE CONVOCATION
EXPLANATORY REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE THIRD
ITEM ON THE AGENDA OF REGULAR MEETING
UNIDATA S.p.A. T +39 06 404041 N. REA 956645 00148 Rome unidata.co.uk IT06187081002
A. G. Eiffel 100 F +39 06 40404002 Share Capital €. 10,000,000.00 i.v. Commercity M26 [email protected] Tax code/VAT number
"Authorization to purchase e disposition of shares own shares, subject to revocation Of the authorization granted by the Shareholders' Meeting on May 10, 2024."
with reference to the fourth item on the , the Board of Directors convened you in the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting to deliberate on the proposal to revoke the authorization to purchase treasury shares resolved by the Shareholders' Meeting on May 10, 2024 for the unexecuted part and new proposal to authorize the purchase and disposition of treasury shares, for the purposes, terms and in the manner described below.
In particular, the Board of Directors intends to submit for your approval, pursuant to and in accordance with Articles 2357 and 2357-ter of the Civil Code, the authorization to purchase and dispose of treasury shares, including in several solutions, leading the Company, if the power to purchase is exercised in full, to hold a portion not exceeding 10% of the Company's share capital.
In view of the approaching deadline referred to in the resolution adopted by Unidata's Shareholders' Meeting on May 10, 2024, the Board of Directors deems it appropriate for the Shareholders' Meeting to preliminarily revoke the authorization granted on May 10, 2024, for the part still unexecuted, before approving a new authorization for a period of 18 months starting from the date of the relevant Shareholders' Meeting resolution. Therefore, it is proposed to revoke the authorization to purchase treasury shares resolved by the Shareholders' Meeting on May 10, 2024, for the unexecuted part, and to authorize the Board of Directors to purchase and dispose of ordinary shares of the Company under the terms illustrated in this Report, prepared pursuant to and in accordance with Article 125 ter of TUF, Article 73 and Annex 3A, Schedule No. 4, of the Issuers' Regulations.
The request for authorization to purchase and dispose of treasury shares is based on the desirability of providing the Company with an effective instrument that enables it to:
(i) to carry out activities to promote liquidity and manage the volatility of the stock market price of the Company's shares and, in particular, to intervene in the context of contingent market situations, facilitating trading in the stock at times of low liquidity in the market and promoting regular trading and, in any case, within the limits provided for by the applicable laws and regulations,
UNIDATA S.p.A. Viale A. G. Eiffel 100 Commercity M26 00148 Rome
T +39 06 404041 F +39 06 40404002 [email protected] unidata.co.uk
as well as, if necessary, in accordance with the market practice allowed under Article 180, Paragraph 1(c) of the TUF inherent in the activity of supporting market liquidity;
all within the limits provided for by current regulations and, where applicable, in accordance with market practices accepted by the supervisory authority, pro tempore in force, pursuant to and in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014.
It should be noted that the aforementioned purposes will be pursued in compliance with the applicable regulations, fulfilling the obligations set forth therein, such as, inter alia, disclosure requirements relating to purchases of treasury shares.
The share capital of the Company as of today is 10,000,000.00 euros, divided into 30,886,610 ordinary shares with no par value indicated.
The Board of Directors shall request authorization to purchase, within the time limit set forth in Paragraph 4 below, a maximum number of ordinary shares of the Company that would lead the Company, if the purchase option is exercised in full, to hold a portion not exceeding 10 percent of the Company's share capital, taking into account the shares already in the Company's portfolio.
The authorization also includes the power to subsequently dispose of (in whole or in part, and even in several times) the shares in the portfolio, even before having exhausted the maximum amount of shares that can be purchased, and possibly to repurchase the shares
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same to such an extent that the treasury shares held by the Company and, where appropriate, by the
companies controlled by it, do not exceed the limit set by the permit.
It should also be noted that, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Company's Board of Directors will not purchase, on any trading day, a volume greater than 25% of the average daily volume of shares on the trading venue where the purchase is made during the 20 trading days preceding the date of purchase.
As of the date approval this report, the Company holds 654,181 treasury shares, accounting for approximately 2.1180% of the share capital.
Please note that pursuant to Article 2357, paragraph 1, of the Civil Code, the purchase of treasury shares is allowed within the limits of distributable profits and available reserves resulting from the last duly approved financial statements.
It should be noted that the Board of Directors is required to verify compliance with the conditions required by Article 2357, paragraphs 1 and 3, of the Civil Code for the purchase of treasury shares at the time it makes each authorized purchase.
When shares are purchased or when they are disposed of, exchanged, contributed or devalued, appropriate accounting entries shall be made, in accordance with applicable legal provisions and accounting principles. In the event of alienation, exchange, contribution or devaluation, the corresponding amount may be reused for further purchases, until the expiration of the term of the authorization of the Shareholders' Meeting, subject to the quantitative and expenditure limits, as well as the conditions established by the Shareholders' Meeting and any contractual commitments time to time.
Authorization for purchase is requested for the maximum duration allowed by Article 2357, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code and, therefore, for a period of 18 months from the date authorization by the Shareholders' Meeting. Within the period of the duration of any authorization granted, the Board of Directors may make share purchases on one or more occasions and at any time, in an amount and at times freely determined, in compliance with the applicable regulations and the quantitative limits set forth above, with the gradualness deemed appropriate in the best interest of the Company.
Authorization for the disposition of the treasury shares that may be purchased is requested without time limits, pursuant to current regulations, allowing the Board of Directors to make use of maximum flexibility, including in terms of timing, to carry out the acts of disposition of the shares. Finally, it should be noted that the acts of purchase and disposition of treasury shares may not be placed
UNIDATA S.p.A. Viale A. G. Eiffel 100 Commercity M26 00148 Rome
T +39 06 404041 F +39 06 40404002 [email protected] unidata.co.uk
outstanding during the 30 calendar days prior to the announcement of an interim financial report or a year-end report that the Company is required to make public (so-called. blackout period), unless: (a) the Company has a predetermined share buyback program in place; or (b) the share buyback program is coordinated an investment firm or credit institution that makes the trading decisions as to when to make the purchase of the issuer's shares in full independence from the issuer.
The Board of Directors proposes that the unit price for the purchase of the shares be established on a case-by-case basis for each individual transaction, having regard to the method chosen carry out the transaction and in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, as well as accepted market practices pro tempore, where applicable.
Purchases must be made in compliance with the price limits indicated by the law, including regulations, pro tempore in force:
The acts of disposition and/or use of the treasury shares held in the portfolio or purchased under the authorization proposed herein shall be carried out, without any time constraint, on one or more occasions, in the manner deemed most appropriate in the interest of the Company and in any case in compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements and permitted practices pro tempore in force.
Purchase transactions will begin and end at the time determined by the Board of Directors following any authorization by the Shareholders' Meeting.
In view of the different purposes that can be pursued by means of transactions in treasury shares, the Board of Directors proposes that authorization be granted to carry out the purchases in any of the ways permitted by current legislation, including Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, as well as, where applicable, by the accepted market practices recognized by Consob, to be identified from time to time at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
UNIDATA S.p.A. Viale A. G. Eiffel 100 Commercity M26 00148 Rome
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With regard to transactions involving the disposition of treasury shares purchased pursuant to this resolution, the Board of Directors proposes that the authorization allow for the adoption of any method that is appropriate in relation to the purposes that will be pursued, including sale off the markets or to the blocks.
Finally, it should be noted that pursuant to the exemption in Article 132, paragraph 3, of the TUF, the above operating procedures do not apply in the event of the purchase of treasury shares from employees of the Company, subsidiaries or the parent company that are granted to them as part of a stock incentive plan pursuant Articles 2349 and 2441, paragraph 8, of the Civil Code.
The purchase of treasury shares is not instrumental to the reduction of the Company's share capital, without prejudice to the Company's right, should a reduction of the share capital be approved by the Shareholders' Meeting in the future, to execute it also by cancellation of the treasury shares held in the portfolio.
Shareholders,
in relation to the , if agreement, please approve the following proposal:
"The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Unidata S.p.A,
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10% of the share capital, subject to all legal limits, in pursuit of the purposes set forth in the Board of Directors' report and under the following terms and conditions:
- shares may be alienated or otherwise disposed of at any time without time limit;
- disposition transactions may be carried out even before having exhausted purchases and may take place on one or more occasions by means of sale to be made on the market, or off the market or at the blocks and/or by means of transfer in favor of directors, employees and/or collaborators of the Company, in implementation of incentive plans and/or by means of other act of disposition in the context of transactions in relation to which it is appropriate to exchange or dispose of share packages, including by way of exchange or contribution, or, finally, in the context of capital transactions involving the assignment or disposition of treasury shares (such as, for example, mergers, demergers, issuance of convertible bonds or warrants serviced by treasury shares);
- acts of disposition and/or use of treasury shares held in the portfolio or purchased pursuant to the authorization of the General Shareholders' Meeting shall be carried out in compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements and permitted practices pro tempore in force;
- to grant the Board of Directors, with express authority to sub-delegate to third parties, any broader powers necessary or appropriate to execute the
UNIDATA S.p.A. Viale A. G. Eiffel 100 Commercity M26 00148 Rome
T +39 06 404041 F +39 06 40404002 [email protected] unidata.co.uk
this resolution, also approving any and all executive provisions of the related purchasing program."
Rome, March 31, 2025
For the Board of Directors.
The President
UNIDATA S.p.A. Viale A. G. Eiffel 100 Commercity M26 00148 Rome
T +39 06 404041 F +39 06 40404002 [email protected] unidata.co.uk
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