Anima S p A : Start of a buy back plan of Anima Holding S.p.A. ordinary shares for a maximum of € 60 million

PRESS RELEASE

START OF A BUY-BACK PLAN OF ANIMA HOLDING S.P.A. ORDINARY SHARES FOR A MAXIMUM OF €60 MILLION.

Milan, 4 October 2021 - ANIMA Holding S.p.A. ("ANIMA Holding" or the "Company") announces that, starting from October 5th, 2021, a treasury shares buy-back plan will be launched, pursuant to the resolution of the Shareholders Meeting dated March 31th, 2021.

The purchases will be carried out through an authorised intermediary upon terms and conditions set out in the above mentioned Shareholders' resolution, consistently with the conditions for trading set forth in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) no. 2016/1052, for an amount of €60 million, within March 31st, 2022.

The last closing price of Anima Holding shares as of October 1st, 2021 was €4.13; at this level, the maximum number of shares which could be bought under the current plan would be approx. 14.5 million, equivalent to 3.9% of the Company's share capital.

It should be noted that at present it is the approach of the Board of Directors to propose to the Shareholders' Meeting the cancellation of the shares bought under this plan.

The purchases will be executed for an amount per share that may never be higher than the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent purchase bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out, without prejudice to the fact that the amount may never be lower by more than 10% or higher by more than 10% of the closing price recorded by ANIMA Holding shares during the stock market trading session that preceded each buy transaction.

In the event of purchases, ANIMA Holding will communicate the transactions details along with any other information required by the applicable Laws by the end of the seventh trading day following the date of execution of the transaction. Any subsequent changes to the above described buy-back plan will be promptly disclosed by the Company.

As of the date of this press release, the Company holds 10,721,847 treasury shares, corresponding to 2.91% of the issued share capital at the same date.

For further details, please refer to the Directors' Report on the motion approved by the Shareholders' Meeting on March 31st, 2021, available on the Company's website.

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ANIMA is a leading Italian independent asset management operator, with around €198 billion of assets under management (as of June 2021). A synthesis of different complementary paths and specializations, ANIMA nowadays offers one of the largest range of investment solutions available on the market, addressed to institutional as well as retail and private investors. The Group promotes and manages open and closed-end investment schemes, SICAVs, the Arti & Mestieri pension fund as well as private wealth and institutional asset management services.

For further information, please visit www.animaholding.it

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