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Registered Office: Via Cassa di Risparmio 15, Genoa Share capital EUR 1,345,608,389.81, fully paid-in

Genoa Companies' Register - Tax Code - VAT No. 03285880104

Company subject to the Direction and Coordination of BPER Banca S.p.A. and belonging to

the BPER Banca S.p.A. Group included in the Bank of Italy's Banking Groups Register

EXCERPT OF NOTICE OF ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

(pursuant to Art. 125-bis, para. 1, of Leg. Decree No. 58/1998)

We announce that the Notice of Call of the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of BANCA CARIGE S.p.A. - Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia has been published on the corporate website www.gruppocarige.it, in the section Governance/Shareholders' Meetings. The meeting will be held in one call at the Head Office, Via Cassa di Risparmio 15, Genoa, on 28 July 2022 at 10:30 a.m. to resolve upon the following

AGENDA

1. Integration of the Board of Statutory Auditors: appointment of one Standing Auditor and one Alternate Auditor

Pursuant to the provisions set forth in art. 106 Of Law Decree no. 18 of 17 March 2020, converted with amendments into Law no. 27 of 24 April 2020 and as extended by subsequent regulations:

1. participation in the Shareholders' Meeting and the exercise of voting rights are allowed only through the Appointed Representative under art. 135-undecies of the Consolidated Law on Finance, who may be conferred proxies and/or sub-proxies under art. 135-novies of the Consolidated Law on Finance as an exception to art. 135-undecies, under the terms set out hereunder. The physical presence of Shareholders at the Shareholders' Meeting shall not be allowed;
2. the members of the Management and Control Bodies, the Appointed Representative and - in accordance with the law, the Articles of Association and the Shareholders' Meeting regulations - the managers, employees of the Bank and subsidiaries of the BPER Banca Group, representatives of the Independent Auditing firm and other persons whose attendance at the Shareholders' Meeting is deemed useful by the Chair for discussion of the items on the agenda and a smooth running of the Shareholders' Meeting proceedings, will be allowed to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting also by means of remote communication, ensuring, among other aspects, the identification of participants, with no need for the Chair and the designated Notary Public to be located in the same place; Shareholders, instead, shall necessarily avail themselves of the Appointed Representative.

Information on the share capital, together with the terms and conditions for:

• entitlement to participate and vote (with 19 July 2022 as the record date);
• representation at the Meeting via the Designated Representative, Computershare S.p.A.;
• exercise of the right to make questions, add items to the agenda and submit proposals for resolution;
• availability of Shareholders' Meeting documents, including the Report for the Shareholders' Meeting;

is provided in the Notice of Call, which can be found on the corporate website www.gruppocarige.it under Governance/Shareholders' Meetings.

Genoa, 27 June 2022

for the Board of Directors

The Chair

Gianni Franco Papa