Title mainNew appointment of Banca Carige's board of directors: lists of candidates and proposals for resolution

PRESS RELEASE

NEW APPOINTMENT OF BANCA CARIGE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

LISTS OF CANDIDATES AND PROPOSALS FOR RESOLUTION

Genoa, 20 May 2022 - Banca CARIGE S.p.A. informs that the following lists of candidates for election to the Bank's Board of Directors, on the agenda of its ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of 15 June 2022, have been filed today:

• List submitted by the Italian Interbank Deposit Protection Fund, holding 79.418% of the
  Bank's share capital:
• 1. Gianni Franco PAPA
  2. Roberto FERRARI
  3. Elvio SONNINO
  4. Mirca MARCELLONI
  5. Sabrina BRUNO
  6. Paola DEMARTINI
  7. Miro FIORDI
  8. Gaudiana GIUSTI
  9. Francesco MICHELI
• List submitted by the banking group Cassa Centrale Banca - Credito Cooperativo Italiano
  S.p.A., holding 5.915% of the Bank's share capital:
• 1. Diego SCHELFI

It should also be noted the Interbank Deposit Protection Fund has formulated the following proposals for resolution, to be submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting:

• in relation to item 1.1 on the Agenda: "to set the number of members of the Board of Directors at 9 (nine)";

• in relation to item 1.3 on the Agenda: "In continuity with the remuneration currently paid to members of the Board of Directors and approved by Carige's Shareholders' Meeting of 21 April
  2022 within the context of the Report on Remuneration Policy and Compensation Paid, to lay down for each of the years of office, pursuant to art. 18 para. 3 of Carige's Articles of Association, for each Director an fixed compensation of EUR 60,000.00 (sixty thousand), and EUR 250.00 (two hundred and fifty) in attendance fee for participating in any Meeting of the Board of Directors and any Executive Committee of the Board, which is not held on the same day as the Board Meeting, in addition to reimbursement of any expenses incurred upon presentation of receipts, requesting the newly appointed Board of Directors to lay down - pursuant to art. 2389, para. 3 of the Italian Civil Code, as well as to art. 23, para. 5 of Carige's Articles of Association - any additional compensation for the Chair, Deputy Chair and Chief Executive Officer, if appointed, as well as for the members of the Executive Committee (if any) and of the internal Committees within the Board of Directors".

The documents required under art. 144-octies of the Issuers' Regulations and all other relevant information will be available, under the terms and provisions of the law, at the Bank's registered office, on the corporate website www.gruppocarige.it(under Governance/Shareholders' Meetings) and on the authorised storage portal eMarket-Storage (www.emarketstorage.com).

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