Milan, 27th March 2026

EQUITA Group S.p.A. (“EQUITA” or the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) announces that following the resolution of the Board of Directors of last 20 March 2026, on 30 March 2026 the Company will start the first tranche of its buyback programme to purchase a maximum of 180,000 shares (the “First Tranche of the Buyback Programme”).

For the execution of the First Tranche of the Buyback Programme – and more in general, for the execution of the programme approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 29 April 2025 and by the Bank of Italy on 19 February 2026 – EQUITA appointed Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. (the “Appointed Intermediary”) as qualified third-party broker. The Appointed Intermediary will act independently on share repurchase, within the terms of the programme – also in relation to the timing of the transactions and in compliance with the daily price and volume limits.

The First Tranche of the Buyback Programme has the following features:

• Purpose: allow the Company to:
  1. execute incentive plans or programmes based on financial instruments (stock options, stock grants, performance shares, convertibles, etc.), either free-of-charge or paid-in, in favour of employees and partners of the Group;
  2. award shares to incentivise and increase retention, and/or attract new professionals;
• Maximum number of shares and total consideration: no. 180,000 ordinary shares (equal to approximately 0.3% of the share capital as of today), for a maximum total consideration of €1,000,000;
• Duration: pursuant to Article 2357 of the Italian Civil Code, the purchases will take place from 30 March 2026 to 29 October 2026, the latter corresponding to the end of the 18-month period starting from the approval of the Shareholders’ Meeting (29 April 2025); the purchases can be priorly terminated, executed partially, suspended or cancelled at any time;
• Minimum and maximum price: the purchases will be executed by the Appointed Intermediary within the limits set out by applicable regulation; in any case, the purchase price cannot diverge downwards or upwards by more than 20% from the official price recorded by Equita Group shares on Euronext Milan the trading day before the purchase transaction;
• Market: purchases will be executed on Euronext Milan, STAR segment, organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A..

Purchases will be disclosed to the market in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth by applicable law and regulations. For further details, please refer to the Board of Directors’ explanatory report and the resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting 2025 on the buyback proposal (Corporate Governance section, Shareholders’ Meeting area).

As of today, the Company owns no. 1,523,757 treasury shares, equal to approximately 2.9% of the share capital and 2.2% of the total voting rights.