Milan, April 2nd, 2025 - EQUITA, the leading independent investment bank in Italy (“EQUITA” or the “Group”), announces the renew of the partnership among manager-shareholders with a new shareholder pact (the “Pact”).

The Pact – signed on March 31st, 2025, and effective starting from April 1st, 2025 – involves 38 managers and as of today represents 35.6% of the share capital, 46.3% of total voting rights and 48.0% of the votes participating to the shareholders’ meeting.[1]

The subscription of such new agreement follows the termination of the previous pact and includes a higher number of Group’s professionals compared to the past, confirming the commitment of the management to enlarge and strengthen the partnership that has always made EQUITA to stand out on market.

Pursuant to the Pact, which includes all EQUITA shares owned directly and/or indirectly by signatories, each party is committed to exercise voting rights in accordance with the will expressed by the majority of votes of participants to the Pact on specific matters (including – inter alia – approval of financial statements, appointment of corporate bodies and specific transactions demanded to meeting approval) and is subject to lock-up provisions depending on the age of the participant to the Pact.

For more details about the Pact and the termination of the previous agreement among manager-shareholders, please refer to the documentation made available to the public on the website www.equita.eu (Corporate Governance section, Shareholders’ Agreements area).