End of share buy-back programme for free-of-charge allocation of shares to employees

BPER Banca informs that 20 September 2021 marked the end of the ordinary share buyback programme - launched on 15 September 2021 and disclosed to the market in the press release issued on 14 September 2021 - which was functional for the free-of-charge allocation of BPER Banca ordinary shares to the employees of the Group as part of the “2019-2021 Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Plan for Material Risk Takers”, the 2021 MBO incentive plan and any severance payments due. The shares were purchased under the terms approved by BPER Banca’s Shareholders Meeting of 21 April 2021.