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Milan, 4th January 2023 – BFF Bank S.p.A. (“BFF” or the “Bank”) informs that, pursuant to Article 2-ter of the regulation adopted by Consob resolution No. 11971 of 14 May 1999 ("Issuers' Regulation"), that - as of 1stJanuary 2023 - it does not longer qualify as Small Medium Enterprise ("SME") pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 1, letter w-quarter. 1 ) of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 ("Consolidated Law on Finance" or “TUF”), as two years have passed since the date of entry into force of Law No. 120/2020, which converted Decree-Law No. 76/2020, which identifies a turnover not exceeding EUR 300 million as the maximum limit within which issuers may qualify as SME.
It should be noted that BFF qualified as a SME based solely on the parameter of consolidated turnover, as the parameter related to the value of average market capitalisation was already above the regulatory threshold of EUR 500 million.
The Bank, therefore, will no longer be included in the list of SME listed share issuers (“elenco degli emittenti azioni quotate PMI”) published by Consob on its website.
It should be noted that the loss of BFF's SME qualification requires the application of an additional threshold for the disclosure obligations of significant shareholdings equal to 3% of the capital, pursuant to Article 120 of the Consolidated Law on Finance. Accordingly, shareholders who, as of the date of publication of this press release, hold shareholdings in excess of the new threshold of 3% of the capital and less than 5%, must notify Consob and BFF Bank in accordance with Articles 117, paragraph 2-bis, and 121, paragraph 3-bis, of the Issuers' Regulations within fifteen trading days of the aforesaid date.