Il Sole 24 ORE S p A : Publication of the lists

Press Release

PUBLICATION OF THE LISTS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS

Milan, 4 April 2022 - Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A. announces, pursuant to Article 144-octies of the Regulation adopted by CONSOB resolution no. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as subsequently amended and supplemented, that, in view of the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting convened for 27 April 2022 at 10:00 a.m., in single call, the lists of candidates to the office of Director and Statutory Auditor received by the Company in the manner and within the time limits of law, are the following:

For the Board of Directors:

• • List submitted by the Shareholder CONFINDUSTRIA-CONFEDERAZIONE GENERALE DELL'INDUSTRIA ITALIANA ("Confindustria"), holder of no. 9,000,000 ordinary shares and no. 34,661,640 special-category shares in Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., equal to a total of 66.81% of the share capital with voting rights, with the following candidates:

  • - Garrone Edoardo

  • - Cartia d'Asero Mirja

  • - D'Alessio Diamante Ortensia

  • - Diquattro Veronica

  • - Laudanna Chiara

  • - Parzani Claudia

  • - Resta Ferruccio

  • - Ross Alexander John

  • - Vaccarono Fabio

  • - Tommasi Alessandro

  • - Sofia Annarita

  Candidates Cartia d'Asero Mirja, D'Alessio Diamante Ortensia, Diquattro Veronica, Laudanna Chiara, Parzani Claudia, Resta Ferruccio, Ross Alexander John and Vaccarono Fabio declared that they satisfy the independence requirements set out in Article 147-ter, paragraph 4, and Article 148, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, the independence requirements set out in the Corporate Governance Code promoted by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and the independence requirements set out in the Regulation of the Board of Directors of Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A..

• • List submitted by the Shareholder BANOR SICAV MISTRAL LONG SHORT ("Banor"), holder of no. 1,500,000 special-category shares in Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., equal to 2.29% of the share capital with voting rights, with the following candidates:

-Nolasco Salvatore MariaCandidate Nolasco Salvatore Maria declared that he satisfies the independence requirements set out in Article 147-ter, paragraph 4, and Article 148, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, the independence requirements set out in the Corporate Governance Code promoted

by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and the independence requirements set out in the Regulation of the Board of Directors of Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A..

• • List submitted by the Shareholder GIORNALISTI ASSOCIATI S.R.L. ("Giornalisti Associati"), holder of no. 1,446,441 special-category shares in Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., equal to 2.21% of the share capital with voting rights, with the following candidates:

  • - Liera Marco

  • - Boato Vanessa

  Both candidates Liera Marco and Boato Vanessa declared that they satisfy the independence requirements set out in Article 147-ter, paragraph 4, and Article 148, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, the independence requirements set out in the Corporate Governance Code promoted by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and the independence requirements set out in the Regulation of the Board of Directors of Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A..

For the Board of Statutory Auditors:

• • List submitted by the Shareholder Confindustria, holder of no. 9,000,000 ordinary shares and no. 34,661,640 special-category shares in Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., equal to a total of 66.81% of the share capital with voting rights, with the following candidates:

  Standing Auditors

  • - Crippa Giuseppe

  • - Amato Myriam

  • - Piccone Ferrarotti Pietro

  Alternate Auditors

  - Girolomini Marianna

  - Pascolini Elena

• • List submitted by the Shareholder Banor, holder of no. 1,500,000 special-category shares in Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., equal to 2.29% of the share capital with voting rights, with the following candidates:

  Standing Auditor

  - Libroia Pellegrino

  Alternate Auditor

  - Firmani Annalisa

• • List submitted by the Shareholder Giornalisti Associati, holder of no. 1,446,441 special-category shares in Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., equal to 2.21% of the share capital with voting rights, with the following candidates:

  Standing Auditor

  - Vallone Tiziana

  Alternate Auditor

  - Menegazzi Roberto

Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A. also announces that the lists of candidates to the position of Director and Statutory Auditor of the Company, filed in the manner and within the time limits of law, together with the documents envisaged by the Bylaws and current legislation, have been published on the Company website atwww.gruppo24ore.ilsole24ore.com, "Governance-Informazioni per gli Azionisti" section and made available at the authorized storage mechanism "1INFO" atwww.1info.it.

Mention should be made that Confindustria's proposals regarding the "Appointment of the Board of Directors" (item 5 on the Agenda) and, more specifically, regarding points 5.1, 5.3 and 5.4 on the Agenda, as well as the "Appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors for 2022 - 2023 - 2024" (item 6 on the Agenda) and, more specifically, regarding point 6.2 on the Agenda, are attached to the lists of candidates submitted by Confindustria to the position of Director and Statutory Auditor of the Company.

Lastly, the Explanatory Reports on the appointment of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors, pursuant to Article 125-ter of the TUF, were published on 18 March 2022 and are publicly available on the Company website atwww.gruppo24ore.ilsole24ore.com, "Governance- Informazioni per gli Azionisti" section, and at the authorized storage mechanism "1INFO" atwww.1info.it.

For further information:

Investor Relations:

Raffaella Romano - Tel: [phone]

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Communication and External Relations:

Ginevra Cozzi - Mob. [phone]

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