MARR S.p.A. (Milan: MARR.MI), the leading company in Italy in the marketing and distribution to the foodservice of food and non-food products, announces that, today, the merger project by incorporation into MARR S.p.A. of the fully owned company AS.CA S.p.A. was filed with the competent Register of Companies, as well as published on the website www.marr.it and at the authorized storage mechanism www.emarketstorage.it. The company AS.CA S.p.A. since 1 February 2020 has leased its going concern to the parent company MARR S.p.A..

It should be also noted that copies have been filed at the registered office of MARR S.p.A. of the merger project and of the financial statements of the last three financial years of the companies concerned. In accordance with the analogous application of the provisions of art. 2505-bis paragraph 1 of the civil code, companies are exempted from the obligation to prepare the reference balance sheets.

The decision regarding the merger will be adopted for MARR S.p.A. by the Board of Directors, as required by art. 21 of the By-Laws, without prejudice to the possibility for shareholders holding shares representing at least 5% of the share capital, to request, pursuant to art. 2505 paragraph 3 of the Italian Civil Code, within 8 days from the filing of the merger project