Press Release

Siena, 11 April 2026 – With reference to the press release of 24 March 2026, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (the “Bank”) specifies that the order of candidates set out therein is a recommendation intended to guide the individual voting of the persons included on the list of the outgoing Board of Directors (the “Board List”). Therefore, should the Board List not rank first, the candidates shall be drawn from that list in their original order of presentation. For these purposes, such original order of presentation is that approved on 4 March 2026 and disclosed, within the terms provided by the law, by a press release issued on the same date. 

Furthermore, with regard to the list submitted by PLT Holding S.r.l. and PLT S.p.A., such list was not accompanied by a specific proposal, pursuant to Article 126-bis of Italian Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, as amended (the “Consolidated Financial Act”), regarding the appointment of the candidate for the position of Chairperson of the Board of Directors included therein. Therefore, without prejudice to the right of each shareholder, pursuant to the aforementioned article, to submit individual proposals directly at the Shareholders’ Meeting with respect to the appointment of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Shareholders’ Meeting will proceed to put to the vote the proposal already submitted on this point by the Board of Directors and any other proposals submitted at the Shareholders’ Meeting by shareholders. In the absence of such proposals or in the event that they are not approved, the appointment of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors would be resolved upon by the Board of Directors, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the By-Laws.