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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan

                   MILAN, NOVEMBER 2020

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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
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                                                                                                                   DISCLAIMER
         This presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding the timing and financial impact of SG Company SpA's ability to
      implement its business plan, expected revenues, and future success. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties
    and are based on assumptions involving judgments about future economic, competitive, and market conditions and future business
        decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to accurately predict and many of which are beyond SG Company SpA's control.
           Some of the significant factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
    statements include general economic conditions, failure to achieve expected revenue growth, changes in our operating expenses or
        legal developments, competitive pressure, changes in market requirements and standards and risk factors detailed from time to
               time in SG Company SpA's legal documents, including SG Company SpA's annual financial statements. The forward-looking
                             statements contained in this document are based on Management's reasonable belief as of the date hereof.
Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
SG COMPANY
    DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
           AND NEW BUSINESS
                              01
              MARKET AND
      COMPETITIVE CONTEXT     02
                2021 – 2023
             BUSINESS PLAN    03

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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
SG COMPANY
    DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
           AND NEW BUSINESS
                              01
              MARKET AND
      COMPETITIVE CONTEXT     02
                2021 – 2023
             BUSINESS PLAN    03

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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
HIGHLIGHTS: SG COMPANY

⊙   SG    Company       has    been    one    of     Italy’s  top   players    in   the
                                                                                                              INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
    Entertainment&Communication industry for over 20 years now, boasting a portfolio
    of high-standing clients (A2A, ABI Eventi, Allianz, BlackRock, Medtronic, Vodafone,
    Eolo, Wind3, PWC, Bayer, Basf, Ferrari, Mediolanum, Sisley, LVMH, Daikin, BMW,
    Dainese, Enel, Eolo, CheBanca! Youtube, Generali, Lavazza, Vorwerk, Google, L'Oréal,
    Luxottica, Pandora and Sky, TIM, Siemens, DAZN). It has planned, promoted, and
    produced successful formats of international relevance such as Milano Food Week,
    Milano Wine Week, Obecity, Sneakerness, DigitaDesignDays, etc.

⊙   Specialized in Digital Communications, Video Production, Consumer Format,
    Meetings&Events Industry, it has launched a digital transformation process across all
    its business areas and a strategy to enhance the value of the data extracted from its
    "core" activities through the implementation of "MarTech" (Marketing Technology)
    solutions.

⊙   SG Company's unique and distinctive value creation hinges on the synergy between
    data and content - native digital and for the first time also live – that stems from its
    exclusive ability to offer a single direction over creativity, production, and technology
                                                                                                CURRENT LOCATIONS
    for each project, guaranteeing clients constant integration between physical and
    digital.                                                                                    CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS AND
                                                                                                LOCATIONS IN OPERATION

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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
HIGHLIGHTS: SG COMPANY                                                                  MAJOR CUSTOMERS

⊙   The 2021-2023 business plan envisages a rebalancing of the mix of core activities and
    focus on digital and innovative solutions with investments in specialized skills and
    M&A; in 2023 revenues (Exp) of Euro 31.5 million, EBITDA margin 10%. Through
    implementation of the Business Plan, the Group will position itself in the Digital
    Communication and Marketing Automation segment, which is recording a high growth
    rate in Italy and worldwide, accelerated even further by the current context.

⊙   The digital transformation process is backed by a capital increase with pre-emptive
    rights of Euro 4 million, dedicated to M&A, development of technological platforms,
    acquisition of specialized resources, and development of foreign markets.

⊙   Listed on the AIM of Borsa Italiana since 26 July 2018, registered as an innovative
    SME since 1 October 2020, and ISO 9001 certified, the Group currently counts about
    100 employees; in 2020, it embarked on the Benefit Company path to assert the
    values of social and environmental sustainability that distinguish its activities.

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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROCESS
                                    TOWARDS THE NEW SG COMPANY

                 STRATEGIC GUIDELINES                                      ACTION PLAN

⊙   Launch of new "Data valorization” business line   ⊙   M&A process
⊙   Integration of MarTech solutions into the core    ⊙   Ramp up of Video Production and creation of
    activities                                            proprietary content
⊙   Internationalization and development of foreign   ⊙   Development/launch of Tech platforms:
    markets                                                    o       Data gathering and analysis
                                                               o       Online events
                                                      ⊙   Inclusion of new skills
                                                      ⊙   Open Innovation: start-up ecosystems,
                                                          universities, and research centers
                                                      ⊙   Preparation of a flexible cost structure
                                                      ⊙   Remuneration policy and Work for Equity plan for
                                                          Top Management engagement

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Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
SG COMPANY FROM 2021: BUSINESS AND OPERATING COMPANIES                                                                                                                    |
                                                              «CORE» BUSINESS LINES                                                                         NEW BUSINESS LINE

DIGITAL & LIVE                      CONSUMER                              VIDEO                              MEETING & EVENTS                     DATA
COMMUNICATIONS                      FORMAT                                PRODUCTION                         INDUSTRY                             VALORIZATION

Design and implementation of        Design and creation of                Video production carried out       Consulting, planning, and sales of   Powered by data extracted through
360° experiences, where Tech and    proprietary and/or licensed           through two production             corporate & business travel          MarTech solutions from the Group's
digital solutions permeate every    consumer formats.                     companies Double: productions in   projects for large companies and     core activities. To be created and fed
project. Creativity, content, and   Co-marketing activities with client   TV and virtual studios, video      multinationals.                      thanks to investment in human
production work alongside digital   companies to develop projects         posters, vertical videos,                                               resources and start-ups with vertical
and technology to create extra      capable of generating shared          streaming, digital adv.                                                 expertise in big data (data
value for the client.               value. Opportunities to export                                                                                visualization and data analysis). In
                                    successful "made in Italy" formats                                                                            compliance with regulations, the
                                    to foreign markets.                                                                                           Group positions itself as a FAIR
                                                                                                                                                  (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable,
                                                                                                                                                  Reusable) data company.

                                                                                                                                                                Revenues %

                                                                                                                                                         2020                2023

                                                                                                                                                          0%                  6%
Strategic Guidelines and 2021-2023 Business Plan - SG Company
SG COMPANY BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION

                                                                                   BUSINESS LINES IDENTIFIED AND IN
                      EXISTING BUSINESS LINES                                                                                                       BUSINESS LINES TO BE IMPLEMENTED
                                                                                          IMPLEMENTATION

The Group will continue to focus on areas of excellence by        As early as 2020, the service/product offering had evolved and a   Launch of a new business line that extracts and «enhances» on
making the following organizational changes:                      proprietary platform for digital events had been developed.        the market the data made available through «core» activities

    1.     Separation of the divisions into different companies       1.     Talent management: inclusion of vertical skills in          1.    Inclusion of dedicated roles and/or companies/start-
           to offer each a unique and distinctive positioning                work teams and launch of a program to retain                      ups with expertise in innovation and digital
           recognizable by customers                                         company talent                                                    transformation
    2.     «Sales» division across all group companies to share       2.     Network centricity: network of solid alliances built        2.    Creation of a dedicated company to design and
           the system, the network of relationships and                      with suppliers and partners to make the company’s                 implement data gathering through the activities of
           customer portfolios to scale new activities on                    market offering increasingly efficient and innovative             other group companies
    3.     Control and coordination guaranteed by the Issuer          3.     Innovation: participation in Open Innovation systems        3.    Possibility to sell on the market the design of
           and staff functions (AFC, marketing, sales)                       and start-ups to engender ideas and innovative                    dedicated platforms and apps
    4.     Lowering of the break-even point                                  services                                                    4.    Integration of a portfolio of marketing automation
    5.     Streamlined organizational flows.                          4.     M&A program to acquire possible targets of interest               services on top of the products and services currently
                                                                             as in the past.                                                   sold.

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MARTECH ACTIVITY PORTFOLIO

                                                                                        WE INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO ALL OUR VIDEO, LIVE, AND DIGITAL
                                                                                        PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES BY CHOOSING THE MOST SUITABLE FROM OVER 8,000
                                                                                        POSSIBLE MARTECH SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET:

                             SERVICES PROVIDED

                                                                                   1.   advertising and promotion (display adv, mobile marketing, search & social adv,
 ON AND OFFLINE
    CONTENT
                                                          TECHNOLOGY                    content adv, video adv…)
                                PRODUCTION
                                                                                   2.   user experience and content marketing (e-mail marketing automation, content
                                                                                        marketing, interactive content, chatbot, QR Code).
                                                                                   3.   social media management and pr (social media automation, lead generation,
                                                                                        conversion, omnichannel marketing)
                                                                                   4.   commerce and sales (mobile app, sales customization, e-commerce, IoT, retail
                                                                                        proximity, hyper-geolocation, app & website development)
                                                                                   5.   data management (data gathering, governance, privacy, data marketing, analytics,
                                                                                        dashboard, data science, customer intelligence, platform, cookies, fingerprints, pixel,
                                                                                        data visualization, wearable and IoT for distribution during format and live
                                                                                        communication).

                        FIRST PARTY DATA

Profilation, Location, Navigation, Lifestyle, Biometrics, Transportation,

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                        Insurance, Banking Data.

Expertise already in place               Expertise identified and to be acquired
DATA VALORIZATION: FROM GATHERING TO VALUE

              Data gathering and analysis process                                       Value Extraction

                  DATA GATHERING
              FIRST & THIRD PARTY DATA              Data gathering from live and digital activities, or from formats
                                                                   Organization of proprietary or third-party data
                                                                                       Powering machine learning

               DATA VISUALIZATION
                                                                                                   Data processing
                                                                                        Easy to understand insights
                                                                                                  KPI presentation

                DATA ANALYSIS
                                                                                                      Consulting in
                                                                                      analysis and value extraction
                                                                                       from information processed

                   DATA
               ACTIONABILITY                                                                 Consulting related to
                                                                               business solutions and action plans
                                                                    based on information gathered and processed

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DEVELOPMENT OF PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

                                                 DYHM is SG Company's proprietary digital event management platform,
                                                 fully responsive on all types of devices. The three main features of the
                                                                               platform are:

                                                 live streaming                   exhibition area                     business
                                                     sessions                      with sponsor                      networking
                                                                                      stands                        opportunities

Interactive agenda of live   Direction flow management      Section dedicated to live       Exhibition and interactive area   Exhibition space dedicated to   "Networking" area with match   Personal user area with
streaming sessions, with     for live streaming sessions    streaming Q&A                   with map of stands in             the sponsor, divided into 4     making and user search         personal profile editing,
identification by content    (speaker connection from                                       isometric view and different      available formats               function, one-to-one chat      archive of received digital
categories                   remote) outside the platform                                   sizes depending on type of                                        between participating users    business cards, list of favorite
                             scope, including on several                                    sponsorship                                                       and exchange of digital        digital events, chat with
                             virtual rooms simultaneously                                                                                                     business cards                 conversation history.

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ROLE ORGANIZATION CHART: C-SUITE

                                                  Chief Executive
                                                      Officer

                                                      Davide
                                                     Verdesca

                                Chief Mark. &                       Chief Financial     Chief Digital &
          Chief Sales Officer                                                         Innovation Officer
                                Operat. Officer                         Officer

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HALLMARKS

Reputation and twenty years of         Portfolio of high-standing        Diversification of core sectors          High growth           International scalability thanks
experience built on the quality     clients, for the development of      (banking, pharma, insurance,             rate sector            to the network of offices and
  of services and professional            new business areas            automotive, energy, ICT, food &                                       partnerships abroad
 expertise of human resources                                              beverage, luxury, beauty,
                                                                                    delivery)

  Open innovation project for         Data Ethics Canvas: In data        Track record of success in the    Innovative SME and Benefit
   technological integration         processing, data privacy and                M&A process                Company with start of ESG
between core & digital activities   data ethics are integral parts of                                               process
     and data valorization                 the SG approach.

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GROUP AND CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS

                                                                                                                  CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS

                                                                                                                  82.7% | DL S.r.l
                                                                                                                  17.3% | Market

                     100%                                  100%                                 100%                                 80%

                                                      SG S.r.l.

        The Board of Directors of SG Company is composed of the two founding partners assisted by the CFO and COO. The independent member is Prof. Carlo
        Altomonte (Bocconi). The Management team boasts solid experience both in the historical business lines as well as in the innovative ones, such as
        digital, hybrids, format design and development.

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SG COMPANY
    DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
           AND NEW BUSINESS
                              01
              MARKET AND
      COMPETITIVE CONTEXT     02
                2021 – 2023
             BUSINESS PLAN    03

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GROUP AND CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS

⊙   Marketing Technology: a $121 billion market with a 22% growth rate:

⊙   US companies invest 26% of their budget in marketing technology. The spillover rate in
    Italy is quite interesting: digital and technology are among the levers of growth that
    companies from across every industry are betting on.

⊙   Marketing automation solutions: software designed to personalize content, speed up
    response times, automate digital and marketing activities, produce and store
    multimedia content, and create omnichannel experiences.

⊙   Goal: generate insights from data and build data-driven marketing strategies and
    activities.

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GLOBAL TREND: DIGITAL, THE PRIME CHANNEL

                       WINNING AND LOSING CATEGORIES IN THE COVID-19 RECESSION

                      Winners: A                                   Losers: B

                                                    ○    Restaurants
              ○   Pharmaceuticals
                                                    ○    Sports stadiums, concert halls
              ○   Medication and protective
                                                    ○    Museums
                  equipment (PPE) manufacturers
 Short                                              ○    Gyms
              ○   Home exercise equipment
Term: 1                                             ○    Parks, beaches, recreation areas
              ○   Carry out food providers
                                                    ○    Physical schools and universities,
              ○   Home office equipment makers
                                                         especially private
              ○   Alcoholic beverage makers
                                                    ○    Real estate owner and services
              ○   Casual and relaxed fashion
                                                    ○    Formalwear

              ○   Online Retailers
                                                    ○    Cruisers
              ○   Online grocers
                                                    ○    Tourist service providers
              ○   Networking software service
                                                    ○    Oil producers and distributors
Short &           and hardware providers
                                                    ○    Manufacturers of gasoline engine autos
 Long         ○   Streaming service providers
                                                         and trucks
Term: 2       ○   News and entertainment
                                                    ○    Mass transit service and equipment
                  services
                                                         providers
              ○   Telecommunications
                                                    ○    Brick and mortar retailers
              ○   Cleanliness products
                                                    ○    Movie theatres
              ○   Online Education

          |                                                                                       WARC DATA Global Ad Trends, May 2020
GLOBAL TREND: ON DEMAND OR STREAMING, EVERYTHING, AS LONG AS IT'S VIDEO

                                       ⊙   The trend of spending on Global Ad is recovering rapidly,
                                           brands have decided how to manage their communications
                                           in the new normal, and budgets are back on track.

                                       ⊙   Investments in digital channels are confirmed, with much
                                           better average performance than other media. Video and
                                           social media remain the two main channels, and forecasts
                                           show further improvement.

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GROUP AND CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS

From 2021, the live events sector is also expected to reverse upwards
and enjoy a positive trend until 2024.

Accelerated transformation of E&M segments versus forecasts,
especially for the video segment. Cinema versus video on demand
(SVOD) subscriptions is now reversing historical trends.

The volume of data consumed by smartphones versus fixed
broadband shows how mobile is set to become the primary gateway
to the web for consumers worldwide.

                                                                             PwC Global
                                                                        Entertainment &

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                                                                         Media Outlook
                                                                              2020-2024
SG COMPANY
    DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
           AND NEW BUSINESS
                              01
              MARKET AND
      COMPETITIVE CONTEXT     02
                2021 – 2023
             BUSINESS PLAN    03

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BUSINESS PLAN DRIVERS

      Internationalization through                       Launch of a new business line                   Investment in proprietary                        Upselling to customers by

A     Nexthing network and expansion
      of business lines (production and
      post-production of commercials)
                                            B            Data Analytics
                                                                                            C            technology platforms and
                                                                                                         development of Open Innovation
                                                                                                         projects in association with
                                                                                                         universities, research centers or
                                                                                                                                             D            directing them to new business
                                                                                                                                                          lines with higher margins

                                                                                                         start-ups

       Consolidation of the hybrid                       Efficiency with over 50%                        Building of strong commitment                    M&A and strategic partnerships

E      events business line
                                            F            reduction of structural and
                                                         personnel costs to make them
                                                         consistent with the new
                                                         company size (BEP)
                                                                                           G             with staff to achieve business
                                                                                                         plan targets (Work for Equity)      H            for the integration of skills in
                                                                                                                                                          Digital and Data Driven areas

                                          NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS:

                                          3-year exclusive agreement with ACI Blue         Thanks to the agreement in place, SG Company      ACI Blue team is positioned among the top 5
                                          team, a 100% ACI Group company, to provide       will be able to continue to offer, through ACI,   companies in the organization of meetings &
                                          top clients with a unique offering. Under the    meetings & events services, incurring lower       events in Italy with high-standing clients.
                                          agreement, ACI will offer operational services   costs in line with the Business Plan target of
                                          related to meetings & events, while SG will      lowering the break-even point.
                                          provide digital strategy & communication

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                                          services.
BUSINESS PLAN TARGETS
           Net revenues                         Normalized EBITDA

            NFP (cash)    Operating cash generation                 PN
                              (excluding capex)

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REVENUES DEVELOPMENT 2020-2023: BREAKDOWN
                                                                                                               Data ‘000€
                                                                                                               Revenue generation detail   2019A      %
      FOCUS ON HISTORICAL AND SCOPE CUSTOMERS
                                                                                                               Top 3                       7,699    20.6%
                                                                                                               Top 10                      16,330   43.6%
                                                                                                               Top 20                      22,494   60.1%
                                                                                                               Total
                                                                                                               Totale                      37,442   100.0%
                                                                                                               Di cui
                                                                                                               Of     confermabili
                                                                                                                  which  confirmable       21,203   54.0%

           Historical       New           Upselling           Cross + to be developed            Total

⊙   Historical Business Area: focused on traditional business in the MICE and live event area, whose
    contribution will remain firmly above 50% of total generated revenues, without exceeding 2019 levels
⊙   Areas for Improvement (i.e. Upselling and Cross + to be developed): driven by the introduction of the
    Phygital and Video product, in addition to the traditional Digital business (contributing roughly 30% of
    total)
⊙   New Business Area: to be developed with entry of 2 new executives into the company scope. The
    percentage on turnover increases from 10% in 2021 to 15% in 2023

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