NEXI S.P.A. Corso Sempione 55 20149, Milan Italy PRESS RELEASE Milan (Italy)—April 12, 2021 Nexi S.p.A., a società per azioni incorporated under the laws of Italy (“Nexi” or the “Issuer”), announced today that it it intends to offer approximately €2,100 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured Senior Notes consisting of Senior Notes due 2026 and Senior Notes due 2029 (collectively, the “Notes”). In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Issuer disclosed certain information, including certain pro forma financial information and non-GAAP financial information of the Issuer, Nets Topco 2 S.à r.l. and its subsidiaries and SIA S.p.A. and its subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, to prospective holders of the Notes. A copy of such information is hereby disclosed to the Issuer’s shareholders and to the holders of the Issuer’s existing indebtedness and is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Information Release”). The Notes will be offered only to non-U.S. persons outside the United States in connection with offshore transactions complying with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws and foreign securities laws. **************** This announcement contains information that prior to its disclosure may have constituted inside information under European Union Regulation 596/2014 on market abuse. This document is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Notes may not be sold in the United States unless they are registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or are exempt from registration. The offering of Notes described in this Information Release has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and, accordingly, any offer or sale of Notes may be made only in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. If and to the extent that this announcement is communicated in, or the offer of securities to which it relates is made in, any EEA member state, this announcement and the offering of any securities described herein are only addressed to and directed at persons in that member state who are if an investor is a resident of the EEA, only to an investor that is not a retail investor. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of MiFID II, (ii) a customer within the meaning of the Insurance Distribution Directive, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation. Consequently, no key information document required by the PRIIPs Regulation for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling such debt securities or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation. The offer and sale of the Notes will be made pursuant to an exception under the Prospectus Regulation, as implemented in the EEA member states, from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities. This announcement does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation or an offer to the public. Promotion of the Notes in the United Kingdom is restricted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”), and accordingly the Notes are not being promoted to the general public in the United Kingdom. This announcement is for distribution only to, and is only directed at, persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the Financial Promotion Order or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This announcement is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by anyone who is not a relevant person. This document does not constitute an offer of the Notes to the public in Italy. The Notes will be offered in Italy only to qualified investors (investitori qualificati) as defined in the Prospectus Regulation or in circumstances which are exempt from the rules on public offers pursuant to legislative decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the “Italian 3 Financial Act”) and the implementing Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (“CONSOB”) regulations, including CONSOB Regulation No. 11971, May 14, 1999, as amended (the “Issuers Regulation”) and will not be listed on an Italian regulated market, therefore no documents or materials relating to the Notes have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of CONSOB. The offering of the Notes will be carried out in the Republic of Italy as an exempted offer pursuant to article 100 of the Italian Financial Act and article 34-ter, paragraph 1 of the Issuers Regulation. Neither the content of Nexi or its subsidiaries’ (collectively, the “Group”) websites, nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on Nexi’s website or the websites of certain of the Group’s subsidiaries is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement. It may be unlawful to distribute this announcement in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This announcement is not for distribution in Canada, Japan or Australia. The information in this announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in Canada, Japan or Australia. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited, and, if sent in response to the information contained herein, will not be accepted. This Information Release may include projections and other “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the results of the Group or its industries’ actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and none of the Group or the Issuer undertakes publicly to update or revise any forward-looking statement that may be made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. MiFID II (ECPs and Professional Clients only) – Manufacturer target market (MIFID II product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients (all distribution channels). No PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as the Notes are not available to any retail investor in the EEA. 2 Exhibit A Information Release CONTENTS SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... 15 RISK FACTORS .................................................................................................................................. 27 UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ............................ 80 ISSUER’S BUSINESS ....................................................................................................................... 103 NETS’ BUSINESS ............................................................................................................................. 134 SIA’S BUSINESS ............................................................................................................................... 149 DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS ................................................. 165 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS The following terms used in this information release have the meanings assigned to them below: “2024 Facilities Agreement” ....... has the meaning set forth in the “Description of Certain Financing Arrangements—2024 Facilities Agreement”. “2024 Term Loan Facility” .......... the term loan facility established under the 2024 Facilities Agreement, which is described in more detail in the “Description of Certain Financing Arrangements—2024 Facilities Agreement.” “2025 Facilities Agreement” ....... has the meaning set forth in the “Description of Certain Financing Arrangements—2025 Facilities Agreement”. “2025 Term Loan Facility” .......... the term loan facility established under the 2025 Facilities Agreement, which is described in more