Report of the Board of Directors, Prepared Pursuant to Article 125 ter of the Uniform Financial Code, on the Sole Item on the Agenda of the

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1 Report of the Board of Directors, Prepared Pursuant to Article 125 ter of the Uniform Financial Code, on the Sole Item on the Agenda of the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of February 27, 2015

2 Report of the Board of Directors on the Sole Item on the Agenda of the Shareholders Meeting: - Motion to extend the subscription deadline for the share capital increase referred to in Article 5, Letter b), of the Company Bylaws and delegate powers to the Board of Directors to implement this motion and, consequently, empower the Board of Directors to regulate the allocation of warrants subsequent to January 1, Amendments to Article 5 of the Company Bylaws. Pertinent and related resolutions. 1

3 Report of the Board of Directors on the Sole Item on the Agenda of the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting Motion to extend the subscription deadline for the share capital increase referred to in Article 5, Letter b), of the Company Bylaws and delegate powers to the Board of Directors to implement this motion and, consequently, empower the Board of Directors to regulate the allocation of warrants subsequent to January 1, Amendments to Article 5 of the Company Bylaws. Pertinent and related resolutions. Dear Shareholders: On March 1, 2005, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of Parmalat S.p.A. approved resolutions by which, inter alia, it agreed to carry out a capital increase that will be issued without requiring additional paid-in capital, waiving the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code and may be implemented in multiple installments, for the amounts listed in Section b) of the resolution approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, delegating to the Board of Directors the implementation of the abovementioned share capital increase within a deadline of ten years. With regards to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors, please note that it is expected a possible assignment of approximately 53,2 million of shares to the eligible creditors. The data provided above was computed as of the date of this Report. Only claims verified through a final court decision not subject to any further appeal or recognized by means of an out-of-court settlement may be converted into shares, in accordance with Article 7 of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors. As of the date of this Report, the subscribed and paid-in share capital amounted to 1,831,435,775 euros (comprised of 1,766,348,374 shares and 65,087,401 shares resulting from the exercise of warrants). We remind the shareholders that the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (as amended by subsequent Shareholders Meetings held on September 19, 2005, April 28, 2007 and May 31, 2012), approved resolutions agreeing, inter alia, to increase the share capital up to a maximum amount of 1,940,000,000 euros (including the value of the initial share capital, amounting to 120,000 euros). We also wish to point out that the currently subscribed share capital, amounting to 1,831,435,775 euros, may be increased: By up to 78,531,626 euros through the issuance at par of 78,531,626 common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, attributable as follows: i. to unsecured creditors who challenged the sum of liabilities (so-called Challenging Creditors ) of shares that shall be paid-in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; ii. to unsecured creditors with conditional claims (so called Conditional Creditors ) of shares that shall be paid-in at par upon the satisfaction of the 2

4 condition precedent by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; iii. to unsecured creditors with a title and/or cause that predates the date when the companies that are parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors were declared eligible for Extraordinary Administration Proceedings, including unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities but whose claims were later verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged (so called Late- Filing Creditors ), of shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; By up to 24,829,357 euros (amount corresponding to the warrants outstanding as of the date of this Report) through the issuance at par of up to 24,829,357 common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, which shares will be used to allow conversion of the warrants allotted to Eligible Creditors, Challenging Creditors, Conditional Creditors and Late-Filing Creditors on the basis of 1 (one) new common share, par value 1 (one) euro, for each warrant tendered for the purpose of exercising the subscription right, up to the first 650 (six hundred fifty) shares attributable to the abovementioned unsecured creditors. The difference between the approved share capital and the amount of the share capital resulting from the utilization of any reserves and the conversion of the warrants amounts to 5,203,242 euros. This difference includes the amount corresponding to warrants still not allotted as of the date of this Report (5,083,242) and the Assumptor s initial share capital (120,000 euros). Please note that the amounts listed in this Report could change do to changes in share capital, which the Company announces on a regular basis pursuant to law. In view of the approaching expiration of the ten-year subscription deadline for the share capital increase approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting on March 1, 2005, it has become necessary to extend the abovementioned deadline in order to carry out the procedures required for the allocation of the shares to the abovementioned eligible creditors. To that effect, after ascertaining that the initial duration of the abovementioned deadline runs from March 1, 2005 and consequently expires on March 1, 2015, a deadline extension of [5] years, until [March 1, 2020] is deemed adequate, with a resulting reduction of the deadline by which, pursuant to Article 9.3 of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors, eligible creditors must request the allotment of shares and warrant (five-ear deadline currently). Consequently, Article 5 of the Company Bylaws shall be amended as follows: Article 5 Share Capital Shares CURRENT TEXT Article 5 Share Capital Shares AMENDED TEXT The Company s share capital is 1,831,435, euros, divided into 1,831,435,775 shares, par value 1 euro each. The Company s share capital is 1,831,435, euros, divided into 1,831,435,775 shares, par value 1 euro each. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (which on September 19, 2005 approved a motion allowing the permeability of the different installments The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (which on September 19, 2005 approved a motion allowing the permeability of the different installments 3

5 listed below, meaning that if any one of the installments into which the overall capital increase of 2,009,967,908 euros is divided except for the first installment of 1,502,374,237 euros reserved for Eligible Creditors and the last installment of 80,000,000 reserved for the exercise of warrants should prove to be larger than the actual amount needed to convert into capital the claims that the installment in question was supposed to cover, the excess of this capital increase installment may be used to cover the claims of another class of creditors, when such claims exceed the funds provided by the capital increase installment allocated to them) approved resolutions agreeing to: a) carry out divisible capital increases: a.1 up to a maximum amount of 1,502,374,237 (one billion five hundred two million three hundred seventyfour thousand two hundred thirty-seven) euros by issuing at par up to 1,502,374,237 (one billion five hundred two million three hundred seventy-four thousand two hundred thirty-seven) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, reserving this increase for the exercise of the preemptive right of the Foundation, the Company s sole shareholder, which will subscribe it on behalf of the Eligible Creditors, as they appear in the enforceable lists filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court of Parma by the Italian bankruptcy judges (Giudici Delegati) on December 16, 2004; this capital increase shall be paid in at par, upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent that the Court of Parma approve the Composition with Creditors of the companies of the Parmalat Group by offsetting the amounts of the various claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; a.2 up to a maximum amount of 38,700,853 (thirtyeight million seven hundred thousand eight hundred fifty-three) euros by issuing at par up to 38,700,853 (thirty-eight million seven hundred thousand eight hundred fifty-three) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, reserving this increase for the exercise of the preemptive right of the Foundation, the Company s sole shareholder, which will subscribe it at par (offsetting, in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, the claims acquired by the Foundation and formerly owed to their subsidiaries by companies that are parties to composition with creditors proceedings), upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent that the Court of Parma approve the Composition with Creditors of the companies of the Parmalat Group; b) carry out a further capital increase that, as an exception to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, will be issued without requiring additional paid-in capital, will be divisible, will not be subject to the preemptive right of the sole shareholder, will be carried out by the Board of Directors over ten years in multiple installments, each of which will also be divisible, and will be earmarked as follows: listed below, meaning that if any one of the installments into which the overall capital increase of 2,009,967,908 euros is divided except for the first installment of 1,502,374,237 euros reserved for Eligible Creditors and the last installment of 80,000,000 reserved for the exercise of warrants should prove to be larger than the actual amount needed to convert into capital the claims that the installment in question was supposed to cover, the excess of this capital increase installment may be used to cover the claims of another class of creditors, when such claims exceed the funds provided by the capital increase installment allocated to them) approved resolutions agreeing to: a) carry out divisible capital increases: a.1 up to a maximum amount of 1,502,374,237 (one billion five hundred two million three hundred seventyfour thousand two hundred thirty-seven) euros by issuing at par up to 1,502,374,237 (one billion five hundred two million three hundred seventy-four thousand two hundred thirty-seven) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, reserving this increase for the exercise of the preemptive right of the Foundation, the Company s sole shareholder, which will subscribe it on behalf of the Eligible Creditors, as they appear in the enforceable lists filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court of Parma by the Italian bankruptcy judges (Giudici Delegati) on December 16, 2004; this capital increase shall be paid in at par, upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent that the Court of Parma approve the Composition with Creditors of the companies of the Parmalat Group by offsetting the amounts of the various claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; a.2 up to a maximum amount of 38,700,853 (thirtyeight million seven hundred thousand eight hundred fifty-three) euros by issuing at par up to 38,700,853 (thirty-eight million seven hundred thousand eight hundred fifty-three) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, reserving this increase for the exercise of the preemptive right of the Foundation, the Company s sole shareholder, which will subscribe it at par (offsetting, in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, the claims acquired by the Foundation and formerly owed to their subsidiaries by companies that are parties to composition with creditors proceedings), upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent that the Court of Parma approve the Composition with Creditors of the companies of the Parmalat Group; b) carry out a further capital increase that, as an exception to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, will be issued without requiring additional paid-in capital, will be divisible, will not be subject to the preemptive right of the sole shareholder, will be carried out by the Board of Directors over ten years (deadline extended for an additional five years on [February 27, 2016], as specified below) in multiple installments, each of which will also be divisible, and will be earmarked as follows: 4

6 b.1 up to a maximum amount of 238,892,818 (two hundred thirty-eight million eight hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred eighteen) euros by issuing at par up to 238,892,818 (two hundred thirty-eight million eight hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred eighteen) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, allocating to: b.1.1 unsecured creditors who have challenged the sum of liabilities (so-called Challenging Creditors ) shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; b.1.2 unsecured creditors with conditional claims (so called Conditional Creditors ) shares that shall be paid in at par upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; b.2 up to a maximum amount of 150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million) euros by issuing at par up to 150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, regular ranking for dividends, allocating to unsecured creditors with a title and/or cause that predates the date when the companies that are parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors were declared eligible for Extraordinary Administration Proceedings, including unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities but whose claims were later verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged (so called Late-Filing Creditors ), shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; b3 up to a maximum amount of 80,000,000 (eighty million) euros by issuing at par up to 80,000,000 (eighty million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, regular ranking for dividends, which shares will be used to allow conversion of the warrants allotted to Eligible Creditors, Challenging Creditors, Conditional Creditors, Late-Filing Creditors and the Foundation, on the basis of the capital increase subscribed by the latter (offsetting the claims acquired by the Foundation and formerly owed to their subsidiaries by companies that are parties to composition with creditors proceedings), at the exercise ratio of 1 (one) new common share, par value 1 (one) euro each, for each warrant tendered for the purpose of exercising the subscription right, up to the first 650 (six hundred fifty) shares attributable to the unsecured creditors and the Foundation. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of April 28, 2007 approved a resolution allowing a further share capital increase of up to 15,000,000 (fifteen million) euros, to be carried out through the issuance of up to 15,000,000 (fifteen million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, for the purpose of increasing from b.1 up to a maximum amount of 238,892,818 (two hundred thirty-eight million eight hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred eighteen) euros by issuing at par up to 238,892,818 (two hundred thirty-eight million eight hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred eighteen) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, allocating to: b.1.1 unsecured creditors who have challenged the sum of liabilities (so-called Challenging Creditors ) shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; b.1.2 unsecured creditors with conditional claims (so called Conditional Creditors ) shares that shall be paid in at par upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; b.2 up to a maximum amount of 150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million) euros by issuing at par up to 150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, regular ranking for dividends, allocating to unsecured creditors with a title and/or cause that predates the date when the companies that are parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors were declared eligible for Extraordinary Administration Proceedings, including unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities but whose claims were later verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged (so called Late-Filing Creditors ), shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; b3 up to a maximum amount of 80,000,000 (eighty million) euros by issuing at par up to 80,000,000 (eighty million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, regular ranking for dividends, which shares will be used to allow conversion of the warrants allotted to Eligible Creditors, Challenging Creditors, Conditional Creditors, Late-Filing Creditors and the Foundation, on the basis of the capital increase subscribed by the latter (offsetting the claims acquired by the Foundation and formerly owed to their subsidiaries by companies that are parties to composition with creditors proceedings), at the exercise ratio of 1 (one) new common share, par value 1 (one) euro each, for each warrant tendered for the purpose of exercising the subscription right, up to the first 650 (six hundred fifty) shares attributable to the unsecured creditors and the Foundation. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of April 28, 2007 approved a resolution allowing a further share capital increase of up to 15,000,000 (fifteen million) euros, to be carried out through the issuance of up to 15,000,000 (fifteen million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, for the purpose of increasing from 5

7 80,000,000 (eighty million) to 95,000,000 (ninety five million) the amounts set forth in Section Two, Letter b.3), of this Article. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of May 31, 2012 resolved to partially amend the resolution to increase the share capital adopted by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (as amended by the Shareholders Meetings of September 19, 2005 and April 28, 2007), limited to the share capital increase referred to in Paragraphs b.1 and b.2 above, reducing the amount of the capital increase set forth in the corresponding resolution by the total sum of 85,087,908 euros, as the approved amount exceeded the required level by the abovementioned sum for the reasons stated in the resolution approved by the Shareholders Meeting. The shares are registered shares, if so required by law. Otherwise, provided they have been fully paid-in, they can either be registered or bearer shares, at the discretion of the shareholders. The provisions regarding representation, exercise of ownership rights and circulation of equity investments that govern securities traded in regulated markets apply to the Company s shares as well. Future capital increases may be carried out by issuing shares with different rights and in exchange for different cash contributions, within the limits of the law. Notwithstanding all other provisions that apply to share capital, if the Company s shares are traded on a regulated market, its share capital may be increased with contributions in cash by not more than 10% of the value of the preexisting capital, without counting option rights, provided that the issue price is equal to the market price of the shares and that such valuation is confirmed in a special report by independent auditors retained for that purpose, with the exception indicated in the following paragraph. Resolutions concerning the issues that are the subject of this paragraph must be adopted with the quorums referred to in Articles 2368 and 2369 of the Italian Civil Code. As an exception to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, the capital increase approved for the benefit of Late-Filing Creditors and any future capital increases that may be approved for the benefit of Late-Filing Creditors shall be carried out by issuing shares at par, with exclusion of the preemptive rights of other shareholders, it being understood that the expression Late-Filing Creditors shall mean those unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities of the companies that were parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors but whose claims were later 80,000,000 (eighty million) to 95,000,000 (ninety five million) the amounts set forth in Section Two, Letter b.3), of this Article. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of May 31, 2012 resolved to partially amend the resolution to increase the share capital adopted by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (as amended by the Shareholders Meetings of September 19, 2005 and April 28, 2007), limited to the share capital increase referred to in Paragraphs b.1 and b.2 above, reducing the amount of the capital increase set forth in the corresponding resolution by the total sum of 85,087,908 euros, as the approved amount exceeded the required level by the abovementioned sum for the reasons stated in the resolution approved by the Shareholders Meeting. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of [February 27, 2015] agreed to extend the subscription deadline for the capital increase referred to above, in Paragraph b) of this Article for an additional 5 years, counting from March 1, 2015, consequently extending the duration of the powers delegated to the Board of Directors to implement the abovementioned capital increase. The shares are registered shares, if so required by law. Otherwise, provided they have been fully paid-in, they can either be registered or bearer shares, at the discretion of the shareholders. The provisions regarding representation, exercise of ownership rights and circulation of equity investments that govern securities traded in regulated markets apply to the Company s shares as well. Future capital increases may be carried out by issuing shares with different rights and in exchange for different cash contributions, within the limits of the law. Notwithstanding all other provisions that apply to share capital, if the Company s shares are traded on a regulated market, its share capital may be increased with contributions in cash by not more than 10% of the value of the preexisting capital, without counting option rights, provided that the issue price is equal to the market price of the shares and that such valuation is confirmed in a special report by independent auditors retained for that purpose, with the exception indicated in the following paragraph. Resolutions concerning the issues that are the subject of this paragraph must be adopted with the quorums referred to in Articles 2368 and 2369 of the Italian Civil Code. As an exception to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, the capital increase approved for the benefit of Late-Filing Creditors and any future capital increases that may be approved for the benefit of Late-Filing Creditors shall be carried out by issuing shares at par, with exclusion of the preemptive rights of other shareholders, it being understood that the expression Late-Filing Creditors shall mean those unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities of the companies that were parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors but whose claims were later 6

8 verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged. As allowed under Article 2349 of the Italian Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting may approve the distribution of earnings to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries through the noncontributory issuance of common shares with a total par value equal to the amount of the earnings being distributed. Acting within the confines of the law, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting may also approve the issuance of other financial instruments or the establishment of separate financial entities. verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged. As allowed under Article 2349 of the Italian Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting may approve the distribution of earnings to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries through the noncontributory issuance of common shares with a total par value equal to the amount of the earnings being distributed. Acting within the confines of the law, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting may also approve the issuance of other financial instruments or the establishment of separate financial entities. Please also note that the Regulations Governing the Parmalat S.p.A. Common Share Warrants, which may be consulted on the Company website, Investor Relations, Parmalat Shares and Warrants, (hereinafter the Warrant Regulations ) state, in Paragraphs I) and II) of Article 2 Conditions for Exercising the Warrants, that December 31, 2015 is the deadline for exercising the subscription right reserved for holders of the listed warrants issued pursuant to Paragraph b.3 of the resolution adopted by the Shareholders Meeting on March 1, 2005, as amended on April 28, 2007 and May 31, Consequently, any warrants that will not be tendered for the purpose of exercising the rights they convey within the scheduled deadline of December 31, 2015 will become null and void for all purposes, as stated in Article 2, Paragraph VI), of the Warrant Regulations. Pursuant to Article 11.1 of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors, Parmalat will file an application with Borsa Italiana S.p.A. to list any allotted warrants starting on January 1, Therefore, you are hereby asked to provide the Board Of Directors with a specific mandate to: a. adopt regulations for the allotment of warrants in implementation of the provisions of Item b.3 of the resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 also to parties who, because of the events mentioned in Section 9.3, Letters ii), iii) and iv), of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors will be recognized as creditors of Parmalat S.p.A. after December 31, 2015 and up to [March 1, 2020], maintaining the substantive terms of the existing Warrant Regulations; b. request listing of the abovementioned Parmalat common share warrants, once the applicable filing requirements have been satisfied, pursuant to Article 11.1 of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors. Each item in the resolutions that follow shall be the subject of a separate vote, so as to allow all eligible party and proxy representatives with voting instructions to vote in accordance with the instructions they were given regarding each item. In accordance with the provisions of Article 125-bis of the Uniform Financial Code, regarding the need to make motions readily accessible, and Article 135-undicies of the Uniform Financial Code, regarding the need to provide the Company s Designated Representative with voting instructions, the motion concerning the sole items on the Agenda of the Shareholders Meeting is reproduced below. Motion for a Resolution 7

9 1. to verify and acknowledge that the ten-year subscription deadline for the share capital increase ( Paragraph b ) approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting on March 1, 2005 runs from March 1, 2005 and expires on March 1, 2015; 2. for the reasons explained above, to extend by [five] additional years, i.e., from March 1, 2015 to [March 1, 2020] the official subscription deadline for the share capital increase approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of Parmalat S.p.A. on March 1, 2005, for the part reserved for the Challenging Creditors, the Conditional Creditors and the Late- Filing Creditors referred to in Paragraphs b.1.1, b.1.2, b.2 and h of the abovementioned resolution, and for its implementation by the Board of Directors, also with regard to the warrants referred to in paragraph 6 below; 3. consisted with the foregoing terms of this Resolution, to amend Article 5) of the Company Bylaws, second sentence of Paragraph b) and insert the following sentences: a. [omissis] b. carry out a further capital increase that, as an exception to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, will be issued without requiring additional paid-in capital, will be divisible, will not be subject to the preemptive right of the sole shareholder, will be carried out by the Board of Directors over ten years (deadline extended for an additional five years on [February 27, 2015], as specified below) in multiple installments, each of which will also be divisible, and will be earmarked as follows: [omissis] c. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of [February 27, 2015] agreed to extend the subscription deadline for the capital increase referred to above, in Paragraph b) of this Article, for an additional 5 years, counting from March 1, 2015, consequently extending the duration of the powers delegated to the Board of Directors to implement the abovementioned capital increase. [omissis]; 4. to require that the subscription of the shares of Parmalat S.p.A. by parties who, because of the events mentioned in Section 9.3, Letters ii), iii) and iv), of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors will be recognized as creditors of Parmalat S.p.A. after March 1, 2015 and up to [March 1, 2020], be carried out not later than [12] months from the dates set forth in the abovementioned Section 9.3, Letters ii), iii) and iv), of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors, it being understood that once this deadline expires the subscription right shall be extinguished; 5. to provide the Board of Directors with a mandate to implement the foregoing terms of this resolution and file with the Company Register the updated version of the Company Bylaws, as approved above; 6. to provide the Board of Directors with a mandate to: a. adopt regulations for the award of warrants also to parties who, because of the events mentioned in Section 9.3, Letters ii), iii) and iv), of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors will be recognized as creditors of Parmalat S.p.A. after December 31, 2015 and up to [March 1, 2020], and request the award of the warrants within [12] months from the from the dates set forth in the abovementioned Section 9.3, Letters ii), iii) and iv), of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors, it being understood that the abovementioned Regulations shall substantively reflect the content of the Warrant Regulations currently in effect, providing the warrant subscribers with the right to exercise the subscription rights conveyed by the warrants up to [March 1, 2020]; b. request listing of the abovementioned warrants and carry out the required filings pursuant to Article 11.1 of the Parmalat Proposal of Composition with Creditors. Milan, January 27, 2015 The Board of Directors by: Gabriella Chersicla Chairperson Annex: Article 5 of Company s Bylaws Share Capital Shares 8

10 Article 5 of Company s Bylaws Share Capital Shares The Company s share capital is 1,831,435, euros, divided into 1,831,435,775 shares, par value 1 euro each. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (which on September 19, 2005 approved a motion allowing the permeability of the different installments listed below, meaning that if any one of the installments into which the overall capital increase of 2,009,967,908 euros is divided except for the first installment of 1,502,374,237 euros reserved for Eligible Creditors and the last installment of 80,000,000 reserved for the exercise of warrants should prove to be larger than the actual amount needed to convert into capital the claims that the installment in question was supposed to cover, the excess of this capital increase installment may be used to cover the claims of another class of creditors, when such claims exceed the funds provided by the capital increase installment allocated to them) approved resolutions agreeing to: a) carry out divisible capital increases: a.1 up to a maximum amount of 1,502,374,237 (one billion five hundred two million three hundred seventyfour thousand two hundred thirty-seven) euros by issuing at par up to 1,502,374,237 (one billion five hundred two million three hundred seventy-four thousand two hundred thirty-seven) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, reserving this increase for the exercise of the preemptive right of the Foundation, the Company s sole shareholder, which will subscribe it on behalf of the Eligible Creditors, as they appear in the enforceable lists filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court of Parma by the Italian bankruptcy judges (Giudici Delegati) on December 16, 2004; this capital increase shall be paid in at par, upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent that the Court of Parma approve the Composition with Creditors of the companies of the Parmalat Group by offsetting the amounts of the various claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; a.2 up to a maximum amount of 38,700,853 (thirty-eight million seven hundred thousand eight hundred fifty-three) euros by issuing at par up to 38,700,853 (thirty-eight million seven hundred thousand eight hundred fifty-three) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, reserving this increase for the exercise of the preemptive right of the Foundation, the Company s sole shareholder, which will subscribe it at par (offsetting, in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, the claims acquired by the Foundation and formerly owed to their subsidiaries by companies that are parties to composition with creditors proceedings), upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent that the Court of Parma approve the Composition with Creditors of the companies of the Parmalat Group; b) carry out a further capital increase that, as an exception to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, will be issued without requiring additional paid-in capital, will be divisible, will not be subject to the preemptive right of the sole shareholder, will be carried out by the Board of Directors over ten years (deadline extended for an additional five years on [February 27, 2016], as specified below) in multiple installments, each of which will also be divisible, and will be earmarked as follows: b.1 up to a maximum amount of 238,892,818 (two hundred thirty-eight million eight hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred eighteen) euros by issuing at par up to 238,892,818 (two hundred thirty-eight million eight hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred eighteen) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, ranking for dividends as of January 1, 2005, allocating to: b.1.1 unsecured creditors who have challenged the sum of liabilities (so-called Challenging Creditors ) shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; b.1.2 unsecured creditors with conditional claims (so called Conditional Creditors ) shares that shall be paid in at par upon the satisfaction of the condition precedent by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors; b.2 up to a maximum amount of 150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million) euros by issuing at par up to 150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, regular ranking for dividends, allocating to unsecured creditors with a title and/or cause that predates the date when the companies that are parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors were declared eligible for Extraordinary Administration Proceedings, including unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities but whose claims were later verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged (so called Late-Filing Creditors ), shares that shall be paid in at par by offsetting the amounts of their claims in accordance with the percentages determined under the Composition with Creditors, once their claims have been effectively verified as a result of a court decision that has become final, and/or an enforceable settlement; 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11 b3 up to a maximum amount of 80,000,000 (eighty million) euros by issuing at par up to 80,000,000 (eighty million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, regular ranking for dividends, which shares will be used to allow conversion of the warrants allotted to Eligible Creditors, Challenging Creditors, Conditional Creditors, Late-Filing Creditors and the Foundation, on the basis of the capital increase subscribed by the latter (offsetting the claims acquired by the Foundation and formerly owed to their subsidiaries by companies that are parties to composition with creditors proceedings), at the exercise ratio of 1 (one) new common share, par value 1 (one) euro each, for each warrant tendered for the purpose of exercising the subscription right, up to the first 650 (six hundred fifty) shares attributable to the unsecured creditors and the Foundation. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of April 28, 2007 approved a resolution allowing a further share capital increase of up to 15,000,000 (fifteen million) euros, to be carried out through the issuance of up to 15,000,000 (fifteen million) common shares, par value 1 (one) euro each, for the purpose of increasing from 80,000,000 (eighty million) to 95,000,000 (ninety five million) the amounts set forth in Section Two, Letter b.3), of this Article. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of May 31, 2012 resolved to partially amend the resolution to increase the share capital adopted by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of March 1, 2005 (as amended by the Shareholders Meetings of September 19, 2005 and April 28, 2007), limited to the share capital increase referred to in Paragraphs b.1 and b.2 above, reducing the amount of the capital increase set forth in the corresponding resolution by the total sum of 85,087,908 euros, as the approved amount exceeded the required level by the abovementioned sum for the reasons stated in the resolution approved by the Shareholders Meeting. The Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of [February 27, 2015] agreed to extend the subscription deadline for the capital increase referred to above, in Paragraph b) of this Article for an additional 5 years, counting from March 1, 2015, consequently extending the duration of the powers delegated to the Board of Directors to implement the abovementioned capital increase. The shares are registered shares, if so required by law. Otherwise, provided they have been fully paid-in, they can either be registered or bearer shares, at the discretion of the shareholders. The provisions regarding representation, exercise of ownership rights and circulation of equity investments that govern securities traded in regulated markets apply to the Company s shares as well. Future capital increases may be carried out by issuing shares with different rights and in exchange for different cash contributions, within the limits of the law. Notwithstanding all other provisions that apply to share capital, if the Company s shares are traded on a regulated market, its share capital may be increased with contributions in cash by not more than 10% of the value of the preexisting capital, without counting option rights, provided that the issue price is equal to the market price of the shares and that such valuation is confirmed in a special report by independent auditors retained for that purpose, with the exception indicated in the following paragraph. Resolutions concerning the issues that are the subject of this paragraph must be adopted with the quorums referred to in Articles 2368 and 2369 of the Italian Civil Code. As an exception to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and to the requirements of Article 2441, Section Six, of the Italian Civil Code, the capital increase approved for the benefit of Late-Filing Creditors and any future capital increases that may be approved for the benefit of Late-Filing Creditors shall be carried out by issuing shares at par, with exclusion of the preemptive rights of other shareholders, it being understood that the expression Late-Filing Creditors shall mean those unsecured creditors whose claims were not included in the sum of liabilities of the companies that were parties to the Proposal of Composition with Creditors but whose claims were later verified by a court decision that has become final and, therefore, can no longer be challenged. As allowed under Article 2349 of the Italian Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting may approve the distribution of earnings to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries through the noncontributory issuance of common shares with a total par value equal to the amount of the earnings being distributed. Acting within the confines of the law, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting may also approve the issuance of other financial instruments or the establishment of separate financial entities. 10