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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES

CONSOLIDATED INTERIM REPORT AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2020

Consolidated financial highlights and KPIs as at September 30, 2020 compared with September 30, 2019 restated1 financial results:

  • Portfolio under management of €159.1 billion (gross book value), an increase on the €131.5 billion posted at the end of 2019 and €132.4 billion at the end of September 2019, confirming doValue leadership in Southern Europe;
  • New servicing agreements awarded for €8.6 billion: €5.5 billion (gross book value) from new mandates in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, including the recently awarded UTP mandate in Italy for approximately €0.5 billion, and inflows from long-term management contracts ("forward flow agreements") of €3.1 billion, more than 50% above the guidance of ca. €2 billion for the full year;
  • Gross revenues of €280.8 million, up +20% compared with €233.4 million; material improvement in the third quarter of the year, with gross revenues of €116.0 million, compared with €80.5 million between April and June 2020, underpinning the ongoing trend of normalization of activities following the negative impact of lockdown;
  • EBITDA excluding non-recurringitems amounted to €76.2 million, compared with €90.6 million (-16%), with a significant improvement between July and September 2020 as compared with the second quarter of 2020; excluding the one-off impact of portfolio sale indemnities, particularly concentrated in 9M19, EBITDA would be up year-on-year; EBITDA margin excluding non-recurring items came to 27% (39% in the first nine months of 2019);
  • Net profit attributable to shareholders excluding non-recurring items equal to €3.5 million, improving from the negative €6.1 million as at June 2020 (net profit of €39.4 million in the first nine months of 2019). Net loss pertaining to shareholders of the Parent Company came to €8.1 million, improving from the negative €16.4 million as at June 2020 and compared with a net profit of €13.3 million in the first nine months of 2019. This trend, in line with expectations, reflected an increase in amortisation of intangible assets, following the acquisition strategy of the Group;
  • Net financial position (net debt) of €411.1 million, increased as compared with €236.5 million posted at the end of 2019 to include the acquisition of Greek servicer FPS, now doValue Greece; free cash flow generation at €60.7 million;

1 Restated following the completion of the purchase price allocation related to the acquisition of Altamira Asset Management

  • Pro forma2 leverage (net financial position as a ratio of EBITDA) equal to 2.4x, compared with 1.3x at the end of 2019, in line with expectations and reflecting the acquisition of doValue Greece; Pro forma EBITDA excluding non-recurring items for the last twelve months ended in September 2020 equal to €172.0 million.

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Rome, November 5, 2020 - The Board of Directors of doValue S.p.A. (the "Company" or "doValue") approved the Consolidated Interim Report at September 30, 2020.

doValue has proactively implemented all necessary measures to manage the current Covid-19 emergency as indicated by government decrees and the health authorities. The Group's full operation has been and continues to be ensured by the effective application of remote working methods.

The epidemic containment measures, adopted in the markets where the Group operates especially in the period between March and May 2020, have interrupted or slowed down services necessary for servicing loans and real estate assets, notably the legal courts and services supporting real estate transactions. Although not as severe as in the second quarter of 2020, a number of containment measures continue to apply across Southern Europe.

The results of the third quarter of 2020, with an acceleration of revenues and EBITDA as compared with the previous quarter, confirm expectations of a progressive return to a normalized level of servicing activity and collections towards year-end 2020.

In the first nine months of 2020, doValue posted Gross Revenues of €280.8 million, up +20% compared with €233.4 million in the first nine months of 2019 and supported by the July-September months, with Gross revenues at €116.0 million.

Revenues from servicing NPL, UTP and REO assets, the core business of doValue and equal to 91% of consolidated revenues, amounted to €255.2 million up +24% compared with €206.6 million in the same period of the previous year, essentially reflecting the contribution of the Group's acquisitions, Altamira Asset Management, consolidated since July 2019, and Eurobank FPS (now doValue Greece), consolidated since June 2020. Altamira Asset Management significantly contributes to the Group's diversification, adding approximately €45.4 million in Real Estate servicing revenues in the period (€32.9 million in 2019), whereas doValue Greece continued on its positive path and outpaced management expectations, on the back of better results from its liquidation and restructuring activities.

When analysing the different types of fees making up Gross Revenues, it is worth noting that lower collections, temporarily impacted by the mentioned Covid-19 containment measures, resulted in a slight contraction of variables fees. In line with the mechanics of our business model, this was more than compensated by base fees, independent from collection trends, more than doubling in absolute terms and representing 38% of total Group Revenues in the first nine months of 2020, up from 21% in the January-September period of 2019. This is a result of the Group's expansion in markets with higher than average base fees, such as Spain, Greece and Cyprus, and of the mentioned temporary reduction in collections.

Revenues from co-investment and revenues from ancillary products and minor activities, equal to €25.6 million, were slightly down as compared with the year-earlier period (-4%) and amounted to 9% of revenues (11% in the first nine months of 2019). In Italy, this revenue segment is generated by data provision services, due diligence, master servicing and legal services. In the other markets in which the Group operates, it is concentrated in property management and real estate development services.

2 Pro forma to include the effects of the acquisitions of Altamira Asset Management and FPS (now doValue Greece);

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Net revenues amounted to €247.0 million, up +18% on the €209.8 million in the first nine months of 2019. The increase in outsourcing fees in the period is connected entirely with the inclusion of Altamira Asset Management in the scope of consolidation, and its structural reliance on real estate broking services. Excluding that factor, fee and commission expense linked to NPL servicing continued to decline, in line with the targets of the Group's 2020-2022 business plan, which included a reduction in NPL outsourcing.

Operating expenses amounted to €178.9 million (€131.0 million in the first nine months of 2019) and include non-recurring items of about €8.2 million. Non-recurring items are mainly linked to transaction costs in connection with the acquisition of Eurobank FPS (now doValue Greece) and Altamira Asset Management. The increase in operating expenses compared with the first nine months of 2019 is a consequence of the greater scope of consolidation of the Group. Excluding this factor, operating expenses showed a decline of 22%, owing to the several cost containment measures in place, especially with regards to variable HR costs down to 4% of total HR cost as compared with 14% for full-year 2019. Other cost efficiency measures were enacted in the IT and business processes outsourcing domains, discounting the initial benefits of the IBM partnership and lower use of office and co-working space.

EBITDA before non-recurringitems amounted to €76.2 million, as compared with €90.6 million in the first nine months of 2019 (-16%), and saw a progressive quarterly increase culminating with €41.1m in the third quarter of 2020. As a percentage of revenues, EBITDA before non-recurring items came to 27%, improving from the 21% as at June 30, 2020 (39% in the January-September period of 2019). In the first nine months of 2019, EBITDA had included indemnity fees received, in particular, as part of a single disposal of a large portfolio managed on behalf of a Group customer. Excluding this one-off item, the EBITDA for the first nine months of 2020 would be up as compared with the previous year. Including non-recurring items recorded in the period, which are discussed above, EBITDA in the January-September period of 2020 would be €68.0 million.

Attributable net profit excluding non-recurringitems came to €3.5 million, compared with €39.4 million in the first nine months of 2019. The decline in profit for the period is connected with the increase in amortisation of tangible and intangible assets, in particular following the acquisition of Altamira Asset Management, from €32.5 million in the first nine months of 2019 to €49.7 million at September 30, 2020. The net loss pertaining to shareholders of the Parent Company came to €8.1 million, reducing as compared with € 16.4 million at the end of June, 2020 and compared with a net profit of €13.3 million in the first nine months of 2019.

Net working capital amounted to €103.9 million, down from €130.0 million at the end of 2019 due to positive developments in trade receivables and payables, in line with the structural trend of a shifting client base in favour of investor clients, with more attractive payment terms as compared with bank clients. The acquisition of FPS (now doValue Greece) is expected to continue to support a positive net working capital trend.

The net financial position was a negative €411.1 million, increasing as compared with the end of 2019, when it was a negative €236.5 million, to finance the acquisition of doValue Greece, in line with expectations. Pro- forma leverage, expressed by the ratio between net debt and EBITDA, is at 2.4x, based on a pro-forma EBITDA for the last twelve months to September 30, 2020 of €172.0 million, compared with 1.3x at the end of December 2019. The mentioned resiliency in doValue's operating model, both in terms of base fees and reduced operating costs, supported cash generation in the period, with about €60.7 million of free cash flow, on the back of €35.1 million cash flow from working capital reduction, and an improvement in the liquidity position to €170.3 million at the end of September 2020.

Deferred tax assets amounted to €92.9 million at September 30, 2020, largely unchanged compared with the €90.7 million registered at the end of 2019.

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Comparing results in the first nine months of 2020 with those in the first nine months of 2019 on a like-for-like basis ("pro forma figures"), i.e. simulating the effects of the consolidation of Altamira Asset Management and doValue Greece (formerly Eurobank EPS) as from January 2019 rather than from their consolidation dates of, respectively, July 2019 and June 2020 as reflected in the Group's accounts, Gross Revenues at September 30 2020 of €335.4 million would have been down 29% compared with pro forma revenues in the first nine months of 2019 (€469.8 million), while EBITDA for the first nine months of 2020 excluding non-recurring items of €104.5 million would be 47% down on the €197.6 million of pro forma EBITDA for the first nine months of 2019. As noted, these developments reflected the negative impact of the lockdown measures implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which had an especially adverse impact on the work of the courts and real estate services in the course of the second quarter of 2020 and, although to a lesser degree, are still in place in most of the Group's markets.

Assets under management

At the end of September 2020, the portfolio under management (GBV) by the Group in the five markets of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus amounted to €159.1 billion, an increase on the €131.5 billion posted at the end of 2019 and €132.4 billion at the end of September 2019.

This value does not include two new contracts awarded to the Group in the first nine months of 2020 and not yet onboarded: an NPL portfolio originated in Greece (project Icon, for €2.6 billion GBV) awarded to doValue by Bain Capital Credit and a new GACS securitization of Iccrea Banca, already a client to the Group (€2 billion GBV, of which ca. €0.4 billion already under management by the Group). Including these awards, the portfolio under management at the end of June 2020 would be equal to approximately €163 billion.

During the first nine months of 2020, the portfolio under management saw the onboarding of new client portfolios for a total of €5.5 billion (in Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and lastly in Italy via a UTP servicing mandate for €0.5 billion) and the entry of about €3.1 billion in loans transferred by existing customers under long-termforward-flow agreements in Spain, Italy and Cyprus. So far in the year, the positive contribution of forward-flow agreements exceeds by more than 50% the yearly target of ca. €2 billion, despite the banking moratoria in place which temporarily limit the new formation of NPEs.

Group collections in the first six nine of 2020 amounted to €2.8 billion, up from €2.2 billion in the first nine months of 2019, on the back of the consolidation of Altamira Asset Management and doValue Greece. As expected, collections were affected by the containment measures enacted as a response to the Covid-19 crisis, concentrated in the second quarter of the year and, although to a much lesser degree, still in place in most of Southern Europe. Monthly collections trends showed a material improvement in June, up from the lows of April and May, which continued throughout the month of September, confirming expectations of a progressive return to a normalized level of collections by the end of the year.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE PERIOD

New Servicing Agreements

On October 29, 2020 doValue announced that its subsidiary Italfondiario has reached an agreement for the exclusive management as Servicer of a portfolio of Italian unlikely-to-pay ("UTP") loans with a gross book value of approximately 450 million Euro.

The agreement is the successful conclusion of Italfondiario's efforts in originating and designing an innovative structure in partnership with Finint Investments SGR which involves the transfer of UTP exposures by multiple Italian banks to a specialized credit investment fund managed by Finint SGR, achieving banks' target of assets' deconsolidation while optimizing restructuring and turnaround potential of SMEs. It is the first agreement in the

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