Gefran S p A : 2017-03-27 Publication of the list of the candidates at the board of directors With

Share capital €14,400,000, fully paid in Registered office: Provaglio d'Iseo (BS) Via Sebina 74

Brescia trade register number and tax code 03032420170

With reference to the Shareholders' Meeting scheduled on April 20 (first call) and April 21 (second call), please note the list of candidates for the renewal of the Board of Directors filed by the shareholder Fingefran S.r.l. is available to the public, together with the attached documentation, at the Company's registered office, at Borsa Italiana SpA and on the website www.gefran.com .

Provaglio d'Iseo, 27th March 2017

Contatti:

Giovanna Franceschetti Investor Relator

Gefran SpA, Via Sebina 74 25050 Provaglio d'Iseo (BS) Tel 030 98881

Fax 030 9839063

giovanna.franceschetti@gefran.com www.gefran.com

POWER EMPRISE Srl

Via Valparaiso, 3 - 20144 Milano

Tel 02/438 114 200

Jenny Giuliani Cell.349 2408123

jennygiuliani@poweremprise.com Erminia Cannistrà Cell.340.8684279

erminiacannistra@poweremprise.com www.poweremprise.com

Gefran is an Italian multinational leader in the design and production of systems and components for automation and control of industrial processes. The company is based in Provaglio d'Iseo (BS) and has production plants in Italy (3), Germany (1), Switzerland (1), Brazil (1), the United States (1), India (1) and China (1) and sales offices in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Turkey, the United States, Brazil, China and Singapore.

The company sells its products through more than 80 distributors. The Group has about 750 employees.

Its products are applied in a variety of sectors: plastics processing machinery, the food and pharmaceutical industries, packaging and die casting, industrial furnaces, mobile hydraulics, elevators and industrial lifts.

Gefran has been listed on the stock exchange since 1998. It joined the Segmento Titoli ad Alti Requisiti (STAR) index in 2001.