i. Capital management Disclosure With regard to capital management, Campari Group has implemented a dividend distribution policy which reflects the Group priority to use its available financial sources mainly to fund external growth via acquisitions. Concomitantly, via the Parent Company Davide Campari-Milano N.V., the Group carries out share buyback programs on a rolling basis intended to meet the obligations arising from share-based payment plans currently in force or to be adopted. The financial requirements deriving from the aforementioned capital management operations are managed dynamically, maintaining an appropriate level of flexibility with regard to acquisition opportunities, also taking into account the optimal and sustainable level of financial solidity which is monitored on an ongoing basis through the index net debt on EBITDA-adjusted. The Group's debt management objective is based on the achievement of an optimal and sustainable level of financial solidity while maintaining an appropriate level of flexibility with regard to funding options. The Group monitors changes in this measure on an ongoing basis. For the purposes of the ratio calculation, net debt (refer to note 6 viii-‘Reconciliation with net financial debt and cash flow statement’) is the value of the Group’s net financial debt at 31 December 2025 , whereas the EBITDA-adjusted relates to the Operating result excluding depreciation and amortisation excluding the separately highlighted components that may be considered non-representative of the current operating results (refer to note 3 vi-‘Selling, general and administrative expenses’ and note 3 viii-‘Depreciation and amortisation’) calculated based on the reported value at the closing date of the reference period. At 31 December 2025 , this multiple was 2.5 times, compared with 3.2 times at 31 December 2024 . The