PRESS RELEASE S.M.R.E. IN JOINT VENTURE WITH BRP-ROTAX

Today, in Austria, the Joint Venture Agreement has been signed and the NEWCO has been set-up. The company, including one of the world's leading manufacturer of combustion engines and propellers for vehicles and aircraft, will be based in Austria. SMRE will own 42% of company's stocks.

Gunskirchen, 19th June 2017 - Today has been signed the Joint Venture Agreement and has been set- up the NEWCO between SMRE Spa, leader company specialized in the development of highly technological solutions within the field of electrical mobility and BRP-ROTAX GmbH, leader in the production and development of engines, aircrafts and recreational vehicles as well as a division/company of Bombardier Recreational Product Group.

The joint-venture will combine the well-established experience and the technological know-how that SMRE and BRP-Rotax hold on their respective markets, with the aim to develop and produce together technologically advanced solutions able to pursue huge opportunities resulting from new generation mobility that requires solutions even more efficient, environmentally sustainable, produced and sold on a world scale.

The new company will operate under the name of RIC_TECH GmBh and it will be based in Gunskirchen, Austria, where is also based the European subsidiary BRP-ROTAX

First result will be disclosed to the market as early as Autumn 2017 and on that occasion more details about products and technology will be disclosed as well.

Samuele Mazzini CEO of SMRE

"The agreement signed with BRP-Rotax represents for SMRE an important result achieved through a long and hard collaborative work with BRP-Rotax and huge investments in R&D in the last few months. The proven international extent and the ambitious goal of this joint-venture to develop the powertrain and the vehicles of the future in some specific markets is not just source of pride but also confirmation of the important technological positioning of our company. We consider ourselves highly honored to work in partnership with partners that boasts thousands of engineers all around the world and that are able to produce a wide range of products; this is undoubtedly a great success."

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S.M.R.E. (SMR:IM), based in Umbertide (PG), more than 90 employees and a strong international vocation (60% of turnover dispatched to abroad), is specialized in the development of highly technological solutions in Green Mobility and Automation fields. Established in 1999, the company operates in two sectors: Green mobility where, due to the development of integrated innovative powertrains, produces electrification KIT di and components dedicated to electric and hybrid mobility world; Automation, dedicated to the planning and implementation of industrial custom-made machinery for processing technical and specific fabrics and materials.

S.M.R.E. has two production sites in Italy and an operating branch in America. ISIN: IT0005176299; ISIN Warrant S.M.R.E. 2016-2019: IT0005176463

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