Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. announces that it has completed the transfer today, through its subsidiary Rizzoli Libri S.p.A., of the Bompiani business unit to Giunti Editore S.p.A.

The total price of the transaction, cashed in today, amounts to 16.5 million euro, 5.3 million euro of which related to assets transferred to the buyer.

The transfer of Bompiani was completed in accordance with the remedies set out in the provision issued by the Antitrust Authority, as part of the acquisition of Rizzoli Libri completed on 14 April 2016.

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Notice is given that the minutes relating to the Board of Directors’ approval of the plan on the merger of the wholly-owned company Banzai Media S.r.l., as announced on 8 November 2016, are available at the Company’s registered office, through the authorized storage mechanism 1info (www.1info.it) and on the Company website www.gruppomondadori.it (Governance section).