Corporate

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 24 – 28 February 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 24 – 28 February 2025, of no 51,446 ordinary shares (equal to 0.0197% of the share capital) at an average unit price of €2.153641488162345 for a total amount of €110,796.24.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Data Quantità Prezzo medio (euro) Controvalore (euro)
24/02/2025                            9,446                     2.15447                   20,351.12
25/02/2025                           10.500                     2.17144                   22,800.12
26/02/2025                           10.500                     2.16476                   22,729.98
27/02/2025                           10.500                     2.14357                   22,507.49
28/02/2025                           10.500                     2.13405                     22,407.53

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 1,232,370 treasury shares, equal to 0.471% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Mondadori Group increases its stake in Edizioni Star Comics to 75.5%

Acquisition of an additional 24.5% stake in the share capital of the comic book publisher

The Mondadori Group announces the completion today, through its subsidiary Mondadori Libri S.p.A., of the acquisition of a further 24.5% stake in Edizioni Star Comics S.r.l., Italy’s leading comic book publisher.

As a result of this operation, Mondadori Libri S.p.A. has now brought its stake in the publishing house to 75.5%, from the former 51%.

The increase in the stake in Edizioni Star Comics was carried out through the exercise of the call option envisaged by the agreement signed and disclosed to the market on 6 June 2022, which gave the Mondadori Group the right to acquire the remaining 49% stake in the company in two tranches of 24.5% each, exercisable in 2025 and 2028.

The provisional purchase price, paid fully in cash today, is € 5 million, determined on the basis of the average EBITDA for the three-year period 2022-2024 as well as the net financial position over the twelve months prior to the closing date (amounting to € 2.5 million).
This provisional price may be adjusted following the approval of the 2024 financial statements.

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 17 – 21 February 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 17 – 21 February 2025, of no. 52,500 ordinary shares (equal to 0.020% of the share capital) at an average unit price of €2.153758285714286 for a total amount of €113,072.31.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014). 

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Date Quantity Average price (euro) Average price (euro)
17/02/2025                           10,500                       2.1726                     22,812.30
18/02/2025                           10,500                       2.17667                     22,855.04
19/02/2025                           10,500                       2.14686                     22,542.03
20/02/2025                           10,500                       2.12853                     22,349.57
21/02/2025                           10,500                       2.14413                      22,513.37

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 1,180.924  treasury shares, equal to 0.4516% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 10 – 14 February 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 10 – 14 February 2025, of no 52,500 ordinary shares (equal to 0.020% of the share capital) at an average unit price of €2.1472021 for a total amount of €112,728.11.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Date Quantity Avarage price (euro) Amount (euro)
10/02/2025                           10,500                       2.13452                     22,412.46
11/02/2025                           10,500                       2.1373                     22,441.65
12/02/2025                           10,500                       2.14305                     22,502.03
13/02/2025                           10,500                       2.15292                     22,605.66
14/02/2025                           10,500                       2.16822                     22,766.31

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 1,128,424 treasury shares, equal to 0.4315% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 3 – 7 February 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 3 – 7 February 2025, of no 52,500 ordinary shares (equal to 0.020% of the share capital) at an average unit price of €2.17849829 for a total amount of €114,371.16.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Date Quantity Avarage price (euro) Amount (euro)
03/02/2025                           10,500                        2.19595                       23,057.48
04/02/2025                           10,500                        2.2069                       23,172.45
05/02/2025                           10,500                        2.18797                       22,973.69
06/02/2025                           10,500                        2.1531                       22,607.55
07/02/2025                           10,500                        2.14857                       22,559.99

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 1,075,924 treasury shares, equal to 0.4115% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 27 – 31 January 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 27 – 31 January 2025, of no 52,500 ordinary shares (equal to 0.020% of the share capital) at an average unit price of €2.141658285714286 for a total amount of €112,437.06.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Date Quantity Avarage price (euro) Amount (euro)
27/01/2025                           10,500                        2.10238                       22,074.99
28/01/2025                           10,500                        2.13143                       22,380.02
29/01/2025                           10,500                        2.12398                       22,417.50
30/01/2025                           10,500                        2.135                      22,762.01
31/01/2025                           10,500                        2.17167                       22,802.54

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 1,023,424 treasury shares, equal to 0.3914% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 20 – 24 January 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 20 – 24 January 2025, of no 49,640 ordinary shares (equal to 0.0189% of the share capital) at an average unit price of €2.116313658 for a total amount of €105,053.81.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Date Quantity Avarage price (euro) Amount (euro)
20/01/2025                           10,500                        2.12048                      22,265.04
21/01/2025                            9,000                        2.11722                      19,054.98
22/01/2025                             9,140                        2.12398                       19,413.18
23/01/2025                           10,500                        2.10786                      22,132.53
24/01/2025                           10,500                         2.11315                      22,188.08

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 970,924 treasury shares, equal to 0.371% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Disclosure on the purchase of treasury shares in the period 13 – 17 January 2025

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the Euronext Milan regulated market, in the period 13 – 17 January 2025, of no 52,247 ordinary shares (equal to 0.0199% of the share capital) at an average unit price of € 2.08535954 for a total amount of €108,953.78.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 April 2024, and as part of the purchase programme to service the Performance Share Plans underway, the start of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 November 2024 (as per the disclosure made on the same date also pursuant to Article 144 bis of CONSOB Regulation 11971/99, and to Article 5 of EU Regulation 596/2014).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383, on a daily basis:

Date Quantity Avarage price (euro) Amount (euro)
13/01/2025                           10,500                      2.06667                     21,700.04
14/01/2025                           10,500                      2.08905                     21,935.03
15/01/2025                           10,500                      2.08435                     21,885.68
16/01/2025                           10,500                      2.07934                     21,833.07
17/01/2025                           10,247                      2.10793                     21,599.96

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (LEI Code 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08), independently and with no influence from the Issuer as regards the timing of the purchases.

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 921,284 treasury shares, equal to 0.352% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Mondadori Group: 2025 Corporate events calendar

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. announces, as per Art. 2.6.2 of the Regulations of the Markets Organised and Managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., the corporate events scheduled for 2025:

  • Wednesday 12 March 2025: meeting of the Board of Directors for the approval of the Annual Financial Report for the year for FY2024; 
  • Wednesday 14 May 2025: meeting of the Board of Directors for Additional periodic financial reporting at 31 March 2025; 
  • Tuesday 31 July 2025: meeting of the Board of Directors for the approval of the Half-Year Report at 30 June 2025; 
  • Tuesday 13 November 2025: meeting of the Board of Directors for the approval of the Additional periodic financial reporting at 30 September 2025.

The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders for the approval of the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 will be held in first call on Wednesday 16 April 2025 (17 April in second call, if necessary).

Presentations to the financial community of the results for the full year at 31 December 2024, the Half-Year Report at 30 June 2025 and the Interim Management Statements at 31 March and at 30 September 2025 will be held on the dates, as indicated above, of the respective meetings of the Board of Directors. 

Any changes will be promptly communicated to the market. 

Mention should be made that Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., as a company listed on the Euronext STAR Milan segment of Borsa Italiana, will publish the Additional periodic financial reporting at 31 March 2025 and at 30 September 2025 – pursuant to art. 2.2.3, paragraph 3, of the Regulations for markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. – within 45 days after the end of the first and third quarters of the year (with exemption from the publication of the interim report on the fourth quarter as the Annual Financial Report 2024, together with the other documents referred to in art. 154-ter, paragraph 1, of the Consolidated Finance Law, is made available within 90 days after year end). The structure, information contained and procedures for the publication of the documents are unchanged from the Interim Management Statements previously published pursuant to former Article 154-ter, paragraph 5, of the Consolidated Finance Law.

POSSIBLE DIVIDEND PAYMENT 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Instructions to the Regulations for Markets Organized and Managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (art. IA.2.1.3), Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. announces that, in the event of distribution of the dividend for the 2024 financial year, the months of any coupon detachment and payment will be May 2025 (for a tranche equal to 50% of the overall dividend) and November 2025 (for a tranche equal to the further 50% of the overall dividend). It is specified that this communication is made for the sole purpose of complying with the above provisions of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and does not assume any predictive value regarding the outcomes of the assessments and resolutions relating to the distribution of the dividend. These resolutions are delegated, on the dates indicated above, to the Board of Directors when approving the 2024 draft of the Annual Report and to the Shareholders’ Meeting.

Notice of publication of the extract and essential information of the Shareholders’ Agreement signed on 13 January 2025 by Marina Elvira Berlusconi and Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Notice of publication, in accordance with Art. 122 of Italian Legislative Decree 58/1998, of the extract and essential information related to the Shareholders’ Agreement regarding, among other things, Fininvest S.p.A. and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. signed on 13 January 2025 by Marina Elvira Berlusconi and Pier Silvio Berlusconi, with simultaneous consensual termination of the previous Shareholders’ Agreement signed by the same parties on 11 September 2023

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. announces that, as requested by the parties, the extract pursuant to Art. 129 and 131, par. 4 lett. b) and the essential information pursuant to Art. 130 of Consob Regulation no.11971/1999, related to relevant agreements, in accordance with Art. 122 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, contained in the Shareholders’ Agreement signed on 13 January 2025 by Marina Elvira Berlusconi and Pier Silvio Berlusconi and regarding, among other things, Fininvest S.p.A. and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., have been made available to the public on the authorised storage mechanism 1Info (www.1info.it) and on the website www.mondadorigroup.com, Investors section (Investors/Share-capital-and-shareholders/Shareholders’-agreements).

The Shareholders’ Agreement also governs the immediate termination by mutual consent of the previous Shareholders’ Agreement signed by the same parties on 11 September 2023, the extract and essential information of which had been made available to the public on 15 September 2023.