Mondadori announces the publication of documentation for the AGM

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA has announced that Directors’ reports on the following items on the agenda of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, to be held on 30 April 2014 (2 May, on second call) are available at the Company’s registered office, as well as Borsa Italiana SpA and on www.gruppomondadori.it (in the Governance section):

– To authorise the board of directors to buy back and utilise ordinary shares, in line with articles 2357 and 2357-ter of the Italian Civil Code.

– Proposal to attribute to the Board of Directors powers pursuant to Articles 2443 and 2420-ter of the Civil Code:

  • Renewal of the authorisation to the Board of Directors, pursuant to Art. 2443 of the Civil Code, of the right to increase, on one or more occasions, the share capital, reserved holding option rights, within a period of five years from the date of the resolution, for a maximum nominal amount of €78,000,000; and the consequent amendment of Art. 6.6 of the Articles of Association and related resolutions.
  • Renewal of the authorisation to the Board of Directors, pursuant to Art. 2420-ter of the Civil Code, of the right to issue, in one or more occasions, convertible bonds, within a period of five years from the date of the resolution, for a maximum nominal amount of €260,000,000; and the consequent amendment of Art. 6.6 of the Articles of Association and related resolutions.
  • Attribution to the Board of Directors, pursuant to Art. 2443 of the Civil Code, of the right to increase, on one or more occasions, the share capital, within the period of five years from the date of the resolution, with the exclusion of option rights pursuant to Art. 2441, paragraph 4, second sentence, of the Civil Code, through the issue of a number of shares not exceeding 10% of the total number of shares comprising the share capital of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore on the date of the exercise of such powers and for a nominal amount not more than €20,000,000; and the consequent amendment of Art. 6.6 of the Articles of Association and related resolutions.

Further documentation concerning the AGM will be made available in the manner described above, within the period foreseen by current legislation.

The notice calling the AGM, along with the agenda, has been published today on www.gruppomondadori.it (in the Governance section) and in the newspaper specified in the notice