Milan, 30 April 2009  –  The Sopaf Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, chaired by Giorgio Cirla, met today and resolved to:

• approve the Sopaf S.p.A. financial statements for 2008, which closed with net profit of EUR 35.2 million (EUR 20.1 million in the previous year);
• allocate a total dividend of EUR 2,083,542, i.e. EUR 0.005 per share for each of the 416,708,392 shares outstanding, for which the coupon and payment dates will be 25 and 28 May 2009, respectively;
• allocate EUR 1,760,181 to the legal reserve and the remaining EUR 31,359,899 profit as retained earnings;
• appoint new members of the Board of Statutory Auditors as follows: Stefano Morri, who will act as Chairman, David Reali and Enrico Grosso as standing auditors, and Alessandro Maruffi and Davide Rossetti as alternate auditors. The new Board of Statutory Auditors will remain in office for three financial years.

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Sopaf S.p.A.  
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