The Italian company said adjusted earnings margin before interest and tax (EBIT) grew 2.5% last year to 1.002 billion euros ($1.09 billion), broadly matching a 991 million euro analyst consensus provided by the company.

Milan-listed shares in the company erased earlier gains following result release and by 1213 GMT they were down 1.2%.

($1 = 0.9195 euros)

(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari, editing by Cristina Carlevaro)