• Financial News

6 December 2013

Reply announces that the deed of merger by incorporation of Reply Deutschland AG into Reply S.p.A. was registered today at the Companies Register of Turin. The legal effects of the merger will therefore start from today's date, while the accounting and tax effects will start from 1 April 2013 in accordance with the merger project.

As a consequence of the execution of the merger, Reply S.p.A. assigns to the shareholders of Reply Deutschland AG no. 5 ordinary shares of Reply S.p.A. in exchange for no. 19 shares of Reply Deutschland AG using, for the share swap, treasury (ordinary) shares Reply S.p.A., without the issuance of new shares Reply S.p.A. and changes of its by-laws.

The control structure of Reply S.p.A. will remain essentially unchanged as a result of the merger, with control pertaining to Alika S.r.l.

The merger deed will be made available under the term of the applicable regulations in the company website (www.reply.eu), under section "Investors - Other financial documents".

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