Il Sole 24 ORE grants special-category shares to beneficiaries of the stock grant plan for 2009

Milan, 30 December 2009 – The company advises that on 15 December, Il Sole 24 ORE SpA granted, for free, 916,783 of its special-category shares to beneficiaries, for 2009, of the stock grant plan (i.e. to employees in general and to the journalists of the company and of its subsidiary Nuova Radio SpA), as approved by the company’s Shareholders’ Meeting on 30 October 2007.

The total value of the stock granted, determined on the basis of the grant price, is Euro 1,886,000.

For further information:  

Press Office Gruppo 24 ORE: Ginevra Cozzi, Tel. 02/3022.4945 - 335/1350144 

PMS: Fabio Marando – 329/4605000