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Nomura and Borsa Italiana are pleased to invite you to the 4th annual ‘Italian Investor Conference’ on 16th October 2007. Borsa Italiana, in its role as organiser and manager of the Italian securities markets, together with Nomura Securities are honoured to present a number of leading listed Italian companies at the ‘Italian Investor Conference’. The conference represents a unique opportunity for investors to understand more about each company’s financial results and strategies, meet with senior management and receive updates on recent business developments in Italy. The conference will comprise both company presentations and one-on-one meetings by appointment. In addition, Borsa Italiana officials will be available for discussions with investors throughout the day. Venue Tokyo Kaikan Urbannet Otemachi Building 21 F 2-2-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8130 For further information please contact the Nomura team detailed at the end of this invitation. Schedule for Tuesday, 16th October 2007 Time Event 09:30 Registration Welcome coffee 10:00 Conference Opening 10:10 – 12:10 Company 10:10 SNAM Rete Gas – Carlo Malacarne, Chief Executive Officer Presentations 10:40 Italcementi – Giancarlo Berera, Head of Investor Relations 11:10 Amplifon – Franco Moscetti, Chief Executive Officer 11:40 Pirelli RE – Mauro Bordoni, Vice DG Planning & Finance – Dario Fumagalli, Director ECM and Investor Relations 12:20 – 13:00 Lunch Italian economy and markets outlook – remarks by: 12:30 Borsa Italiana SpA - Lodovico Rosnati, Director, Equity Markets 12:45 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Mauro Battocchi, Head of Trade and Investment Promotion, Department for Economic Affairs 13:10 – 15:40 Company 13:10 Campari – Bob Kunze-Concewitz, Chief Executive Officer Presentations – Paolo Marchesini, Chief Financial Officer 13:40 Banco Popolare – Domenico De Angelis, Chief Executive Officer 14:10 RCS MediaGroup – Riccardo Stilli, Chief Financial Officer 14:40 Finmeccanica – John Stewart, Vice President, Investor Relations 15:10 Generali – Mel Carvill, Head of Corporate Development & Risk Management The presenting companies will be available for one-on-one meetings with investors on 15th, 16th and 17th October, by appointment. Participating companies Amplifon [AMP IM] www.amplifon.com Amplifon, is the world leader in the field of distribution and personalised fitting of hearing aids and was set up in the early 1950s by Charles Holland. The Company now operates in 12 different countries either using the Amplifon brand name or using the other companies’ brands which have been acquired since the 1990s. The group has a distribution network of more than 2,900 points of sale, 3,700 authorised centres and 3,600 hearing aid specialists. Banco Popolare [BPVN IM] www.bpv.it Banco Popolare is the new entity resulting from the merger between Banco Popolare Verona e Novara "BPVN" and Banca Popolare Italiana "BPI" announced in October 2006 and concluded on July 1st 2007. Headquartered in Verona it is mainly active in retail and corporate banking, ranking 5th in Italy in 2006 by customer loans (€74bn) and direct deposits (€83bn). Its market share in Northern Italy is above 10% and counts over 3m clients. It is the largest cooperative bank in Italy by number of branches (over 2,200, covering the entire territory), total assets (€115bn) and market capitalization (€10,946.00m as at 07/09/2007). The bank has strong territorial roots through the local commercial banks that form it: Banca Popolare di Verona S.Gemianiano S.Prospero Spa, Banca Popolare di Lodi Spa, Banca Popolare di Novara Spa, Credito Bergamasco, Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Pisa Livorno, Banca Popolare di Cremona, Banca Popolare di Crema, Banca Popolare di Mantova, Banca Caripe and Banca Popolare del Trentino. The bank has recently announced its new bancassurance partners both for life (FonSai) and non-life (Aviva). Davide Campari Milano SpA [CPR IM] www.campari.com The Campari Group is a major player in the global beverage sector, trading in over 190 nations around the world with a leading position in the Italian and Brazilian markets and a strong presence in the US, Germany and Switzerland. The Group’s portfolio includes a combination of strong international brands, such as Campari, SKYY Vodka, Cynar and Cinzano and leading local brands, such as CampariSoda, Crodino, Aperol, Cabo Wabo, Glen Grant, Sella & Mosca, Ouzo 12, Riccadonna and Mondoro. Finmeccanica SpA [FNC IM] www.finmeccanica.it Finmeccanica is the main Italian industrial group operating globally in the aerospace, defence and security sectors, and is one of the world's leading groups in the fields of helicopters and defence electronics. It is also the European leader for satellite and space services as well as having considerable know-how and production capacity in the energy and transport fields. Headquartered in Italy and with a vast industrial base in the UK as well as important production facilities in the rest of Europe and in the USA, Finmeccanica has a workforce of more than 58,000 people, and a revenues volume of Euro mil. 12,472. Technology and innovation are the keystones of Finmeccanica's success and competitive edge. For this reason, the Group invests 1.8 billion Euros a year in R&D activities (representing 14% of revenues), making Finmeccanica the leading Italian investor in hi-tech sectors. As far as the core business is concerned, investments amount to 20% of turnover - a percentage that is higher than some of its main competitors. A large part of R&D investment is channelled into dual technology projects, leading to significant advantages in civil applications of considerable strategic importance. To maintain its leadership in hi-tech sectors, Finmeccanica focuses on the value of its human resources, and the laboratories of its subsidiaries are staffed by around 3,000 highly specialized researchers. Generali [G IM] www.generali.com The Generali Group, founded in 1831, is one of the most significant participants in the global insurance and financial products market. With headquarters and its home market in Italy, Assicurazioni Generali is now present in 40 countries, and has been characterised from the outset by a strong international outlook. Having strengthened its position in Western Europe, Generali has consolidated its position among the world’s leading insurance operators, being the 3rd largest European insurer after AXA and Allianz, with significant market shares in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Switzerland and further afield in Israel. The Group has also established its presence in the principal markets of the Far East. In the last decade, the Group has widened its product offerings from only insurance to include the entire range of financial services and asset management. Italcementi [IT IM] www.italcementigroup.com Italcementi Group, with a production capacity of approximately 70 million tons of cement annually, is the fifth largest global cement producer in the world with leadership in the Mediterranean area. With over 22,850 employees, the Group boasts an industrial network of 62 cement plants, 15 grinding centres, 3 terminals, 152 aggregates quarries and 588 concrete batching units. Pirelli RE [PRS IM] www.pirellire.com Pirelli RE, part of Pirelli & C. SpA, is a management company that manages funds and companies that own real estate and non performing loans, in which it invests through minority stakes (Investment & Asset Management business) and to which it provides, like other customers, every kind of specialized real estate service, both directly and through a network of franchised agencies. Pirelli RE is capable of operating on a nationwide basis and it has recently started to expand into Central and Eastern Europe and now has a presence in Germany through DGAG, one of the principal participants on the German market, and in Poland through Pirelli Real Estate, one of the top players in the Polish market. RCS MediaGroup [RCS IM] www.rcsmediagroup.it RCS MediaGroup is a leading integrated publisher that operates in daily newspaper, magazine, books, radio, TV, new media and distribution. It is also one the leading operators in the advertisement sales and distribution markets. 40% of its sales are generated outside of Italy and RCS is one of the major European publishers at an International level, particularly in Spain where, through its associated company Unidad Editorial, it recently purchased the Recoletos publishing group. It has a significant presence in France with a controlling interest in the French publishing group Flammarion; in the UK with GE Fabbri, publisher of partworks in several different international market and in USA with Rizzoli International. The Group owns the 46.87% of Dada, Italian leading provider listed on Italian Stock Exchange specialised in services via mobile and web. Snam Rete Gas SpA [SRG IM] www.snamretegas.it Snam Rete Gas SpA is leader in the transport of natural gas in Italy. For over sixty years it has designed, built and monitored a system of over 30,000 km of natural gas pipelines with 10 compressor stations and 55 management centres. In the next four years Snam Rete Gas will invest over 4 billion euros in the expansion of its transport network capacity in order to be ready to meet growing energy needs. .