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JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB S.p.A. (incorporated in the Republic of Italy as a public limited liability company) €175,000,000 3.375 per cent. Notes due 19 February 2024 Issue price: 99.436 per cent. The €175,000,000 3.375 per cent. Notes due 19 February 2024 (the Notes) are issued by Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (the Issuer or Juventus). Interest on the Notes is payable annually in arrears on 19 February in each year at the rate of 3.375 per cent. per annum, as described in Condition 4. Unless previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled, the Issuer will redeem the Notes at their principal amount on 19 February 2024 (the Maturity Date). The Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at their principal amount, together with accrued interest, at the option of the Issuer at any time in the event of certain changes affecting taxes of the Republic of Italy. Noteholders may require the Issuer to redeem their Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as described in Condition 6(3). The Issuer may also, at its option, from (and including) 19 November 2023 to (but excluding) the Maturity Date, redeem all (but not some only) of the outstanding Notes at their principal amount, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon (see Condition 6(4)). Furthermore, the Issuer may, at its option and at any time from the Issue Date to (but excluding) 19 November 2023, redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at the Optional Redemption Amount (see Condition 6(5)). Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange plc trading as Euronext Dublin (Euronext Dublin) for the approval of this document as Listing Particulars. Application has also been made to Euronext Dublin for the Notes to be admitted to the official list (the Official List) and to trading on the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin. The Global Exchange Market is not a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, MiFID II). References in these Listing Particulars to the Notes being listed (and all related references) shall mean that the Notes have been admitted to trading on the Global Exchange Market. The Notes will be issued in new global note (NGN) form and are intended to constitute eligible collateral for the Eurosystem monetary policy, provided the other eligibility criteria are met. The Notes will be in bearer form and will initially be represented by a temporary global note (the Temporary Global Note), without interest coupons, which will be deposited on or prior to 19 February 2019 (the Closing Date and the Issue Date) with a common safekeeper for Euroclear Bank SA/NV (Euroclear) and Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream, Luxembourg). Interests in the Temporary Global Note will be exchangeable for interests in a permanent global note (the Permanent Global Note and, together with the Temporary Global Note, the Global Notes), without interest coupons, on or after a date which is expected to be 31 March 2019 (the Exchange Date), upon certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership. Interests in the Permanent Global Note will be exchangeable for definitive Notes only in certain limited circumstances (see “Overview of Provisions relating to the Notes while represented by the Global Notes”). An investment in Notes involves certain risks. Prospective investors should have regard to the factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 10. 1 Lead Manager Morgan Stanley Co-Lead Manager UBI Banca The date of these Listing Particulars is 15 February 2019. 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Listing Particulars. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in these Listing Particulars is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. In addition, the Issuer, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirms that these Listing Particulars contain or incorporate all material information with respect to the Issuer and the Notes (including all information which, according to the particular nature of the Issuer and of the Notes, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits and losses and prospects of the Issuer and of the rights attaching to the Notes), that the information contained or incorporated by reference in these Listing Particulars is true and accurate in all material respects and is not misleading, that the opinions and intentions expressed in these Listing Particulars are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which would make these Listing Particulars or any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions misleading. The Issuer accepts responsibility accordingly. These Listing Particulars are to be read in conjunction with all documents which are deemed to be incorporated herein by reference (see “Documents Incorporated by Reference”). These Listing Particulars shall be read and construed on the basis that such documents are incorporated by reference in, and form part of, these Listing Particulars. No person is or has been authorised by the Issuer or the Managers (as defined in “Subscription and Sale”) to give any information or to make any representation not contained in or not consistent with these Listing Particulars and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuer. Neither the delivery of these Listing Particulars nor the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes shall in any circumstances imply that the information contained herein concerning the Issuer is correct at any time subsequent to the date hereof or that any other information supplied in connection with the offering of the Notes is correct as of any time subsequent to the date indicated in the document containing the same. The Managers expressly do not undertake to review the financial condition or affairs of the Issuer during the life of the Notes or to advise any investor in the Notes of any information coming to their attention. This document does not constitute an offer of, or an invitation by, or on behalf of, the Issuer or the Managers to subscribe for, or purchase, any of the Notes. Neither these Listing Particulars nor any other information supplied in connection with the offering of the Notes constitutes an offer to sell, and may not be used for the purpose of an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the Notes by anyone in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such an offer or solicitation is not authorised or is unlawful. In particular, no action has been taken by the Issuer or the Managers which would permit a public offering of any Notes or distribution of these Listing Particulars in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, no Notes may be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither these Listing Particulars nor any advertisement or other offering material may be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Persons into whose possession these Listing Particulars or any Notes may come must inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions on the distribution of these Listing Particulars and the offering and sale of Notes. In particular, there are restrictions on the distribution of these Listing Particulars and the offer or sale of Notes in the United States and the European Economic Area (including the United Kingdom and the Republic of Italy) (see “Subscription and Sale”). Save for the Issuer, no other party has separately verified the information contained herein. Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made and no responsibility or liability is accepted by the Managers as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in these Listing 3 Particulars or any other information provided by the Issuer in connection with the Notes or their distribution. The Managers accept no liability in relation to the information contained or incorporated by reference in these Listing Particulars or any other information by the Issuer. Neither these Listing Particulars nor any other information supplied in connection with the offering of the Notes (a) is intended to provide the basis of any credit or other evaluation or (b) should be considered as a recommendation by the Issuer or the Managers that any recipient of these Listing Particulars or any other information supplied in connection with the offering of the Notes should purchase the Notes. Each investor contemplating purchasing the Notes should make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs, and its own appraisal of the creditworthiness, of the Issuer. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to U.S. persons. For a further description of certain restrictions on the offering and sale of the Notes and on the distribution of this document, see “Subscription and Sale”. 4 PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION Certain Defined Terms and Conventions Capitalised terms which are used but not defined in any particular section of these Listing Particulars will have the meaning attributed to them in “Conditions of the Notes” or any other section of these Listing Particulars. In addition, in these Listing Particulars: all references to U.S.