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The Board of Directors approves the Financial Statement presentation for Fiscal Year 2009. The proposal to distribute a dividend of 0.35 euros per share, as in 2008, has been confirmed.

15 March 2010


• Consolidated sales revenue: 340.2 million Euros;
• EBITDA: 42.9 million Euros;
• EBIT: 35.9 million Euros;
• Net Income: 16.6 million Euros.

The Board of Directors of Reply S.p.A. – a company listed on the STAR segment of Borsa Italiana [REY.MI] – has approved today the Consolidated Statement FY 2009 that will be submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting for approval. The first convocation of the Shareholders’ Meeting will take place in Turin on April 29th, 2010.

The Reply Group closed FY 2009 with consolidated sales revenue worth 340.2 million Euros, an increase over the 330.2 million Euros reported in 2008.

EBITDA achieved was 42.9 million Euros (46.0 million Euros in 2008) while EBIT achieved was 35.9 million Euros (41.2 million Euros in 2008). Net Income reached 16.6 million Euros (18.9 million Euros in 2008).

Based on the results achieved in 2009, the Board of Directors of Reply has decided to propose, during the next Shareholders’ Meeting, the distribution of a dividend of 0.35 Euros per share, to be paid from June 3rd, 2010, with coupon detachable from May 31st, 2010.

The Reply Group Net Financial Position as of December 31st, 2009 is negative 10.5 million Euros (as of September 30th, 2009 the value was positive 5.6 million Euros), a significant improvement over the 2008 closing-date value of negative 18.6 million Euros.

"At the next Shareholders’ Meeting – said Mario Rizzante, President of Reply – we will be presenting the results of a financially-solid industry leader, strongly oriented towards innovation, which, in a difficult market, has been able to demonstrate the ability to create value and to increase our market share through a unique offering centred on new technologies".

"Therefore, – continued Mario Rizzante – in line with our policy of creating value for Shareholders and the market, we have decided to reward our investors with a dividend of 0.35 Euros per share, similar to the dividend of 2008".

"In 2009, - concluded Mario Rizzante - in an economic environment that has led companies to significantly reduce investment, the Group has continued its pattern of growth. We have invested in new market segments such as Cloud Computing and Machine to Machine, while continuing the development and consolidation of our offering in strategic areas such as CRM, Business Intelligence, Digital Communication and Value Added Services for Media".

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