Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 3 to 7 July 2017, of no. 38,902 ordinary shares (equal to 0.015% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.5906, for a total amount of Euro 61,876.25.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 27 April 2017 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 317,000 treasury shares, equal to 0.121% of the share capital.

Purchase in detail in the complete pdf of the press release.

This week sees the launch of Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni Enigmistica, the first quiz and games weekly from Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, edited by Aldo Vitali.

The new magazine, which is aimed at all crossword, quiz and games enthusiasts, carried the Sorrisi logo, a brand that is a point of reference in the world of entertainment, and market leader with a readership of 2,372,169 (source: Audipress 2017/I) and a circulation of 559,310 copies (source: Ads April 2017).

The first issue will be on newsstands from Tuesday 4 July, exceptionally a s free gift for readers of Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, Telepiù e Guida Tv, with a total print run of 1 million copies.

The second issue will go on sale, as a stand-alone product, on Tuesday 11 July, with a special launch cover price of €0.50 cents.

“For ages readers have been asking for a magazine featuring crosswords, quizzes and puzzles. This is why we have put together a new weekly that in addition to all of these also retains its link with Sorrisi and the world of entertainment, which is a feature of some of the new games. And with the arrival of the holidays we wanted to offer a gift to all our readers, because there’s nothing better than exercising the mind for relaxing and improving the memory,”  declared the editor of Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni Enigmistica, Aldo Vitali.

With a total of 48 pages in full colour, and a format of 19×23.5 centimetres, which is practical both for the home and outdoors, the magazine will every week feature 100 games: ranging classics such as general-knowledge crosswords, quizzes, sudoku, word-frames, enigmas, and humorous cartoons, as well as new games based on television, music, the cinema: “Telequiz”, “Le canzonissime” and “Ciak si gira”.

A special communication campaign has bee organised for the launch using TV, newspapers, weeklies, radio, the web, point of sale posters and visibility at leading large-scale retail outlets.

The creativity, based on the claim “Il Big Bang dell’Enigmistica, la nuova origine del divertimento intelligente”, was developed by the agency White Label.

Editorial development by Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni Enigmistica and managed by PRS Editore.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 26 to 30 June 2017, of no. 198,098 ordinary shares (equal to 0.076% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.6283, for a total amount of Euro 332,566.59.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 27 April 2017 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN Code IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 278.098 treasury shares, equal to 0.106 % of the share capital.

Purchase in detail in the complete pdf of the press release.