Autogrill will manage a network of about 80 Esso service stations in Italy

Milan , 09 March 2010 - Autogrill S.p.A. (Milan: AGL IM) and Esso Italiana announce today that they have reached an agreement under which Nuova Sidap (an Autogrill Group company) will take over the management of a network of service stations operated to date by Se.Stra. - Servizi Stradali (an Esso Group company). The agreement will cover around 80 service stations that will remain property of Esso and will display the Esso brand for the “oil” sales and the Autogrill brand for the "non-oil" sales.