Appointment of the new Ceo, Chairman and members of Board Committees

Monday, February 6, 2023 - 14:05

Milan, February 6, 2023 – Following the resolutions of January 30, 2023, announced to the market on the same date, the Board of Directors of Autogrill S.p.A. (Milan: AGL IM) met again today and acknowledged that, following the completion of the transfer to Dufry AG (“Dufry”) of the stake previously held by Edizione S.p.A. (through Schema Beta S.p.A.) on February 3 in the share capital of Autogrill (“Transfer”), the appointment of the new directors Bruno Chiomento, Francisco Javier Gavilan, Nicolas Girotto, Marella Moretti, Emanuela Trentin and Xavier Rossinyol Espel has become effective on the same date.

As a consequence of the above, the Board of Directors of the Company is composed of 11 independent directors (Ernesto Albanese, Rosalba Casiraghi, Francesco Umile Chiappetta, Bruno Chiomento, Barbara Cominelli, Manuela Franchi, Francisco Javier Gavilan, Nicolas Girotto, Marella Moretti, Maria Pierdicchi, Emanuela Trentin) and 2 non independent members (Xavier Rossinyol Espel and Paolo Roverato).

The Board has appointed Paolo Roverato as Chief Executive Officer and Bruno Chiomento as independent Chairman of Autogrill.

Bruno Chiomento has been appointed as a member of the Control, Risks and Corporate Governance Committee, of the Human Resources Committee and of the Related Parties Transactions Committee. Marella Moretti has been appointed as Chairwoman of the Human Resources Committee. Xavier Rossinyol has been appointed as Chairman of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee.

The Control, Risks and Corporate Governance Committee is now composed as follows: Rosalba Casiraghi (Chairwoman), Francesco Umile Chiappetta and Bruno Chiomento.

The Related Parties Transactions Committee is now composed as follows: Francesco Umile Chiappetta (Coordinator), Ernesto Albanese and Bruno Chiomento.

The Human Resources Committee is now composed as follows: Marella Moretti (Chairwoman); Bruno Chiomento and Maria Pierdicchi.

The Strategy and Sustainability Committee is now composed as follows: Xavier Rossinyol (Chairman), Ernesto Albanese and Barbara Cominelli.

Lastly, the Board of Directors acknowledged that – starting from the completion of the Transfer - Dufry exercises direction and coordination activity pursuant to Article 2497 et seq. of the Italian Civil Code over Autogrill and therefore, with the favorable opinion of the Related Parties Transactions Committee, has resolved to modify accordingly the Procedure on Related Parties Transactions.