BolognaFiere lists on the professional segment of Euronext Growth Milan

• 30^thlisting of 2023 on Euronext Growth Milan

• 59^th listing on Euronext in 2023

• Total placement volume of the offering equal to €15 million

Milan – 20 December 2023 – Borsa Italiana, part of the Euronext Group, today congratulates BolognaFiere on its listing on the professional segment of Euronext Growth Milan.

The company is among the leading players in the international exhibition business, and covers all stages of the organisational chain, including exhibition organisation, venue management, set-up and architecture. It operates in more than 15 countries, in Europe, Asia and America, organising more than 100 events each year.

BolognaFiere represents the 30^th listing on Borsa Italiana’s market dedicated to small and medium-sized companies and it is the 59^th listing of the year on Euronext.

In the placement phase BolognaFiere raised €15 million. The free float at the time of admission is 32.14% and the market capitalisation at IPO is €243.5 million.

Gianpiero Calzolari, Chairman of BolognaFiere, commented: “Today we reach an ambitious goal that will further enhance our international competitive position. Our listing on the professional segment of Euronext Growth Milan represents the conclusion of a challenging process, but also the beginning of a new phase in the Group’s growth path. We will face it with an active, constant, and transparent approach towards the financial community to make BolognaFiere’s values, ideas and vision known. This result has been made possible first and foremost thanks to our current public and private shareholders: they have believed and invested in our industrial plan whose core activity lies in the expansion and modernisation of the Bologna exhibition district, the enrichment of our exhibition portfolio, and in international business development with the geocloning of our main events organised worldwide. Finally, we would like to thank also Informa Group Plc which we consider an irreplaceable industrial partner as well as a shareholder.”

Caption: Gianpiero Calzolari, Chairman of BolognaFiere, rang the bell during the market open ceremony this morning to celebrate the listing of the company.

BolognaFiere S.p.A. 

BolognaFiere S.p.A. is among the leading international exhibition operators. The Group covers all stages of the value chain (exhibition organisation, venue management, set-up & architecture), operates in more than 15 countries located in 3 continents (Europe, Asia and America) and organises more than 100 exhibition events every year. In 2005, it was the first Italian exhibition operator to open an office in China where it now employs about 60 people. It is the first operator in Italy in terms of share of turnover and events organised abroad, is a world leader in the Cosmetics sector with the Cosmoprof brand and in the Italian exhibition market with the brands under Henoto S.p.A., and organizes the most important international children's publishing fair, the Bologna Children's Book Fair. In Italy, the Group operates in four exhibition-congress districts: Bologna, Modena, Ferrara and, in the role of industrial partner with a 15 percent stake in Nuova Fiera del Levante S.r.l., Bari.

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