The Mondadori Group has announced that Emilio Gatto, already a Substitute Statutory Auditor on the Board of Statutory Auditors of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., will assume the role of Standing Auditor of the Company. Gatto will take over from Ezio Simonelli, who resigned today as Standing Auditor.

Simonelli explained this decision in relation to his appointment, on 20 December 2024, as President of the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A, which led him to renounce the positions held in companies related to the Fininvest Group, since the group owns Monza Calcio.

Emilio Gatto as Standing Auditor of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. complies with the Bylaws and the provisions set out by Article 148, subsection 1-bis of Italian Legislative Decree 58/1998 on gender balance in the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors.

Gatto belongs to the same slate, submitted by the majority shareholder Fininvest S.p.A. to the Shareholders’ Meeting on 24 April, from which the resigning standing auditor had been taken.

As part of such slate, the curriculum of Emilio Gatto can be viewed at www.gruppomondadori.it, under the section Governance/Shareholders’ Meeting/Meeting archive 24 April 2024.

The Mondadori Group would like to thank Ezio Simonelli for his valuable contribution, expertise, and professionalism shown in his role as Standing Auditor.