Angelo Moratti S.a.p.a., Gian Marco Moratti, and Massimo Moratti executed with Rosneft JV Projects S.A., an indirect 100% subsidiary of Rosneft, a sale and purchase agreement for the sale to such purchaser of 130,290,883 shares of Saras S.p.A. (representing approximately 13.70% of the issued share capital of Saras S.p.A. and approximately 21.5% of the aggregate stake of the sellers) for a total consideration of Euro 178,498,510. Gian Marco Moratti and Massimo Moratti will sell all of the shares personally held in Saras S.p.A. equal to 6,000,000 each. As a result of the transaction, which will be completed on April 23, 2013, Angelo Moratti S.a.p.a. will retain a controlling stake in Saras S.p.A. equal to approximately 50.02%.

As envisaged in the sale and purchase agreement, and communicated by Rosneft JV Projects S.A., the purchaser has resolved to launch, subject to completion of the sale and purchase, a voluntary, partial, public tender offer for 69,310,933 shares of Saras S.p.A. at a price per share equal to Euro 1.370, which is the same price per share as the sellers’. Pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement Angelo Moratti S.a.p.a. shall not tender its shares in the tender offer, provided that such offer will be carried out upon the above mentioned terms and conditions, in order to allow the remaining shareholders of Saras S.p.A. to sell their Saras shares in the same proportion as the shares to be sold in the aggregate by Angelo Moratti S.a.p.a., Gian Marco Moratti, and Massimo Moratti.

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