I M A Industria Macchine Automatiche S p A : IMA SpA leaves the Milan Stock Exchange after 25 years

IMA SpA leaves the Milan Stock Exchange after 25 years

Today IMA BIDCO S.p.A. has just completed the formalities relating to the squeeze- out procedure with consequent delisting of IMA S.p.A.'s shares as of today.

25 years have passed since the listing which took place in 1995. Alberto Vacchi, IMA's Chairman and CEO, has declared "Today IMA S.p.A. is leaving the Milan Stock Exchange. The takeover bid has been completed successfully, with a residual percentage of shares of 1.8%, an indication that the market thought that the price offered by the majority shareholders was fair. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the players in the market, shareholders both large and small, financial analysts and others, who have followed and endorsed IMA's industrial decisions in recent years. This year, IMA will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its foundation and it has been a listed company for almost half of that period. In my opinion, it has been an instructive and stimulating experience. With its new shareholder BC Partners, though still under the control of the historical group that founded and led it for all these years, IMA will now launch an ambitious project of technological innovation to increase its competitiveness on the world market".

Founded in 1961, IMA is a world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee. The Group has approximately 6,200 employees, of which approximately 2,400 abroad, and has 46 production plants in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, India, Malaysia, China and Argentina. IMA has an extensive sales network consisting of 29 branches with sales and service in Italy, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland, Israel, Russia, the United States, India, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Brazil, representative offices in Central and Eastern European countries and more than 50 agencies covering a total of approximately 80 countries. IMA S.p.A. has been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 1995 and in the STAR segment since 2001. The following industrial companies are part of the Group: Atop S.p.A., Benhil GmbH, Ciemme S.r.l., Co.ma.di.s. S.p.A., Delta Systems & Automation Inc., Eurosicma S.p.A., Eurotekna S.r.l., Ilapak International SA, Ilapak Italia S.p.A., Ilapak (Beijing) Packaging Machinery Co. Ltd., IMA Automation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., IMA Automation Switzerland SA, IMA Automation USA Inc., IMA Life North America Inc., IMA Life (Beijing) Pharmaceutical Systems Co. Ltd., IMA Life (Shanghai) Pharmaceutical Machinery Co. Ltd., IMA MAI S.A., IMA North America Inc., IMA-PGIndia Pvt. Ltd., IMA Swiftpack Ltd., Perfect Pack S.r.l., Petroncini Impianti S.p.A., PharmaSiena Service S.r.l., Record S.p.A., Spreafico Automation S.r.l., Tecmar S.A., Teknoweb Converting S.r.l., Telerobot S.p.A., Tissue Machinery Company S.p.A., Valley Tissue Packaging Inc.

For more information:

Andrea Baldani - Investor Relator - tel. 051 783111 - e-mail:andrea.baldani@ima.it

Maria Antonia Mantovani - Press Office - tel. 051 783283 - e-mail:antonia.mantovani@ima.it www.ima.it(Investor Relations section)

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