PRESS RELEASE

pursuant to Consob Resolution 11971/99 and subsequent amendments

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

Rome, January, 20 2016 - Pursuant to the resolution passed at the Shareholders' Meeting of 23rd April 2015, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. announces that, between January 11, 2016 and January 15, 2016, it acquired 84,000 of its own shares at an average price of 0.8943 euros per share, for a total of about 75,000 euros.

Details of the transactions on a daily basis:

Date

Number of shares
purchased

Average price
(euros)

Equivalent
(euros)

January 14, 2016

40,000

0.9076

36,303

January 15, 2016

44,000

0.8823

38,819

Total

84,000

0.8943

75,122

Having made these purchases, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is now holding a total of 21,092,120 of its own shares, equal to approximately 5.119% of its share capital.

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