PRESS RELEASE January 23, 2013

SERVIZI ITALIA: 10-year contract signed with leading Brazilian hospital for a value of Euro 7.4 million annually Group is three years ahead of the development plan established on the acquisition of Lavsim Higienização Têxtil S.A. last July

Castellina di Soragna, January 23, 2013

"The signing of this important contract - stated Luciano Facchini, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Servizi Italia - allows us to complete the original development plan for the local market three years ahead of that established in July on the acquisition of Lavsim Higienização Têxtil S.A.. Our expectations for the San Paolo and Brazilian market in general have been confirmed by the warm reception to the professionalism and know how of Servizi Italia."
Servizi Italia, a company listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Market, leader in the rental, laundry and sterilisation of textile garments and surgical instruments for hospitals, announces that on January 21, 2013 the Brazilian subsidiary Lavsim Higienização Têxtil S.A. signed a new contract with one of the leading hospitals in the State of San Paolo.
The contract provides for the outsourcing of the laundering of bed linen and staff garments of the various healthcare centres of the client, which is currently managed internally by the hospital board; the contract duration is 10 years with a further 10 years renewable and has an annual overall value of approx. Real 20 million (approx. Euro 7.4 million annually).
The agreement with a hospital noted throughout Brazil for its size and level of excellence is testament to the willingness of healthcare providers in the State of San Paolo to rely on laundry outsourcing and to work with reliable partners who can guarantee a service of the
highest quality.

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The awarding of such a significant contract has enabled Servizi Italia to bring forward the production facility and capacity expansion works for the site at Sao Roque planned over the next three years.

From today this press release is available on the company's website www.si-servizitalia.com.

Servizi Italia S.p.A., with registered office in Castellina di Soragna (PR), listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, is the leading Italian integrated provider of rental, laundry and sterilisation services for medical linen and surgical instruments in hospitals. With a technologically advanced platform of laundry facilities, linen sterilisation centers, surgical instrument sterilisation centers and an extensive number of linen storage facilities, the Company, which together with its Italian and overseas subsidiaries comprises the Servizi Italia Group, primarily deals with public and private healthcare facilities in the Centre/North of Italy and in the State of S. Paolo in Brazil, providing a wide and diversified offer. For further information: Investor Relations Media & Investor Relations Servizi Italia IR Top Giovanni Manti Maria Antonietta Pireddu, Domenico Gentile

Tel: +39 0524598511 Tel. +39 02 45473884/3 investor@si-servizitalia.com ir.servizitalia@irtop.com

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