Milan, 21 January 2009 - Further to the approval of a plan to merge on 15th October 2008, today’s meeting of the board of directors of Autogrill S.p.A. (Milan: AGL IM) (“Autogrill”) and an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of its wholly owned subsidiary Autogrill International S.p.A. (“Autogrill International”) adopted merger decisions pursuant to art. 2502, Italian Civil Code, thereby approving the merger of Autogrill International into Autogrill (the “Merger”).