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October 02, 2014
Investment agreement with strategic australian investor

On October 1st Retelit S.p.A. (“Retelit” or the “Company”) signed an investment agreement with KBC Telco Infrastructure Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keybridge Capital Limited (“Keybridge”), a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), and experienced international investor in infrastructure, to issue convertible bonds and non-transferrable warrants to subscribe for common shares in Retelit. The Company will use the funds to pursue its expansion activities both domestically and internationally.

Issuance to the Investor of up to Euro 20 Million in convertible bonds, convertible into Retelit’s common shares only for an amount up to 50% of the bonds issued, maturing in 4 years, with a nominal value of Euro 1,00. The bonds will pay an interest rate of 8% per annum.

press release: www.retelit.it/EN/Investors/corporate.../press_releases.aspx

Retelit is one of the leading Italian providers of data services and infrastructure for the telecommunications market, listed since 2000 on the Milan Stock Exchange.
The company owns a proprietary optical fiber network which stretches over more than 7,600 kilometres and connects 8 Metropolitan Networks and 18 Data Centers across Italy. This important infrastructure enables access to dedicated broadband and ultra-broadband data transmission services, the creation of private IP and Ethernet networks, and the provision of Internet connectivity.
These valuable assets make Retelit an ideal technology/infrastructure partner: a leading-edge range of products provide connectivity and technology solutions for cloud computing and virtualisation services.
The well-equipped and secure Retelit Data Centers, covering over 16,000 square metres in total, are connected via optical fiber cable and offer complete outsourcing Data Center functions and guarantee all disaster recovery and business continuity needs.
Retelit obtained UNI CEI ISO/IEC 27001:2006 certification for the Group companies and for its Milan, Bergamo, Bologna and Rome Data Centers, achieving compliance with the standard for its information security management system. This is in addition to the UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 quality certification.