MTS S.p.A. Shareholders Elect New 16-Member Supervisory Board

MTS S.p.A. is pleased to announce the election of a new 16-member Supervisory Board by the Company’s shareholders. The reconstitution of the Supervisory Board follows the purchase, earlier this year, of a majority interest in MTS’s equity by MBE Holding, the joint venture company owned by Euronext (51%) and Borsa Italiana (49%).

The new Supervisory Board will comprise the following persons who have been elected as Members for a three-year term: Ernesto Monti, Chairman (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali - LUISS), Ignazio Angeloni (Ministry of the Economy and Finance of Italy), Jean-François Théodore (Euronext), Olivier Lefèbvre (Euronext), Serge Harry (Euronext), Massimo Capuano (Borsa Italiana), Raffaele Jerusalmi (Borsa Italiana), Paolo Ciccarelli (Borsa Italiana), Frédéric Janbon (BNP Paribas), Giovanni Mazzocchi (Barclays), Fawzi Kyriakos-Saad (J.P. Morgan), Michelle Neal (RBOS), Jean-Pierre Soto (Calyon), Didier Descamps (HSBC), Patrik Olsson (ABN Amro) and Mario Quarti (consultant).>p> MBE Holding, the joint venture between Euronext and Borsa Italiana, purchased 60.37% of MTS’s shares in January 2006. The remaining shares are owned by 27 international banking groups.