Press Release: Board of Directors: Results at 30 June 2023 Approved

In the first half, consolidated revenue amounted to € 439.2 million (€ 445.7 million in 1° half 2022), with advertising revenue up by 2.5%. EBITDA and EBIT came to € 70.5 and € 44.9 million, up from 2022 (€ 60.6 and € 35.8 million in 1° half 2022). Net profit amounted to € 30.3 million (€ 24.2 million in 1° half 2022). At end June, the Group’s newspapers reached an active digital customer base of 939 thousand subscriptions, 535 thousand for Corriere della Sera, Italy’s leading newspaper on newsstands, 211 thousand for Gazzetta, 123 thousand for El Mundo, and 70 thousand for Expansión. RCS retains its position as the leading online publisher in Italy, with an aggregate figure of 32.3 million average monthly unique users (Audicom May 2023).