Treviso, January 19, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

De' LONGHI SpA: preliminary revenues 2011.

The De' Longhi Group achieved consolidated revenues of about € 1,800 million in 2011, with a growth of about 10.8%; in the fourth quarter, revenues were growing by around 10.3% to about € 614 million.

The De' Longhi Group achieved consolidated revenues of about € 1,800 million, with a growth of about 10.8%, in line with the company's guidelines.
Both divisions, Household (*) and Professional, were growing, by about 11.3% and 8.8%
respectively.
Despite the slowdown of the European market of small domestic appliances in the last months of the year, the fourth quarter showed a good recovery of the revenues' trend, if compared to the third quarter, thanks to the strength of the product mix and the protection offered by the geographic diversification: revenues grew by about 10.3% vs. the previous year, from € 556 to about € 614 million.
Furthermore, the fourth quarter was more favourable to the Household (*) division (growing by
about 12.5%) than to the Professional one, whose revenues were substantially aligned with those of the previous year.

(*) comprising also the "Corporate" division.

Declaration of the manager responsible for the company's accounts.

The manager responsible for the preparation of the company's accounts, Stefano Biella, hereby declares, as per article 154 bis, paragraph 2, of the "Testo Unico della Finanza", that all information related to the company's accounts contained in this press release are fairly representing the accounts and the books of the company.

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