MARR: the Board of Directors approves the draft financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

2009 closed with an increase in revenues and an improvement in operating profits:

Total consolidated revenues of 1,138.4 million Euros (+2.6%)
Consolidated EBITDA of 73.8 million Euros (+3.9%)

Consolidated net profit of 38.5 million Euros (+20.7%)
Proposed gross dividend of 0.46 Euros per share (+7.0%)

Rimini, 8 March 2010

The Board of Directors of MARR S.p.A. (Milan: MARR.MI), the leading company in Italy in the distribution of food products to the foodservice, today approved the consolidated financial statements and the draft of the MARR S.p.A. financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2009, that will be submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting on 23 April.

Main consolidated results for the 2009 business year

In 2009 total consolidated revenues reached 1,138.4 million Euros, an increase of 2.6% compared to 1,109.3 million Euros in 2008.
The operating profits improved, with an EBITDA of 73.8 million Euros (+3.9% compared to 71.1million Euros in 2008), reaching an incidence of 6.5% on the total revenues (6.4% in 2008) and EBIT of 63.2 million Euros (+3.8% compared to 60.9 million Euros in 2008).

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