Sisal S.p.A.

11/05/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/05/2021 08:41

Sisal: completata l'operazione di riorganizzazione societaria. Resa autonoma l'attività del settore gaming e razionalizzata la catena di controllo. Sottoscritti il 5 novembre[...]

Milano, 05 novembre 2021

È stato sottoscritto in data 5 novembre 2021 l'atto di scissione di Sisal S.p.A. ("Sisal" o la "Società"), in favore della società di nuova costituzione SG2 S.p.A., costituita per effetto della scissione, alla quale è stata trasferita la partecipazione azionaria pari al 70% in Mooney Group S.p.A. (già SisalPay S.p.A.).

Si è pertanto completata l'operazione di riorganizzazione societaria volta a rimodulare e razionalizzare le attività di Sisal (già Sisal Group S.p.A.), rendendo autonome le attività relative al settore gaming dalle attività relative al settore dei servizi di pagamento, dato atto che la partecipazione in Mooney Group S.p.A. non farà più parte del perimetro di Sisal.

Inoltre, in data 5 novembre 2021 è stato sottoscritto l'atto di scissione parziale della controllata Sisal Lottery Italia S.p.A..

Si perfeziona così l'operazione di riorganizzazione societaria - approvata dalle Assemblee dei soci di Sisal S.p.A. e di Sisal Lottery Italia S.p.A. in data 28 luglio 2021 - finalizzata alla razionalizzazione e riorganizzazione della catena di controllo di Sisal S.p.A., mediante il trasferimento delle partecipazioni azionarie detenute da Sisal Lottery Italia S.p.A. nelle società da essa controllate.

In base alle informazioni finanziarie consolidate di Sisal S.p.A., calcolate al netto della partecipazione in Mooney Group S.p.A. uscita dal perimetro per effetto della scissione di Sisal S.p.A., nel 2019 la Società ha realizzato ricavi totali per 654,8 milioni di euro e un EBITDA di 200,6 milioni, mentre nel 2020, esercizio fortemente impattato dalle misure restrittive volte al contenimento dell'emergenza sanitaria da Covid-19, i ricavi totali sono stati pari a 523,8 milioni di euro e l'EBITDA pari a 176,3 milioni. Nel primo semestre 2021, Sisal ha registrato ricavi totali consolidati pari a 263,6 milioni di euro (+26,2% rispetto al primo semestre 2020) e un EBITDA consolidato di 99,5 milioni di euro (+49,2%).

La Posizione Finanziaria Netta (PFN) al 30 giugno 2021 è pari a 192,9 milioni di euro, in miglioramento rispetto ai 202,3 milioni al 31 dicembre 2020.

Latham & Watkins ha assistito la Società per tutti gli aspetti legali mentre lo Studio Legale Tributario Facchini Rossi Michelutti ha seguito gli aspetti fiscali. La società incaricata della revisione legale dei conti di Sisal è PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Sisal è uno dei principali operatori internazionali nel settore del gioco regolamentato ed è attualmente attiva in Italia, Marocco, Spagna e Turchia, con un'offerta che comprende lotterie, scommesse, giochi online e apparecchi da intrattenimento. La Società opera a livello internazionale nel canale retail attraverso una rete di oltre 51.000 punti vendita, e su quello online con 1,8 milioni di consumatori.

La strategia di Sisal poggia su tre pilastri: la sostenibilità, con un impegno costante sullo sviluppo del programma di Gioco Responsabile e attraverso l'offerta di un modello di intrattenimento sicuro e trasparente - l'innovazione digitale, grazie alla piattaforma di gioco all'avanguardia orientata all'omnicanalità e alle competenze per lo sviluppo in-house di software e applicazioni per cogliere le opportunità della transizione digitale - l'internazionalizzazione, con l'obiettivo di aggiudicarsi gare per nuove concessioni all'estero sulla base della solida expertise maturata.

Per informazioni:
Sisal Comunicazione | [email protected]
Sisal Investor Relations | [email protected]
www.sisal.com

Barabino&Partners:
Massimiliano Parboni
Tel. 06/679.29.29
[email protected]
Francesco Faenza
Tel.: + 39 345 83 16 045
[email protected]

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