Following the decision of the Extraordinary General Assembly of Shareholders of February 8, 2005 for the purchase of treasury shares and in accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors of January 10, 2006 for the purchase of up to 450.000 treasury shares between January 13, 2006 and February 8, 2006, it is announced that the Company, making use of the option provided by the Article 5.3 of the EU Regulation 2273/2003, intends to purchase treasury shares up to 50% (instead of 25%) of the daily trading volume.