CVC Capital Partners announced today that has agreed to acquire a 100% equity stake in Italian gaming and payments operator, Sisal Group S.p.A.

Sisal Group S.p.A. (formerly Sisal Holding Istituto di Pagamento S.p.A.) as issuer of the 275,000,000 7.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the "Issuer") hereby informs that Mr. Maurizio Cereda and Mr. Giuseppe Farchione were appointed by the Board of Directors as new directors of the Issuer on 5 May 2015 to substitute respectively Mrs. Mia Rinetti and Mr. Roberto Gavazzi.

Sisal Group announces that Mr Mario Corti resigned from its Board of Directors, effective 1 January 2015.

Sisal Entertainment S.p.A., Società del Gruppo Sisal, annuncia di aver acquistato la partecipazione pari al 100% del capitale di ACME S.r.l.. La Società, con sede a Santorso in provincia di Vicenza, dal 2005 opera con successo nel mercato della progettazione, realizzazione, produzione e manutenzione di apparecchi da gioco.

Sisal SpA , Sisal Entertainment SpA and other Slot Concessionaires, filed a tax ruling to the Central Office of the Revenues Agency.

Further to the press release published on October 16, 2013 and with reference to the request filed by Sisal S.p.A . ("Sisal"), a company of the Sisal Group,for the settlement of the case mentioned therein pursuant to Law Decree no. 102/2013, on October 29, 2013, Law Decree no. 102/2013 was converted into law with amendments allowing also a settlement by paying a mini mum amount equal to 20% of the amount payable under the Court of Auditors' (Corte dei Conti) first instance rulings, provided that the settlement request is submitted together with the payment of the settlement amount before November 4, 2013 and that the settlement request is approved by Court of Auditors.

Sisal announced it has completed the acquisition of Merkur Interactive S.p.A. betting business, consisting of 104 sport betting rights. As a result of this transaction, Sisal acquired 75 retail sport betting stores and 29 rights to perform sport betting activities in retail shops.