CASTA DIVA GROUP IS THE 13TH INNOVATIVE PMI QUOTED ON AIM ITALIA

June 13, 2017

Casta Diva Group (CDG:IM), a multinational company operating in the communication sector listed on AIM Italia, announces that it has obtained the qualification of INNOVATIVE SME from the Chamber of Commerce of Milan.

Luca Oddo and Andrea De Micheli, respectively President and CEO of Casta Diva Group: “The innovation of products and processes has always been in our entrepreneurial DNA. We are therefore particularly pleased that today we have been recognised that status. We also believe that obtaining the qualification of innovative SME is an important step for those who will choose to invest in our Group to support its development, also with the aim of further strengthening the competitive edge in digital communication”.

Casta Diva Group is the 13th Innovative SME listed on AIM Italia.

The 2017 Stability Law introduced important tax breaks for investors which, as they can be combined with the benefit of PIR (Individual Savings Plans), make investment in innovative SMEs listed on AIM Italia more attractive:

• natural persons: deduction for the purposes of income tax of 30% of the amount invested; the maximum investment deductible in each tax period is Euro 1 million (corresponding to a maximum annual deduction of Euro 300 thousand);
• legal persons: deduction for the purposes of corporate income tax of 30% of the amount invested; the maximum investment deductible in each tax period of Euro 1.8 million (corresponding to a maximum annual deduction of Euro 540 thousand).

Tax concessions are provided for investments in IPOs and subsequent capital increases (also made through the exercise of warrants and/or convertible bonds); they are not considered in the case of purchasing stock on the market.