Gtech board approves 0.75 euro per share interim divend for january 2015

The dividend is payable to all outstanding shares, including those currently being offered to shareholders through January 9, 2015, resulting from the exercise of cash exit rights. Shareholders who validly exercised their cash exit rights are not entitled to receive the dividend. GTECH’s Board of Directors, chaired by Mr. Lorenzo Pellicioli, resolved today to distribute the interim dividend, with ex-date, record date and payment date of January 19, 20 and 21, 2015, respectively (coupon number 12). The Board resolution is based on GTECH’s stand-alone financial statements as of November 30, 2014, as well the statutory audit firm’s report. As of November 30, 2014, GTECH reported year-to-date net profit of €227 million, total equity and liabilities of €5,587 million. GTECH’s stand- alone financial statements as of November 30, 2014, along with the reports by the Directors and the statutory audit firm, are available at the Company’s registered office and shareholders may request them by email to ir@gtech.com. The distribution was agreed to by International Game Technology (“IGT”), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 15, 2014, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which GTECH will acquire IGT. The parties have agreed that such dividend should be paid on or after January 15, 2015, in lieu of the ordinary course dividends that may otherwise be paid by GTECH in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The parties have further agreed that if GTECH declares and pays such dividend, GTECH shall not pay any other dividend to its shareholders prior to the closing of the transaction (or the earlier termination of the Merger Agreement). In addition, GTECH today executed the announced transfers to its fully owned Italian subsidiary, Lottomatica Holding S.r.l., of its entire holdings in Lottomatica Italia Servizi S.p.A. (100%), Sed Multitel S.r.l. (100%), and Lottomatica Scommesse S.r.l. (100%), by way of in-kind contributions, as well as of Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. (64%) and Lottomatica Videolot Rete S.p.A. (100%), by way of sale and purchase agreements, effective December 31, 2014. The capital increases of Lottomatica Holding S.r.l. serving the in-kind contributions and the stock purchases consideration were set forth based on appraisals by an independent expert and amounted to €908 million and €1,442 million, respectively. The above related-party transactions are exempted from the application of CONSOB regulation no. 17221 of March 12, 2010, governing related-party transactions, as enforced by GTECH through its charter available at www.gtech.com since no significant interests of other related parties exist. According to such transactions fall within the ones defined as of greater importance.