AAP Alpha Airports

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Autogrill SpA
02 July 2007

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM CANADA, AUSTRALIA, OR JAPAN OR ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS IN THAT
JURISDICTION

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT

30 June 2007


RECOMMENDED MANDATORY CASH OFFER BY AUTOGRILL S.P.A ("AUTOGRILL") FOR THE ENTIRE
ISSUED AND TO BE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OF ALPHA AIRPORTS GROUP PLC ("ALPHA
AIRPORTS") NOT ALREADY OWNED BY AUTOGRILL (THE "OFFER")


OFFER DOCUMENT POSTED


Further to the announcements made on 4 June 2007 and 8 June 2007, Autogrill
announces that the offer document (the "Offer Document") containing the full
terms of the Offer has been posted to Alpha Airports Shareholders today together
with the Form of Acceptance.

If you hold Alpha Airports Shares in certificated form, to accept the Offer, you
should complete, sign and return the Form of Acceptance, which accompanies your
Offer Document, in accordance with the instructions thereon and set out in the
Offer Document as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by
Lloyds TSB Registrars by no later than 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 23 July 2007.


If you hold Alpha Airports Shares in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST), to
accept the Offer you should accept the Offer electronically through CREST in
accordance with the instructions set out in the Offer Document so that the TTE
Instruction settles as soon as possible and, in any event, by no later than 3.00
p.m. (London time) on 23 July 2007. If you hold Alpha Airports Shares as a CREST
sponsored member, you should refer to your CREST sponsor as only your CREST
sponsor will be able to send the necessary TTE Instruction to CREST.


Copies of the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance are available for
inspection (during normal business hours on any Business Day) at the offices of
Bryan Cave, 33 Cannon Street, London EC4M 5TE throughout the period during which
the Offer remains open for acceptance. The Offer Document will also be available
on Autogrill's website and on Alpha Airports' website.

Terms used in this announcement have the same meaning given to them in the Offer
Document.



Autogrill
Patrizia Rutigliano (Director of Group Communication)      Tel: +39 02 4826 3224
Elisabetta Cugnasca (Investor Relations Manager)           Tel: +39 02 4826 3246

UBS Investment Bank (Financial adviser to Autogrill)
Pierpaolo di Stefano                                       Tel: +44 20 7568 0000
Mario Fera



The directors of Autogrill accept responsibility for the information contained
in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors
of Autogrill, who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the
case, the information contained in this announcement for which they are
responsible is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to
affect the import of such information.


UBS, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Autogrill and no one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Autogrill for providing the protections afforded to its customers or for
providing advice in relation to the Offer, the contents of this announcement or
any transaction or arrangement referred to herein.


This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute, or form any part
of, any offer to sell or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe
for any securities or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any
jurisdiction.  Any acceptance or other response to the Offer should be made only
on the basis of the information contained in the Offer Document and, in the case
of holders of Alpha Airports Shares in certificated form, the Form of
Acceptance.  The laws of relevant jurisdictions may affect the availability of
the Offer to persons not resident in the United Kingdom.  Persons who are not
resident in the United Kingdom, or who are subject to the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, should inform themselves about and
observe any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of their jurisdiction.


The Offer is not being and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into,
or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including,
without limitation, by means of telephone, facsimile, telex, the internet or
other forms of electronic communication) of interstate or foreign commerce of,
or any facilities of a securities exchange of, any Restricted Jurisdiction if to
do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction,
and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means,
instrumentality or facility or from or within any Restricted Jurisdiction.
Accordingly, copies of this announcement, the Offer Document, the Form of
Acceptance and any other related documents are not being, and must not be,
directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into any
such Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving such documents (including
custodians, nominees and trustees) must not distribute or send them in, into or
from such jurisdiction as doing so may make invalid any purported acceptance of
the Offer by persons in any such jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Autogrill retains the right to permit the Offer to be made and/or accepted, and
any sale of securities pursuant to the Offer to be completed if, at its sole
discretion, it is satisfied that the transaction in question can be undertaken
in compliance with applicable law and regulation.


The offer is made in the United States pursuant to an exemption from the US
tender offer rules provided under Rule 14d-1(c) of the US Exchange Act.


Autogrill or members of the Autogrill Group may purchase Alpha Airports Shares
otherwise than under the Offer, such as in open market or privately negotiated
purchases. Such purchases shall comply with the applicable laws of the UK as
well as the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and the City Code.


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