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At school at Pirelli Bicocca

On 23 April, the Pirelli Foundation once again opened its doors to pupils of the third elementary school Giovanni Battista Pirelli, reserving a very special lesson for them.

After a brief introduction on the history of rubber and its properties, the children were able to learn the key stages of tyre production. From theory to practice: armed with plasticine (strictly black!) and wooden sticks, the pupils let their imagination run wild, designing and creating their own tyre tread patterns…geometric patterns, shapes taken from the world of nature and also a little heart or two. And that’s how the new ‘Fantasia’, ‘DNA’, ‘Rubbery Sky’ and ‘Go’ plus many other tread designs were born.

The morning continued with a visit to the R&D laboratories. Guided by colleagues from the labs, the children discovered all the secrets of the process by which tyre tread patterns are created: from laser tracing to the delicate task of scribbling to then move on to the semi-anechoic room where, in complete silence, they tested the performance of Pirelli tyres.

This course is an integral part of a training programme proposed by the Pirelli Foundation with a view to making the world of the factory and work known to the youngsters, and bring even the smallest of them closer to the values of our company.

Pirelli awarded by Honda

In April, Pirelli received a Merit Certificate from Honda.

The award, which was received by Fernando Ruoppolo, Original Equipament director for Latin America, and Eduardo Celso Fonseca, responsible for Campinas plant, recognized Pirelli for the excellence in car tire products supplied to Honda, in Sumaré.

“This certificate is the recognition of another customer, and shows that the work of Sales, Logistics and Industrial teams is on track, generating highly positive results,” sayscommented Eduardo Celso Fonseca.

Congratulations to everyone for another achievement

PIRELLI: SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 13 MAY 2013 PROPOSED CONFIRMATION OF CARLO SALVATORI AND NOMINATION OF JEAN PAUL FITOUSSI AND LUCA ROVATI AS NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY’S BOARD

With reference the Shareholders’ Meeting of Pirelli & C. SpA called form May 13th, 2013, sole call, to deliberate, among other things, with regard to the “Nomination of three board members and and/or the reduction of the number of Board Members.” (point two of the order of the day ordinary session), it should be noted that today Camfin S.p.A., as a shareholder and member of the Shareholder Agreement of Pirelli & C., announced that it will ask shareholders to confirm Carlo Salvatori as a Board Member (as already proposed by the company’s Board of Directors) and to nominate – in substitution of Mario Greco and Paolo Ferro-Luzzi – Jean Paul Fitoussi (who declared his suitability to qualify as “independent” also in accordance with Borsa Italiana S.p.A’s code of self-regulation) and Luca Rovati.

Their curricula vitae are available on the Company’s website www.pirelli.com in the section dedicated to the Shareholders’ Meeting.

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