Milan, 14 March 2012. With reference to Prysmian S.p.A. Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting, convened with notice dated March 8th, and scheduled on April 18th 2012, in single call, Prysmian informs that the Company's Board of Directors, as already announced by press release published on March 7th, has filed with the Company's registered office the following slate of candidates for the appointment of the new Board of Directors:

  1. Giulio Del Ninno (independent),
  2. Claudio De Conto (independent),
  3. Massimo Tononi (independent),
  4. Valerio Battista,
  5. Pier Francesco Facchini,
  6. Fabio Ignazio Romeo,
  7. Frank Franciscus Dorjee,
  8. Friedrich Wilhelm Froehlich (independent),
  9. Maria Elena Cappello (independent),
  10. Enrico Albizzati (independent),
  11. Marco Spadacini (independent).

Relevant documentation is available from the Company's registered office (Viale Sarca 222 - 20126 Milan), from Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and on the Company's website at www.prysmiangroup.com

Prysmian Group
Prysmian Group is world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry. With sales of some €8 billion in 2011, 22,000 employees across 50 countries and 97 plants, the Group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and provides the widest range of products, services, technologies and know-how. In the Energy sector, Prysmian Group operates in the business of underground and submarine power transmission cables and systems, special cables for applications in many different industrial sectors and medium and low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure industry. In the Telecom sector, the Group manufactures cables and accessories for the voice, video and data transmission industry, offering a complete range of optical fibres, optical and copper cables and connectivity systems..

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