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During the year, at an event entitled
“Competing in the world with our head
and heart in Milan”, Prysmian presented
plans for the construction of the Group’s
new headquarters in the Bicocca area of
Milan.
The building has been designed in
accordance with the most innovative
architectural criteria, paying the
greatest attention to energy efficiency
and sustainability. With a surface area
of 22,000 sq.m., the headquarters will
be home to about 700 persons and have
operating costs that are about 50%
lower than current levels.
The complex will comprise four separate
blocks, housing our offices and services,
linked by two large “greenhouses”
or full-height glazed areas used for
internal movements. The “greenhouses”
will be true and proper oases, whose
extensive vegetation and pools of
water will significantly improve both
the internal microclimate and energy
efficiency. Extensive recourse to natural
lighting, thanks to the vast glazed
surfaces, represents another feature
of the building, along with the re-
purposing of the Group’s first tower for
the drawing of optical fibre.
NEW HEADQUARTERS
IN MILAN
SUCCESS IS SomETHINg
yoU SHoUld STRIVE FoR.
SAY YES.
YES isPrysmianGroup’sEmployeeStockOwnershipPlan (ESOP).
Itprovidesemployeeswith theopportunity tobuy
PrysmianGroup’ssharesatadiscountedprice.
Foranyquestions,please talk toyour localYESAmbassador.
The offer of theShares contemplated by thePlan and by theRegulation does not constitute an offer of securities to the public or fallswithin the scope of an exemption pursuant to applicable securities law and, therefore, does not require the publication of any prospectus or any equivalent
document.Thisdocument containsbasic informationon the featuresof thePlanandhow toparticipate in itand, therefore,maynot containall the informationnecessaryoruseful toallow theParticipants tomake theirassessments in this regard.TheCompanydoesnotmakeanywarrantyor
representation,and thisRegulationdoesnotpurport toprovideany informationorexpressanyopinion, in relation toany resultand/orperformanceof theSharesor in relation to risksofanynature related to thepurchaseof theShares.Anydecision toparticipate in theplan shouldbemadeby
eachParticipantafter thoroughanalysisandassessmentofanypotential consequences, including thoseof taxnature, thatmayderive in lightofone’sown specific situation.
The Group successfully launched YES
(Your Employee Shares) in the autumn
of 2013. This scheme, serviced by
treasury shares, enables employees to
acquire Prysmian shares at discounts of
up to 25%.
The scheme was introduced in 27
countries and communicated via the
production of 17,000 information kits in
25 different languages. The details and
benefits were explained by a team of
250 ambassadors selected specially for
this purpose from the various business
functions.
The objective of the initiative is to
increase the involvement, sense of
belonging and business understanding
of our employees, making them owners
of a small part of the Group in which
they work and strengthening the
internal perception of the Prysmian
Group as “One Company”.
The first tranche of the scheme was
highly successful, with an excellent
international response: more than five
thousand employees invested a total of
almost Euro 8 million.
Participating for the first time, the
Group was recognised by CDP (formerly
the Carbon Disclosure Project) for
our commitment to fighting climate
change and our transparent reporting
of the environmental impact of our
CO
2
emissions. Prysmian received the
“Best Newcomer” award within the
Italy 100 panel, obtaining the highest
score, 62 out of 100, among the new
organisations that participated this
year.
This result demonstrates the attention
paid by the Group to environmental
matters and the risks associated with
climate change.
CDP is a non-profit organisation that
seeks to transform the way companies
conduct their businesses, in order to
protect against the risks of climate
change and promote the responsible
use of natural resources. CDP works on
behalf of 722 institutional investors
that manage assets worth 87,000 billion
dollars.
YOUR EMPLOYEE
SHARES
CDP BEST NEWCOMER
AWARD
eVents oF the yeaR
