OREANDA-NEWS.  July 14, 2014. A previously announced deal of purchasing of 50% share of Camfin, the company holding 26.19% of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. stake is bought in using the funds of pension funds and financial institutions involved on the principles of the project lending with the participation of Rosneft. The share in the mentioned holding company was purchased from an international consortium composed of Unicredit Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo banking Group, and Clessidra Fund.

The deal was bought on the basis of the deal criteria of 12 Euro per share price of Pirelli & C. S.p.A.

After the closing of the transaction the strategic investor nominated candidates to the Board of Directors of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. Rosneft representatives joined the BoD of of Pirelli & C. S.p.A.

The new list of the BoD of Pirelli & C. S.p.A.:

Marco Tronchetti Provera (Deputy Chairman of Board of Directors od Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., member of the International Advisory Council of Allianz group) – Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO

Alberto Pirelli (member of the Board of Directors of Intek Group S.p.A.) – Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

Anna Maria Artoni (sole Director of Artoni Group S.p.A.) – member of the Board of Directors

Luigi Roth (Chairman of Alba Leasing S.p.A.) - member of the Board of Directors

Paolo Fiorentino (Chief Operating Officer of UniCredit Group) member of the Board of Directors

Gaetano Micciche (Member of the Managing Board of Intesa Sanpaolo banking group) – member of the Board of Directors

Igor Sechin (President, Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft) –member of the Board of Directors

Didier Casimiro (Vice President for Commerce and Logistics of Rosneft) – member of the Board of Directors

Peter Lazarev (Financial director of Rosneft) – member of the Board of Directors

Igor Soglaev (President of SANORS Holding Limited (Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company, SANORS Holding Ltd.) – member of the Board of Directors

Ivan Glasenberg (Chief executive officer of Glencore International AG) – member of the Board of Directors

Andrey Kostin (President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB) – member of the Board of Directors

Elisabetta Magistretti (Member of the Board of Directors of Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., member of the Board of Directors of Luxottica Group S.p.A.) – member of the Board of Directors

Manuell Soffientini (General Manager of Phillips S.p.A.) – member of the Board of Directors

Paolo Pietrogrande (Chairman if GOVECS GmbH) – member of the Board of Directors

Rosneft strengthens business ties with Pirelli & C. S.p.A. within the already entered engagements and the realization of plans of both companies for the expansion of joint Russian and international projects.