PRESS RELEASE

With reference to Consob’s request dated 04 February 2014 to disclose information with regard to:
 
- “the resolutions passed by the Board of Directors of Telco  today in regard of possible changes in the corporate governance of Telecom;
 
- whether, in light of the purposes and of the entirety of the provisions of the Shareholders’ Agreement, any amendments to the By-laws of Telecom concerning the procedure to elect the Board of Directors may affect the validity of the aforesaid Agreement and/or the rights of the parties thereto by virtue of the same”.
 
Telco hereby informs that:
 
- the Board of Directors, which met yesterday, took no decision regarding any hypothetical changes in the corporate governance of Telecom Italia.

- it has never considered or addressed the matter of potential impacts on the validity of the Shareholders’ Agreement and/or the rights of the parties to the Agreement resulting from any hypothetical amendments to the By-laws of Telecom Italia regarding the procedure to elect the Board of Directors.

Milan, 05 February 2014