Statutory Auditor

The Shareholders' meeting held on 29 April 2010, on the basis of the proposal put forward by the Board of Auditors, conferred the office of Statutory Auditor (separate financial statements of Telecom Italia S.p.A., annual consolidated financial statements, abbreviated half-yearly consolidated financial statements, annual report for the purposes of the US Security Laws) on PricewaterhouseCoopers S.p.A. for the nine year period 2010 – 2018.

Telecom Italia has adopted special Guidelines for the appointment of the auditing firm. In compliance with said guidelines the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers took place after a comparative analysis carried out under the supervision of the Board of Auditors. When assessing the candidacies, the skills and specific auditing experience in the telecommunications sector, the adequacy of the technical structure in terms of requirements due to the size and complexity of the Company and the Group, the experience in SEC registrant Italian companies, the independent and unbiased judgement with respect to the Company and the Group, and the consistency of the compensation requested with the time and level of professionalism shown were particularly considered.

The auditor appointed by the Parent company Shareholders’ Meeting is the main auditor for the entire Telecom Italia Group. To protect the independence of the appointed auditor, the Guidelines establish the principle under which the appointment of further assignments (when allowed by the reference standard) is limited to the services and activities closely related to the audit of the financial statements. This is subject to the preventive favourable opinion of the Parent company’s Board of Auditors, which expresses its opinion from time to time or before hand on different types of assignments (so-called pre-approved assignments). In any event, the Board of Auditors has the right to establish guidelines and qualitative and quantitative criteria regarding the appointment of auditors, valid for the entire Group, which it did by requiring the introduction, from 1 January 2012, of an operative procedure which provides for prior examination by the Board of Auditors (even for pre-approved appointments) in certain qualitative conditions or when specific quantitative thresholds are exceeded. The Board of Auditors also stated that it will endorse the corresponding determinations adopted by the audit committees of the SEC-registered subsidiary companies (see above, paragraph 3 "Compliance"), provided that they are made on the basis of rules compliant with the applicable regulations - including United States regulations - and in conformity with the Group Guidelines in the matter.