Yamaha Factory Racing Welcomes New Official Sponsor SuisseGas Mugello International Circuit (Scarperia, Italy), 30th May 2013 Yamaha Factory Racing are pleased to announce a partnership with SuisseGas, welcoming them to the team as a new ‘Official Sponsor’. The partnership will start from the Mugello Grand Prix and run for the remainder of the 2013 MotoGP season. As part of the agreement SuisseGas will enjoy the special privilege of having their brand logo on the YZR-M1 of both reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Valentino Rossi for the Mugello Grand Prix weekend. In addition to this the SuisseGas brand logo will be permanently visible on the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s equipment including pit garage, hospitality, trucks and communication materials. Established in 2008, SuisseGas is one of the leading supplier’s of natural gas in Italy to both industrial and civil clients. Lin Jarvis Yamaha Motor Racing, Managing Director “It is a pleasure to welcome SuisseGas as new Official Sponsor on the occasion of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s home Grand Prix at Mugello. SuisseGas will hold Official Sponsorship rights for the Italian territory and the partnership with us brings them into the world of MotoGP along with their existing prestigious partnerships in major Italian soccer, cycling and marathon sports. We are confident that their engagement with Yamaha in the MotoGP championship will be equally rewarding and exciting.” Avv. Gianluca Borelli SuisseGas, Business Development Manager “We are truely happy to support, as Official Sponsor, the Yamaha Factory Racing team for the 2013 MotoGP season. We are very proud that our brand will be associated with two world champions like Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi for the weekend of the Mugello Grand Prix. It is a great satisfaction for our Group. This partnership confirms our willingness to keep on supporting such sporting events also in 2013, policy that our company, since its very beginning, is deeply attached to.” ABOUT SUISSEGAS: SuisseGas was established in 2008 and nowadays it consists of Suisse Power&Gas S.A. and SuisseGas Italia S.p.A. Under the Art. 17 of the Italian Legislative Decree 164 /2000, SuisseGas Italia obtained the authorization of the sale of gas in Italy from the Ministry of the Economy, in order to start up the activity of the sale and supply of natural gas to end users, in addition to the established trading position that SuisseGas Italia already has. From the 1st of January 2003 Italy’s gas market was liberalized, this liberalization has permitted the selling of gas directly to the various kind of clients (industry, commercial businesses, private household, etc) allowing the end-users to choose its’ own supplier. In the Italian Market SuisseGas is well-known as a Shipper and Utility company, which means that we are the owners of the gas in high and low pressure networks that passes through gas pipelines directly connected to clients and end-users. Thanks to the excellent performance of our Commercial Area and Operative Team the number of SuisseGas’ Suppliers and Clients constantly grows. For any further information about SuisseGas, please visit www.suissegas.eu.