FREE ZONE PIROT

Basic information about Free zone Pirot  Established in 1996  Land more than 103 ha  Export processing zone * main customer Tigar A.D. and Tigar Tyres (part MICHELIN group)  Experience in international transport organization  Turnover in 2013 around 542 M Evra

Benefits provided by the city of Pirot Investors are exempted during construction in zone: fees for development of city building land fees and costs of local gowerment fees for using city construction land connections to the local water and sewer infrastructure urban conditions and approvals

Benefits provided by the city of Pirot For the operation of facilities users are exempt from the 5 years: local utility taxes fees for the city construction land 50% of the cost of municipal communal services (e.g. waste collection).

Favorable business climate

Growth of turnover of Free Zone users 2000 – 2013 (Million Eur)

Total area of Free zone Pirot in ha H – Extension TIGAR TYRES – MICHELIN 2011 B – Extension TIGAR TYRES 2008 A - FZ PIROT 1996 B – Extension TIGAR FOOTWARE AND TECHNICAL RUBBER 2008 F – Extension TIGAR 3B 2010/11 G – Extension PRVI MAJ 2010/11 D – Extension IP 2010/11 E – Further extension C – Extension TIGAR FOOTWARE 2008

The largest manufacturing investment in Serbia 2013/2014

Description of investment project Total investment 215 M€ 500 new jobs created m 2 in the first construction phase (+4 million tires) and m 2 in a second construction phase (+8 millon tires)

Projects realized in Installation of traffic lights at the cross road in Barje district in Pirot, -Arrangement of mini-polygon for training children on traffic rules Projects during 2013: -equipping of primary and secondary schools with computer equipment, furniture and teaching aids, -funding of bilingual classes in Pirot Gymnasium -cooperation with the city hospital (training, education, equipment...) In the period , in collaboration with the Municipality of Pirot, will continue further work on similar projects: -signs, sidewalks and landscaping the area around the school, bicycle paths, -education of children in relation to traffic safety, -medical equipment Contribution to Municipality Pirot

Current location is busy, it is necessary to prepare new land for Free zone FREE ZYONE PIROT 103 ha POSSIBILITY TO EXPAND UP TO 450 ha

The next development phase for additional 450 ha Corridor 10 – Highway Corridor 10 – Railway Corridor 10 – High speed railway International road – Sofia – Niš P1 = 212 ha P2 = 117ha P3 = 114ha

Project LOGISTIC CENTER PIROT Logistic based on European model

LOGISTIC CENTER PIROT Future project activities Completion of construction design documents in 2014 Invitation to tender for construction of LCP at the beginning in 2015 LC Start of construction in 2015 Commissioning - the second half of 2016

First development phase TIGAR TYRES

Second development phase - extension of the terminal TIGAR TYRES

PROJECT Adriatic Danube Black see Multimodal platform Main goal: Improvement of transport in SEE area Project team consisted of members of Municipality Pirot and Free zone Pirot Implementaion in progress (April 2012 – Sept 2014) 43 partners from Europe 13 countries Total budget 5,5 M EUR Partners: Administration of Regions, Universities, Institutes, Maritime administrations, Chamber of Commerce, Railway Administrations, Ministries of Transport, Associations of transporters, Clusters, and other actors in transport.

2010 Free zone Pirot 42. terminal in Evrope Ranked by: DGG - Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft mbH, LT identifikovana 79 postojeća i 24 planirana terminala Free Zone Pirot

Free zone Pirot 41. in the world Ranked by „FDI“ magazine, part of „Financial Times-a“ published in magazine „GLOBAL FREE ZONES OF THE FUTURE 2012/2013 Winners“

Fourth time in a raw “Best of Serbia” 2009/2012 In category of SME

VIRTUS corporate philanthropy 2013

Certified Integrated Management Systems Free zone “Pirot” the first holder of the IMS certificate among Free zones in Serbia

Free zone Pirot, Pirot, 215, Nikole Pasica str. Dr Dragan Kostić, CEO Aleksandar Simonović, head of marketing department