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Awards

The energy of our employees, their drive to innovate and continuously make progress have once again been noticed and rewarded. BIC received numerous awards in all different fields.

Laurels, yes, but teams won’t be resting on them, always looking to the future…

THE WHOLE RANGE OF prIZes

AGEFi AWArD BIC received the “Quality and

transparency of information and communication” prize from the French economic and financial

magazine, Agefi.

lABrADOr AWArD FOr listED cOMPAniEs

BIC was recognized for the transparency of its financial

information by Labrador and Club Finance HEC.

HuMAn rEsOurcEs AWArD BrAZil

BIC Amazonia was awarded a prize for its “Escola de Manufatura” program that helps employees acquire

technical and operational skills in order to encourage their professional

development.

PEntAWArDs usA The BIC® Flick My BIC® lighter

series was awarded the Pentawards silver medal for best packaging.

PriZE FOr sPOrts ADvErtisinG The Human Curling film made to

promote the BIC® Flex 3 shaver brought home a trophy at the Sportel

Sport Audiovisual Advertising Festival.

AWArD FOr tHE BrAnD tHAt MAkEs An iMPrEssiOn BIC was elected in the Stationery

category as the most widely recognized brand by Portuguese

people in the Marcas que Marcam® guide.

DisPlAy AWArD BIC Australia and New zealand received the POPAI association’s

recognition with an award for the quality of their point-of-sale

advertising, the BIC® Maxi pocket lighter display.

PEAcE PriZE BIC Graphic USA received

the “Korosy Path to Peace” awarded from The Haven House,

an association that supports victims of domestic violence.

stOck AWArDs BIC was awarded the Gold Medal at

the “Grand Prix des Actions” by the French magazine Mieux Vivre

Votre Argent, recognizing the companies that performed best

for their shareholders.

AWArD FOr EurOPEAn vEnDOr OF tHE yEAr

BIC obtained the top award, at the European Office Products

Awards ceremony organized by the stationery professional

publication OPI.

intErnEt DOuBlE WHAMMy The European website

thebicwall.com developed to celebrate the 60th anniversary

of the BIC® Cristal® ballpoint pen, received the FWA (Favorite Website

Award) and so did the Italian site play-bic.it/neverendingpen.

2012 FinAncE lEADErs trOPHy

BIC received the silver trophy for the best financial management in the sector of Distribution and

consumer goods, awarded by Leaders League.