S1481_2025

PQM

The Court of Turin, definitively ruling, every different request, exception and deduction rejected or absorbed,

declares that the company Frantoio Oleario F.lli Pace Srl has committed acts of unfair competition against the Vezza SpA Group pursuant to art. 2598, no. 3, of the Civil Code by diverting sales staff and has unlawfully acquired and used the plaintiff's trade secrets, protected by articles 98 and 99 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure and, as a result,

enjoins the defendant from using, even through a third party, for its commercial activity the collaboration of Benedetti Filippo, Schiraldi Francesco, Lavarino Giuseppe, Pasotti Simona, Vernazza Roberto, Pirazzoli Marco, Verzino Patrizia, Maconi Paola, Scarcelli Nicola, Glisci Donato, Garino Maurizio, Di Micco Tiziana, Valentini Remo, Durosini Roberta, Sansalone Orlando and Marina Pisu in the provinces of Asti, Turin, Alessandria, Novara, Vercelli, Biella, Varese, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Udine, Belluno, Trento, Treviso, Pordenone, Belluno, Massa Carrara, La Spezia, Lucca, Cuneo, Como, Milan, Monza Brianza, with limitation of the injunction until the end of the duration of the non-competition agreement stipulated by each sales representative;

enjoins the defendant from disclosing to third parties and/or using, even through a third party or indirectly, all information relating to the customer portfolios of the Vezza SpA Group, as per documents 34 and 36 of the plaintiff, in the provinces of Asti, Turin, Alessandria, Novara, Vercelli, Biella, Varese, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Udine, Belluno, Trento, Treviso, Pordenone, Belluno, Massa Carrara, La Spezia, Lucca, Cuneo, Como, Milan, Monza Brianza;

sets a penalty of €1,000.00 for each violation or failure to comply with the above-mentioned injunctions;

orders Frantoio Oleario F.lli Pace Srl to pay Gruppo Vezza SpA, as compensation for damages, the total sum of €438,114.94, plus legal interest from the date of this ruling until the balance;

orders Frantoio Oleario F.lli Pace Srl to reimburse Gruppo Vezza SpA for the legal costs, which it liquidates in total at €22,457.00 in compensation and €3,399.00 in advances, in addition to 15% reimbursement of general expenses, CPA and VAT pursuant to the law;

definitively places the expert witness costs, already provisionally liquidated during the proceedings, exclusively on Frantoio Oleario F.lli Pace Srl, only in internal relations between the parties;

orders the publication of the operative part of this judgment on the home page of the defendant's website, in a clearly distinguishable position and with clearly distinguishable characters, starting from the thirtieth day following the publication of the judgment and for a period of six months.

Thus decided in Turin, in the Council Chamber of 21.3.2025, according to the composition of the Board of 31.1.2025

THE PRESIDENT

Dr. ALBERTO LA MANNA

THE JUDGE EST.

Dr. Marisa GALLO