Financial statements approved by the Pirelli & C. SpA Board of Directors on March 10 show Pirelli Tyre to have attained revenues of 3,992.9 million euros during 2009, a 2.6 per cent reduction on a year earlier. Despite this slight annual decrease, sales in the fourth quarter leapt 18.7 per cent – an organic growth of 13. 9 per cent – to 1,034.3 million euros EBITDA before restructuring charges amounted to 538 million euros, up 21.9 per cent compared with 2008, or 13.5 per cent of sales, compared with 10.8 per cent of sales a year earlier. In the fourth quarter, EBITDA before restructuring charges stood at 155.2 million euros compared with 62.9 million euros in the corresponding period of 2008, with the sales margin rising to 15 per cent from 7.2 per cent in the same period of 2008. EBIT before restructuring charges was 345.5 million euros, or 8.7 per cent of sales (6.1 per cent in 2008) representing an increase of 37.8 per cent compared with 250.7 million euros in the previous year. In the fourth quarter, EBIT before restructuring charges amounted to 104.7 million euros (10.1 per cent of sales) compared with 18.9 million euros (2.2 per cent of sales) in the corresponding period of 2008.