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ENAV Group Consolidated Financial Statements

    1. General information

                                        ENAV is a limited company with a sole shareholder, wholly owned by the Ministry
                                        of the Economy and Finance (the MEF) and exercises its rights as a shareholder in
                                        agreement with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (the MIT), which carries
                                        out the role as the Ministry supervising the civil aviation sector. ENAV S.p.A. was
                                        established in 2001 following the conversion under Law No. 665/1996 of Ente
                                        Nazionale di Assistenza al Volo (the National Agency for Flight Assistance), a public
                                        undertaking, that was formerly known as Azienda Autonoma di Assistenza al Volo
                                        per il Traffico Generale (A.A.A.V.T.A.G. – Autonomous Company providing Flight
                                        Assistance for General Traffic).
                                        ENAV provides air traffic management and control services, and other essential
                                        services for air navigation within Italian air space and national civil airports where it
                                        has jurisdiction, whilst guaranteeing the highest technical and systematic standards
                                        in flight safety, and the enhancement of the technology and infrastructure of flight
                                        assistance systems. This infrastructure requires constant maintenance and ongoing
                                        development to ensure operational safety, punctuality and continuity. The above is
                                        set out clearly in the EU regulations issued by the Single European Sky, which on the
                                        one hand defines the air traffic management structure and on the other, sets targets
                                        in terms of technology, quality, economics and the environment that all service
                                        providers must adhere to.
                                        The Company has its registered office at No. 716 Via Salaria in Rome, as well as other
                                        branches and operational facilities throughout Italy.
                                        The Group handles the operational management, support and maintenance of
                                        national air traffic control equipment and systems through its subsidiary Techno Sky
                                        S.r.l., acquired at the end of 2006, and engineering activities carried out through the
                                        SICTA Consortium.
                                        The subsidiary ENAV Asia Pacific, a company incorporated under Malaysian law,
                                        manages the ENAV Group’s commercial development in Asia and Oceania, whereas
                                        the subsidiary Enav North Atlantic, established as an LLC (Limited Liability Company)
                                        and governed by the laws in the State of Delaware (USA), holds a stake in Aireon LLC
                                        that will introduce the first global satellite surveillance system for air traffic control.
                                        These financial statements were approved by the Company’s Board of Directors at its
                                        meeting held on 29 March 2016, and have been audited by the firm Reconta Ernst
                                        & Young S.p.A.

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