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Letter

from the

Chairman

on the occasion of

the celebration

of International Women’s

Day, 8 March

As in every year, the commemoration of In-

ternational Women’s Day encourages us to

reflect on the progress achieved by women,

to demand more changes, and to celebra-

te the courage and determination of those

women who have played and continue to

play a key role in the history of their coun-

tries and communities.

The theme chosen by the U.N. this year,

«Empowering Women, Empowering Hu-

manity: Picture it! » recreates a world where

each woman, each girl, can choose their

future and make their own decisions in so-

cieties free of violence and discrimination.

At FCC, these principles have been perma-

nently incorporated in our lines of action.

Throughout 2014, we continued to take

major steps in that direction:

We subscribed the Diversity Charter,

an agreement to which companies

and institutions adhere voluntarily

thereby reinforcing and affirming our

commitment to the basic principles of

equality, non-discrimination at work,

support for diversity and respect for

the differences among people. These

principles are very much a part of our

corporate identity and with which we

feel particularly committed.

We signed, jointly with other Spanish

companies, the Collaboration Agree-

ment with the Ministry of Health, Social

Services and Equality in order to adopt

measures to increases the presence

of women in executive jobs, manage-

ment committees, boards of directors,

in order to advance towards a more

balanced and just presence.

We also publicly assumed the commitment,

in response to the European Platform for

Action on Parity to support and encoura-

ged the balanced participation of men and

women in our Board of Directors.

One of our main actions in 2015 in this res-

pect was to subscribe last March, jointly

with MCA-UGT and COO, the 2nd Equality

Plan of FCC Construcción which incorpora-

tes improvements in the field of conciliation

and communication.

All of these have been important steps

in a long road ahead.

A road in which all of us at FCC are invol-

ved in, particularly the more than 12, 239

women who with our male colleagues and

collaborators make it possible every day.

A road where the 1601 women who joined

our Group over the course of 2014 will find

less obstacles than those who came before

them.

An enriching and diverse road where

knowledge and capabilities are not restric-

ted to any sex, as underscored by the 49

FCC female employees who are working

abroad developing projects.

A road where – I am certain - the first to

prove with their example and attitude that

change is possible are the 172 women who

hold managerial positions within the Group.

I encourage everyone, men and women at

FCC, to defend the achievements of wo-

men, to recognise the challenges ahead

and to focus on their rights because – we

must not forget – that when a woman ad-

vances and makes progress, we all do.