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Aqualia plans to maintain its current strategy, operationsand management team. The new situation enhances the company’s ability to growth and is a testimony to its track record. debt at the parent by more than EUR 800 million and, coupled with the new funding raised, repay FCC, S.A.’s previous syndicated loan, the remaining of the proceeds from the sale will be used for corporate purposes. Aqualia is the water management subsidiary of FCC, one of Europe’s leading citizen services companies. With around8,000 employees, it is the fourth-largest investor-owned water company in Europe and among the world’s top 10, according to the most recent ran- king by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) magazine (November 2017). In 2017, governments evidenced their trust in the company as an expert technology partner by awarding it major contracts in: Abu Rawash (Egypt), Burgos (Spain), Glina (Romania), Arraiján (Panama), Guaymas (Mexico), Sohar (Oman) and Al-Watha (UAE). So far in 2018, the company has re- newed several major concessions in Spain, including Mazarrón (Murcia), Tarifa (Cadiz), Herencia (Ciudad Real) and Miajadas (Caceres). It also has plant ope- ration and maintenance (O&M) contracts in La Línea and San Roque (Cadiz), La Rioja, the coast of Ge- rona, metropolitan Madrid, and towns in Castille-La Mancha. Internationally, it has O&M contracts for plants in Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic, in ad- dition to the BDP contract for the Arraiján wastewater treatment plant in Panama and the BOT for the Guay- mas seawater desalination plant in Sonoro (Mexico), as well as the water system management contract of Majis (Oman). It was also voted best company in its sector in Spain and LatAm in 2017 by specialist magazine iAgua, and has been nominated for Water Company of the Year, the most coveted category of the Global Water Awards 2018, established by the prestigious publica- tion Global Water Intelligence (GWI). It currently provides services to 22.5 million people in 1,100 municipalities in 22 countries: Spain, Italy, Por- tugal, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Montene- gro, Bosnia, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Algeria, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Tunisia, Qatar, Oman, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. In 2017, Aqualia reported more than €1,000 million in re- venues. FCC Group, a subsidiary of investor group CARSO, has evolved over its 100-year his- tory, developing a model pre- dicated on partnerships with public administrations that afford benefits and wellbeing to society at large. FCC is an international bench- mark specialising in environ- mental services, end-to-end water management and infras- tructure. It has operations in over 30 countries. It has more than 50,000 emplo- yees and is a creator of value for society, with a sustainable, and socially, environmentally and financially responsible bu- siness model. About Aqualia About FCC F C C G R O U P 5 F C C G R O U P