ACTIVITY REPORT. SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE

ACTIVITY REPORT. SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE

Contents

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Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Composition ........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Powers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Operation..............................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Meetings held .....................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Main activities .....................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6.1.

Climate Action Plan .....................................................................................................................................................................................

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6.2.

Strategic Sustainability Plan.....................................................................................................................................................................

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6.3.

Other miscellaneous matters ...............................................................................................................................................................

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Practical guides followed.............................................................................................................................................................................

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Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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1. Introduction

The Sustainability and Climate Action Committee of Aena ("CSAC" in Spanish) was constituted on 28 April 2021 by the Board of Directors of Aena, S.M.E., S.A. ("Aena" or the "Company"), being duly governed by Article 24bis of the Board of Directors Regulations of Aena and Article 44bis of its Bylaws.

In accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned regulations, the CSAC is constituted as an internal body with powers of

evaluation and control in matters of sustainability and the Climate Action Plan. Specifically, it has the following powers, among others: to know and promote, guide and monitor the company's environmental and social objectives, action plans, practises and policies; to evaluate and review the company's actions and compliance with its environmental and social strategy and practises; to review the Climate Action Plan prior to approval by the Board of Directors and monitor its compliance;

and to oversee the preparation and publication of the specific and detailed annual report on the company's progress in achieving the objectives of said plan.

The Committee has prepared the CSAC's Annual Activities Report, which includes the activities carried out by the CSAC during the 2021 fiscal year.

2. Composition

In accordance with the provisions of Article 24 bis section (i) of the Board of Directors Regulations, the CSAC is made up of five (5) members, who must be non-executive Board Members, the majority of whom must be independent.

Members of the CSAC shall be appointed in such a manner as to ensure that they have the knowledge, skills and experience appropriate to the duties they are to perform, and their appointment, as well as that of the Chairman and the Secretary, shall be made by the Board of Directors by absolute majority.

The chairmanship of the CSAC is appointed from among the Independent Directors who are members of the CSAC. The composition of the CSAC during the financial year 2021, which can be consulted on the Company's website (www.aena.es), was as follows:

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Name

Position

Appointment

Termination of duties

Ms. Irene Cano Piquero

Chairwoman

28/04/2021

(Independent)

A graduate in Business Administration and Management from the University of Oviedo, she champions the role of digitalisation in the future of organisations and stresses the need to train people in the digital skills necessary for digital citizenship.

She has been General Manager for Meta (Spain and Portugal) since June 2012. She directs the strategy of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in the Spanish and Portuguese markets.

She joined Meta in January 2010 as Sales and Business Development Manager after more than 10 years of experience in the industry, where she has worked for major technology companies.

Before leading the Meta Spain team, she worked at Google, first as head of operations in 2003 and later as director of agencies in 2006. Before that, she had spent 3 years in the sales department of Yahoo!.

In 2009, she also directed the Sales Department of Orange Spain.

On 29 October 2020, she was appointed independent director of Aena. Since 28 April 2021, she has been the Chairwoman of the Sustainability and Climate Action Committee and is also a member of the Appointments, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee.

Name

Position

Appointment

Termination of duties

TCI ADVISORY SERVICES LLP, (Represented by Mr.

Member

28/04/2021

Christopher Anthony Hohn)

(Proprietary)

Christopher Anthony Hohn graduated with honours in Accounting and Business Economics from the University of Southampton, England, in 1988. He attended the Master in Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

In 2003, he founded The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, which in 2015 was renamed TCI Advisory Services LLP and where he currently works as a partner and head of portfolio management.

Previously, Christopher Anthony Hohn worked as a portfolio manager at Perry Capital Limited and was an associate at Apax Partners and Director of the Corporate Finance division of Coopers & Lybrand in London.

Christopher Anthony Hohn is a Director of the following companies: TCI Fund Management Limited, TCI Fund Services (Finance) LLP (Member), The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (UK), TCI Fund Management (UK) Limited, TCI Fund Holdings Limited, TCI Fund Services (UK) Limited, The Children's Investment Master Fund, The Children's Investment Fund and The Children's Investment Fund (GP) Ltd.

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The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP (now TCI Advisory Services LLP) was appointed Director of Aena, S.A. on 20 January 2015, and was re-elected on 9 April 2019.

TCI Advisory Services LLP also owns 2.968% of Aena's shares, as a representative of TCI LUXEMBOURG and CIFF CAPITAL, UK LP.

He was appointed director of Aena, S.A. on 20 January 2015 and re-elected on 9 April 2019. He is also a member of the Executive Committee, the Appointments, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee and the Sustainability and Climate Action Committee.

Name

Position

Appointment

Termination of duties

Mr. Josep Antoni Durán i Lleida

Member

28/04/2021

(Independent)

He holds a Diploma in European Communities from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and a Degree in Law from the University of Lleida. He began his political career as deputy mayor of Lleida City Council. The following year he left this position to be appointed Director General of Interdepartmental Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Between 1982 and 1993, he was a member of Parliament for the district of Lleida. During 1986 and 1987, he was a member of the European Parliament.

In 1999, he was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia and was appointed Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat, a position he held until 2001.

Between 2004 and 2015 he was a member of Parliament for the Barcelona constituency. He was the spokesman of the Catalan Parliamentary Group in the Congress, and from 2001 to 2014 he was the General Secretary of CiU. He was also Chairman of the Governance Committee of the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), a position he held from 1982 to 1984 and from 1987 until his resignation.

In 2004, he was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Congress of Deputies, a position he repeated in 2008 and 2011. He was also Deputy Chairman of the Centrist Democrat International and currently holds the Honorary Presidency of the Chilean Chamber of Commerce.

He is a visiting professor at the Miguel de Cervantes University in Santiago de Chile and practices law at Bufet Colls. He is also the Spanish coordinator of the Italian-Spanish Dialogue Forum and Deputy Chairman of the Spanish-Moroccan Economic Committee created at the initiative of Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, and the King and Queen of Morocco and, since October 2019, a member of the Board of Directors of Mapfre International.

On 29 January 2019, he was appointed a director of Aena and is a member of the Appointments, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee and the Sustainability and Climate Action Committee.

Name

Position

Appointment

Termination of duties

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