Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi di Bolgn : Bologna Airport, first meeting of the Board of Directors after its appointment

PRESS RELEASE

AEROPORTO GUGLIELMO MARCONI DI BOLOGNA S.p.A.: first meeting of the Board of Directors after its appointment.

∙Nazareno Ventola confirmed as CEO.

∙Verified the independence requirements of Board of Directors and Board of Statutory Auditors members.

∙Defined the composition of internal committees.

Bologna, 6 may 2019 - The Board of Directors of Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna - whom met today, under the chairmanship of Enrico Postacchini, for the first time after its appointment during the General Shareholders' Meeting on April 29 - confirmed Nazareno Ventola as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Nazareno Ventola maintains as well the current position of Managing Director and has also been confirmed as Control and Risk Executive Officer.

The Board of Directors has then verified the independence requirements of the Directors Silvia Giannini, Laura Pascotto, Eugenio Sidoli, Gennarino Tozzi e Marco Troncone as indicated in the published lists of candidates. The Board of Statutory Auditors has today verified the independence requirements of its members, indicated for Statutory Auditors of listed companies and by the existing law and the Governance Code.

Lastly the Board of Directors has defined the composition of internal committees:

Remuneration Committee:

Eugenio Sidoli (Chairman), Giada Grandi and Laura Pascotto

Control and Risks Committee:

Silvia Giannini (Chairman), Laura Pascotto and Marco Troncone

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Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, classified as a "strategic airport" in the centre-north area of the National Airports Plan prepared by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, in 2017 was the eighth biggest Italian airport by passenger numbers, with 8.5 million passengers, of which 76,8% on international flights (Source: Assaeroporti). Located in the heart of the Emilian food valley and the automotive and packaging industrial districts, the airport has a catchment area of about 11 million inhabitants and around 47,000 companies, with a strong propensity to exports and internationalisation and with commercial expansion policies to Eastern Europe and Asia.

In 2018 114 destinations were served from Bologna: the presence at the airport of some of the largest airlines in Europe along with some of the leading low-cost carriers and the close link with European continental hubs make Bologna Italy's forth airport in for global connectivity (Source: ICCSAI - Fact Book

2017) and the first in Europe in terms of growth of connectivity in the decade from 2004 to 2014 (Source: ACI Europe Airport Connectivity Report 2004-2014).

As for airport infrastructure, the airport has among its strategic objectives in the next few years an important development plan that mainly concerns the expansion of the terminal, particularly in the parts of security checks and gate area. The company's aim is to make Bologna Airport one of the most modern and functional in Italy, an important gateway to the city and region.

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For further information: www.bologna-airport.it

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