Ansaldo STS, listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international technology company specializing in the design, implementation and management of transport systems and signaling equipment for railways and underground railways, both for freight and passengers. The Group acts as a Main Contractor and supplier of “turnkey” systems worldwide. Ansaldo STS is headquartered in Genoa and employs about 3,800 people in more than 30 countries. In 2015, it reported revenues of EUR 1,383.8 million with an operating income (EBIT) of EUR 135.8 million and a consolidated net profit of EUR 93.0 million.
PRES S R EL E A SE Genoa,12 th January 2017 INFORMATION REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC We hereby announce that today, in addition to the documents published on 4 th January 2017, further to the request sent by the shareholders Elliott International L.P, The Liverpool Limited Partnership and Elliott Associates L.P. to the Company on 12 th January 2017, the following legal opinions concerning the independence requisites of the director Mr. Alberto de Benedictis have been made avaible to the public at the Company’s headquarters, on the storage system at the website www.emarketstorage.com , as well as on the Company’s website at the address http://www.ansaldo-sts.com/en/governance/shareholder- meeting/shareholders-meeting-2017-appointing-external-auditor : 1. pro veritate opinion issued by Professor Umberto Tombari on 6 th July 2016;
2. legal opinion issued by Professor Pier Gaetano Marchetti on 4 th July 2016, requested by the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors, Mr. Giacinto Sarubbi;
3. pro veritate opinion issued by Professor Carlo Angelici on 12 th December 2016;
4. legal opinion issued by Professor Alberto Mazzoni on 18 th December 2016, delivered from the director Mr. Giuseppe Bivona during the Board meeting of 19 th December 2016 and not examined from the Company’s Board of Directors.
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