* With regard to the income statement data provided above, please note that the Board of Directors defines EBITDA as the “result from operations” before amortization of intangibles and depreciation of property, plant and equipment. The Company uses EBITDA to monitor and assess the Group’s operating performance. EBITDA is not recognized as an accounting tool in the IFRSs and, consequently, should not be viewed as an alternative gauge to assess the Group’s operating performance. Because the composition of EBITDA is not governed by the reference accounting principles, the computation criterion used by the Group could be different from the criterion used by other operators and/or groups and, consequently, may not be comparable.