Spain Investors Day (SID), acknowledging the growing importance that international investors attribute to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies, has organized this year’s round table “Corporate Social Responsibility in Spanish Listed Companies”, which will analyze the current situation and challenges faced by companies in the face of CSR.

During the round table, which is organized in collaboration with the SERES Foundation, investors will be able to learn about the challenges, objectives and risks faced by Spanish listed companies in managing corporate social responsibility and their CSR plans for the coming year.

Furthermore, the commitments made by the companies regarding the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDA) will be revisited. In Spain, an increasing number of companies are taking SDA into account when defining their CSR strategy. In this regard, it should be noted that 84% of the organizations and institutions participating in the VI Informe Social de las Empresas by Fundación SERES, claims to take SDA into account when it comes to CSR strategies.

Francisco Román, president of the SERES Foundation, will be responsible for chairing the round table tomorrow, Tuesday 14th, which will be attended by top-level business leaders such as José Carlos García de Quevedo, president of ICO; José Bogas, CEO of ENDESA; Juan López Belmonte, CEO of ROVI and Rafael Contreras, president of AIRTIFICIAL.

Según Román, “la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa forma parte intrínseca del ideario social de la mayoría de nuestras grandes empresas, cada día más comprometidas con los programas de integración, innovación, inversión sostenible y competitividad”.

The experts at the table will present their companies’ CSR plans, as an example of the important work in this field, which is becoming an increasingly important part of large listed Spanish companies and also of the investment criteria of the international funds that come to the SID.

International investors are increasingly more demanding in terms of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, to the extent that there are specific stock market indexes and investment funds that only invest in companies that they consider socially responsible and that meet the highest standards in this area.

Influence in investment decisions

The Spain Investors Day International Forum serves as a showcase for Spain’s leading companies to international investors and funds from various countries that will gather in this edition of the SID, on 14th and 15th of January 2020.

In this scenario, “we plan to inform investors of the progress of our listed companies in the area of CSR so that they can take it into account in their purchase decisions”, says the President of the SID, Benito Berceruelo.

The 43 companies that participate represent 71.4 percent of the Ibex 35 index, in addition to other large companies in the Continuous Market that are of great interest to investors. These 41 confirmed companies are the following: ACCIONA, ACERINOX, AENA, AMADEUS, ATRESMEDIA, BANKINTER, CAIXABANK, CATALANA OCCIDENTE, CECABANK, CIE AUTOMOTIVE, CORPORACIÓN ALBA, EBRO FOODS, ENAGAS, ENCE, ENDESA, EUSKALTEL, FERROVIAL, FLUIDRA, GESTAMP, GRUPO ACS, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP, IBERDROLA, INDRA, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL, MAPFRE, MASMOVIL GROUP, MEDIASET ESPAÑA, MERLIN PROPERTIES, PRISA, PROSEGUR, PROSEGUR CASH, RED ELECTRICA DE ESPANA, REPSOL, SACYR, SIEMENS GAMESA, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, TELEFONICA, UNICAJA BANCO, VIDRALA, VISCOFAN Y VOCENTO. All sectors of business activity are therefore represented in this new edition of the SID.

The 10^th edition of the international economic forum Spain Investors Day  (SID) will be inaugurated tomorrow, Tuesday 14th, by the Secretary of State for Trade and President of ICEX, Xiana Margarida Méndez, and the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, will also participate in this tenth edition, and on Wednesday, the Vice President of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, will attend. The assistance of the Vice President of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, is subject to the time of completion of the first Council of Ministers of the new Government.

The business area will be represented by the directors, presidents and senior managers of the main companies on the IBEX 35 and the Continuous Market, who will explain the results of the recently concluded financial year and future plans to about 150 investors from different countries.

The first day of the forum will culminate with a dinner at the Palacio de la Bolsa in Madrid, chaired by Reyes Maroto, in which the heads of the regulatory bodies, Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Bank of Spain (BdE) and Sebastián Albella, Chairman of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), will also take part. The closing conference of the SID, on Wednesday 15th, will be given by the President of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) José María Marín Quemada. (Please find attached the program of the public events)

The 43 companies that participate represent 71.4 percent of the Ibex 35 index, in addition to other large companies in the Continuous Market that are of great interest to investors. These 41 confirmed companies are the following: ACCIONA, ACERINOX, AENA, AMADEUS, ATRESMEDIA, BANKINTER, CAIXABANK, CATALANA OCCIDENTE, CECABANK, CIE AUTOMOTIVE, CORPORACIÓN ALBA, EBRO FOODS, ENAGAS, ENCE, ENDESA, EUSKALTEL, FERROVIAL, FLUIDRA, GESTAMP, GRUPO ACS, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP, IBERDROLA, INDRA, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL, MAPFRE, MASMOVIL GROUP, MEDIASET ESPAÑA, MERLIN PROPERTIES, PRISA, PROSEGUR, PROSEGUR CASH, RED ELECTRICA DE ESPANA, REPSOL, SACYR, SIEMENS GAMESA, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, TELEFONICA, UNICAJA BANCO, VIDRALA, VISCOFAN Y VOCENTO. All sectors of business activity are therefore represented in this new edition of the SID.

The promoter and the organizer of Spain Investors Day is ESTUDIO DE COMUNICACIÓN. The strategic partners that make the Spain Investors Day forum possible are, once again, BNP PARIBAS, European leader in financial services, and EXANE BNP PARIBAS, one of the main mediators in European equity. The forum is sponsored by international firms such as GRANT THORNTON, one of the world’s leading audit, tax and financial advisory firms, and AON, a world leader in risk management services, insurance and reinsurance mediation, and social welfare and human resources consulting. This meeting is also supported by CECABANK, PRISA, BME and the public entity ICEX. Participating as collaborators are ICO, LINKLATERS and EQUIPO ECONÓMICO.

The 10th edition of the economic forum Spain Investors Day (SID) will bring together, on 14 and 15 January in Madrid, the main international investors with the presidents of the market regulators in Spain. Thus, listed companies, investors and guests at the SID, which ad up to nearly 1,200, will have the opportunity to learn, first hand, the balance sheet, news and plans of the Bank of Spain (BdE), the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) and the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC).

During diner time, held at the Stock Exchange building in Madrid, Pablo Hernández de Cos, Chairman of Bank of Spain, will explain the politics and novelties of his institution, in a year with remarkable news in the European financial context, after the designation of the new executive board lead by Christine Lagarde since October 2019.

On the same evening, CNMV Chairman Sebastián Albella will also participate, as he now faces the challenge of updating corporate governance recommendations in the fight against corruption and in the defence of transparency.

On the 15th, the closure conference of the President of the CNMC, José María Marín Quemada, at the Intercontinental Hotel, will be an opportunity to learn some interesting data on the regulation of the electricity and gas markets that have attracted a great deal of attention from investors and companies over the last year.

The 41 companies that participate represent 71.4 percent of the Ibex 35 index, in addition to other large companies in the Continuous Market that are of great interest to investors. These 41 confirmed companies are the following: ACCIONA, ACERINOX, AENA, AMADEUS, ATRESMEDIA, BANKINTER, CAIXABANK, CATALANA OCCIDENTE, CECABANK, CIE AUTOMOTIVE, CORPORACIÓN ALBA, EBRO FOODS, ENAGAS, ENCE, ENDESA, EUSKALTEL, FERROVIAL, FLUIDRA, GESTAMP, GRUPO ACS, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP, IBERDROLA, INDRA, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL, MAPFRE, MASMOVIL GROUP, MEDIASET ESPAÑA, MERLIN PROPERTIES, PRISA, PROSEGUR, PROSEGUR CASH, RED ELECTRICA DE ESPANA, REPSOL, SACYR, SIEMENS GAMESA, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, TELEFONICA, UNICAJA BANCO, VIDRALA, VISCOFAN Y VOCENTO. All sectors of business activity are therefore represented in this new edition of the SID.

The main objective of Spain Investors Day is for investors to be fully aware of the Spanish economic situation, and so that our listed companies can present their plans for the future to as many great funds and investment entities as possible. After ten uninterrupted editions, Spanish economy will have a new opportunity to calibrate the trust of great investors and founds on our country, in a unique scenario, matching the beginning of the annual financial year of our large companies and with the first steps of our new government.

The promoter and the organizer of Spain Investors Day is ESTUDIO DE COMUNICACIÓN. The strategic partners that make the Spain Investors Day forum possible are, once again, BNP PARIBAS, European leader in financial services, and EXANE BNP PARIBAS, one of the main mediators in European equity. The forum is sponsored by international firms such as GRANT THORNTON, one of the world’s leading audit, tax and financial advisory firms, and AON, a world leader in risk management services, insurance and reinsurance mediation, and social welfare and human resources consulting. This meeting is also supported by CECABANK, PRISA, BME and the public entity ICEX. Participating as collaborators are ICO, LINKLATERS and EQUIPO ECONÓMICO.

The significant number of confirmed companies represents more than 71 percent of the Ibex 35

41 LISTED COMPANIES CONFIRM THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPAIN INVESTORS DAY IN ITS 10^TH EDITION ON THE 14^TH AND 15^TH OF JANUARY IN MADRID

• The main goal of the Spain Investors Day (SID) is to make investors aware of the Spanish economy, so that our listed companies can present their plans for the future.
• All sectors of business activity will be represented in this new edition of the SID.
• Spain is a highly valued investment destination because it is one of the fastest growing countries, as the Stock Exchange will close this year with rises, and we work with many leading multinationals in their business segments.

The 10th edition of the international economic forum Spain Investors Day (SID) will bring together major Spanish listed companies and international investors in Madrid on the 14^th and 15^th of January 2020. A total of 41 major companies, mostly from the Ibex 35, will be attending this 10th edition. This figure shows the growing interest in attending the main international economic forum held in Spain at the beginning of the year, which is also attended by around 1,200 guests from the business and financial sector.

The companies that participate represent 71.4 percent of the Ibex 35 index, in addition to other large companies in the Continuous Market that are of great interest to investors. These 41 confirmed companies are the following: ACCIONA, ACERINOX, AENA, AMADEUS, ATRESMEDIA, BANKINTER, CAIXABANK, CATALANA OCCIDENTE, CECABANK, CIE AUTOMOTIVE, CORPORACIÓN ALBA, EBRO FOODS, ENAGAS, ENCE, ENDESA, EUSKALTEL, FERROVIAL, FLUIDRA, GESTAMP, GRUPO ACS, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP, IBERDROLA, INDRA, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL, MAPFRE, MASMOVIL GROUP, MEDIASET ESPAÑA, MERLIN PROPERTIES, PRISA, PROSEGUR, PROSEGUR CASH, RED ELECTRICA DE ESPANA, REPSOL, SACYR, SIEMENS GAMESA, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, TELEFONICA, UNICAJA BANCO, VIDRALA, VISCOFAN Y VOCENTO. All sectors of business activity are therefore represented in this new edition of the SID.

The main objective of Spain Investors Day is for investors to be fully aware of the Spanish economic situation, and so that our listed companies can present their plans for the future to as many great funds and investment entities as possible. After ten uninterrupted editions, Spanish economy will have a new opportunity to calibrate the trust of great investors and founds on our country, in a unique scenario, matching the beginning of the annual financial year of our large companies.

Precisely, the SID acquires this year a special prominence due to the international economic situation, with Brexit ongoing, as well as for the political moment that Spain is going through. All along the course of this forum, founds have shown the immense possibilities that Spanish companies bring as attraction poles. Now, the centre of attention lies in the challenges that companies and investors must face in order to maintain their dynamics and to progress. For the SID’s Chairman, Benito Berceruelo, “Spain has a huge attraction for investors as it is one the most growing country among the big economies, as the Stock Exchange will close this year with rises, and our country has the support of many leading multinational companies in their sectors of activity”.

The promoter and the organizer of Spain Investors Day is ESTUDIO DE COMUNICACIÓN. The strategic partners that make the Spain Investors Day forum possible are, once again, BNP PARIBAS, European leader in financial services, and EXANE BNP PARIBAS, one of the main mediators in European equity. The forum is sponsored by international firms such as GRANT THORNTON, one of the world’s leading audit, tax and financial advisory firms, and AON, a world leader in risk management services, insurance and reinsurance mediation, and social welfare and human resources consulting. This meeting is also supported by CECABANK, PRISA, BME and the public entity ICEX. Participating as collaborators are ICO, LINKLATERS and EQUIPO ECONÓMICO.

• The organization expects to beat the record of the previous edition with 40 major listed companies and more than 150 international investors
• The drop in international investment, in addition to the new political situation after the elections make it more necessary than ever to explain the strengths of our companies and the action plans of the new government

 His Majesty King Felipe VI will chair the Honorary Committee of the 10th edition of the Spain Investors Day (SID) international financial forum, which will be held on the 14^th and 15^th of January in Madrid, as confirmed today by the SID governing board. The meeting will bring together, for two days, international investors from various countries with Spanish listed companies and with the most outstanding members of the economic board of the new Government.

At the beginning of the year, the SID has become the ideal scenario for the Government to present its economic plans to investors and for companies to advance their results from last year as well as their budgets for 2020. “We will work to ensure that investors are fully aware of the situation of the Spanish economy and that listed companies can present their future plans to as many large funds and financial institutions as possible” claimed Benito Berceruelo, President of the SID.

The organizers expect to exceed the figures reached in the previous edition of the SID, with 40 large listed companies, more than a hundred and a half investors and the participation of about 1,200 guests from the business and financial world in the opening events, lunches, official dinner, plenary meetings and meetings one-to-one between companies and investors.

2020 will begin with uncertainty all over the world due to the global economic recession, the changes that a hard Brexit could generate, the trade wars between the great powers or the decrease in industrial production throughout the euro zone. When it comes to Spain, we are facing a reverse process in the international investment and a new political situation after last elections. “It is a context of economic and political uncertainty that worries investors and makes it more necessary than ever to explain and debate the public action in economic and budgetary matters, so that we can generate trust before the international investors community”, adds Berceruelo.

The strategic partners that make the Spain Investors Day forum possible are BNP PARIBAS, European leader in financial services, and EXANE BNP PARIBAS, one of the main mediators in European equity, and the forum is sponsored by international firms such as GRANT THORNTON, one of the world’s leading audit, tax and financial advisory firms, and AON, a world leader in risk management services, insurance and reinsurance mediation, and social welfare and human resources consulting. This meeting is also supported by CECABANK, PRISA, BME and the public entity ICEX. Participating as collaborators are ICO, LINKLATERS and EQUIPO ECONÓMICO. The promoter and the organizer of Spain Investors Day is ESTUDIO DE COMUNICACIÓN.

Governing board of Spain Investors Day is:

Honorary Chairman

S.M. El Rey Felipe VI

Chairman

Benito Berceruelo González

Advisors

• “Economic transformation will create growth and business opportunities”, points out the minister.
• “Greater and greater business want to come to the Spain Investors Day to international investors to present how Spanish business are doing, points out SID president, Benito Berceruelo.

15/01/2019. Teresa Ribera, the Minister of Ecological Transition, has inaugurated the 9th Edition of Spain Investors Day (SID), the forum in which Spanish companies listed on the Stock Exchange meet with large investors and which opens the economic year. With the presence of more than 150 international investors and 43 Spanish listed companies, the minister highlighted the business opportunities that exist in Spain.

“Spain has a lot to gain from the ecological transition,” he said. For this, “the government must develop a regulatory framework that facilitates it,” he added. The head of the Ministry has also stressed that “with the reduction of greenhouse gases will generate new jobs. On the other hand, Ribera explained that “we are convinced of the benefits of an ecological transition together with companies, citizens and, of course, investors”, pointing out that “green” opportunities, as she has called them, are a vector of growth for employment.

“Spain has a lot to gain with the ecological transition,” he pointed out. For this, “the government must develop a regulatory framework that facilitates it,” he added. The head of the Ministry has also emphasized that “with the reduction of greenhouse gases it will be possible to create new jobs”. On the other hand, Ribera explained that “we are convinced of the benefits of an ecological transition with companies, citizens and, of course, investors”, pointing out that “green” opportunities, as she has called them, are a vector of growth for employment.

On his behalf, the Secretary of State for Trade and President of ICEX, Xiana Margarida Méndez, has stressed that Spain is growing more than the rest of the Eurozone countries. She also pointed out that the Spanish economy is “resilient, open and more competitive than a few years ago”. She also commented that Spanish companies have consolidated themselves as key entities at their sectors, being essential for economic growth.

Regarding GDP, he noted that, based on data for the third quarter of 2018, it had a growth rate between 2,5 and 2,6 %. He has also emphasized the importance of free trade for Spain in the international scope, pointing out that exports have grown by 4%, highlighting the growth presence of exports to countries outside the European Union, which represents a growth in the total of 20%.

Benito Berceruelo, president of the SID has pointed out that in the ninth edition of the SID “we have more companies than ever, explaining to international investors their fundamental economic data”, which he considers to be the greatest success of this forum.

The main objective of Spain Investors Day is to put Spanish listed companies in contact with foreign investors so they can get to know first-hand the results of last year and plans for the future.  This forum, promoted and organised by Estudio de Comunicación, once again has BNP PARIBAS and EXANE BNP PARIBAS as strategic partners. The sponsors of the meeting are GRANT THORNTON, AON, CECABANK, PRISA, ICEX, Equipo Económico, Linklaters, BME and Blacktoro.

The 43 confirmed companies, which represent a record participation, are: ACCIONA, ACERINOX, AENA, ALMIRALL, ATRESMEDIA, BANCO SABADELL, BANKINTER, BME, CAIXABANK, CECABANK, CIE AUTOMOTIVE, CORPORACIÓN ALBA, EBRO FOODS, ENAGAS, ENCE, ENDESA, EUSKALTEL, FERROVIAL, FLUIDRA, GESTAMP, GRUPO ACS, GRUPO CATALANA OCCIDENTE, IBERDROLA, ICEX, INDRA, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP, MAPFRE, MASMOVIL, MEDIASET ESPAÑA, MELIA HOTELS, MERLIN PROPERTIES, PARQUES REUNIDOS, PRISA, PROSEGUR, PROSEGUR CASH, RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA, SACYR, SIEMENS GAMESA, TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS, UNICAJA, VIDRALA y VOCENTO.

15/01/2019. Josep Borrell, foreign affairs, European Union and cooperation minister, has lead the dinner of the Spain Investors day (SID) IX Edition, forum where the principal business on the stock exchange meet with the largest investors that opens the economic year. The minister has outlined, in the presence of over 150 investors and managers of the main Spanish companies, the greatest position that Spain enjoys in the international scope: “We are the 14^th country on foreign investment over the world”.

In front of a crowded park of the Palacio de la Bolsa, Borrell has expressed the Spanish government vocation on foreign investment, besides he has pointed the economic advantages that his geostrategic position provides: “We are the bridge between Europe and Africa”.

In addition, the minister has also emphasised the relation between social cohesion and economic growth, explaining that “the most open countries over the world and most exporter are also the most united ones” to highlight the Spanish position.

On the other hand, the governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos, has explained that “over the last years we have achieved a current account surplus really positive, that´s the main reason of the Spanish international position”.

Black Toro´s president, official sponsor at the dinner, Ramón Betolaza, has outlined that “the SID is an essential date of the Spanish calendar”, at the time that he reminded the assistances that his company intention is to help restoring the Spanish finance security. Likewise, Betozola has reminded that 90% of his firm investors are international. On the flip side, Black Toro´s president has reinforced the idea that his objective is to ensure the companies´ visibility and guarantee the long-term value.

On his behalf, SID´s president, Benito Berzuelo ha positively valued SID´s evolution and the Spanish economy, always hand to hand over the last nine years. “When we create this forum, Spain and the European Union were leaving his worst crisis period”. Additionally, he has insisted that “we still need meetings like this, forums of dialogue, where business introduces their reality”.

• “The SID, after nine editions, has become a model forum for the international investor community” stands out the minister.
• Calviño mentions as well that the growth seen for Spain will still being strong.

16/01/2019 Nadia Calviño, finance and business minister, has lead the IX Edition lunch of the Spain Investors Day (SID). SID is a forum where the main Spanish business listed on the stock exchange meets the biggest international investors. The minister has assured that Spanish economy is solidly growing, with a 2.6% projection in 2018, based on the first three months of the year data, while, for 2019, is projected a 2.2% PIB rise.

The minister has insisted that the Spanish economy is not only progressing, it has developed strongly, especially when comparing to their European brothers. Calviño has pointed that, “after five years without any growth or negative growth, Spanish economy has got out of the crisis with strength”.

Taking advantage of the strong investor’s presence at the lunch, the minister has insisted on the vital importance for the economy, to reduce the debt ratio-PIB. Likewise, Calviño has commented that a forum like the SID, with a noticeable international influence, is “the best opportunity to boast about the solid numbers” of Spain.

Related to the budgets, the minister of economy has added that “there is no finance sustainability with out social sustainability” before explaining how the budgets are attacking issues so crucial like child´s poverty or, for example, the scholarship rise.

Spain Investors day main objective is to put in contact listed Spanish business with foreign investors for them to meet the latest exercise results and future plans. This forum, promoted and organised by Estudio de Comunicación, relies again with BNP PARIBAS and EXANE BNP PARIBAS as strategic partners. The sponsors that makes this meeting possible are GRANT THORNTON, AON, CECABANK, PRISA, ICEX, Equipo Económico, Linklaters, BME and Blacktoro.

The 43 confirmed business, that  mean a participation record are: ACCIONA, ACERINOX, AENA, ALMIRALL, ATRESMEDIA, BANCO SABADELL, BANKINTER, BME, CAIXABANK, CECABANK, CIE AUTOMOTIVE, CORPORACIÓN ALBA, EBRO FOODS, ENAGAS, ENCE, ENDESA, EUSKALTEL, FERROVIAL, FLUIDRA, GESTAMP, GRUPO ACS, GRUPO CATALANA OCCIDENTE, IBERDROLA, ICEX, INDRA, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP, MAPFRE, MASMOVIL, MEDIASET ESPAÑA, MELIA HOTELS, MERLIN PROPERTIES, PARQUES REUNIDOS, PRISA, PROSEGUR, PROSEGUR CASH, RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA, SACYR, SIEMENS GAMESA, TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS, UNICAJA, VIDRALA and  VOCENTO.