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to inspire the worldDisclaimer
LucaOglialoro,inhispositionasmanagerresponsibleforthepreparationoffinancialreports,certifiespursuanttoparagraph2,article
154-bisoftheLegislativeDecreen.58/1998,thatdataandaccountinginformationdisclosuresherewithsetforthcorrespondtothe
company’sevidenceandaccountingbooksandentries.
Thispresentationcontainsforward-lookingstatementsregardingfutureeventsandthefutureresultsofSnamthatarebasedoncurrent
expectations,estimates,forecasts,andprojectionsabouttheindustriesinwhichSnamperatesandthebeliefsandassumptionsofthe
managementofSnam.
Inparticular,amongotherstatements,certainstatementswithregardtomanagementobjectives,trendsinresultsofoperations,
margins,costs,returnonequity,riskmanagementareforward-lookinginnature.
Wordssuchas‘expects’,‘anticipates’,‘targets’,‘goals’,‘projects’,‘intends’,‘plans’,‘believes’,‘seeks’,‘estimates’,variationsofsuchwords,
andsimilarexpressionsareintendedtoidentifysuchforward-lookingstatements.
Theseforward-lookingstatementsareonlypredictionsandaresubjecttorisks,uncertainties,andassumptionsthataredifficultto
predictbecausetheyrelatetoeventsanddependoncircumstancesthatwilloccurinthefuture.
Therefore,Snam’sactualresultsmaydiffermateriallyandadverselyfromthoseexpressedorimpliedinanyforward-lookingstatements.
Factorsthatmightcauseorcontributetosuchdifferencesinclude,butarenotlimitedto,economicconditionsglobally,political,
economicandregulatorydevelopmentsinItalyandinternationally.
Anyforward-lookingstatementsmadebyoronbehalfofSnamspeakonlyasofthedatetheyaremade.Snamdoesnotundertaketo
updateforward-lookingstatementstoreflectanychangesinSnam’sexpectationswithregardtheretooranychangesinevents,
conditionsorcircumstancesonwhichanysuchstatementisbased.
Thereadershould,however,consultanyfurtherdisclosuresSnammaymakeindocumentsitfileswiththeItalianSecuritiesand
ExchangeCommissionandwiththeItalianStockExchange.
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