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03 SUMMARY 06 INSTITUTIONAL Gonçalo Moura Martins named as CEO Annual Results of 2012 Interview with Ismael Gaspar Mota-Engil Fixed Rate Bonds: A successful operation 06 Gonçalo Moura Martins 08 20 MOTA-ENGIL IN THE WORLD named as CEO Annual Results of 2012 Pinhal Interior: A prestigious project to the national engineering Mota-Engil participates in France high-speed line Tertir: Leader in Port Management and Logistics in Portugal Transitex celebrates 10th anniversary Minister of Foreign Affairs visits Mota-Engil Angola facilities António Mota visits Zambeze roads Tilweni Condominium Mota-Engil acquires a share of Empresa Construtora Brasil Mota-Engil consolidates presence in Mexico João Pedro Parreira named as CEO of 43 Mota-Engil Latin America Mota-Engil acquires a share 12 First Project won in Colombia Interview with Ismael Gaspar of Empresa Construtora Brasil Expansion and modernization of the Warsaw Public Library under the supervision of Mota-Engil Central Europe 60 TecHNologY AND INNOVatioN Mota-Engil develops document management system 64 AMONG US Largo do Paço: Third Best Restaurant in Europe 68 PEOPLE 64 74 Tertir Team Building Largo do Paço: Third Best The 3rd edition ofDistribution Manuel free of charge Restaurant in Europe António da Mota award 73 SUSTAINABILITY The 3rd edition of Manuel António da Mota award MASTHEAD DIRECTOR Gonçalo Moura Martins HEAD OFFICE Rua do Rego Lameiro, 38 DESIGN PRINT RUN 800 Units 4300-454 Porto White_Brand Services EDITOR Pedro Arrais LEGAL DEPOSIT 307551/10 EDITING PRINTER PUBLICATION Mota-Engil, SGPS, SA Mota-Engil, SGPS, SA Ondagrafe, Artes Gráficas, Lda Distribution free of charge THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTED IN THIS EDITION ADELAIDE MARTINS · ADRIANO torreS · ALEXANDRA ANDREZ · ALEXANDRA PERICÃO · ALEXANDRE BERNARDO · ALICIA BERIO REMY · ANA PIRES · ÂNGELA FERREIRA · ANÍBAL LEITE ANTÓNIO CAPINHA · ANTÓNIO GRAÇA · ANTÓNIO MOTA · CarloS MOTA SANTOS · CatARINA TEIXEIRA · CÉLIA MORAIS · EDUARDO PIMENTEL · EDUARDO RÊGO · FERNANDO LIMA HUGO MAÇÃS · INÊS ARAÚJO · ISMAEL GASPAR · JOÃO PARREIRA · JORGE MOIA · KATARZYNA DOBRZANSKA · LÓIDE ALMEIDA · LUÍS MONTEIRO · MANUEL TEIXEIRA · MÁRIO Barros MÁRIO LACERDA · MARTA CARVALHO · MIGUEL LISBOA · NUNO FELIX · NUNO HENRIQUES · ORIOL JUVE · PaulO RUIVO · PEDRO ANTELO · PEDRO ROCHA GONÇALVES · pedrO vieirA neves · rAdOvAn Živcák · ritA CabrAL · rui GuimArães · rui rOchA · susAnA GuerreirO · vAz pAtO APRIL 2013 04 OPENING MESSAGE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE › Chief Executive Officer Gonçalo Moura Martins “OUR” MAGAZINE It is now my duty, for the first time, to write It means taking pride in the company to the editorial for our magazine “Sinergia". which we belong. I do it, proud of what our magazine It means feeling we are part of this It is only right that I should represents today. It is an important and community that is Mota-Engil. testify to the fact that the irreplaceable instrument of cohesion Group has made great for the Group and a mean of internal It means feeling we are represented and external communication, a sort of whenever one part of the Group is talked progress in terms of internal showcase displaying what the Group about, because it transmits the feeling of communication. does, our activities, our successes and our belonging to the whole. colleagues. This has involved material And when I make this just defence of It is only right that I should testify to the the work carried out by this area of the investment, of course, but fact that the Group has made great progress company, I must call to mind, once again, it has been mainly through in terms of internal communication. Mr. Jorge Coelho, the great mover behind the involvement of all this change and behind the dissemination the structures that like to This has involved material investment, of of this “house” of ours and its multifaceted course, but it has been mainly through the realities that are so heterogeneous. participate in publicising involvement of all the structures that like to their companies, their participate in publicising their companies, I am committed to seeing that we business deals, their projects. their business deals, their projects. And continue to actively and heavily bet on this is very important for the collective this facet of our corporate policy, which self-esteem of the Group. is fundamental to the understanding and cohesion of the Mota-Engil Group. SINERGIA 42 05 PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE 2012 ANNuaL REsuLts This edition of “Sinergia” includes coverage However, despite a series of measures and The most effective way of the presentation of the results of the strategies that we have been successfully to safeguard the Group, Group for 2012. applying, in order to reinforce the balance guarantee the remuneration and the fundamentals of the Group, truly A set of solid results, of which we can all over time, there is only one thing that of its shareholders and give be proud and which demonstrate that our matters and is important for the future employees opportunities strategy and its execution are on target, and for the sustainability of the Group: for the future is to achieve despite the adverse conditions we face. profitability. this indispensable element: There are, however, two points of my We will always be more solid and stronger, profitability in all our communication that I would like to touch as long as we are profitable. businesses and geographic on and reinforce. areas. Hence, making profitability the The first is the profound change that the fundamental objective of the Group ought Group has been making in its geographic to be our dogma and the expression of our dispersion and organisation, which strategy and our management. inexorably determines that we are now a multinational Group. The most effective way to safeguard the Group, guarantee the remuneration of In other words, we are no longer a Group its shareholders and give employees with a strong domestic market and a opportunities for the future is to achieve significant international presence; we have this indispensable element: profitability in become a Group with a presence in various all our businesses and geographic areas. domestic markets, with a similar relative importance. And the more uncertain our times become, the truer this will be. This reality requires management with a different approach and of another This is the only way we can be better dimension. We have been able to make prepared for the future. these changes as we go, but there is a need for further development, for which we must be prepared as an organisation. The second point is that the Group is more solid and more profitable. APRIL 2013 06 INSTITUTIONAL In the internal communiqué of the appointment, Gonçalo Moura Martins highlighted the “great personal and professional qualities of his predecessor”, adding that it had been "a great privilege to work on the Executive Committee under MOTA-ENGIL the leadership of Jorge Coelho”. Acknowledging that ahead of him awaits a great challenge with an enormous NAMES NEW CHIEF demand “due to the size of the Group, its ambitions as lined out in the "Ambition 2.0" strategic plan, and the crisis that is EXEcutIVE OFFICER being felt in a large part of the economies where we operate,” the new CEO continues to manifest confidence in the performance of his office “due to the fact that the Group has a controlling shareholder with a long- With the appointment of Gonçalo Moura term strategic vision, which gives the Group great stability and persons of great Martins as CEO, José Pedro Freitas was worth who are the support that enables Mota-Engil to maintain its course in growth, chosen to be the Group's CFO internationalisation, diversification and creation of value”. He promises to continue pursuing the Gonçalo Moura Martins has been named strategic guidelines and goals defined in Chairman of the Executive Committee of “Ambition 2.0”, admitting the possibility the Mota-Engil Group (CEO), the position of studying new markets to strengthen the formerly held by Jorge Coelho. internationalisation of Mota-Engil. “Despite the changes that have taken place, the With this change, Executive Committee strategy of the company remains unchanged member José Pedro Freitas was given the in its path to success: the "Ambition 2.0" position of Financial Director (CFO), duties plan will continue to be our strategic script previously performed by the new CEO. and the reference for the path we must continue to follow, a path that maintains the Gonçalo Moura Martins has been with the indispensable support of the shareholders.” Group for 23 years and is Vice-Chairman Gonçalo Moura Martins has of the Board of Directors. During the THE ChaIrmaN OF THE Board OF been with the Group for 23 course of his career, he has held positions DIREctors EXprEssES HIS VotE years and is Vice-Chairman of executive leadership and senior of CONFIDENCE of the Board of Directors. management in all the business segments With the change that has taken place in the of the Mota-Engil Group. executive leadership of the Group, António During the course of his Mota, Chairman of the Board of Directors career, he has held positions Jorge Coelho’s successor in the executive and major shareholder of Mota-Engil, gave of executive leadership and leadership of Mota-Engil was part of the his vote of confidence in the new CEO, senior management in all Executive Committee from its beginning “whose qualities of leadership and capacity and participated in the preparation of the for work and decision-making we have all the business segments of the “Ambition

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