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                                                                                                                                                                                                                             REPORT 2017

                                                                                                                                   DIALOGUE WITH STAKEHOLDERS
            3.4. Goldair Handling’s Stakeholders                                                                                   The process of identifying the needs and expectations of   successfully meet their requirements and expectations.


                                                                                                                                   the stakeholders includes a regular dialogue through the   The expectations and the main issues that concern Goldair
            Communication and cooperation with stakeholders is particularly important to Goldair Handling. The dialogue
            and exchange of views with the stakeholders constitute an essential element of and prerequisite for the strategic      communication channels we have established for each   Handling’s stakeholders are presented below as they
            management of the Company’s Sustainable Development issues.                                                            group. This procedure allows us to reach useful conclusions   have been recorded through Company-stakeholders
                                                                                                                                   on the issues facing each group and permits systematisation   communication. The  following  table also illustrates  Goldair
                                                                                                                                   of the Company’s actions, creating an appropriate plan to   Handling’s response to them.

                                                                                                                                   FREQUENCY OF COMMUNICATION: 1=ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, 2=PERIODICALLY, 3=REGULARLY, 4=CONTINUOUSLY OR ON
                                                                                                                                   A PERMANENT BASIS
                    Stakeholders are defined as groups consisting of natural or legal persons directly or indirectly impacted
                    by or impacting the operation of the Company.                                                                                          GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERACTION FRAMEWORK
                                                                                                                                    Shareholders       Key issues                 Communication channels
                                                                                                                                    • Invest the       • High quality             • Meetings on a monthly basis,
                                                                                                                                       necessary funds         of services provided     telephone and electronic communication (4)
                                                                                                                                       and expect a return  • Maintaining a good reputation   • Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting (2)
            In order to determine and prioritise the groups of stakeholders   are those who have frequent direct contact and act within the
                                                                                                                                    • Are paid dividends  • Reliability and transparency  • Annual Sustainable Development Report (1)
            with whom the company is affiliated and with whom it   environment of the Company, whereas external stakeholders
                                                                                                                                    • Determine        • Character and integrity
            communicates on a regular basis, a specific procedure was   are those with whom the company has an indirect relationship/
                                                                                                                                       the Company’s      • Company growth,
            implemented in the form of a workshop. Goldair Handling has   contact and who act in the Company’s external environment.
                                                                                                                                       budget and strategy     profitability, and sustainability
            identified  its  internal  and  external  stakeholders,  taking  into   More specifically:
                                                                                                                                    • Decide on the    • Expansion into new markets
            account their sector, region, and size. Internal stakeholders
                                                                                                                                       expansion or    • Proper corporate governance,
                                                                                                                                       restriction of      risk management,
            • Internal stakeholders: shareholders, workers’ unions.                                                                    the Company’s      and an active role
            • External stakeholders: clients (airlines), clients (travelling public), suppliers, regulatory authorities, local communities/NGOs,      operations      in decision-making
            institutional bodies, external contractors, financial institutions.                                                        (products,      • Dividend yield
                                                                                                                                       stations, etc.).  •Transparency in relations
                                                                                                                                                         with stakeholders
                                                                                                                                                       How the Company responds

                                              Customer               Passengers                                                                        • Publication of results, announcements and financial statements,
                                               Airlines                                                                                                   with sufficient information provided to shareholders.
                                                                                                                                                       • Publication of an annual Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Report.
                                                                                                                                                          Details are included in section: “4. Financial results and corporate governance”.
                                                        Shareholders
                                                                                      External                                      Workers            Key issues                 Communication channels
                                                                                      Partners                                      and trade union    • Recognition,             • Middle management meetings with the Management team
                              Suppliers
                                                                                                                                    • Offer their labour          equal opportunities,      each quarter and via Skype with Headquarters
                                                                                                                                       and knowledge      and equal treatment        twice per month (3)
                                                         GROUPS                                                                     • Are paid salaries   • Workplace health and safety  • Human Resources Department (4)
                                                                         Trade
                                            Workers         OF           Union                                                      • Receive          • Education, development   • Annual assessment of staff (1)
                                                      STAKEHOLDERS                                                                     additional benefits     of personal skills,   • Employee satisfaction survey - every two years (2)

                                                                                                                                    • Are provided         and advancement        • Telephone and electronic communication (3)
                                Local
                             communities                                            Institutional                                      with equal      • Information related      • Information via mobile text messages - SMS (3)
                                                                                      Bodies
                              and NGOs
                                                                                                                                       opportunities      to the Company’s        • Communication via Social Media (3)
                                                                                                                                       for professional      development and progress  • Corporate events (2-4 events per year at various levels) (2)
                                                                                                                                       advancement     • Stable working environment  • Weekly presence of a member of the personnel office
                                                                                                                                       and personal    • Transparent and merit-based      at an airport office for direct service (3)
                                            State and
                                           Regulatory                 Financial                                                        development        system for internal promotion  • Implementation of the regional station
                                           Authorities               Institutions                                                                                                    inspection programme for proper compliance with the
                                                                                                                                                                                     procedures and contact with workers (1)
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Intranet (4)


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