Employment

DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONNEL BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION (%)

As at 31 December 2009, overall 6,187 persons work at Snam Rete Gas Group. The breakdown of employees in service as at 31 December 2009 is as follows: Executives (2%), Middle Managers (8%), Office workers (53.6%) and Manual workers (36.4%). 96.3% of employees have a permanent employment contract, and 145 people have an apprenticeship or trainee contract. 51% of employees work in the North of Italy, 22.1% in Central Italy and 26.9% in the South and in Sicily. The concentration in the North of the country is principally due to the presence of the company’s head offices in San Donato Milanese and in Turin, and the presence of the GNL Italia facility in the province of La Spezia.

In 2009 we hired 168 new employees: of these, most (108) were hired in the North of Italy, 52 were hired in the Southern regions and 8 in Central Italy.

DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONNEL BY AGE (No.)

Of the new hires 18% are degree holders and 55% have a high school diploma. At year end the percentage of all personnel holding degrees was 9.5%, with 50.3% having a high school diploma. The average age of the personnel employed in the group is 47 years, while the average length of service is around 22 years.

255 people left the Snam Rete Gas Group in 2009, of which 155 either had reached the age requirement and level of contributions necessary to obtain their pensions. The people left are comprehensive of 3 lay-offs, 34 persons in mobility and 45 transfers of personnel to Eni companies.