EC1 - Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments

In 2009, revenue amounted to 64,035 million euro, operating costs to 41,950 million euro, EBITDA to 16,044 million euro, EBIT to 10.755 million euro, and Group net income to 5,395 million euro.

The donations made to Enel Cuore Onlus, a non-profit association founded by the Company to perform concrete charitable deeds in both Italy and abroad, amounted to 31.4 million euro, including 25 million euro allocated to the support of the Italian government’s Special Fund established pursuant to article 81 of Legislative Decree 112/2008 (the so-called “Social Card”).

See the Table at the end of this chapter.