Investor Presentaiton
Message
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from the
President and CEO
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Prepared for the future
We finished 2016 with the certainty that we overcame many chal-
lenges, and that we are ready to start a new cycle of achievements
in the company. At the beginning of the year, we inaugurated the
Embraer Corporate Office (ECO) in São Paulo, with the goal of con-
centrating the company's corporate activities in one central unit, in
search of greater synergy and a global vision. This period has been
marked by adverse conditions and a deterioration of the compet-
itive landscape: emerging markets' commercial activity continued
in deceleration and global political and economic instabilities have
affected sector demand. In this context, our company has been dili-
gent in adjusting costs and expenses to the current market scenar-
io and launched "Challenge 200," in search of US$200 million in
annual savings throughout our operations—these are fundamental
adjustments to ensure the growth of our strength and competitive-
ness in the coming years.
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Revenues for the year were US$6.2 billion,
up from US$5.9 billion the previous year.
In our order portfolio, we have accounted
for US$19.6 billion in firm orders (backlog)
and we have achieved an adjusted net prof-
it of US$290.5 million, with positive opera-
tional margins for our three business units
- a result we will seek to intensify in the
upcoming years.
Our programs have consistently progressed,
ensuring proper execution of their sched-
ules and budgets. Earlier this year, we cel-
ebrated the inaugural flight and the start of
the certification campaign for the E190-E2,
the first second-generation jet of Commer-
cial Aviation's E-Jets family. Since its launch,
the aircraft has received 275 firm orders
and 415 letters of intent, options and pur-
chasing rights, a total of 690 commitments
from airlines and leasing companies. The
model's first units will be delivered in 2018.
The KC-390, a multi-mission military air-
craft, successfully completed its first in-
ternational mission: it has traveled more
than 30,000 kilometers in Africa, Europe
and the Middle East, in addition to the
long transatlantic ferry flights. This is the
largest aircraft ever to be manufactured in
Brazil, and it sets new standards for the
category opening up the opportunity for us
to expand the globalization of the Defense
& Security business. The program's current
focus is on solely on the certification cam-
paign, scheduled to be completed in the
second half of 2017, with the first delivery
planned for the following year.
In Executive Aviation, we have continued to
invest in the improvement of the Phenom
100 and Phenom 300 (the world's best-sell-
ing business jet for the fourth consecutive
year) and of the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500
jets, in addition to enhancing the Legacy
650. We also delivered the 1,000th executive
jet, a Legacy 500, and we were recognized by
U.S. publications Aviation International News
(AIN) and Pro Pilot Magazine in the rankings
for product support and customer support,
respectively. This strengthens our position
in customer loyalty, which must be achieved
through every relationship opportunity, from
prospecting to after-sales. At the end of the
year, we announced the creation of a busi-
ness unit focused on services and customer
support. With the start of operations sched-
uled for the first half of 2017, the unit will be
responsible for the development of support
solutions for products and services, both cur-
rent and new, as well as for managing the
associated processes and resources.
This was also the year of the conclusion
of the investigation into misdeeds in four
transactions conducted abroad, between
2007 and 2011. We deeply regret these
events, but we are certain that we have
grown with this experience. We entered into
agreements with Brazilian and U.S. authori-
ties and we have turned the page, focusing
on the continued strengthening of a sustain-
able culture that is founded on the pillars of
integrity and business ethics. With improved
processes and controls, we have advanced
in our trajectory of success, which has been
recognized throughout our 50 years, with
more than 8 thousand aircraft delivered to
the market, in 90 countries.
We are prepared for the future, with mod-
ern products and adjusted operations.
We continue to focus on the company's
sustainability and we reaffirm our com-
mitment to the United Nations (UN) Glob-
al Compact. For the same reason, we are
celebrating one more year of listing on the
Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and
on the BM&FBOVESPA's Corporate Sustain-
ability Index (ISE, in Portuguese).
We believe that the secret to Embraer's lon-
gevity are the people who are part of the
company, to whom we are extremely grate-
ful. Together, we remain confident that we
will always generate value for customers,
shareholders and communities.
Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva
President and CEO
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