2020 Sustainability Report |Aqualia’s horizon | 23 Economic value withheld Thousands of € 2019 2020 Total economic value generated 1,262,472 1,266,019 Total economic value distributed 1,147,627 1,051,218 TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE WITHHELD 114,845 214,801 Breakdown of taxes by country Thousands of € Country Corporate income tax Other taxes Total Saudi Arabia 189 0 189 Algeria 2,104 673 2,776 Bosnia 1 0 1 Colombia 806 1,509 2,315 Ecuador 47 24 71 Egypt 1,732 160 1,892 UAE 19 19 Spain 23,251 3,630 26,882 France 434 1,358 1,791 Italy 731 37 769 Kosovo 12 8 19 Mexico 145 209 354 Panama 12 3 15 Portugal 269 54 324 Czech Republic 3,547 1,056 4,603 Romania -10 5 -5 Tunisia 16 -27 -11 Uruguay 51 51 GENERAL TOTAL 33,338 8,718 42,056 Grants Million € 2019 2020 Total subsidies3 35.3 14.2 Amount of operating grants for R&D&i projects 2.1 2.9 Amount of capital grants for R&D&i 0.2 0 It should be noted that in 2020 a total of €5,124,362 Furthermore, the increase in equity produced throughout was invested in R+D+i to respond to the global the year for an amount of net income after taxes similar challenges facing the market and the water sector, which to that of the previous year, led to a two point decrease represented a growth of 19% over 2019. in the return on equity, going from 19.20% in 2019 to4 17.03% in 2020. The level of indebtedness at the end of 3 Amount received in public subsidies. the year stood at 51.42%. 4 ROE: Profit after taxes on net assets.