(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 12 - The CEO of Poste Italiane, commenting on the results of the first nine months of 2020, underlines "the important lessons learned during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic": lessons "that allowed us - he comments - to successfully face the emergency and quickly adapt to the main trends, they have once again demonstrated the resilience of our business ".
Then he underlines: "We are more prepared than ever for the second wave, confirming our role as Italian system operator".
And Del Fante says of the results: "" This quarter has shown clear signs of recovery, confirming the solidity of our business model in all sectors ". In particular," the operating result for the third quarter grew by 4.2%, net of extraordinary costs. incurred to cope with this unforeseen emergency, up an impressive 10% year on year.
This result is even more impressive - underlines the CEO.
of Poste - if you keep in mind that 2019 was a record year "." Our strategy proved to be correct and helped us to successfully overcome this challenging moment ".
Poste Italiane closes the results of the third quarter with "solid results", he underlines: net profit amounted to 353 million, + 10.3% compared to the same period of 2019. + 0.8% in revenues to 2.589 billion.
On the other hand, the impact of the Covid emergency is evident in the first nine months of the year, which recorded a net profit down by 17.1% to 898 million with revenues down by 5.2% to 7.67 billion.
The board also approved the distribution of an interim dividend of € 0.162 per share in payment from 25 November.
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