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19/06/2024
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Hera Group ranks first in the 2024 ESG Identity Corporate Index (formerly IGI)

<p><em>For the fourth consecutive year, the Group is on the podium of the overall index ranking, which rewards Italian companies that stand out for integrating ESG factors into their governance. This comes as further recognition of the Group’s commitment to creating long-term value for its shareholders and all its stakeholders</em></p>
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11/06/2024
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Inrete Distribuzione Energia acquires Soelia’s gas network

<p><em>The Hera Group, through its subsidiary operating in the natural gas distribution sector, strengthens its presence in the area served</em></p>
Online since 11-06-2024 at 11:57
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15/05/2024
Shareholders’ meeting
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Publication of documents pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting

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15/05/2024
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Hera Group acquires Soelia’s gas network

Through its subsidiary Inrete Distribuzione Energia, the Group was awarded the tender for the gas distribution plants and network serving the municipality of Argenta in Ferrara area

Online since 15-05-2024 at 10:38
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14/05/2024
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Hera Group BoD approves results for 1Q 2024

<p>The consolidated quarterly report at 31 March shows improvement in the main operating and financial indicators. The Group’s financial solidity and commitment to sustainability and the ecological transition were confirmed, along with the creation of value for all stakeholders and significant investments in the areas served to improve our assets resilience and to guarantee service quality and continuity</p>
Online since 14-05-2024 at 12:41
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30/04/2024
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Hera Shareholders Meeting: 2023 financial statements approved and dividend increased to 14 cents

The Group continues along its path of uninterrupted growth, closing 2023 with record performance in the main operating and financial indicators, thus constantly creating value for its stakeholders.

Online since 29-04-2024 at 12:53
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23/04/2024
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Hera Group at the top of ARERA’s water service quality ranking

The multiutility confirms itself among Italy’s most outstanding operators, securing the first and third positions, with reference to all macro-indicators, as proof of the very high standards adopted by the Group in this field. A commitment that the Hera fulfils with significant investments to ensure the highest quality and continuity of service to around 3.6 million citizens and an increasingly efficient and circular use of resources. Important results have been achieved, particularly in Emilia-Romagna.

08/04/2024
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Publication of the Draft Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements as of 31.12.2023, the Sustainability Report - Consolidated Non-Financial Statement, the Corporate Governance Report, and the Report on Remuneration and Compensation Paid

29/03/2024
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Rigid plastics recycling: one of Europe’s most innovative plants to be built in Modena

<p><em>Thanks to investments totalling approximately 50 million euro, the Hera Group will build a state-of-the-art facility within its own plant complex. Starting from plastic waste that has so far been difficult to recycle, it will produce high quality polymers with characteristics similar to those shown by virgin materials, thus making sectors such as consumer electronics and the automotive industry increasingly sustainable</em></p>
Press releases
27/03/2024
Shareholders’ meeting
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Publication of documents pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting to be held on 30 April 2024

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26/03/2024
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Hera Group approves results as at 31/12/2023

<p><em>The year closed with main financial indicators rising and the targets included in the strategic Plan to 2026 exceeded three years ahead of schedule. The Group’s financial solidity and flexibility allowed it to continue along its path of industrial growth, increasing its investments and successfully grasping market opportunities, both internal and external, while continuing to generate value benefitting all stakeholders. The proposed dividend was raised, reaching 14 eurocents per share</em></p>
Online since 26-03-2024 at 12:47
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11/03/2024
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Green energy and a new urban forest: the Hera Group’s Energy Park arrives in Bologna

<p><em>Sustainability, decarbonisation, liveability and biodiversity protection are the keywords of this project, which will be developed in the northern part of the city and will contain a new urban park with facilities, complemented by areas dedicated to protecting animal and plant species, and an agrivoltaic field that will allow an annual saving of 6,000 tons of CO2.</em></p>
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04/03/2024
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The passing of Hera S.p.A.'s Vice Chairman, Mr. Gabriele Giacobazzi

We hereby inform you that on March 3, 2024, the Vice Chaiman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Gabriele Giacobazzi, passed away.

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13/02/2024
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Hera Group among Europe’s leaders in sustainability and the fight against climate change

<p><em>The Group achieved the leadership band in the CDP questionnaire and was included among “TOP 1%” Multi and Water Utilities of the S&amp;P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook 2024. These recognitions prove Hera’s commitment to sustainable development and creating shared value for local areas.</em></p>
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06/02/2024
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Hera Group: over 1 million new electricity customers as of 1 July

<p><em>With the 7 lots awarded in the tender for the Gradual Protection Service for non-vulnerable household customers, the Hera Group consolidates its position as the sector’s third largest operator in Italy.</em></p>
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25/01/2024
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Hera Group expands in the industrial waste sector with TRS Ecology

<p><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></span></span></i>With the acquisition of 70% of the Piacenza-based company, the Group reinforces its leadership in the waste management sector. This transaction, at full capacity, is expected to contribute to growth in the Hera Group’s Ebitda with approximately 6 million euro.<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> </span></span></span></i></p>
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24/01/2024
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Hera Group presents Business Plan to 2027

<p><em>Development, resilience and creating shared value for stakeholders are at the heart of the Group’s new strategic document, which foresees investments totalling 4.4 billion to speed up the ecological transition and enhance asset resilience to climate change. The preliminary results for 2023 outperform the previous Plan’s goals that have been achieved three years ahead of schedule, thanks to the numerous development actions implemented and the Group’s ability to grasp market opportunities.</em></p>
Online since 24-01-2024 at 12:02
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22/01/2024
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18/01/2024
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Hera Top Employer for the 15th Consecutive Year

<p><em>The company reaffirms, once again in 2024, its position among the best performers in human resources management, thanks to substantial investments in welfare, training, and skill development.</em></p>
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02/01/2024
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Hera Group has obtained the “Gender equality certification”

<p><em>A further confirmation of the importance of Hera’s achievements in terms of gender equality and inclusion</em></p>

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27/01/2022
Hera Group approves Business Plan to 2025

The new five-year strategic document builds on the Group’s path of growth, with investments coming to over 3.8 billion and concrete energy transition and circular economy projects. The Plan is solidly based on twenty years of experience, with positive value creation for shareholders, local areas and the communities served, and on the results for the 2021 financial year, whose Ebitda is estimated at over 1.2 billion euro

Operating-financial highlights

  • 2025 Ebitda: 1.4 billion euro (+277 million compared to 2020)
  • Total industrial and financial investments: over 3.8 billion 
  • Net debt/Ebitda at 2.8x in 2025
  • Further increase in dividends, reaching 14.5 cents per share in 2025 (+32% compared to the last dividend paid)
  • All five-year operating and ESG targets revised upwards

Industrial highlights

  • Confirmation of strategy focused on 3 areas: environment, socio-economic factors and innovation, with a wide range of concrete projects in all business areas
  • Development driven by both internal and external growth (M&As) and balanced between regulated and free-market activities 
  • Goal of 4.5 million energy customers by 2025
  • Shared value at 780 million euro by 2025 (roughly 55% of total Ebitda)
  • Among the objectives for 2030: reducing CO2 emissions by 37% and increasing recycled plastic by 150% 

A Plan that combines growth, value creation and sustainable development

Today, the Hera Group’s Board of Directors, chaired by Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, approved the Business Plan to 2025, which consolidates the Group’s commitment to balanced and sustainable development in all business areas, with the aim of continuing to create value for shareholders, local areas and the communities served. 
With Ebitda expected to reach 1.4 billion in 2025 and investments totalling approximately 3.8 billion over the period covered by the Plan, this five-year strategic document shows increases in all main targets and outlines a wide range of actions for the energy transition, the circular economy and technological evolution, with concrete and innovative projects that will also benefit from funding opportunities coming from the Recovery and Resilience Plan. 

20 years of uninterrupted growth, and 2021 Ebitda expected to total over 1.2 billion euro

The new Plan is based on a trend of uninterrupted growth, as is proven by Group Ebitda, which has increased more than sixfold in 20 years. This consistent and linear path has been seen since the establishment of the Hera Group, which is characterised by a full correspondence between the commitments made and the initiatives implemented, capital and financial solidity and a multi-business strategy that balances regulated and free market activities, internal growth and M&A transactions. This model, which has proved its resilience and capability of supporting stakeholders, even during adverse scenarios, has enabled the Hera Group to consolidate leading positions in all business areas.
Projections for 2021 year-end results are also positive, exceeding expectations, with a preliminary Ebitda rising to over 1,220 million euro, compared to 1,123 million at the end of 2020, and a net debt/Ebitda ratio coming to approximately 2.7x, an improvement on 31 December 2020. Last year, in addition to increased dividends, significant investments were seen, amounting to over 650 million euro, with strong growth over 2020. 

A recovering macroeconomic scenario, with coordinated actions for a fair and sustainable transition

After the slowdown seen in 2020 due to the health emergency, global trends are now positive, with the European and Italian economies returning to rapid growth. This recovery, moreover, is generating tension in some sectors, such as raw materials, causing a significant increase in market volatility, which is set to continue in the coming months, and which will see the Group further strengthen both its risk management strategies and its actions to support stakeholders. In this framework, European and national institutions are implementing coordinated and convergent actions aimed at a fair, sustainable and inclusive transition. In particular, with its Recovery and Resilience Plan, Italy has entered the executive phase of the Green Deal, with funds supporting carbon neutrality interventions and regenerative and circular development models. The opportunities seen in the Italian context also include those related to the consolidation of markets that are still overly fragmented, tenders for the renewal of services under concession, and the further liberalisation of electricity sales, with the elimination of protected markets.

Three focal points of the Business Plan to 2025: environment, socio-economic factors and innovation

In a context undergoing recovery, with an increasing emphasis on sustainability and the utilities sector set to benefit from the most significant share of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, the Hera Group will be able to continue to leverage the competitive position it has cultivated over the years and thus grow. 
In full compliance with national and European policies and the objectives on the UN’s 2030 Agenda, which have been guiding Hera’s strategies for some time, all projects in the Business Plan to 2025 are structured around three focal points: the environment, socio-economic factors and innovation, with initiatives for the green and digital transition, capable of generating positive effects in the areas served. 
The environmental focal points include initiatives to combat climate change, in order to achieve carbon neutrality, with actions to reduce emissions, increase infrastructure resilience and promote the circular economy. The socio-economic aspects, on the other hand, aim to create “shared value”: under the Plan, the Hera Group will extend the range and quality of its services in areas where it has been present for quite some time, reinforced by the newly awarded tenders for regulated service concession renewals, and in new areas as well, and will seize further development opportunities through external growth. Lastly, innovation will embrace all opportunities linked to technological evolution, with the aim of further increasing the efficiency and quality of services, and above all introducing changes in its model of organisational management.

A strong increase in investments, coming to over 3.8 billion euro, thanks to the Group’s financial solidity

The Plan to 2025 calls for a sharp increase in investments, amounting to more than 3.8 billion euro, or approximately 770 million per year. This is a very significant rise – equivalent to 60% – compared to the average seen over the last five years, and is possible thanks to its solid financial structure, reinforced over the years and in 2021 as well. Investment allocation combines internal development opportunities with actions to increase system resilience (accounting for roughly 1.2 billion). Significant investments for innovation will be made in all business areas and support will be given to the ongoing transition.
In general, of the total investments envisaged in the Plan, more than 1.7 billion are aligned with the criteria with which the European Taxonomy identifies opportunities that contribute to environmental policy objectives, in particular the two areas regulated for now, relating to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. Furthermore, many of these interventions respect the directions indicated by the Recovery and Resilience Plan. 
Thanks to an optimisation of financial and fiscal costs, the Plan outlines an increasing creation of value, as seen among other factors by ROE and ROI, projected at 10.6% and 8.7% respectively in 2025, a particularly appreciable result considering that the recent reduction in WACC for regulated activities concerns 60% of the invested capital. Moreover, the net debt to Ebitda ratio at 2025 is expected to be 2.8x, consistent with the current figure and indicative of a strong self-financing capability, providing room for manoeuvre that will allow the Group to take advantage of any additional unforeseen opportunities that may arise during the period covered by the Plan. 

Ebitda expected to rise to 1.4 billion by 2025, thanks to both internal and external growth

The improved scenario and the increase in investments have enabled the Hera Group to revise all its five-year targets upwards, first and foremost Ebitda, which is expected to reach 1.4 billion euro in 2025, 277 million more than the 1,123 million seen at the end of 2020. The average annual increase comes to 4.5%, higher than the 3.7% forecast by the previous Plan (this data already includes the impact of the reduction in tariffs following Arera’s WACC revision for regulated activities included in gas, electricity and water bills).
Besides the positive contribution coming from all business sectors, internal growth and operating efficiencies will contribute 192 million euro to Ebitda, while 100 million will come from new M&As, plus any synergies that the Group will be able to extract, in line with its previous trends. A further 22 million in Ebitda will be generated by the operations concluded in late 2020 and early 2021: the acquisition of the company Wölmann, which operates in photovoltaic panel installation, the energy sales company Ecogas and three companies in the industrial waste sector: Recycla, Gruppo Vallortigara and SEA. Synergies, efficiency gains, expansion of market shares, new projects and investments will thus make it possible to offset the negative impacts, totalling 37 million, deriving from the loss of some incentives, such as those on the production of renewable energy, and the cut in the WACC on regulated services mentioned above. 

Sustainability as a strategic priority: “shared value” Ebitda at 55% in 2025, almost 70% in 2030

Sustainability remains one of the cornerstones of the Group’s strategies for growth, perfectly integrated and relevant to all operating areas, with an increasing focus on creating value for stakeholders, as shown by the recent introduction of the concept of corporate purpose in the Group’s Articles of Association. “Shared value” Ebitda itself, reported since 2016 and referring to business activities that meet the sustainability goals on the UN Agenda, has increased steadily over the years. It is expected to reach roughly 55% of total Ebitda in 2025, equivalent to 780 million euro, and to amount 70% in 2030, along a linear path that generates concrete benefits for the areas and communities served, proportionately reflecting the company’s own development.
The Hera Group’s best practices in ESG areas, in any case, have long been recognised both nationally and internationally. Along with ranking first in the 2021 Integrated Governance Index, which measures the integration of sustainability into corporate strategies, Hera has been included, as leader in its sector (Multi-Utility & Water), for the second year in a row, in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, World and Europe, one of the most authoritative stock exchange indices in the world assessing social responsibility. 

Further increase in dividends, rising to 14.5 cents per share

As confirmation of its focus on generating value for shareholders, the Group plans to pay steadily increasing dividends: upon approval of the 2021 Financial Statements, the Group will in fact propose to the Board of Directors a 12 €cents/share dividend, compared to 11 €cents/share for the 2020 dividend, thus showing an increase of 1 €cent instead of 0.5 €cents, as initially planned. This additional increase will thus benefit all prospected dividends, which will reach 14.5 €cents/share in 2025 (32% more than the last dividend paid). 
This higher dividend payment is in line with the expected trend in earnings per share, which will also rise by 5.7% per year on average until 2025.

The networks sector: resilience, resource regeneration and development of “clean energy” solutions

Ebitda expected in 2025 from the networks sector – which includes electricity and gas distribution services, the water cycle and district heating – comes to 533 million euro, up 73 million compared to 2020. This target is all the more significant considering that it fully offsets the revised WACC, effective as of 1 January 2022, which will have a -22 million impact over the period covered by the Plan.
Most of the internal growth will come from two main drivers: infrastructure development, with investments bringing overall RAB to 4 billion euro, and further cost efficiency coming to 40 million euro, made possible among other things by an increased use of digitalisation and innovations on infrastructures that introduce new operating models.
More specifically, Hera will invest approximately 2.1 billion euro in extending, modernising and evolving its networks, focusing on integrating traditional methods with technologically innovative solutions to ensure resilience, efficiency and business continuity even in the event of extreme weather events. 
Interventions for the smart transition include installing approximately 420,000 second generation (2G) electricity meters that will measure consumption more precisely. As regards gas distribution, in addition to replacing gas meters in compliance with regulatory obligations, installation of “NexMeter” devices will continue, patented by the Group and equipped with advanced safety functions in the event of leaks or earthquakes, and cutting-edge technology in terms of reducing gas dispersion into the atmosphere. By 2025, 300,000 will be installed, 200,000 of which in the new recycled plastic version and ready to measure blends with “green gas”. This green version of NexMeter will be at the centre of the first trial in Italy concerning the use of gas and hydrogen mixtures in household gas distribution, in the Modena area. 
Hera’s multi-business competence, indeed, represents a strategic opportunity to develop solutions in the field of “clean energies”, as shown by the project for a unit with power-to-gas technology at the Bologna Corticella purification plant, already at an advanced planning stage, with start-up expected by 2023. 
As regards tenders for gas distribution, Hera aims to confirm its position as service manager in the areas already covered, with two more tenders expected over the period covered by the Plan, in addition to ATEM Udine 2, which the Group was recently awarded. 
In district heating, Hera’s goals include increasing volumes distributed and developing the heat generation mix, with the goal of reaching 77% of energy from renewable and assimilated sources in the networks managed by the Group within 2025. 
Lastly, in the water cycle, Hera will aim for an increasingly efficient use of water resources, with a reduction in consumption and circularity solutions, and will invest in new technologies to increase network efficiency and resilience, through means including enhanced automation and remote monitoring.

The energy sector: 4.5 million customers by 2025 and focus on value-added services and energy efficiency

By 2025, Ebitda in the energy sector will amount to 444 million euro, up 76 million compared to the 368 million seen in 2020, while the investments made during the period covered by the Plan period will come to approximately 550 million euro.
Hera will continue its efforts to expand the customer base, with the aim of consolidating its position as the third largest operator in the energy sector in Italy and reaching 4.5 million customers by 2025, due to factors including upcoming competitive procedures for eliminating protected markets. This will be due to significant investments in customer experience, to improve its effectiveness and efficiency, introducing new functions and tools to encourage customer involvement and interaction with the company, while maintaining the “cost to serve” per client stable over the years. 
Ebitda will be sustained first and foremost by extracting commercial expansion and cross-selling activities – amounting to approximately 27 million – due in particular to the integration of EstEnergy, the internal growth created by sales campaigns and the increased amount of value-added services and energy efficiency, continuing also to take advantage of all the opportunities related to the so-called super-ecobonus. The range of value-added services, in particular, will be further expanded with solutions for reducing consumption and new integrated proposals for protecting the environment, such as photovoltaics. This focus on sustainability is confirmed by the fact that proposals are already made to all retail customers for 100% energy from renewable sources. Hera will also continue to invest in developing electric mobility, with the aim of installing more than 4,000 recharging points by 2025, integrating its offer with a series of advanced products and services.
Lastly, as regards external growth, following up on the acquisitions already completed, the Group will aim to acquire new customer packages in a market that is still highly fragmented and in which smaller operators, vulnerable due to the currently high volatility of energy markets, are disappearing. 

A leader in waste management, with outstanding plants and innovative projects for the circular economy

Ebitda for the waste management sector will also rise, going from 258 million euro in 2020 to 380 million in 2025, with investments expected to amount to almost 1.1 billion over the period covered by the Plan.
In this sector, the Hera Group is the leading operator nationally, with a set of approximately ninety state-of-the-art facilities in line with European best practices, capable of treating all types of waste. Under the Plan, the Group aims to consolidate its leadership through new acquisitions, commercial development, growth in volumes treated, increased recovery and recycling activities. It will thus meet the rapidly growing demand and continue to implement projects in support of the circular economy. 
Group subsidiary Aliplast, already a leader in plastics recycling, will play a central role in promoting the circular economy, extending its efforts by increasing the capacity of plants dedicated to treating flexible plastics (PET and LDPE). Thanks to its partnership with NextChem, part of the Maire Tecnimont Group, it will also enter the rigid plastics segment, with the construction in Modena of an innovative plant producing high-quality recycled polymers, which will promote the sustainability of certain sectors, such as IT and consumer electronics, which until now have only been able to use virgin plastics for their products. A new plant is also being planned to recycle carbon fibre, which can then be reused to make new products, particularly in the automotive sector. In general, the objective is to increase the volume of recycled plastic by 125% in 2025 compared to 2017.
In addition, Hera plans to double its production of biomethane – reaching 16.8 million cubic metres per year in 2025 – by replicating the positive experience of the Sant’Agata Bolognese plant in Bologna area, which produces compost and biomethane from organic waste, fuelling sustainable mobility. Through the NewCo Biorg, born out of a partnership with the Cremonini Group, a plant in Spilamberto in Modena area will be restructured to produce biomethane and compost from organic waste and agro-food waste, while in the Marche region Hera is continuing to work on an anaerobic biodigester from organic waste, generating positive effects in an area currently lacking in facilities of this type. 
Thanks to its unique offer of sustainable and integrated solutions, Hera also aims to expand its industrial customer base. The synergies between the Group’s companies make it possible to offer businesses customised “turnkey” service packages that include all activities relating to the waste cycle, water resources and energy services. A further contribution to enriching Group’s proposals and its geographical coverage will come from recent M&As in industrial waste treatment: in 2021, in fact, Hera acquired 70% of the Friuli-based company Recycla, 31% of Sea in the Marche region and 80% of the Vallortigara Group located in Veneto. 
Lastly, as regards municipal waste services, the Group has already won tenders in the Ravenna-Cesena, Modena and Bologna areas and aims to confirm its management of this service in the remaining areas already covered in Emilia-Romagna. In these areas, Hera intends to further improve the percentage of sorted waste collected, reaching 76% by 2025, with measures to increase its quality as well, such as involving citizens and businesses with dedicated initiatives and communication campaigns, and installing around 62 thousand “Smarty” computerised bins, automated and remotely controlled, during the period covered by the Plan.

The main industrial objectives to 2025, with an eye on 2030 as well

The Group’s commitment towards the content of the Plan to 2025 translates into industrial objectives consistent with European policies and UN recommendations. Moreover, in order to define its contribution even more precisely, Hera has extended its perspective to include a series of targets to 2030.
One of the most important of these goals is to work towards carbon neutrality. Hera has set itself one of the most ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for a company in Italy: 37% by 2030, after achieving 26% in 2025 (in both cases compared to 2019). This target – validated by the prestigious international network Science Based Target initiative – is even more significant since it takes into account both the Group’s activities and those of its suppliers and customers in electricity and gas sales.
The Group has also confirmed its commitment to the circular economy and regenerating resources. Some targets include: increasing the percentage of packaging recycling, from 73% in 2020 to 76% in 2025 and over 80% in 2030, and increasing the percentage of wastewater reused, from 5.1% in 2020 to 8.5% in 2025 and 15% in 2030. 

Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Executive Chairman of the Hera Group

The Hera Group’s Business Plan to 2025 outlines new development objectives for our company, in economic terms and as regards sustainability. In order to achieve these goals, we have allocated significant investments to continue introducing cutting-edge projects in the areas where we have a consolidated presence. These investments will also allow us to expand our scope, seizing the best opportunities for competition in the still highly fragmented sectors in which we operate. In an increasingly complex economic context, we wish to concretely contribute to recovery and the sustainable transition in Italy, with a multifaceted series of interventions, in line with the notices of the Recovery and Resilience Plan. Our multi-utility has now reached maturity, and not only in terms of age: this Plan crowns 20 years of progressive and linear growth, which has also generated value in the communities served. We have proved able to look to the future, extending our knowledge and perspectives, while being able to count on the solid foundations provided by our heritage and a consolidated strategy. Above all in the difficult times that our country has recently experienced, we have continued to guarantee quality services – as demonstrated by being awarded all tenders for regulated services held to date in the areas we cover – and to support those who have believed in us. This means our employees, customers, suppliers and shareholders, to whom we plan to pay dividends with further increases compared to what was previously defined, reaching 14.5 cents per share by 2025, following a growth rate of approximately 6%, in line with the expected trend in net results. 

Stefano Venier, CEO of the Hera Group

The strategies set out in the Hera Group’s Business Plan to 2025 confirm and consolidate the orientations we have defined in the past, proving the effectiveness of the guidelines adopted by our multi-utility, which perfectly reflect European policies and the drivers of the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development. The improved cash flows expected will make it possible to self-finance our entire investment plan and remuneration for our shareholders. In order to focus our actions even more effectively, over the last two years we have begun measuring our progress with respect to the ambitious targets set for 2030, thus strengthening our commitment to the energy transition, the circular economy and technological evolution. Business activities and attention to ESG factors have always gone hand in hand for us, and over the years “shared value” Ebitda has grown at the same rate as the Group itself: in 2025 we expect this figure to reach 55% of total Ebitda, rising to 70% in 2030.

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05/12/2017
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List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%, registered in the special eligibility list and benefitting from the double voting right of HERA S.P.A. after 24 months of ownership.

2017-12-05 Nuova_Palazzina_870x.1533216684.jpg (list drew up in accordance with article n. 143-quater, subparagraph 5, of the CONSOB regulation n. 11971/99) List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Data of circulating shares and number of share capital voting rights, as at 30 November 2017 Update as at 30 November 2017 Before 30 November 2017 N. of shares in the total share capital N. of voting rights N. of shares in the total share capital N. of voting rights Total amount with a breakdown as follows: 1,489,538,745 2,273,694,459 1,489,538,745 2,283,694,459 Shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 705,383,031 705,383,031 695,383,031 695,383,031 Double voting right shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 784,155,714 1,568,311,428 794,155,714 1,588,311,428 List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% 20171205_Hera_Group_list_shareholders_with_stake_over_3.1514995510.pdf 2017-06-23 16:36:59 piloni_110x150.1461840758.1498204761.png List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%
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Hera's BoD approves 3Q 2017 results

2017-11-08 9M_870x320_slide_eng.1510133724.png The consolidated third-quarter report at 30 September once again confirms the excellent momentum of growth seen during the current year, with all main operating and financial indicators showing further improvement. 9M2015 /documents/1514726/4210740/GruppoHera_9m2017_cs_eng.pdf/c19a2338-014a-5aaa-5d52-6dff0c501c5f?t=1597908238487 /documents/1514726/4210740/Hera_Group_Consolidate_Quarterly_Report_as_at_30_September_2017.1510131153.pdf/0586de9d-6af6-0dec-cecd-9c517948fbb5?t=1597908240435 /documents/1514726/4210740/GruppoHera_9M_2017_Analyst_presentation_def.1510153668.pdf/f240b3a3-7a61-31de-07c7-263dea9a1758?t=1597908239801 /documents/1514726/4210740/GruppoHera_Newsletter_9M_2017_eng.1510132327.pdf/7298c678-b293-001c-6d78-75208733d8cc?t=1597908239448 /documents/1514726/4210740/Dati_finanziari_ed_operativi_di_sintesi_9M_2017_eng.1510044934.xls/ccad87ad-c3fc-ff2c-357f-9ed1ed5e944c?t=1597908239125 Press release Financial report as at 30 September 2017 Analyst presentation: Results as at 30 September 2017 Newsletter: Results as at 30 September 2017 Financial data: Results as at 30 September 2017 Financial highlights Revenues at € 4,027.8 million (+11.4%) EBITDA at € 724.7 million (+11.4%) Net profit post minorities at € 182.9 million (+28.6%) Net debt at € 2,610.0 million Operating highlights Good contribution to growth coming from all businesses, in particular Energy Results were mainly underpinned by internal growth Positive effects coming from the merger of Aliplast and Gran Sasso Solid customer base in Energy business, with over 2.3 million clients, up 150,000 over the first nine months of 2016 Today, the Hera Group Board of Directors unanimously approved the consolidated economic results at 30 September 2017, which show further growth in all operating and financial indicators, as expected in the business plan. This growth, continuous since the first quarter, confirms the validity of the Group's multi-business model and of its strategy, that seeks for balance between internal and external growth. In particular, the statements for the first nine months of 2017 show the beneficial results of the entry of the companies Aliplast and Gran Sasso within the Group's scope of operations, and of the tenders awarded for 2017-2018 last resort, default and safeguarded supply services. Revenues rise, reaching € 4,027.8 million In the third quarter of 2017, revenues came to € 4,027.8 million, up 11.4% compared to the € 3,615.5 million recorded at 30 September 2016. In line with the positive macro-economic framework, this year profited from the entry of Aliplast and Gran Sasso within the Group, as well as from the positive effects ensuing from a higher trading activities, an increase in electricity price, a rise in volumes of gas sold and higher regulated revenues in the water sector. EBITDA increases to € 724.7 million The Group's consolidated EBITDA at 30 September 2017 grew from € 650.6 to € 724.7 million (+11.4%). The good performance coming from all Group areas is responsible for this result, in particular from the Energy business, which benefitted from higher profits in power generation and in safeguarded and default market sales. Positive results were also reached in the integrated water cycle and waste areas, thanks above all to the acquisition of Aliplast. Ebit and pre-tax profits up, financial management improves EBIT grew to € 357.9 million, against the € 329.2 million seen at 30 September 2016 (+8.7%), while pre-tax profits rose to € 283.4 million compared to € 239.1 million at the same date one year earlier (+18.5%), thanks to improvements in financial management. In particular, this good performance reflects a more efficient financial structure, partially obtained through the liability management operations carried out during the previous year. Net profit post minorities increases to € 182.9 million (+28.6%) Profits pertaining to Group Shareholders rose to € 182.9 million, against € 142.2 million at 30 September 2016 (+28.6%), thanks among other things to a 32% tax rate, notably better than the same figure for the previous year (due to a lower Ires rate and a continuous search for tax efficiency following the enlargement of the Group's scope of operations). Approximately € 280 million in investments, net debt essentially stable The Group's operating investments at 30 September 2017, including capital grants, amount to € 277.1 million, up compared to the same period in 2016 and in line with the business plan's forecast. Operating investments involved above all interventions on plants, networks and infrastructures, in addition to regulatory adaptations mainly concerning gas distribution, with a large-scale meter substitution, and the purification and sewerage area. Net debt came to € 2,610.0 million at 30 September 2017, with a slight reduction compared to first half of 2017 and remaining fundamentally stable with respect to the € 2,558.9 million recorded at 31 December 2016, considering the funds allocated to dividend payments and M&A operations. Gas EBITDA for Gas, which includes services in natural gas and LPG distribution and sales, district heating and heat management, came to € 201.4 million at 30 September 2017, up 8.0% over the same date one year earlier, thanks to growth in trading, higher volumes of gas sold and the larger scope of operations in the default service. The number of gas customers in the first nine months of 2017 totalled 1.4 million, rising by 3.9% over the same period in 2016, partially due to the acquisition of the company Gran Sasso (located in Abruzzo region). The Gas business accounted for 27.8% of Group EBITDA. Water cycle The integrated water cycle, which includes aqueduct, purification and sewerage services, recorded a 2.6% increase in EBITDA, going from the € 173.7 seen at 30 September 2016 to € 178.3 at the same date in 2017, thanks to higher revenues from distribution, in spite of increased operating costs and lower revenues from new connections. The integrated water cycle accounted for 24.6% of Group EBITDA. Waste The results reached in the Waste, which includes services in waste collection, treatment, recovery and disposal, show rising figures, with EBITDA going from € 172.2 million at 30 September 2016 to € 181.4 million at the same date in 2017 (+5.3%). This performance is due to higher volumes commercialised in waste treatment, a positive trend in the price of special waste and the entry within the Group of Aliplast, a national leader in plastic recycling, which consolidated the Group's position regarding the development of a circular economy. These results are all the more appreciable considering that they suffer from a lower contribution coming from incentives for renewable and assimilated sources, by roughly € 8 million. Further growth was also seen in sorted waste, which went from 55.8% at 30 September 2016 to 56.6% at the same date in 2017, thanks to the numerous new services offered. Waste accounted for 25.0% of Group EBITDA. Electricity Electricity, which includes services in electricity production, distribution and sales, recorded an EBITDA that grew from € 104.3 million at 30 September 2016 to € 147.4 million in September 2017, thanks to higher earnings in free market and safeguarded sales and higher profits in electricity generation. The number of electricity customers increased by 11.6% to 964,000, mainly owing to growth in the free market. Electricity accounted for 20.3% of Group EBITDA. Appointment by co-optation of a new director Furthermore, on today's date the Board of Directors resolved the appointment by co-optation of Prof. Alessandro Melcarne as a new director of Hera Spa, substituting the resigning Mr. Aldo Luciano. On the basis of statements provided by the director and information at the Company's disposal, the former meets the requirements of independence provided for by law. Prof. Melcarne has additionally stated that he holds no shares in the Company. The new director's curriculum vitae is available on the website www.gruppohera.it, in the section Corporate Governance/CdA. The manager responsible for drafting the company's accounting statements, Luca Moroni, declares, pursuant to article 154-bis paragraph 2 of the TUF, that the information contained in the present press release corresponds to the documentation available and to the account books and entries. The 3Q financial statement and related materials are available to the public at Company Headquarters and on the website www.gruppohera.it. Unaudited extracts from the Interim Financial Statements at 30 September 2017 are attached. PROFIT & LOSS 30/09/2017 INC.% 30/06/2016 RECLASSIFIED INC.% CH. CH. % Sales 4,027.8 3,615.5 +412.3 +11.4% Other operating revenues 327.3 8.1% 259.9 7.2% +67.4 +25.9% Raw material (1,776.4) -44.1% (1,437.4) -39.8% +339.0 +23.6% Services costs (1,428.6) -35.5% (1,382.7) -38.2% +45.9 +3.3% Other operating expenses (45.3) -1.1% (34.7) -1.0% +10.6 +30.6% Personnel costs (409.1) -10.2% (390.1) -10.8% +19.0 +4.9% Capitalisations 29.0 0.7% 20.0 0.6% +9.0 +45.0% Ebitda 724.7 18.0% 650.6 18.0% +74.1 +11.4% Depreciation and provisions (366.8) -9.1% (321.3) -8.9% +45.5 +14.2% Ebit 357.9 8.9% 329.2 9.1% +28.7 +8.7% Financial inc./(exp.) (74.5) -1.8% (90.2) -2.5% -15.7 -17.4% Pre tax profit 283.4 7.0% 239.1 6.6% +44.3 +18.5% Tax (90.6) -2.3% (87.2) -2.4% +3.4 +3.9% Net profit 192.8 4.8% 151.8 4.2% +41.0 +27.0% Attributable to: Shareholders of the Parent Company 182.9 4.5% 142.2 3.9% +40.7 +28.6% Minority shareholders 9.9 0.2% 9.6 0.3% +0.3 +2.8% Balance Sheet (m€) 30/09/2017 Inc.% 31/12/2016 Inc.% Ch. Ch.% Net fixed assets 5,670.8 108.5% 5,564.5 108.7% +106.3 +1.9% Working capital 108.8 2.1% 99.9 2.0% (8.9) (8.9)% (Provisions) (553.5) (10.6%) (543.4) (10.7%) (10.1) +1.9% Net invested capital 5,226.1 100.0% 5,121.0 100.0% +105.1 +2.1% Net equity 2,616.1 50.1% 2,562.1 50.0% +54.0 +2.1% Long term net financial debt 2,713.3 51.9% 2,757.5 53.9% (44.2) (1.6)% Short term net financial debt (103.3) (2.0%) (198.6) (3.9%) +95.3 (48.0)% Net financial debts 2,610.0 49.9% 2,558.9 50.0% +51.1 2.0% Net invested capital 5,226.1 100.0% 5,121.0 100.0% +105.1 +2.1% GruppoHera_9m2017_cs_eng.pdf 2015-11-09 14:00:00 9M2015
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06/11/2017
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List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%, registered in the special eligibility list and benefitting from the double voting right of HERA S.P.A. after 24 months of ownership.

2017-11-06 sede_HERA.1501171881.jpg (list drew up in accordance with article n. 143-quater, subparagraph 5, of the CONSOB regulation n. 11971/99) List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Data of circulating shares and number of share capital voting rights, as at 31 October 2017 Update as at 31 October 2017 Before 31 October 2017 N. of shares in the total share capital N. of voting rights N. of shares in the total share capital N. of voting rights Total amount with a breakdown as follows: 1,489,538,745 2,283,694,459 1,489,538,745 2,293,499,017 Shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 695,383,031 695,383,031 685,578,473 685,578,473 Double voting right shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 794,155,714 1,588,311,428 803,960,272 1,607,920,544 List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% 20171106_Hera_Group_list_shareholders_with_stake_over_3.1514995248.pdf 2017-06-23 16:36:59 Herambiente si aggiudica la bonifica del porto di Chioggia List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%
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24/10/2017
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Sustainability

COGEN: clean district heating in Bologna

2017-10-24 Cogen870.1533211062.jpg Hera's new cogeneration plant opened today in the Borgo Panigale-Reno district. It has the capacity to provide electricity and hot water to 8,000 houses, and is ready for new connections. The investment of over 17 million euro to upgrade the plant achieves a reduction in CO2 emissions, and also improves reliability and energy availability A modern power station that respects the area The latest Cogen district heating power station is situated on the site of a plant that has been operating since the 1990s. The foundations for an overall upgrading project focused on enhancing energy efficiency and environmental sustainability were laid between 2012 and 2015. Part of the old plant was demolished in May 2015, and the power station started feeding the district heating network in less than 18 months. In this plant, which has now been totally upgraded even from an architectural perspective, Hera produces energy with the cogeneration method, which entails combined production of hot water required for the district heating network and electricity. The entire project was conceived by Hera and envisaged an investment of more than 17 million euro. The benefits of a Cogen power station District heating is in itself a "sustainable" supply that respects the environment by ensuring a better performance than conventional domestic boilers. Moreover, the new plant situated in Borgo Panigale guarantees lesser emissions into the environment, more reliability and greater availability of energy. The plant that replaces the thermal power station in via Segantini, which has now been closed, allows to heat the equivalent of 8,000 households. The turbine can currently produce up to 35,000 MWh of energy a year, almost two-fold the amount produced in the past. By recovering heat contained in the exhaust fumes, the two gas turbines have the capacity to produce 7.44 MWt each. Moreover, another four traditional boilers guarantee additional 11 MWt to integrate the energy reserves. The new power station has drastically reduced emissions. Compared to the old plant, it is equivalent to planting 25,000 new trees every year or to avoiding the annual circulation of about 8,000 vehicles (annual reduction of 21 t of nitrogen oxide and 2,500 t of CO2).The plant has been studied even in terms of size to allow new network connections. Hence, during the forthcoming months Hera's appointed sales representatives will promote the creation of new network connections by offering potential clients the opportunity to participate in this great "green" project for the city. New clients will also have the additional benefits of district heating, which avoids the cost of purchasing and replacing the boiler, along with the related ordinary and extraordinary maintenance costs, besides a 24H emergency service that will be provided free of charge to all connected clients. Environmental sustainability and urban renewal Focus on the area to make the most of it also includes carefully studying the plant's decidedly innovative architectural features. Indeed, it has been developed harmoniously with the aesthetic layout of the urban renewal process carried out in the adjacent Area of the former Sabiem Foundry. Particularly, the power station's profile merges into the area, recalling the Gothic shapes of the city centre. The power station is floodlit with warm LED lights, and is lined with brick red ceramic panels and with perforated metal sheeting with a weathering steel coating. Even in terms of colours, the project has been studied to blend the most recurrent shades in the architectural framework of the city of Bologna, namely brick red, yellow ochre and brown. HERA Group's commitment for energy efficiency Over the past 10 years, the HERA Group has launched 447 projects to reduce energy consumption, saving 740,000 toe (tonnes of oil equivalent), which correspond to the annual consumption of 520,000 families, and avoiding the emission of 1.7 million tons of CO2. These numbers were published in the last sustainability report "Setting a High Value on Energy" of the multi-utility firm, during the past weeks. They also confirm that the overall goal of reducing corporate energy consumption by 3.7% within 2017 has been achieved, further inducing the company to establish a new target of -5% for 2020. These results are the outcome of integrated efficiency-boosting programmes that especially concern the Group's proprietary plants and offices, achieving, in 2016 alone, 4.7% energy saving from the waste cycle, 3.3% from drinking water, 2.3% from district heating, and 1.3% from the use of corporate vehicles. Cogen power station Cogen power station 20171024_CS_impianto_cogen_en_TP_EP_TTT.1509109455.pdf 2017-10-25 18:10:43 Cogen 110 Read more
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11/10/2017
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Hera among the world's circular economy leaders: welcomed to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's CE100 programme

2017-10-11 logo_testo_blu_1507715078.1533220413.jpg The results achieved by the multi-utility in favouring the transition towards a circular economy have once again been recognised, by this pre-competitive innovation programme which was established to enable organisations to develop new opportunities and realise their circular economy ambitions faster. List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% This recognition confirms and gives new impetus to a strategy which has long been in the works, thanks to which the Hera Group has progressively increased its commitment towards sustainability and a circular economy. Ultimately, it has allowed the Group to quantify - as of the 2016 Sustainability Report - the shared value produced, i.e. the amount of EBITDA generated by pursuing objectives that meet the priorities of the UN's 2030 Agenda (a figure that reached € 300 million in 2016, 33% of the total). Hera's commitment, already in line with EU objectives - reached and surpassed as regards a reduced use of landfills and packaging recycling - can now be seen on an international stage. It thus gains further breadth, qualifying this multi-utility as a protagonist in consolidating models of development that, along the lines set out by the CE100 programme, lead growth and environmental protection to converge. CE100 Hera Group press_release_Hera_CE100.1507798813.pdf 2017-06-23 sinistra 09:30:00 Hera Group Read more List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%
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10/10/2017
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Hera foremost Italian company in Thomson Reuters' "Diversity and Inclusion Index"

2017-10-10 Logo_Thomson_Reuters_250x_s1_1507625922.1533221375.jpg In this ethical index, which promotes investments that take into account diversity, inclusion and people development in over 6,000 publicly traded companies globally, the Italian multi-utility, with a score of 77.25 percent, almost 6 higher than in 2016, ranked 14th worldwide. List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% The Hera Group is the best company in Italy and the 14th in the world for investments aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion. This result was announced in the 2017 edition of Thomson Reuters' "Diversity and Inclusion Index", which examined a sample of over 6,000 publicly listed companies globally. The Italian multi-utility, with a score of 77.25, ranked second in the world in the utilities sector, improving its performance by almost six percent over 2016 (71.5) and thus rising by 46 positions in the global ranking. The "Diversity and Inclusion Index" is an ethical classification conceived and conducted by the international giant of financial information Thomson Reuters. It analyses companies' performances on the basis of a wide range of factors, falling into four categories: diversity, inclusion, people development and news controversy. The Hera Group's commitment to policies promoting inclusion and diversity has a long history. It was first consolidated in 2009, when the Charter for equal opportunity and equality on the workplace was signed: with this document the company engaged, alongside other private and public bodies, to the struggle against discrimination on the workplace. The introduction in 2011 of the Diversity Manager, whose task involves giving even greater emphasis to developing policies aimed at inclusion and the valorisation of diversity, was also fundamental. Mention must also go to the proportion of female personnel, which rose and is above the national average in the energy, water and environment sector (24.2%, compared to 15.9%), and to the presence of women in roles of responsibility that in Hera, in 2016, reached 31%. Many initiatives, lastly, make plurality management concrete, including agreements with daycare centres, summer camps and a range of programmes aimed at reconciling time for work and living. These are flanked by arrangements made for leave time not only for moms and dads but also for those who must provide assistance to relatives or elderly people. This is also the area that includes the project "Policies for a positive re-entry", conceived and implemented by Hera to improve work-leave management, financed among others by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on account of the innovative and socially significant nature of the proposals made. press_release_thomson_reuters.1507642560.pdf 2017-06-23 sinistra 16:05:00 110x150_heraspa.1475082913.jpg Read more List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%
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09/10/2017
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"Digi e Lode", the digitisation project that gives away 100,000 euros to schools

2017-10-09 digielode_870.1508943636.1533211995.jpg The new Hera Group's project, with the involvement of families and citizens, aims to equip schools with new digital equipment http://digielode.gruppohera.it/ digielode.gruppohera.it Online billing, direct debits, registering to online services, interactive apps for utilities management, separate waste collection and water services, not to mention digital customer meter reading and also Fast Check Up, a new digital tool that lets you understand how you are using energy and what you can do to reduce waste, to the benefit of the environment and your wallet. From now on, by choosing to use one or more of these tools, made available to its customers free of charge by Hera, families and citizens will be able to accumulate points convertible into financial contributions to schools in order to fund digitisation projects. This, in essence, is the work of "Digi e Lode", the new Hera Group's project that aims to contribute to the digitisation of primary and middle schools within served areas, whether they be public or integrated private schools. In keeping with the Piano Nazionale Scuola Digitale (National Plan for Digital Education) - which identifiesdigitisation as a strategic element for educating young people and for local development - "Digi e Lode" is based on the awareness of the rapid changes that characterise today's world, in which scenarios are unfolding that until recently were unimaginable. But the skills and knowledge needed to deal with them can only be developed through a series of innovative tools that should be provided - above all - to schools, students and teachers. "Digi e Lode"is part of the wider educational initiative, "The Great Global Machine", which Hera addresses every year to local schools, sponsored by the Regional School Office. Activate Hera's digital services and reward schools in your city But, in practical terms, how does "Digi e Lode" work? Simple: Every time a customer activates one or more of the digital services mentioned, it will help increase the number of points that will be shared among the schools in his/her town. The customer can also choose which school should receive the points obtained by filling in the form on the initiative's dedicated web site, digielode.gruppohera.it. In this way, the points will be awarded to the chosen school and will acquire a higher value, being multiplied by 5. In the current school year (2017/2018), the Hera Group will donate to the 40 schools of the area (30 in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and 10 in municipalities below 50,000 inhabitants) that acquire the highest number of points a total of 100,000 euros, that is 2,500 euros for each school, to be used for digitisationprojects. All the information on how to participate is available on http://digielode.gruppohera.it/ Italy ranks 25th out of 28 in Europe in the Digital Economy Index The National Plan for Digital Education of the Ministry of Education, University and Research contains the figures that led to the birth of "Digi e Lode", a contribution that the Hera Group wants to lead to the development of the local area, in keeping with the business strategiesthat identify innovation as a cornerstone of development and according to the guidelines set out in the Global Agenda of the United Nations up to 2030. The document shows that Italy ranks 25th out of 28 in Europe in the Digital Economy Index, the indicator that measures digital transactions in the economy and in society. The index, which is calculated by considering, among other things, connectivity, the diffusion of digital skills (the human capital), the use of the internet and thedigitisation of businesses, thus relegates Italy to the level of countries with the worst performance. Here are some figures that emerge from the National Plan for Digital Education: 70% of classrooms of Italian schools are networked, but generally in a way that is unsuitable for digital teaching; only 41.9% of the classrooms have IWBs (interactive whiteboards) and only 6.1% have an interactive projector; 15 year olds spend an average of 19 minutes a day on the computer in class compared with an OECD average of 25 minutes; 36% of Italian teachers say they are not sufficiently trained for digital teaching, compared to an OECD average of 17%. 20171009_Digi_e_Lode_en_MH_LM.1508222165.pdf 2017-10-09 15:31:16 Digi e lode
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22/09/2017
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Resignation of a Board Member

2017-09-22 Nuova_Palazzina_870x.1533220678.jpg Gruppo Hera informs that Mr. Aldo Luciano, non-executive and independent director of Hera S.p.A., announced his resignation from office on October 5, 2017, following the administrative changes in Padua Municipality. Mr. Luciano is not part of internal committees and, as far as the company is concerned, does not hold Hera S.p.A shares. Resignation of a Board Member 22_09_2017_press_release.1506084550.pdf 2013-03-15 12:28:55 Resignation of a Board Member Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533220679.jpg
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20/09/2017
Hera Spa
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Hera services at your fingertips

2017-09-20 2.1505979023.1533212729.jpg Free and easy to use, the multiutility's new app is now available to help customers manage services, supplies and other aspects of their relationship with Hera. So continues the company's commitment to a service that is more customer-oriented, instant and innovative It is called "My Hera" and, for several days now, it has been available for download to your smartphone, optimised for iOS and Android operating systems. It's the new app for Hera Group customers, a free tool to add to the other initiatives already undertaken by the company to draw ever closer to customers and meet their changing needs. In fact, the design and functionality was defined with the help of a group of customers who contributed to the end result. My Hera is simple and easy to use. Immediately after registration, you can access all the services directly from the Home Page, and you will be able to organise the contents exactly as you prefer, highlighting those you use most. What are the functions? In addition to making payments online, the new app lets you manage your bills, since you will always have them on hand to refer to. You will be able to submit a customer meter reading at any time, simply and quickly. Another service helps you to monitor your domestic consumption, showing the historical trend and providing a detailed analysis. In addition, My Hera allows customers to locate our offices (searching for those closest), recycling depots and their delivery points, and also allows you to check the opening times of the offices and recycling depots, including a list of the types of waste that will be accepted. The app is also yet another way to contact Hera personnel. For example, with the app you can send messages or ask for a call-back in order to obtain needed assistance, request the collection service for bulky waste or alert the emergency services in the event of a burst water main. There is an area dedicated to offers and company initiatives that keeps you up to date with all the latest news. In addition to communicating with the other tools that the Group provides, such as the Rifiutologo (an interactive guide to waste collection), My Hera aims to simplify customers' relations with the world of Hera, confirming the company's commitment to quality of service. app my hera app my hera 20170920_I_servizi_di_Hera_a_portata_di_app_en_MH_LM.1508221909.pdf 2017-09-20 15:10:17 Myhera 110
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04/09/2017
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List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%, registered in the special eligibility list and benefitting from the double voting right of HERA S.P.A. after 24 months of ownership.

2017-09-04 (list drew up in accordance with article n. 143-quater, subparagraph 5, of the CONSOB regulation n. 11971/99) List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Data of circulating shares and number of share capital voting rights, as at 31 August 2017 Update as at 31 August 2017 Before 31 August 2017 N. of shares in the total share capital N. of voting rights N. of shares in the total share capital N. of voting rights Total amount with a breakdown as follows: 1,489,538,745 2,288,279,460 1,489,538,745 2,298,362,553 Shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 690,798,030 690,798,030 680,714,937 680,714,937 Double voting right shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 798,740,715 1,597,481,430 808,823,808 1,617,647,616 List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% press_release.1504538802.pdf 2017-06-23 11:44:59 List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%

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