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Tommasi_Galli_Venier110 Italgas and Hera signed today a binding agreement for transferral to Italgas of 100% of Medea S.p.A.. The company has the concession for gas distribution and sale in the city of Sassari. Medea's overall enterprise value has been set at € 24.1 million. At the closing of the transaction, the price will be paid entirely in cash, net of debt. The transaction is expected to be concluded within the first few months of 2018 and is subject to a number of pre-closing requirements. Medea serves roughly 13,000 customers, all residents in the urban area of Sassari, with annual gas volumes distributed amounting to over 5 million cubic meters. The company's potential pool is of approximately 30,000 users. The network, which in the future may be converted to natural gas, extends for over 190 km and is currently fuelled by LPG through a storage and production plant located on the outskirts of the city. Hera-Italgas870 20171221_Press_release.1513849588.pdf 2017-12-21 Read more Hera_Italgas870.1513853697.jpg Thanks to this operation, Italgas will further reinforce its presence in Sardinia while Hera continues its process of rationalising Group subsidiaries Read more Tommasi_Galli_Venier110

aliplast110 Today in Bologna, Herambiente, a Hera Group company and leader in Italy in waste treatment and recovery, completed its purchase of an additional 40% of the shares of Aliplast, a primary national figure in plastic collection and recycling and subsequent regeneration. With this operation, which follows up on the first step taken on 3 April 2017, the amount of Aliplast shares held by the Hera Group rises to 80%. As foreseen by the binding deal signed by both parties in January, the remaining 20% of Aliplast shares will be purchased within June 2022. The sum paid by Herambiente in purchasing the further 40% of Aliplast comes to € 51.8 million, which includes the contribution collected as an energy-intensive company and the earn-out portion for having reached increasing results as regards EBITDA in 2016. The purchase was carried out with the Group's own resources. Since the majority of shares is now held by the Hera Group, Aliplast's governance has been modified. In particular, Aliplast's Shareholders Meeting, which came together immediately following the completion of the additional 40% by Herambiente, resolved to enlarge its Board of Directors, going from five to seven members, four representing the Hera Group and three from Aligroup. The new and thus composed BoD, in its first sitting, which took place on today's date, appointed Carlo Andriolo and Roberto Alibardi respectively as CEO and Chairman of the company. The acquisition of Aliplast, which is to be considered alongside the similar operations finalised in 2015 and 2017 involving the Treviso company Geo Nova and the Tuscan companies Waste Recycling and Teseco, has allowed the Hera Group to consolidate its own market presence with a distinctive trait, both unique and concretely in line with the principles of a circular economy. This element makes it possible to offer the Group's clients trustworthy and ever-more integrated solutions, able to complete and round off the virtual circle of sustainability: from collection and treatment of plastic deriving from production scrap waste, to the regeneration of new products. Due precisely to its own specific features, Aliplast was one of the elements that qualified the Hera Group to be admitted to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's international CE100 program, which brings together the world's leading 100 companies that stand out for their commitment to the transition to a circular economy. Founded in 1982 by Roberto Alibardi and headquartered in Ospedaletto di Istrana (Treviso), Aliplast is a national leader in industrial plastic waste collection and in regenerated polymer recycling and production, with roughly 80,000 tonnes of plastic material recycled every year. It was the first company in Italy to reach a full integration spanning the entire plastic lifecycle: from environmental services in managing and collecting packaging and industrial scrap waste to manufacturing and market sales of packaging products and materials made out of plastic recycled by the company itself. Aliplast employs approximately 350 people in its five Italian and three foreign (Spain, France and Poland) facilities. firmaaliplast870 press_release.1513253652.pdf 2017-12-14 Read more firma_aliplast870.1513253651.jpg Today, Herambiente completed the purchase of a further 40% of the Treviso company's shares, and the ensuing change in governance. The remaining 20% of the shares of this national leader in plastic recycling will be acquired within June 2022, as foreseen in the deal signed last January http://ha.gruppohera.it Herambiente website aliplast110

Scart110 The winning companies of the Corporate Art Awards 2017 are, today, receiving their awards at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage in Rome. Those companies include the Hera Group. The multiutility has won this recognition thanks to SCART, an artistic/communication project that focuses on creating works of art and installations out of waste. In illustrating the reasons for the award, the judges stated that SCART represents "the world's leading corporate Waste Art project in terms of breadth, originality and continuity over the years". Hera thus joins the ranks of other leading companies (which received the applause of none other than the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella) that have demonstrated excellence in international projects designed to bring the business and art worlds together. Conceived by Maurizio Giani and now with a twenty-year tradition behind it, the SCART project is part of the Hera Group's broader commitment to the circular economy. It boasts a Waste Art collection now over 900 pieces strong that include costumes, pictures, furnishing items, musical instruments and much more besides. Involved in numerous national and international exhibitions, SCART works alongside major research and training institutes such as the Accademie di Belle Arti of Florence and Bologna, as well as internationally renowned artists and critics. Moreover, many of the works created as part of the SCART project embellish offices and other workplaces within the Group, making them an integral part of the way customers are welcomed (as the recent Hera stands at the Ecomondo fair in Rimini and FICO in Bologna clearly demonstrate). With 6.9 million tons of waste processed, a vast pool of processing plants and 3.3 million citizens served, the Hera Group is Italy's number one waste management provider. By placing particular emphasis on industrial waste, SCART makes a sound contribution to building on these results. It does so by using an array of artworks to raise expected standards and by having a positive impact on the way we see recycling and re-utilisation. To get a clearer idea of what the SCART project is all about you can visit the travelling "SCART, il lato bello e utile del rifiuto" show free of charge. Following its success in Ravenna, Imola and Modena, the show is now in Udine at the Tina Modotti Gallery until 30 November. From 7 December to 15 February 2018 the works will be on display at the Chamber of Commerce in Pisa. Scart870 20171122_SCART_ai_Corporate_Art_Awards_2017_BO_en_SD_EP_TTT.1511877115.pdf 2017-11-28 Read more SCART870.1511877114.jpg Assigned in Rome today at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, this award acknowledges the Hera Group project that makes art out of waste materials Scart110

wbr110 In this 2017 edition of the on-line communications 'Oscars', the Hera Group has again made it onto the Webranking podium. The multi-utility will receive the acknowledgement - obtained as part of a survey carried out by Lundquist and Swedish firm Comprend, both communications experts - on 22nd November, in the Buzzati Room at the headquarters of the Corriere della Sera newspaper in Milan. Every year these two companies analyse the websites of the biggest Italian companies on the stock exchange and their respective on-line communication strategies. They then draw up national rankings for 112 businesses. The purpose of the survey is to promote a modern digital business culture and encourage the development of ever-more effective, innovative ideas that respond to stakeholders' expectations. In this 16th edition of the report Hera was ranked 3rd with a score of 91.5/100, ahead of other major players like ERG, Telecom Italia TIM, Mondadori and Enel. Among the multi-utilities, this year saw Hera come second, immediately after Eni. All results can be found at this link. More specifically, the Group is ranked as one of the best Italian companies in the fields of Financial Transparency, Sustainability and Corporate Governance. Key strong points in the multi-utility's web communication strategy are the on-line publication of its Annual Report and Sustainability Report. The latter, which contains non-financial information, is drawn up by fewer than half of the surveyed companies. Hera, instead, has issued a paper version since 2002 and an on-line one since 2006. Against a background in which still only a few companies focus on stakeholders' expectations, a key role is also played by Hera's years of attentiveness, on its website, to the subject of Governance. Such results can only be obtained through ongoing, meticulous teamwork and a constant quest for excellence. Externally generated inputs also have a role to play, the most important being that from Webranking which, every year, defines best on-line communication practices through stakeholder-focused research. The Hera Group doesn't just see its website as a calling card or a showcase of results that have been achieved. It is, rather, a platform for continuous dialogue with the various stakeholders, packed with engaging content and easily browsed on PC, tablet or smartphone. This is demonstrated, for example, by renewal - in terms of both graphics and content - of sections on subjects such as Investor relations, Social Responsibility and Communications and Media; constant upgrading of the Customer Area so that citizens who use Hera services are well informed at all times; the creation of new pages dedicated to Hera's new challenges, such as the recent "Hera for the circular economy". wbr870 http://www.lundquist.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Whitepaper_Webranking_Italia-2017-2018-1.pdf 2017-11-13 Read more webranking870.1510756159.png Hera website ranked third in Italy's on-line communications 'Oscars'. Rankings stem from a national survey of 112 companies, carried out by Lundquist and Comprend wbr110