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Tommasi_Galli_Venier110 Hera and Italgas completed today in Milan the transfer of 100% of Medea S.p.A., the company holding the concession for gas distribution and sales in the city of Sassari. This acquisition follows up on the binding agreement signed by the parties on 21 December 2017 and results from all conditions set forth in the contract having been met. Medea's overall enterprise value was set at € 24.1 million. The entire price was paid on a cash basis, net of debt. This transaction is part of a larger process through which the Hera Group is rationalising its holdings and concentrating on its own reference territories. The baton was handed to Italgas, Italy's main operator in the gas distribution sector, following a fruitful twenty-year collaboration between Hera and the municipals administrations in office over this period of time, which allowed Medea to be transformed into the largest company of its kind in Sardinia. Thanks to investments reaching over 20 million euro in favour of this area, the company now serves approximately 13,000 customers, all of whom reside in the city centre of Sassari and to whom it distributes a volume of over 5 million m3 per year. Hera-Italgas870 press_release.1523003727.pdf 2017-12-21 Read more Hera_Italgas870.1513853697.jpg All conditions set forth in the agreement having been fulfilled, the 100% divestment of the company holding concessions for gas distribution and sales in the city of Sassari has been completed. Hera thus continues in its process of rationalizing the Group's holdings Read more Tommasi_Galli_Venier110

2018-04-04 Publication of the draft Separate and consolidated financial statements at 31/12/2017, the Sustainability report - consolidated non-financial statement and Shareholders meeting documentation Kindly note that the following documents, approved by the Board of Directors, have been made available to the public at company headquarters, on the website www.gruppohera.it and on the authorised storage platform 1INFO (www.1Info.it): folder containing the draft Separate and consolidated financial statements at 31/12/2017; Sustainability report - consolidated non-financial statement drafted pursuant to decree 254/2016. In the same form, the following documents are also available: the Hera S.p.A. Board of Directors' Explanatory report for item 2 on the Agenda; the Hera S.p.A. Board of Directors' Explanatory report for item 3 on the Agenda. press_release_pubblication_report.1522854149.pdf 2018-04-04 18:56:42 Hera Spa

2018-03-27 be2017_870x320_slide_eng.1522151642.jpg Improvement seen in all operating, financial and sustainability indicators. These results, which exceeded expectations, crown a path of development that has led the multi-utility to quintuple its EBITDA over its 15 years of operations. The Group's multi-business model and the balance between internal and external growth prove once again to be key factors in its success. Proposed dividends rise to 9.5 cent/share. S&P upgrades the outlook from stable to positive. Hera Group approves results at 31/12/2017 /group_eng/investor-relations/results-and-presentations/y2017 /documents/1514726/4210743/Financial+results+as+of+31_12_2017.pdf/103e1350-e7eb-ee2d-5f2f-6e985bffc353?t=1629971620065 /documents/1514726/4210743/GH_Analyst_Presentation_Y2017.1522145272.pdf/c3609f23-0deb-f41b-fc1f-3605403b85f5?t=1597908284022 http://investornews.gruppohera.it/en/?n=54 /documents/1514726/4210743/Dati_finanziari_31_12_17_eng.1522145521.xls/62fdb8c6-aa55-736c-1dfb-5e5c82422c2b?t=1597908283687 https://www.slideshare.net/Gruppo_Hera/analyst-presentation-y2017 /group_eng/investor-relations/results-and-presentations/archive/benchmark-by-business /group_eng/investor-relations/results-and-presentations/archive/financial-benchmark /group_eng/investor-relations/results-and-presentations/interactive-data HTML Y2017 results Financial results as at 31/12/2017 Analyst presentation: Y2017 results ( 1077kb - PDF) Newsletter: Y2017 results Financial data as at 31 December 2017 Slideshare Y2017 Benchmark by business Benchmark of consolidated results Interactive data Financial highlights Turnover at € 6,136.9 million (+10.3%) EBITDA at € 984.6 million (+7.4%) Net profits at € 266.8 million (+21.1%) Net debt improves, coming to € 2,523.0 million Proposed dividends rise to 9.5 cent/share S&P rating: BBB with positive outlook Operating highlights Contributions to growth come from all business areas, in particular free market activities, such as the Electricity and Waste Benefits derive from recent Group acquisitions in liberalised waste management and energy markets (most notably Aliplast) Further reinforcement of the energy customer base, reaching 2.4 million users, thanks to marketing operations, recent acquisitions and the tender awarded for safeguarded services Improvement in all sustainability indicators, with 2017 shared value EBITDA rising by 10% to € 329 million Today, the Hera Group’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the consolidated financial results at 31 December 2017, along with the Sustainability Report. All operating, financial and sustainability indicators improve, crowning 15 years of uninterrupted growth The 2017 financial year closed for the Hera Group with results higher than expected, and with all operating, financial and sustainability indicators showing clear improvement over 2016. These particularly positive results, in line with the content of the Business Plan to 2021, confirm the validity of the company’s multi-business strategy, which allows it to successfully balance regulated and free-market activities, in addition to maintaining a sustainable risk profile. The combination of two fundamental levers, internal growth and external development, furthermore permitted the Group to achieve continued growth, which resulted from factors including its ability to foresee and grasp the best opportunities in an increasingly challenging regulated and free-market scenario, whose models for future development continue to evolve. These results represent the culmination of a path that has led the multi-utility to achieve significant goals over its 15-year lifespan: from a quintupled EBITDA to almost eight times the amount of net profits (compared to 2002), only to mention a couple, without counting the 25 acquisitions brought to completion, which have produced considerable synergies. Moreover, the results reached confirm the Group’s constant pursuit of objectives involving all aspects of sustainable development: environmental, social and economic. A 10% rise in shared value created was in fact seen in 2017, through activities that meet the UN Agenda’s drivers for sustainable development and the goals defined by various levels of government. Turnover exceeds 6 billion, rising by 10.3% In 2017, turnover came to € 6,136.9million and, on equal terms, showed an increase over the € 5,561.5 seen in the previous year (+10.3%). This result reflects, in addition to the entrance of the Aliplast Group and other minor acquisitions now part of the company’s scope of operations, a higher amount of trading, a rise in regulated revenues from the water service and an increase in revenues and volumes of gas and electricity sold. EBITDA grows to € 984.6 million (+7.4%) EBITDA rose to € 984.6 million, with a sharp increase over the € 916.6 million seen in 2016 (+7.4%). This growth in EBITDA was sustained by the good performance shown by all businesses, above all the energy areas, which recorded a € 50.3 million increase. This rise was driven above all by Electricity, ensuing from higher earnings in asset management and trading activities, and in free market and safeguarded sales. The contribution coming from the waste area was also remarkable, for reasons including an enhancement of recycling activities. Operating results and pre-tax profits rise, and financial management improves Operating profits increased to € 479.3 million, compared to the € 457.1 million recorded in 2016 (+4.9%), in spite of the higher amortisation owing to changes in the scope of operations and higher provisions for bad debt, mainly involving the new safeguarded customers acquired through the tenders held in late 2016. Pre-tax profits increased to € 377.8 million (+11.2% compared to the € 339.7 million seen in 2016), as an effect of the improvement in financial management, which contributed with € 16 million more than in the previous year. These good performances can be ascribed to higher financial revenues and a more efficient and flexible financial structure, which allowed the cost of debt to be lowered. Strong increase in net profits, reaching € 266.8 million (+21.1%) Group net profits rose to € 266.8 million, with a significant increase (+21.1%) compared to the € 220.4 million witnessed in the previous year, owing among other things to a lower average tax rate, which settled at 29.6% instead of the 35.1% seen in 2016. Profits pertaining to Group Shareholders came to € 251.5 million, up 21.3% over the previous year. Investments reach € 440 million, Net debt/EBITDA ratio further improves to 2.56, S&P rating BBB with positive outlook In 2017, Group investments amounted to € 396.2 million. Including approximately € 44 million in capital grants, the Group’s overall investments came to € 440.5 million, growing by roughly 14% compared to the previous year and mainly destined to interventions on plants, networks and infrastructures. These were flanked by regulatory upgrading above all concerning gas distribution, with an intensive meter substitution, and the purification and sewerage areas. Net debt in 2017 came to € 2,523.0 million, improving by roughly € 36 million compared to the € 2,558.9 recorded in 2016, thanks to an increase in operating cash flows that allowed higher investments and M&A operations to be financed and June’s annual dividend payment to be entirely covered (coming to € 140 million overall). The net debt/EBITDA ratio fell to 2.56, with a further decrease following the one seen in 2016; this ratio benefitted from both rising operational results and a reduction in net debt. The results reached, the resilience of the Group’s business model and the solid foundations of its Business plan allowed it to obtain a revision in the outlook of its rating from Standard & Poor’s, going from stable to positive. Further improvement in the Group’s sustainability profile, along with a 10% increase in shared value EBITDA The positive operating results were matched by data confirming the multi-utility’s growing attention towards sustainability, as witnessed by the approval of the Sustainability Report at the same time as the year-end financial statements for the twelfth consecutive year. Furthermore, the Hera Group was among the first to introduce, as of last year, a new and evolved approach to sustainability, including shared value in its financial reporting, i.e. all business activities that in addition to generating EBITDA for the company respect the drivers of sustainable development defined by the UN Agenda and the goals set by various levels of government. In 2017, the Hera Group’s shared value EBITDA reached € 329 million, increasing by 10% over the previous year: this result perfectly reflects the path marked out in the Business Plan, in which this indicator is projected to reach 40% by 2021. Improvements were seen in all performances measured by energy consumption (from decarbonisation to energy efficiency operations and renewable source development), and by material recovery (from indicators concerning recycling, landfill use and initiatives promoting the concrete development of a circular economy), in addition to all social and local factors involved. In line with this perspective, the Group is now part of international programs such as the CEO Water Mandate and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s CE100, a network made up of the world’s 100 companies most committed to the transition towards a circular economy. Proposed dividends rise to 9.5 cent/share The Board of Directors, in light of the results achieved and the solidity of the Group’s assets, has decided to put a dividend of 9.5 cents per share to the Shareholders Meeting to be held on 26 April, higher than in the past and in line with the content of the Business Plan. The ex-dividend date has been set at 18 June 2018, with payment as of 20 June 2018. Gas EBITDA for Gas, which includes services in natural gas distribution and sales, district heating and heat management, rose to € 301.7 million, fundamentally in line with the € 300.6 million seen in 2016. This result was obtained mainly thanks to internal growth, with positive contributions coming from the management of distribution and sales activities, an expanded customer base, the positive trend seen in prices and higher volumes of trading. These positive results proved more than able to offset lower earnings in district heating. The results were also sustained by the acquisition of the Abruzzo company Verducci Servizi and the default gas service, which allowed volumes sold to increase, with the number of customers rising to roughly 1.4 million (+14,900 customers), to which sales activities and customer loyalty programs also contributed. Net investments in Gas exceeded € 100 million in 2017, with a € 6.2 million increase compared to 2016, mainly destined to non-recurring maintenance on networks and plants and the large-scale meter substitution introducing new-generation devices and making the networks smarter. The gas business accounted for 30.6% of Group EBITDA. Water cycle The integrated water cycle, which includes aqueduct, purification and sewerage services, recorded an EBITDA of € 229.9 million, showing a slight growth over the € 228.8 million seen in 2016, thanks to higher regulated revenues and operative efficiencies, which offset the lower revenues for new connections. Owing to the high level of service quality, moreover, the corresponding bonuses were granted by the Authority. Net investments in the integrated water cycle amounted to € 113.1 million. Including capital grants, investments in this area came to € 156.6 million (up compared to the € 131.8 million seen in 2016), of which € 63.8 million in the aqueduct, € 42 million in sewerage and € 50.8 million in purification. The integrated water cycle business accounted for 23.3% of Group EBITDA. Waste EBITDAfor Waste, which includes waste collection, treatment and disposal services, settled at € 246.0 million, growing by 6.6% over the € 230.7 million recorded in 2016. This positive result is due to both changes in the scope of operations, with the 2017 acquisitions of the Aliplast Group and Teseco, which gave an important impulse towards a circular economy and the management of industrial waste, and internal growth sustained by higher volumes of market waste treated and a positive trend in prices. This allowed the loss of incentives concerning the Isernia plant and a few non-recurring entries to be offset, the latter mainly involving a temporary halt in some WTE plants (in the first part of the year) and costs for demolition in the S. Agata Bolognese site, where one of Italy’s first plants for bio-methane production is now in the advanced stages of construction, which will become operational within 2018. Good results were also seen in the area of sorted urban waste collection, which rose to 57.7%, compared to the 56.4% seen in 2016, thanks to a range of projects implemented across all areas served. The waste management business accounted for 25% of Group EBITDA. Electricity Electricity, which includes services in electricity production, distribution and sales, recorded an EBITDA of € 184.5 million, with a sharp improvement compared to the € 135.3 million recorded in 2016 (+36,4%), thanks to activities in trading, higher income in production and in free market and safeguarded market sales. The number of electricity customers is now over 980,000 (+9% compared to 2016), thanks to reinforced marketing operations and the larger customer base deriving from the tender awarded for safeguarded services. The amount of Group EBITDA accounted for by the electricity area rose to 18.7%. Statement by Executive Chairman Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano “The results reached allow us to draw a few conclusions as to the path of growth followed by Hera over these first 15 years of its history: an operating performance that clearly shows through in Group EBITDA, which has quintupled compared to the one seen in 2002, without counting the positive effects of financial and fiscal management, which in turn bear witness to an even more considerable growth, given that 2017 net profits reached 7.8 times those recorded in 2002. Opportunities for internal and external development (with 25 companies acquired over the years) have led not only to an increase in size, but above all to higher efficiencies and productivity, as is proven by EBITDA per employee, which has virtually tripled. The central role given to creating value for our shareholders has also been confirmed: on the basis of the results reached, we will put to the Shareholders Meeting a dividend of 9.5 cents/share, up 5.5% compared to the dividend paid in 2016 and in line with the policy communicated last January. The return implied by this dividend would thus come to 3.3% and, considering the 32.8% rise in the price of Hera stock seen over 2017, the overall return for shareholders will exceed 36%.” Statement by CEO Stefano Venier “The 2017 results confirm the validity of our actions in financial planning and management, to the point that they have already allowed us to lower our debt more than was expected. The substantial improvement in operating and financial indicators, furthermore, was accompanied by excellent working performances, confirming the quality of the business initiatives deployed to achieve a long-lasting and sustainable growth. Even the targets met in terms of higher creation of shared value allow us to affirm that 2017 was, for us, an important milestone along our path of growth and, in various senses, represented a new starting point to give an effective response and a tangible contribution to the noteworthy challenges that lie in the future.” 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 financial statement and related materials will be available to the public pursuant to the terms established by law at the Company Headquarters, on the website www.gruppohera.it and on the authorised storage platform 1Info (www.1info.it), within 4 April 2018. Unaudited extracts from the Financial Statements at 31 December 2017 are attached. PROFIT & LOSS(M€) 31/12/2017 INC% 31/12/2016 RECLASSIFIED* INC.% CH. CH. % Sales 5,612.1 5,131.3 +480.8 +9.4% Other operating revenues 524.8 9.4% 430.2 8.4% +94.6 +22.0% Raw material (2,606.8) -46.4% (2,176.8) -42.4% +430.0 +19.8% Services costs (1,952.2) -34.8% (1,896.7) -37.0% +55.5 +2.9% Other operating expenses (84.6) -1.5% (75.0) -1.5% +9.6 +12.8% Personnel costs (551.6) -9.8% (524.1) -10.2% +27.5 +5.2% Capitalisations 43.0 0.8% 27.8 0.5% +15.2 +54.7% Ebitda 984.6 17.5% 916.6 17.9% +68.0 +7.4% Depreciation and provisions (505.3) -9.0% (459.6) -9.0% +45.7 +9.9% Ebit 479.3 8.5% 457.1 8.9% +22.2 +4.9% Financial inc./(exp.) (101.5) -1.8% (117.4) -2.3% -15.9 -13.5% Pre tax profit 377.8 6.7% 339.7 6.6% +38.1 +11.2% Tax (111.8) -2.0% (119.3) -2.3% -7.5 -6.3% Net profit before special items 266.0 4.7% 220.4 4.3% +45.6 +20.7% Special items 0.8 0.0% - 0.0% +0.8 +100.0% Net profit 266.8 4.8% 220.4 4.3% +46.4 +21.1% Attributable to: Shareholders of the Parent Company 251.5 4.5% 207.3 4.0% +44.2 +21.3% Minority shareholders 15.3 0.3% 13.1 0.3% +2.3 +17.4% *The amount of 2016 revenues has been adjusted (with no effect on results) to account for the reclassification of system charges and contributions coming from former green certificates. BALANCE SHEET(M€) 31/12/2017 INC.% 31/12/2016 INC.% CH. CH.% Net fixed assets 5,780.6 110.5% 5,564.5 108.7% +216.1 +3.9% Working capital 23.2 0.4% 99.9 2.0% (76.7) (76.8)% (Provisions) (574.8) (10.9%) (543.4) (10.7%) (31.4) +5.8% Net invested capital 5,229.0 100.0% 5,121.0 100.0% +108.0 +2.1% Net equity 2,706.0 51.7% 2,562.1 50.0% +143.9 +5.6% Long term net financial debt 2,735.4 52.4% 2,757.5 53.9% (22.1) (0.8)% Short term net financial debt (212.4) (4.1%) (198.6) (3.9%) (13.8) +6.9% Net financial debts 2,523.0 48.3% 2,558.9 50.0% (35.9) (1.4)% Net invested capital 5,229.0 100.0% 5,121.0 100.0% +108.0 +2.1% Press release Y2017 2018-03-22 13:31:00 Hera Group approves results at 31/12/2017

2018-03-20 Nuova_Palazzina_1_870x.1533219432.jpg Headquartered in Atessa (Chieti), Sangroservizi offers natural gas sales services to roughly 7,000 customers. Following the recent acquisition of Blu Ranton and prolonging the operations concluded over the last three years, Hera thus further consolidates its presence and its strong local roots in the Abruzzo region. Hera Group: green light for the merger between Marche Multiservizi and Megas.net Slightly over a month after the acquisition of Blu Ranton, the Hera Group continues consolidating its locally rooted presence in the Abruzzo region. Through its subsidiary Hera Comm, indeed, it has purchased 49% of Sangroservizi S.r.l. from the Municipalities of Atessa, San Vito Chietino and Paglieta (all located in the Province of Chieti). Established in 2003 and legally headquartered in Atessa, Sangroservizi is a company active in natural gas sales with roughly 7,000 customers. This operation prolongs the series of acquisitions involving Fucino Gas, Alento Gas, Julia Servizi, Gran Sasso,Verducci Servizi and Enerpeligna, in addition to the aforementioned Blu Ranton. Thanks to them, in the last three years the Hera Group has become an outstanding operator in Abruzzo and in the adjacent Marche region, where it already provides electricity and gas services to over 240,000 customers, including its progressive integration with Hera Comm Marche. The multi-utility thus continues to pursue its development of a model that brings together the local, physical kind of presence typical of smaller enterprises on the one hand, and on the other the potentialities for innovation in services and offers and the competitiveness that ensue from belonging to a Group that is among the main operators in Italy's energy market. "With this operation, we have reinforced our presence in the Province of Chieti, fully respecting the process of developing our activities in the Abruzzo and Marche regions" explains Cristian Fabbri, CEO of Hera Comm. "Applying our business model, which unites local management of services for citizens and a global vision to guarantee greater opportunities and competitiveness, allows us to have an increasingly widespread and well-structured presence over the localities served. This system makes it possible for us to meet all of our customers' needs, from daily assistance to a growing request for tailor-made services, improving, day after day, their customer experience. Our new customers as well will soon be able to tangibly appreciate this improvement". press_release_sangroservizi.1521563231.pdf 2018-03-09 17:13:00 Read more Hera Group: green light for the merger between Marche Multiservizi and Megas.net

The project for an incorporation of Megas.Net and Marche Multiservizi (MMS), the largest multi-utility in the Marche region and part of the Hera Group (which currently holds 49.59% of MMS), has now become reality. Today, indeed, the two companies' Shareholders Meetings approved, in an extraordinary session, the project for a merger by incorporation of Megas.Net into Marche Multiservizi. The merger, which had already been given the go-ahead by the majority of the town councils of the two companies' Municipality shareholders and by trade unions, complies with the regulatory indications provided by legislative decree 175/2016 (so-called "Madia decree"). Above all, however, it represents a strategic operation for the area in question, allowing a range of objectives to be reached, including enhanced service efficiency, expense rationalisation and a more consolidated MMS. The final act of this corporate operation will see the stipulation of a deed of merger, after the amount of time required by law as of the shareholders meetings' resolutions. When the operation is concluded, public shareholders will hold roughly 55% of the share capital of Marche Multiservizi. MMS_Megas_870 press_release.1533042727.pdf 2018-07-31 Read more MMS_Megas870.1520433311.1533042726.png Today, the two companies' Shareholders Meetings approved, in an extraordinary session, the project for merger by incorporation of Megas.Net into Marche Multiservizi mms_megas110.1520433314.1533042728.png

2018-03-07 (redatta ai sensi dell'art. 85-bis, comma 4-bis, del Regolamento Consob 11971 del 14 maggio 1999) List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Bologna , 7 march 2018 - Nella seguente tabella sono riportati i dati relativi alle azioni in circolazione e al numero di diritti di voto costituenti il capitale sociale al 28 febbraio 2018. Situazione aggiornata Situazione precedente Numero azioni che compongono il capitale sociale Numero diritti di voto Numero azioni che compongono il capitale sociale Numero diritti di voto Totale di cui: 1.489.538.745 2.273.359.480 1.489.538.745 2.273.401.461 Azioni ordinarie (godimento regolare: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 Cedola in corso: n. 16 705.718.010 705.718.010 705.676.029 705.676.029 Azioni ordinarie con voto maggiorato (godimento regolare: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0005159972 Cedola in corso: n. 16 783.820.735 1.567.641.4702 783.862.716 1.567.725.432 20180307_Hera_comunicazione_ammontare_complessivo_diritti_di_voto_eng.1520421570.pdf 2017-06-23 11:08:00 110x150_heraspa.1475082913.jpg List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%

2018-03-07 MMS_Megas870_1520433311_1533042726.1533218896.png Today, the two companies' Shareholders Meetings approved, in an extraordinary session, the project for merger by incorporation of Megas.Net into Marche Multiservizi. Hera Group: green light for the merger between Marche Multiservizi and Megas.net The project for an incorporation of Megas.Net and Marche Multiservizi (MMS), the largest multi-utility in the Marche region and part of the Hera Group (which currently holds 49.59% of MMS), has now become reality. Today, indeed, the two companies' Shareholders Meetings approved, in an extraordinary session, the project for a merger by incorporation of Megas.Net into Marche Multiservizi. The merger, which had already been given the go-ahead by the majority of the town councils of the two companies' Municipality shareholders and by trade unions, complies with the regulatory indications provided by legislative decree 175/2016 (so-called "Madia decree"). Above all, however, it represents a strategic operation for the area in question, allowing a range of objectives to be reached, including enhanced service efficiency, expense rationalisation and a more consolidated MMS. The final act of this corporate operation will see the stipulation of a deed of merger, after the amount of time required by law as of the shareholders meetings' resolutions. When the operation is concluded, public shareholders will hold roughly 55% of the share capital of Marche Multiservizi. press_release_merger_marchemultiservizi_megasnet.1520583862.pdf 2018-03-09 17:16:00 Read more Hera Group: green light for the merger between Marche Multiservizi and Megas.net

Potentialpark_110 "In an increasingly competitive and challenging context, we need to know how to adapt continuously in order to attract talents that allow the company to keep up with the times - commented Giancarlo Campri, Central Director of Personnel and Organization of the Hera Group. That is why we are particularly pleased with Potentialpark's recognition, and it confirms that we have chosen the right direction. Both inside and outside the company we have always tried to promote two-way communication that is focused on the Group's values, on its growth objectives and on how we can achieve them. Personnel development is one of the levers to achieve these results and explaining what we do, through forms of storytelling and employer branding, is instrumental not just to promote the company, but to get in touch with people that can add value and contribute to our growth." Giancarlo Campri 20180307_CS_Potentialpark_Hera_ENG_REV_DEF.1533304694.pdf 2018-08-03 Related contents campri.1534241219.jpg Again this year, the renowned Swedish research company Potentialpark has included the multi-utility among the most "talent-friendly" companies, thanks to its online communication aimed at young graduates looking for their first job sinistra Potentialpark_110

toputility110 Achieving excellence in any field or industry is no easy feat, doing so year after year even less so. Yet this is exactly what the Hera Group has succeeded in doing at the sixth edition of Top Utility Analysis, which declared the Bologna-based Group to be Italy's most eco-sustainable public service company out of 100 contenders. The report, drawn up by independent company Althesys, rewarded Hera for its"attention to efficient use of energy and resources, improved corporate social responsibility results and the centrality of sustainability to its strategy". This acknowledgement - a repeat of the recognition obtained in the same area in 2015 - follows the Top Utility Absolute award received in 2013 and the Top Utility Communication award of 2014. A shared goal throughout the company, sustainability is the subject of a specific yearly report that ensures all parties can count on complete up-to-the-minute information on the Group's social and environmental impact. The sustainability report is constantly evolving. Following last year's introduction of an indicator showing what proportion of gross operating margin is generated by activities that respond to UN Global Agenda 2030 goals, next year will see an in-depth overhaul to ensure ever-more effective representation of the direct links between actions taken and the contribution to sustainable development. A clear example of this takes the form of the biomethane plant being built at Sant'Agata Bolognese, expected to come on line in the last quarter of 2018. It has been cited by the Global Compact as a world-class example of how to achieve UN Agenda goal n. 7 ("Clean, accessible energy"). Once fully operational, the use of innovative anaerobic digestion and upgrading technologies will allow the facility to produce 20,000 tons of high-quality natural fertiliser and 8 million cubic metres of biomethane (a 100% renewable fuel) from the separate collection of organic waste every year. This is a major project that aims to convert and modernise an existing facility without taking up any more land. It will save over 6,000 tons of oil a year and provide tangible proof that sustainability is, indeed, the way forward. A way forward that starts with families, by collecting and using their kitchen scraps (i.e. the separated organic waste) and ends with real local benefits in the form of a gas that can, for example, power private vehicles or public transport, with immediate improvements in air quality. While that's just one of many examples of how Hera efficiently blends innovation with sustainable development (a wider set of activities was assessed by the survey), it does, perhaps, best represent how the Group's commitment to sustainability translates into a variety of sound initiatives which positively impact quality of life. toputility870 press_release.1519659248.pdf 2018-02-26 Read more toput870.1519659328.png The Hera Group comes out on top again at the sixth edition of the Award, which analyses and promotes the performance levels of the country's main public utility companies toputility110

15 Achieving excellence in any field or industry is no easy feat, doing so year after year even less so. Yet this is exactly what the Hera Group has succeeded in doing at the sixth edition of Top Utility Analysis, which declared the Bologna-based Group to be Italy's most eco-sustainable public service company out of 100 contenders. The report, drawn up by independent company Althesys, rewarded Hera for its"attention to efficient use of energy and resources, improved corporate social responsibility results and the centrality of sustainability to its strategy". This acknowledgement - a repeat of the recognition obtained in the same area in 2015 - follows the Top Utility Absolute award received in 2013 and the Top Utility Communication award of 2014. A shared goal throughout the company, sustainability is the subject of a specific yearly report that ensures all parties can count on complete up-to-the-minute information on the Group's social and environmental impact. The sustainability report is constantly evolving. Following last year's introduction of an indicator showing what proportion of gross operating margin is generated by activities that respond to UN Global Agenda 2030 goals, next year will see an in-depth overhaul to ensure ever-more effective representation of the direct links between actions taken and the contribution to sustainable development. A clear example of this takes the form of the biomethane plant being built at Sant'Agata Bolognese, expected to come on line in the last quarter of 2018. It has been cited by the Global Compact as a world-class example of how to achieve UN Agenda goal n. 7 ("Clean, accessible energy"). Once fully operational, the use of innovative anaerobic digestion and upgrading technologies will allow the facility to produce 20,000 tons of high-quality natural fertiliser and 8 million cubic metres of biomethane (a 100% renewable fuel) from the separate collection of organic waste every year. This is a major project that aims to convert and modernise an existing facility without taking up any more land. It will save over 6,000 tons of oil a year and provide tangible proof that sustainability is, indeed, the way forward. A way forward that starts with families, by collecting and using their kitchen scraps (i.e. the separated organic waste) and ends with real local benefits in the form of a gas that can, for example, power private vehicles or public transport, with immediate improvements in air quality. While that's just one of many examples of how Hera efficiently blends innovation with sustainable development (a wider set of activities was assessed by the survey), it does, perhaps, best represent how the Group's commitment to sustainability translates into a variety of sound initiatives which positively impact quality of life. "We're extremely proud to see our commitment to sustainability acknowledged yet again", commented Filippo Bocchi, the Hera Group's Corporate Social Responsibility Manager. "The award underscores Hera's capacity to develop innovative models and tools that identify future trends and provide practical responses to the area's needs. A further, significant contribution to that capacity also stems from membership of international bodies such as CE100 and CEO Water Mandate, excellent motivators towards continuous improvement. Environmental and social goals - which also reflect those laid out in the UN Agenda - have, now, become a strategic element in Group planning and play a key role in determining the direction to be taken. It is, then, ever-more essential to provide an accurate sustainability report that, starting with the very next edition, is capable of modernising itself while maintaining the highest levels of compliance with key international standards". press_release_top_utility.1519660376.pdf 2015-02-06 toputility870.1519304338.png The Hera Group comes out on top again at the sixth edition of the Award, which analyses and promotes the performance levels of the country's main public utility companies. Fiorenza Bavieri 75 1 0 Fiorenza Bavieri Top Uytility 2018

petisland110 For the Hera Group, sustainability continues to be synonymous with art. Through Aliplast, the Group company that puts plastic through a treatment process that allows its reutilisation, Hera has, fact, provided the raw material with which artist Matteo Peretti created the works that make up PET Island, an exhibition being held at Fabbrica Arte Rimini (FAR) from 17 February to 2 April. The technical sponsor of Peretti's exhibition, Aliplast, engages, every day, in the fight against the pollution that has created the vast island of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean. It is this island that the title of the Roman artist's exhibition half-jokingly refers to. In this sense, the perception of public duty behind Peretti's work, which examines the collective and social aspects of the subject matter, immediately won favour with the Hera Group, itself engaged in environmental education projects involving some 100,000 students from local schools. With this initiative the multiutility aims to restate its own distinctive commitment to the circular economy; for some time now, this has involved significant initiatives aimed at involving the art world in the regeneration of materials that would otherwise be headed for disposal. One such initiative is the SCART project, which, thanks to close collaboration between Waste Recycling (another Group company) and students from the Fine Art Academies of Bologna and Florence, has generated several events; these include a travelling exhibition consisting of works made entirely from waste, some of which were incorporated on Hera's stands during the most recent editions of the Rimini-held Ecomondo fair. petislan870 20180215_press_release.1519198486.pdf 2018-02-21 Read more pet870.1519198485.png This Hera Group company, a leader in the plastic recycling sector, provided the material for the artist's works, on show from 17 February to 2 April at Fabbrica Arte in Rimini petisland110

2018-02-08 Nuova_Palazzina_1_870x.1533219586.jpg Based in Pescara, the company operates in gas and electricity sales, with roughly 17,000 customers in the Marche and Abruzzo regions, to be added to the 225,000 already served in these areas. Local roots confirmed with new services and offers. Hera S.p.A. Only a few weeks after the approval of the Business Plan to 2021, the Hera Group is continuing to enlarge its energy customer base and its presence in the Marche and Abruzzo regions. Through subsidiary Hera Comm Marche it has brought to conclusion today the acquisition from Ranton S.r.l. of 100% of Blu Ranton S.r.l., a company operating in free market gas and electricity sales. Established in 2003 with legal headquarters in Pescara, Blu Ranton has roughly 15,000 gas customers and 2,000 electricity customers, primarily distributed across the provinces of Macerata, Teramo and Pescara. With this operation, that follows up on the acquisitions of Fucino Gas, Alento Gas, Julia Servizi and Gran Sasso,in addition to Verducci Servizi and Enerpeligna, concluded in 2017, the Hera Group has further consolidated its presence in the two regions, where it already provides electricity and gas services to over 225,000 customers. The multi-utility is thus proceeding with developing a model that integrates on the one hand the regional presence, in a physical sense as well, typical of local businesses, and on the other the innovative potentialities in services and offers and the competitiveness that both come from belonging to a Group that is among the main operators in the Italian energy market. "Our presence in local areas is becoming increasingly extensive", explains Cristian Fabbri, CEO of Hera Comm. "This is due to our solid and at the same time flexible business model, which allows us to perfectly integrate locally managed services for citizens with a global vision that guarantees greater opportunities and offers. This system lets us meet all of our customers' needs, from daily assistance to services increasingly tailored to fit specific requests, improving, day after day, customer experience. We are sure that these new customers as well will show their appreciation for all the possibilities we will soon make available to them". Hera S.p.A. 08022018_press_release_hera_acquires_blu_ranton.1518082699.pdf 2017-06-23 10:06:00 Hera S.p.A. Read more Hera S.p.A.

16 For the ninth consecutive year, the Hera Group has confirmed its position as a leader in Human Resources management. This acknowledgement comes from the Holland-based Top Employers Institute which has, since 1991, been researching workplace quality standards in the world's leading companies. According to the Dutch institute, the Hera Group proved to be deserving of "Top Employer" certification on account of "the excellent working conditions enjoyed by employees, a training and development policy that reaches every level of the company and advanced HR management strategies", all of which make Hera "committed to continuous improvement of policies and best practices". Today, Top Employers is a highly sought-after international acknowledgement. The certification process, which has, over the years, become ever-stricter, is based on analysis of objective data and in-depth checks. Key analysis parameters include investment in training and development, welfare and on-boarding policies for new hires, careful planning of selection processes and career paths, targeted talent-growing strategies, a positive corporate culture and an exciting, constructive workplace. Only those companies that achieve the required standards can be listed as Top Employers. In Italy, some 90 companies have been certified this year. These include the Hera Group (the first multiutility to take part in the project, from 2010 onwards), one of just 11 companies to attain uninterrupted recognition. More specifically, the company stood out on account of the "Hextra" integrated corporate welfare plan; set up in July 2016 and covering almost all the Group's 9,000 employees, it is also characterized by a quota of resources that can be "customised" by individual workers to suit their needs. Moreover, as of 2018 employees can convert their results bonuses into further welfare benefits: measures for striking a better work-life balance (smart working, leave/absence management policies and support when returning to the company), development policies and programmes aimed at raising every employee's level of health and safety awareness. What's more, the Group is one of the top Italian companies when it comes to investing in employee training and personal/professional development (it provides about 29 training hours per capita per year). Training experiences have been made more engaging and effective thanks to HerAcademy, the Corporate University that ensures close collaboration between companies and key academic institutions; moreover, 2017 saw the introduction of new, more personalised ways of getting the best out of training as part of the HER@futura programme. The company's heavy investment in training and its ties with the local communities where it operates are also evident in the Hera Educational programme. The latter focuses on providing students with work experience that aims to merge corporate skills with skills acquired in the secondary schools of Emilia-Romagna. Over 200 work experience programmes have been completed since 2015 and the project will soon be extended to schools in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The full Hera Group profile, with the reasons and criteria behind the certification, can be consulted at www.topemployers.it. press_release_top_employer.1519400504.pdf 2015-02-06 topemp870.1519304020.png The multiutility confirms its position as a leader in Human Resources management. The working conditions enjoyed by its employees are recognised as nothing less than excellent, as are training and development policies at every corporate level and continuous improvements to best practices. Fiorenza Bavieri 74 1 0 Fiorenza Bavieri topemp110.1519304021.png

topemployers110 For the ninth consecutive year, the Hera Group has confirmed its position as a leader in Human Resources management. This acknowledgement comes from the Holland-based Top Employers Institute which has, since 1991, been researching workplace quality standards in the world's leading companies. According to the Dutch institute, the Hera Group proved to be deserving of "Top Employer" certification on account of "the excellent working conditions enjoyed by employees, a training and development policy that reaches every level of the company and advanced HR management strategies", all of which make Hera "committed to continuous improvement of policies and best practices". Today, Top Employers is a highly sought-after international acknowledgement. The certification process, which has, over the years, become ever-stricter, is based on analysis of objective data and in-depth checks. Key analysis parameters include investment in training and development, welfare and on-boarding policies for new hires, careful planning of selection processes and career paths, targeted talent-growing strategies, a positive corporate culture and an exciting, constructive workplace. Only those companies that achieve the required standards can be listed as Top Employers. In Italy, some 90 companies have been certified this year. These include the Hera Group (the first multiutility to take part in the project, from 2010 onwards), one of just 11 companies to attain uninterrupted recognition. More specifically, the company stood out on account of the "Hextra" integrated corporate welfare plan; set up in July 2016 and covering almost all the Group's 9,000 employees, it is also characterized by a quota of resources that can be "customised" by individual workers to suit their needs. Moreover, as of 2018 employees can convert their results bonuses into further welfare benefits: measures for striking a better work-life balance (smart working, leave/absence management policies and support when returning to the company), development policies and programmes aimed at raising every employee's level of health and safety awareness. What's more, the Group is one of the top Italian companies when it comes to investing in employee training and personal/professional development (it provides about 29 training hours per capita per year). Training experiences have been made more engaging and effective thanks to HerAcademy, the Corporate University that ensures close collaboration between companies and key academic institutions; moreover, 2017 saw the introduction of new, more personalised ways of getting the best out of training as part of the HER@futura programme. The company's heavy investment in training and its ties with the local communities where it operates are also evident in the Hera Educational programme. The latter focuses on providing students with work experience that aims to merge corporate skills with skills acquired in the secondary schools of Emilia-Romagna. Over 200 work experience programmes have been completed since 2015 and the project will soon be extended to schools in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The full Hera Group profile, with the reasons and criteria behind the certification, can be consulted at: www.topemployers.it topemployer870 press_release.1519658204.pdf 2018-02-26 Read more topemp870.1519658203.png The multiutility confirms its position as a leader in Human Resources management. The working conditions enjoyed by its employees are recognised as nothing less than excellent, as are training and development policies at every corporate level and continuous improvements to best practices topemployers110

2018-02-02 Nuova_Palazzina_870x.1533218220.jpg List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% Update Before 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 2,273,401,461 1,489,538,745 2,273,701,461 Shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 705,676,029 705,676,029 705,376,029 705,376,029 Double voting right shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 783,862,716 1,567,725,432 784,162,716 1,568,325,432 List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% 2_feb_2018_ENG_comunicato_voto_maggiorato.1517587235.pdf 2017-06-23 12:26:59 110x150_heraspa.1475082913.jpg List of shareholders with a stake of over 3%

CEO_logo110 The Hera Group – Italy’s second operator in the water sector, with 300 million m3 of water sold and 3.6 million citizens served – now endorses the CEO Water Mandate, the United Nations Global Compact initiative promoted to re-launch the commitment shown by companies to a sustainable management of water resources. Active for years in all areas in which the CEO Water Mandate supports interventions, Hera is the second Italian company to endorse it, after Enel, thus joining over 100 companies distributed across the globe, including Veolia, Suez, Engie and E.On. The CEO Water Mandate, more specifically, indicates an approach to water services that is subdivided into six focus areas, to which the Group fully adheres. They begin with measures concerning a company’s direct use of water and continue with those involving the supply chain, with a further focus area centred around collective action, intended to incentivise collaborations with third parties and thus consolidate good practices. Another focus goes to public policy, to promote sustainable water management in public debate, develop knowledge on the topic and encourage activities related to sector associations. The CEO Water Mandate, furthermore, gives significant value to community engagement, inviting companies to operate in this sense by developing water infrastructures and environmental education initiatives. Specific attention, finally, goes to the issue of transparency, to orient companies towards accurate financial reporting as regards their progress in reaching essential objectives, such as those tied to water. After recently becoming part of the CE100, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation program that brings together the world’s 100 organisations most active in the transition towards a circular economy, and after launching its collaboration with the Global Compact Network Italia, Hera now intends to endorse the CEO Water Mandate. This will confirm the international scope of its operations, which for some time now – as recorded in its sustainability report – have fully respected the path set out by the European Union and the UN’s 2030 Global Agenda. The water sector, moreover, is the area in which Hera has always concentrated the majority of its investments, coming to over 110 million per year – on average – over the last five years. This allows the Group to maintain an over 53,000 km network in good conditions, along with roughly 900 production and purification plants, providing all with safe and affordable drinking water, as guaranteed by over 2,000 analyses per day, and successfully dealing with periods of serious drought, such as the one seen in 2017. One of the strong points of Hera’s integrated water service consists in its orientation towards innovation, turning to avant-garde technological solutions based on automation and remote control of networks and plants in order to guarantee a continuous supply and ensure that leakage in its networks remains among the lowest nationwide. This is the context that saw, for example, the implementation of a technique involving satellite research on water leakage that Hera, the first in Italy to do so, developed in collaboration with the Israeli company Utilis, substantially increasing the amount of water recovered. In a collaboration with the National Health Institute, furthermore, Hera is implementing the Water Safety Plans, European protocols for monitoring all phases of the drinking water production and distribution supply chain. "The challenges involved in water resources must be considered on a global scale", states Stefano Venier, Hera Group CEO. "This is why Hera intends to continue giving shape to its efforts according to the framework set out by the United Nations. In this sense", Venier adds, "the CEOWater Mandate represents a valid tool for activation with which companies all over the world can identify, and come together for the future of the planet. After all", concludes the multi-utility's CEO, "Hera has long been active in all of the focus areas indicated by the mandate, demonstrating its ability to anticipate many of the orientations that the international community has rightly chosen." CEO Water Mandate press_release.1517301518.pdf 2018-01-30 Read more CEO Water Mandate The second Italian company to do so, Hera thus confirms its own orientation towards the objectives set out in the UN's 2030 Agenda, re-launching its commitment to a sustainable water resource management, which in the areas served is worth over 110 million in investments per year https://ceowatermandate.org/ https://www.unglobalcompact.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZbpzCTnCqE /group_eng/sustainability/thematic-reports/in-good-waters CEO Water Mandate website UN Global Compact website Video - Curcular economy - Stefano Venier meets Ellen MacArthur Report in good water centrata CEO_logo110

2018-01-30 Stefano_Venier.1534403921.jpg The second Italian company to do so, Hera thus confirms its own orientation towards the objectives set out in the UN's 2030 Agenda, re-launching its commitment to a sustainable water resource management, which in the areas served is worth over 110 million in investments per year. Gruppo Hera "The challenges involved in water resources must be considered on a global scale", states Stefano Venier, Hera Group CEO. "This is why Hera intends to continue giving shape to its efforts according to the framework set out by the United Nations. In this sense", Venier adds, "the CEOWater Mandate represents a valid tool for activation with which companies all over the world can identify, and come together for the future of the planet. After all", concludes the multi-utility's CEO, "Hera has long been active in all of the focus areas indicated by the mandate, demonstrating its ability to anticipate many of the orientations that the international community has rightly chosen." press_release_Hera_CEO_Water_Mandate.1517320783.pdf 2018-01-30 sinistra 13:47:00 Read more Gruppo Hera

2018-01-29 Tomaso_Tommasi_di_Vignano.1509632134.1534410649.jpg After Ravenna, Imola, Modena, Udine and Pisa, the travelling exhibition of Hera Group comes to the city tomorrow, to coincide with Arte Fiera. Until 18 February, works made out of waste by young artists can be viewed free of charge at Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande. On Saturday at 6 pm, a performance by Angela Nocentini. /documents/1514726/4186020/Cartolina_SCART.1516183080.pdf/de76e2d5-80c7-3572-98e9-bf9c2992830a?t=1596720613147 Leaftlet Scart in Bologna sinistra "We are very proud of the collaborations with the Fine Art Academies of Bologna and Florence - stated Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Executive President of Hera Group - as they have enabled us to take this exhibition on tour around different regions over the past months, helping us to spread an important message. The artistic regeneration of waste materials - continues Tommasi - actually inspires all the other regenerations on which the circular economy is based and for which the Group works every day through people, resources, processes and plants. By taking part in the Arte Fiera circuit - the President of Hera concludes - we want to give even more emphasis to the themes and ideas of this exhibition, which besides being about waste and art is above all about "second lives", which is what new development models, based on recycling materials and resources, should help us to think about and achieve, in the interests of everyone." Scart 20180129_Con_Scart_anche_a_Bologna_i_rifiuti_diventano_arte.1516971547_ing.1533804894.pdf 2018-01-29 sinistra 15:40:21 Scart Read more

Scart_bo_110 Art works made from waste take their place beneath the Two Towers. From tomorrow until 18 February, the splendid setting of Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande will be hosting "SCART il lato bello e utile del rifiuto", an exhibition organised by Hera Group which brings together works by artists and students from the Fine Arts Academies of Bologna and Florence. For its Bologna visit, the entire exhibition is crowned by a giant 5-metre tall Pinocchio made by Edoardo Malagigi from thousands of old wooden Pinocchio dolls. Angela Nocentini, together with Malagigi, is the coordinator of the installation "Business Wo/men", a group work by the students of the Academies composed of fourteen life-size sculptures of business men and women. Each statue is 100% made from waste materials such as strips of leather, paper, safety belts, frozen pea packages, scraps of fabric, glass, wood and flakes of recycled plastic. The models on which the students created the artworks were made by Nocentini herself, who on Art City White Night on Saturday 3 February will be making the fifteenth model for the installation live. "Waste Anatomy", which is the title of her performance, will begin at 6 pm and involve all those present. On that particularly day, the exhibition can be visited from 10 am to midnight. The exhibition is completed by four wolves by Alberto Salvetti, assembled from tape, paper, wire, bitumen and especially from newspaper pages reporting news about the dispersion of the wolf. [block]div:row-fluid::db:hr_press_comunicazione::box:94[/block] Scart_BO_870 20180129_Con_Scart_in_Bologna.1534756168.pdf 2018-08-20 Read more IMG_20180129_WA0009.1534757655.jpg After Ravenna, Imola, Modena, Udine and Pisa, the travelling exhibition of Hera Group comes to the city tomorrow, to coincide with Arte Fiera. Until 18 February, works made out of waste by young artists can be viewed free of charge at Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande. On Saturday at 6 pm, a performance by Angela Nocentini Scart_bo_110

2018-01-23 sede_Gruppo_Hera_4505_1516717240_1532967068.1533219811.jpg The loan is destined to support investments in the environment area, with the aim of introducing innovative projects to help further increase the percentage of sorted waste and the efficiency of treatment and recovery plants. Sede Hera http://ha.gruppohera.it Herambiente The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Hera Group have finalised a € 110 million financing contract intended to support the 2017-2021 development program of this Italian multi-utility, listed on the Milan stock exchange. Through this loan, the European bank chose in particular to finance 19 projects involved in the waste cycle that are in line with EU directives and foresee interventions in various regions of Italy. 50% of the cost of these projects, coming in turn to roughly € 227 million, will thus be covered by financing from the EIB. More specifically, the line of credit will be destined to further improvements in the performance of Hera's waste management services, above all by increasing the amount of sorted waste, as indicated in the regional objectives set out by the areas serves, but also by Herambiente, the Hera Group company that is a nationwide leader in waste treatment, recycling and recovery. The Group aims at increasing the efficiency of its own processes to a greater extent, and improving the sustainability standards of its set of plants, whose emissions are, moreover, already far below the limits set by law. With this financing, which falls within EIB policies, new resources will therefore be made available in the transition towards the model of a circular economy, a transition to which Hera has long contributed, as is shown by its entry as part of the CE100, the program promoted by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation that brings together the 100 most active figures in this field worldwide. An additional positive element, furthermore, lies in the satellite activities and the consequences in employment which, over the period in which the Hera Group's multi-year investment plan is put into effect, are believed to help reinforce growth in the economies of the areas concerned. The operation provides the Hera Group with an important contribution to the consolidation of its own financial structure and follows up on the collaboration set into place over time between the EIB and the Group: four other operations (concerning investments in waste management and networks) have in fact been signed by the EIB and Hera in recent years, amounting to over € 700 million. Sede Hera 20180123_financing_EIB.1516712635.pdf 2018-01-16 14:28:00 Sede Hera Read more Sede Hera

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Hera Group have finalised a € 110 million financing contract intended to support the 2017-2021 development program of this Italian multi-utility, listed on the Milan stock exchange. Through this loan, the European bank chose in particular to finance 19 projects involved in the waste cycle that are in line with EU directives and foresee interventions in various regions of Italy. 50% of the cost of these projects, coming in turn to roughly € 227 million, will thus be covered by financing from the EIB. More specifically, the line of credit will be destined to further improvements in the performance of Hera's waste management services, above all by increasing the amount of sorted waste, as indicated in the regional objectives set out by the areas serves, but also by Herambiente, the Hera Group company that is a nationwide leader in waste treatment, recycling and recovery. The Group aims at increasing the efficiency of its own processes to a greater extent, and improving the sustainability standards of its set of plants, whose emissions are, moreover, already far below the limits set by law. With this financing, which falls within EIB policies, new resources will therefore be made available in the transition towards the model of a circular economy, a transition to which Hera has long contributed, as is shown by its entry as part of the CE100, the program promoted by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation that brings together the 100 most active figures in this field worldwide. An additional positive element, furthermore, lies in the satellite activities and the consequences in employment which, over the period in which the Hera Group's multi-year investment plan is put into effect, are believed to help reinforce growth in the economies of the areas concerned. The operation provides the Hera Group with an important contribution to the consolidation of its own financial structure and follows up on the collaboration set into place over time between the EIB and the Group: four other operations (concerning investments in waste management and networks) have in fact been signed by the EIB and Hera in recent years, amounting to over € 700 million. Hera_870 press_release.1532967070.pdf 2018-07-30 Related contents sede_Gruppo_Hera_4505.1516717240.1532967068.jpg The loan is destined to support investments in the environment area, with the aim of introducing innovative projects to help further increase the percentage of sorted waste and the efficiency of treatment and recovery plants sede_Gruppo110.1516717243.1532967072.jpg

2018-01-22 Calendar of events CALENDAR OF CORPORATE EVENTS (*) In accordance with art. 2.6.2 (Required Reporting) of the "Rules of the markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.", please find below our annual calendar of corporate events: 27 March 2018 - Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve the previous year's preliminary financial statements. 26 April 2018 - Shareholders Meeting to approve the previous year's financial statements. 10 May 2018 - Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve additional financial information for the period ending on 31 March 2018. 30 July 2018 - Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve the half-year financial report at 30 June 2018. 8 November 2018 - Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve additional financial information for the period ending on 30 September 2018. The Board of Directors, as communicated for the previous financial year and in line with the past, in order to guarantee regularity in the information provided to the financial market and investors, has decided to continue preparing and publishing this information quarterly, on a voluntary basis and in line with current regulations. (*) barring changes 20180122_calendar_press_release.1516638074.pdf 2017-01-26 17:26:00 Related contents Calendar of events

2018-01-16 hera_bioon870_1516176236.1533219940.jpg Clean energy for Bio-on's new biopolymers 'factory' thanks to a trigeneration plant built by Gruppo Hera http://hse.gruppohera.it/ Hera Servizi Energia Bio-on, the leader in eco-sustainable chemical technologies, and Gruppo Hera, one of Italy's main multi-utility providers, have reached an agreement for the supply of clean energy thanks to the realisation and management of a new technological-energy hub that will house a newly designed trigeneration plant. The deal was signed by Bio-on S.p.A. with Hera Servizi Energia, a subsidiary of Gruppo HERA, and will guarantee clean electric energy for the new plant producing innovative biopolymersthat Bio-on is currently constructing in Castel San Pietro Terme, outside Bologna. The plant, due to open by the middle of 2018 and begin PHAs bioplastic production thanks to a 15 million Euro investment, will employ approximately 40 people.The plant will occupy an area of 30,000 m2, 3,700 of which is covered and 6,000 land for development, and will have a production capacity of 1,000 tons per year expandable to 2,000. It will be equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and the most advanced research laboratories, where Bio-on will test and develop new types of PHAs bioplastic using agricultural and agro-industrial waste as raw material. Bio-on also demonstrates its focus on environmental sustainability in its choice of site, opting to convert a former factory, meaning no new land is wasted. Through the agreement, Gruppo Hera will supply Bio-on's new plant with a) Power produced and self-consumed, b) Heating in the form of steam, and c) Cooling. The multiannual agreement includes the realisation and maintenance of the entire technological-energy hub associated with the supply of energy, for a total investment from Hera Servizi Energia of 2.4 million Euro. Hera Servizi Energia is the landmark ESCO in Gruppo Hera's industrial sector, which over the years has developed a portfolio of cogeneration plants built with the best technologies on the market, able to guarantee major energy and economic savings. The project developed for Bio-on envisages the realisation of the entire technological-energy hub comprising a 1 MW trigeneration power plant, two steam boilers, two high-efficiency industrial coolers and a modern water treatment plant. The energy saving generated is over 800 TOE (tonnes of oil equivalent) per year, equivalent to the amount of CO2 a 320-hectare woodland absorbs in one year or the equivalent of 810 diesel cars being taken off the roads. "We are extremely proud of this agreement," explains Bio-on S.p.A. Chairman and CEO Marco Astorri, "because it allows us to increase and complete the industrial sustainability of our new production plant. We chose to not use agricultural land by converting a derelict plant, and with HERA we can add strong GREEN credentials in our energy usage to produce a biopolymer like MINERV PHAs that is sustainable and completely biodegradable in nature." Bio-on, a fast-growing company, fundamentally met the objectives of its business plan presented on 22 November 2016 for 2017 and looks to 2018 with major new projects, including its sustainable energy collaboration with HERA. All the PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates) developed by Bio-on are made from renewable plant sources with no competition with food supply chains. They can replace a number of conventional polymers currently made with petrochemical processes using hydrocarbons; they guarantee the same thermo-mechanical properties as conventional plastics with the advantage of being completely eco-sustainable and 100% naturally biodegradable. The agreement between the two companies has come out of a highly dynamic territory that represents the technological cutting edge in Italy. "For a company such as ours, which has innovation and sustainability at its foundations,"explained Giorgio Golinelli, managing director of Hera Servizi Energia, "the collaboration with Bio-on is a natural meeting of the minds and a convergence of views that we believe can be developed with an increasing number of players operating in sustainably developing the economy and the territory. With this agreement, thanks to the breadth and quality of our service offering, we can put an additional green stamp on a project that aims to change the world of eco-plastics. Hera has been at the forefront of this sector for some time, encouraging the transition towards a circular economy model that extends the life of raw materials and resources through recycling, reuse and longer-lasting products." Gruppo Hera It is one of Italy's largest multi-utility providers working in Environment (waste collection and treatment), Energy (electricity and gas distribution and sale) and Water (waterworks, sewers and purification). The Group employs over 9,000 people and works every day to meet the many and varied needs of over 4.4 million citizens. It serves over 350 local municipalities mainly in the Emilia Romagna, Marche, Tuscany, Abruzzo, Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions. Bio-on S.p.A. Bio-On S.p.A., an Italian Intellectual Property Company (IPC), operates in the bioplastic sector conducting applied research and development of modern bio-fermentation technologies in the field of eco-sustainable and completely naturally biodegradable materials. In particular, Bio-On develops industrial applications through the creation of product characterisations, components and plastic items. Since February 2015, Bio-On S.p.A. has also been operating in the development of natural and sustainable chemicals for the future. Bio-On has developed an exclusive process for the production of a family of polymers called PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates) from agricultural waste (including molasses and sugar cane and sugar beet syrups). The bioplastic produced in this way is able to replace the main families of conventional plastics in terms of performance, thermo-mechanical properties and versatility. Bio-On PHAs is a bioplastic that can be classified as 100% natural and completely biodegradable: this has been certified by Vincotte and by USDA (United States Department of Agriculture). the Issuer's strategy envisages the marketing of licenses for PHAs production and related ancillary services, the development of R&D (also through new collaborations with universities, research centres and industrial partners), as well as the realisation of industrial plants designed by Bio-On. Hera Group press_release_bio_on.1516091129.pdf 2019-07-02 centrata 08:00:00 Hera Group Read more Clean energy for Bio-on's new biopolymers 'factory' thanks to a trigeneration plant built by Gruppo Hera

2018-01-10 Based on the forecast for year 2017, EBITDA amount reached roughly 980 million, the Group's path of growth will continue to focus on investments, innovation and agility, in order to seize the emerging opportunities in the utility sector. Internal growth will be favoured by efficiencies and by innovative and sustainable solutions, while the Group's financial soundness will allow external growth to proceed. Operating-financial highlights 2021 EBITDA: € 1,135 million (+218 million over 2016 EBITDA) Overall industrial and financial investments: almost € 2.9 billion (+62% over the investments seen in the past five years) Net debt/EBITDA ratio remains below 3 Profits/share to increase by an annual average of roughly 5% over the duration of the Plan Dividends expected to keep rising, reaching 10.5 cents per share as early as 2020 (+17% over the last dividend paid) Industrial highlights The 5 strategic priorities confirmed: growth, efficiency and excellence, with an increasing focus on innovation and agility Group development based on a balanced mix of internal and external (M&A) growth Reconfirmation of current grants in tenders for gas distribution and urban waste collection, and confirmation of the trends of growth in the waste recycling and treatment sector, in line with the principles of a Circular Economy Strategy reflects the main transitions currently underway in the sector: Circular Economy, Customer Experience, Utility 4.0 Objective of over 3 million energy customers at 2021, with 30,000 new gas and electricity customers acquired as of the current year and a reinforcement of commercial synergies, thanks to the recent acquisition of a further 29.5% of Hera Comm Marche Shared value to reach over € 450 million Preliminary consolidated results for 2017 show roughly 980 million in EBITDA, and a plan geared towards growth This morning, the Hera Group's Board of Directors, which met to discuss the Business plan to 2021, also examined the preliminary consolidated results for 2017, which confirm a year-end EBITDA of roughly € 980 million, up almost 7% over the 917 million seen at 31 December 2016 and exceeding the forecast of the previous business plan. The Group's financial solidity will thus see an improvement in the net debt/EBITDA ratio, at approximately 2.6x. On the firm basis provided by this result and by an increased financial flexibility, the Board of Directors approved the new Plan to 2021, which reflects a strong commitment to further growth in the Group's businesses, within a scenario marked by far-reaching changes. A deeply evolving scenario The scenario promises to be denser than ever in events that will bring about a profound evolution in almost all sectors in which the Group is active. In a framework showing clear and positive signals of economic recovery, Italian operators will be called to participate in the process, already underway thanks to the tenders for gas distribution announced by the Authority, of a significant rationalisation in the number of operators. In the waste collection sector, considering the recent transfer of power to the national Authority for energy, gas and the water service (renamed ARERA), service concession tenders which have already expired or will do so during the next five years are expected to be initiated. Other regulatory changes are also expected for segments involving protected energy service customers, intended to promote a further increase in added value for the services offered and greater competition on the marketplace. To this one must add the ongoing processes of consolidation in the energy sales and waste treatment sectors, which are currently among the most fragmentary in Europe and are, in the environmental services sector, at the root of the country's shortcomings in efficiency and infrastructures. The investment plan and the solidity of the Group's assets Faced with the numerous and diversified opportunities offered by the new scenario, the Plan to 2021 foresees investments amounting to almost € 2.9 billion, up roughly 400 million over the previous strategic plan. On the one hand, they will serve to fuel growth over the upcoming five years, and on the other to spark a transformation of Group businesses towards the new industrial paradigms of Circular Economy and Utility 4.0. Over 70% of the investments expected by the Plan will in fact be dedicated to networks, partially going towards a reconfirmation of the concessions for gas distribution in the areas served, and partially to significant interventions in infrastructure modernisation and development, such as installing electronic meters, completing the Rimini seawater protection plan and upgrading the Servola and Cà Nordio purifiers. Furthermore, investments in innovative projects, such as extending smart grids to aqueducts or introducing new technologies for optimising purification sludge recovery, will allow an increase in network efficiency and a reduction in and energy and material consumption. This investment plan proves to be sustainable from a financial point of view, thanks to a positive and rising cash generation, sufficient to cover the investments themselves and dividend payments. The Group's financial solidity, as foreseen by the Plan, expressed in a 2021 net debt/EBITDA ratio of 2.9, will potentially leave room for additional investments, used to grasp opportunities not currently included in the Plan, without jeopardising the parameters that the Group has long maintained as a reference point. Strategy confirmed for seizing the opportunities offered by the scenario and creating shared value The actions envisaged by the Group will be founded on its fundamental principles, efficiency, excellence, growth, innovation and agility; this set of strategic priorities has led the Group to set in place, ahead of time, the necessary preconditions to adequately deal with the changing scenario that lies ahead. The strategy outlined in the Plan is concretely articulated according to the paradigms of a Circular Economy and the opportunities offered by Utility 4.0, through a growing digitalisation of processes, data collection and analysis and the widespread use of "intelligent" infrastructures. The Group, which has always been attentive to the issue of sustainability, in 2016 furthermore began financial reporting as to Shared Value, i.e. the portion of profits generated by projects that benefit the company and at the same time contribute to reaching the UN's 2030 Agenda (covering at least 10 of the 17 objectives indicated). In 2016 this portion accounted for roughly 30% of Group EBITDA and it is expected to rise to 40% or € 450 million overall (amounting to a 150 million increase) within 2021. Increasing EBITDA objectives, balanced between the various business areas, between regulated and free market activities, and between internal and external growth In view of the investment plan to be launched covering the upcoming five years, EBITDA is expected to reach € 1,135 million in 2021, with an almost 220 million increase over the 917 million recorded at the end of 2016. This growth will prove once again to be balanced between the Group's various business areas, while maintaining its current conservative risk profile thanks to the breakdown of its activity portfolio and the wider range of opportunities for growth offered by the reference scenario. A contribution to the increase in EBITDA over the duration of the Plan will indeed come from all areas (Networks, Waste and Energy), and will also be balanced between profits coming from regulated and free market activities and between internal and external growth. As regards internal growth, a high degree of attention towards extracting efficiencies has been confirmed, as has the continuation of plans to expand in markets, with an overall contribution at 2021 of € 138 million (up 17% over the 118 million of the previous five-year plan), sustained by progress in innovation in addition to the support coming from development investments. Further impetus towards growth will come from the lever of gas tenders, with an incremental EBITDA expected to reach 29 million through a reconfirmation of concessions in the current reference areas. For tenders involving waste collection the Plan is based on the idea of reconfirming services in the areas now served, while waiting for the future arrangements set out by the national Authority, ARERA. Concerning external development (M&A), the Plan expects a 107 million euro contribution to growth in EBITDA over the five years in question. This contribution is in line with what the Hera Group has achieved in the past, ever since it was established, through both mergers with other multi-utilities and acquisitions of mono-business companies operating in the energy sales and waste treatment sectors. The latter have been included in the Plan only as regards the operation concerning the Aliplast Group, carried out in 2017 (through the subsidiary company Herambiente, Hera now holds 80% of this Group, with the possibility of acquiring the remaining 20% within 2022), while additional opportunities offered by liberalised markets have been left "on top" of the objectives contained in the Plan. Increasing value for shareholders and an improved dividend policy The Plan confirms the Group's care towards creating value for shareholders, with profits per share increasing by an annual average of approximately 5% and an improved dividend policy with respect to both the past and the forecast of the previous Business plan. The dividend will indeed rise to 9.5 cents/share as of the payment pertaining to 2017 (to be made during the current financial year) and settle at 10.0 cents in 2018 and 2019, reaching 10.5 cents for 2020 and 2021 (+17% compared to the last dividend paid). Networks: smart infrastructures and excellence in services at the root of the Utility 4.0 model The majority of the growth over the duration of the Plan is expected to come from the networks area: EBITDA traceable to electricity and gas distribution, the water cycle and remote heating services will go from € 424 million in 2016 to 552 million in 2021, thus contributing to roughly half of the Group's overall EBITDA. A strong impulse will come from the over 2 billion in investments dedicated to the evolution and modernisation of networks, by adopting innovative technologies able to guarantee an excellent customer service (efficiency, safety, information exchange) and improve management competitiveness, with the aim of reconfirming the concessions already gained in the Group's reference areas. Efficiencies remain a strategic priority, and will contribute to growth over the five-year period with 24 million overall, to which one must add 15 million coming from the innovations introduced in networks (from energy efficiency projects applied to the most energy consuming activities, to automation systems in networks). Consolidating the Group's role as a reference point in the waste sector The waste sector EBITDA is expected to grow from the € 231 million seen in 2016 to 282 million in 2021. This growth will be sustained by the current positive trends in demand, and by approximately € 600 million in investments over the duration of the Plan. The latter will be dedicated to fuelling innovation in environmental services and maintaining an appropriate capacity of waste treatment in the reference area, without neglecting trustworthiness and sustainability. One concrete example of the application of the best technologies currently available is the creation in the Bologna area of the first biomethane production plant, which will become functional within 2018 and allow the circle to be "come home": from collecting the organic part of sorted waste and agricultural trimmings to introducing the methane produced into the network, achieving a particularly sustainable cycle and clear benefits for air quality. Particular attention will continue to go to developing sorted waste, expected to grow from 56% in 2016 to 70% in 2021, including improvement from a qualitative point of view as well, in order to gain the most value from the portions collected and increasingly reduce both environmental impact and tariffs for citizens. Efficiencies remain a cornerstone for the expected results, which will also be sustained by the innovations foreseen (the latter will contribute roughly 8 million to overall growth in the waste area). Furthermore, in 2017 the entrance of Aliplast within the Group's scope of operations has allowed Hera, already a leader in the sector, to introduce a new phase and be among the nation's precursors in developing a model of a circular economy. In the future as well, attention will go to solutions able to further increase the circularity of the Group's activities. The avant-garde position it has reached in treatment, reuse, recycling and energy valorisation thus becomes a heritage made available to industrial customers. The latter already see the Hera Group as a point of reference and a trustworthy partner, able to provide them with support in the evolution of their production processes, in line with the principles of a circular economy, by offering them an all-round service in waste management. Energy: over 3 million customers The energy sector will increase its EBITDA from the € 241 million seen in 2016 to 259 million in 2021. The challenging objective set by the Group is to reach over 3 million energy customers by the end of the Plan, making the most of both internally developing its own customer base, in line with its track record, and the opportunities offered by the market. These involve, for example, extinguishing protected categories in electricity, or the upcoming assignment of last resort services, in which the Hera Group has accumulated a solid experience over the years. Beginning with the over 2.3 million customers reached in 2017, the enlarged customer base will be able to rely on 30,000 new energy clients in the current year: 13,000 protected electricity customers in the municipality of Gorizia, recently acquired through the subsidiary EnergiaBaseTrieste, with 17,000 further gas and electricity customers soon added in the Marche and Abruzzo regions, thanks to a binding deal signed in the last few days. The strong point of both operations lies in integrating a local presence, in a physical sense, that is typical of smaller businesses, with the potential for innovation in services and offers, and the competitiveness that come from belonging to a Group that is among the main operators in the Italian energy market. This is the light in which Marche Multiservizi's acquisition of 29.5% of the share capital of Hera Comm Marche must also be seen, as brought to completion last December, in line with the consolidated decision to reinforce both the integration between Group companies and synergies across the areas served. The customer base will be enlarged thanks to the introduction of new offers, increasingly innovative and personalised, that combine energy sales with the supply of services with added value that are closely tied to the commodity itself (for example, tools for increasing energy efficiency in households). Furthermore, the Group will be able to defend its own customer base with increasing attention to customer experience, turning to digitalised processes and adopting efficient data management and analysis systems to guarantee an excellent service and accelerate the "time to market". Lastly, thanks to the knowhow gained in energy efficiency both within the company and when acting for third parties, the Group will be able to interface with public administrations, condominiums or businesses as reference partners for defining and implementing effective solutions for energy saving, an element which is increasingly crucial in local and national energy strategies. Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Hera Chairman The reference scenario shows deep changes occurring in all sectors in which the Group is active, and requires us to "change gears" in order to seize the opportunities that we have been preparing to handle for some time now. The challenging objectives contained in the Plan rest on the solid results achieved until present, and that we wish to turn into further growth from all points of view, both in terms of size and regarding improvements in quality, risk profile and sustainability. The targets reached, as is also demonstrated by the 2017 forecast, allow us to look towards an incremental profit projection compared to the previous Plan, and towards growing payments to shareholders, with an additional increase in dividends, following up on the one announced last year. Stefano Venier, Hera CEO Already today, the new frontiers of circularity and shared value are a reality for the Group, which it can use as levers for an increasingly avant-garde industrial development, with the goal of meeting our customers' evolving needs and facing the urgent drive towards sustainability set out in the agendas of all countries. Our Plan envisages an intense investment program, amounting to almost 3 billion euros, confirming the Group's financial solidity and leaving further room for additional opportunities. press_release_business_plan_2021.1515582769.pdf 2018-01-08 15:00:36 Il Gruppo Hera approva il Piano industriale al 2021

Jarvis_110 The Bolognese start-up Iooota, in which the telecommunications company Acantho holds an interest, is one of the 10 Italian companies that from January 9 to 12 will exhibit at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2018), the world's largest fair of consumer technology products. Selected by ICE-Agenzia with the patronage of the MISE, Iooota will participate in the first Italian, "Made in Italy - The Art of Technology" mission, with which Italy intends to promote its own path towards innovation, to combine technology, style and design. Iooota, in particular, will be present with Jarvis, a small five-sided robot that can "dialogue" with all the devices used in an office or home. Already a winner of a Digital 360 Awards Jarvis transforms homes into intelligent subjects that respond in an integrated, fast and simple way to the needs of those who live in them, under the most modern protocols of the so-called "Internet of Things" (IoT). A real digital butler, in short, who will land in Las Vegas to show the world what he is capable of. It's really tough to find something Jarvis doesn't know how to do or that he can't learn. Energy saving, safety, entertainment, healthcare: there are so many areas in which it can help. Using a simple app on a smartphone, and remotely, Jarvis can control lights, adjust the temperature of individual rooms, run large appliances such as washing machines and also smaller devices such as sound systems, interact with alarm systems, send messages to warn of gas leaks, flooding, fires, break-ins, and it can also be very helpful for those who have elderly relatives living alone or small children. Moreover, by selecting some preset modes - such as "good morning", "good night", "in" and "out" - Jarvis acts simultaneously and in a coordinated manner on several devices: with "good morning", for example, it raises the thermostat temperature, turns on the coffee machine and starts playing music; by selecting "out", instead, it turns off heating and lights and activates the alarm system. If intrusions or suspicious movements occur, it sends security camera pictures to the user's smartphone. Applications don't end there, of course, because Jarvis looks to the future and its technology is designed to interface with devices and services that have yet to reach the market. Jarvis will be available in 2018, with the objective of being a useful tool to simplify the lives of many, helping to save energy, time and money. For all these reasons Acantho has decided to sponsor the project and has become Iooota's industrial partner. The Hera Group - which Acantho belongs to - has always been mindful of the best start-ups that appear in its area, and thus confirms its strategic focus on innovation, especially when it translates into solutions that, as for the robot designed by Iooota, take meaningful steps forward in terms of energy efficiency, consumption control, environmental protection and, more broadly, quality of life. "We are very pleased - says Luca Degli Esposti, Founder and CEO of Iooota - that Jarvis's potential has come to light to the point of offering us the opportunity to participate in the Italian mission to Las Vegas. There is an Italian way for innovation which we deeply believe in and that Jarvis interprets openly and creatively, communicating with those who use it, learning their tastes and habits and thus becoming an additional, active member of the office, of the home, or of the family that hosts it. Cooperation with the other companies - continues Degli Esposti - is also very important to develop the great growth potential of Jarvis: our robot, in fact, can increase the efficiency and sustainability with which resources of primary importance are consumed, such as gas and electricity but it can also raise the value of an increasingly broad set of technological devices, enhancing their functions, bringing them together and giving them, literally, a voice". "Believing in innovation and in dreams - says Roberto Vancini, President of Acantho - means never ceasing to be curious. Ultimately, this is the greatest lesson that comes from a young and fresh business like Iooota, which we are delighted to work with. Fifteen years ago - continues Vancini - we were among the first to invest in the development of a proprietary ultra-wide bandwidth fibre-optic network: we did so to provide increasingly efficient services to our customers but also because we knew that all this would encourage the development of technologies that could not yet even be imagined at the time. Jarvis is one of them. We are extremely pleased with the awards he is receiving internationally, and l can't wait to see how he will be received by the market." Jarvis_870 20180105_Jarvis_the_robot_of_the_Bologna_based_start_up_Iooota_on_stage_in_Las_Vegas.1533304472.pdf 2018-08-03 Related contents jarvis870.1533304471.jpg The young company, in which the telecommunications company Acantho holds an interest, will be at the world's largest exhibition of consumer technology products with its first creation, a small digital butler that helps users - automatically and remotely - manage the devices of their homes and offices. It is an open, smart and expandable solution designed to make life easier while saving energy, time and money Jarvis_110

2018-01-02 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 December 2017 Update as at 31 December 2017 Before 31 December 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 2,273,701,461 1,489,538,745 2,273,694,459 Shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 705,376,029 705,376,029 705,383,031 705,383,031 Double voting right shares (regular: 01.01.2017) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 coupon: n. 16 784,162,716 1,568,325,432 784,155,714 1,568,311,428 List of shareholders with a stake of over 3% 20180102_Hera_Group_list_shareholders_with_stake_over_3.1514995772.pdf 2017-06-23 16:36:59 110x150_heraspa.1475082913.jpg 110x150_heraspa.1475082913.jpg

2017-12-21 Stefano_Venier.1534411037.jpg Thanks to this operation, Italgas will further reinforce its presence in Sardinia while Hera continues its process of rationalising Group. Italgas and Hera sign a binding agreement for the transferral to Italgas of 100% of Medea S.p.A. Stefano Venier, CEO of the Hera Group, has stated: "This transaction is part of a broader process of rationalising the Hera Group's investments and concentrating on its reference territories. Our thanks go to the Sassari customers and administration for their fruitful collaboration during these years. In any case, we are pleased to sell Medea to a fully reliable counterpart with strategic interests in the Region". Stefano Venier Italgas and Hera sign a binding agreement for the transferral to Italgas of 100% of Medea S.p.A. press_release_italgas_hera.1513850622.pdf 2017-06-23 sinistra 13:08:00 Hera Group Read more Italgas and Hera sign a binding agreement for the transferral to Italgas of 100% of Medea S.p.A.

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

2017-12-14 Tomaso_Tommasi_di_Vignano.1509632134.1534411389.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. Hera Group: control of Aliplast reaches 80% http://ha.gruppohera.it Herambiente "Being part of such a large company having deep roots in the communities served, as well as financial solidity and widely diversified specialisations, such as the Hera Group", explains the Chairman of Aliplast, Roberto Alibardi, "allows us, more and more every day, to broaden our horizons. It furthermore provides additional assuredness in continuing to develop our skills through a greater amount of attention given to research and technological innovation. This is the direction towards which we work on a daily basis, just as, at the same time, we are committed to furthering the process of integration and extending our competence in a sector as complex as plastics, following the business objectives defined together and pursuing new and ever more challenging goals". Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano 20171214_press_release_Aliplast.1513261391.pdf 2017-12-14 sinistra 13:20:00 Read more Hera Group: control of Aliplast reaches 80%

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

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%

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