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The two companies have signed the Hera Business Solution protocol for managing integrated waste, drinking water, purification and energy efficiency enhancement services. This multiservice proposal is offered to large companies who wish to reach goals in sustainability, which are measurable and increasingly demanding in various areas, making the most of the skills provided by a single partner. Circular economy and sustainability are at the heart of the Hera Business Solution protocol, signed today by the Hera Group, one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities, and Fruttagel, a national leader in the food sector, specialised in the industrial transformation of fresh fruit and vegetables, cereals and beans. Thanks to the Hera Business Solution, a multiservice offer conceived for large companies, the Hera Group will lend its companies’ experience to Fruttagel. The support provided will allow the latter to meet rising and increasingly challenging goals in circularity along its entire production chain, broadening the range of services already provided by the Group and thus allowing it to count on the benefits ensuing from dealing with a single partner. Circular economy, indeed, is a concept often associated only with the waste treatment sector, while actually covering all areas and therefore also concerning the responsible and efficient use of water and energy. Circular economy across the board with Hera Business Solution The Hera Business Solution protocol signed by Hera and Fruttagel is a valid example of an agreement between different sectors of production that aims at providing solutions for both environmental and production issues, fully deserving a place within the circular economy circuit. This collaboration is part of a process already underway with Fruttagel, that uses a few services offered by the Hera Group, for example managing waste, with plans to reduce it and global service solutions to maximise recovery, and the purification plant; supplying drinking water; selling energy and web tools to analyse and manage energy consumption and evaluate its effects; offering data connectivity, internet and data centre services. Now that the Hera Business Solution protocol has been signed, the multi-utility will launch a phase of consulting to draft a monitoring model that covers all Fruttagel’s activities and provides support in reaching environmental sustainability goals in terms of raising consumption efficiency, improving environmental performances and reducing energy and environmental impact. The bar set for these goals will become even higher, owing to the broader range of coordinated services provided by the Hera Group. With the Hera Business Solution, the Hera Group is indeed available as a partner for large industrial groups, with an overall proposal consisting of integrated energy and environmental solutions, sustainable and well-defined for single businesses, taking their own complexity into account. The goal is to set out new opportunities for growth, working alongside companies, to reduce as much as possible costs for the community, the environment and future generations. All of this will involve regenerating natural resources, lengthening the useful life of goods and resources and developing skills for an efficient use of raw materials. The Circular Economy Report, to describe and measure sustainability Measuring and reporting are ever more crucial to remain competitive on the market, in reputational terms as well. In order to present results or previously launched sustainability projects, the Hera Group will lend Fruttagel its consolidated experience in this field, designing and drafting along with this company a report on the sustainability performance reached. The report will be constructed by including indicators concerning the main services acquired/provided, for example recovery in waste managed, greenhouse gasses avoided, renewable energy used and the primary energy saved thanks to efficiency interventions and cogeneration plants. Through these numbers, it will be possible to better analyse these processes and their impact, introduce plans for improvement and transparently report to stakeholders. “This partnership with Fruttagel, a leading company nationwide, is a further initiative in the development of actions concretely aimed at a circular economy and decarbonisation, introduced by our company”, comments Stefano Venier,HeraGroup CEO. “The integrated contribution coming from our Group’s various specialised companies allows us to act as a single partner, ready to serve our clients and help them reach increasingly demanding and significant goals in sustainability, providing them with across-the-board solutions concerning all areas of a company’s activity”. “Fruttagel has published a yearly corporate report since 2010, now a Sustainability report, and has always guaranteed that its consumers receive genuine quality products that promote the principles of a correct and healthy diet. This however is no longer enough”, remarks Stanislao Fabbrino, Chairman and CEO of Fruttagel. “Consumers now not only wish to know “what” is inside our products, but also “how” they are made. Does the company behind these products respect the environment? Does it respond to issues found in the surrounding communities? Does it monitor its employees’ needs? Does it pay famers the right price? The answers to all these questions are found in our company’s Sustainability report, but they also require a great deal of commitment and investment, especially concerning issues in environmental sustainability. This is why we have signed this agreement; we need to collaborate with circular economy specialists and, since we wish to demand more of ourselves, we want the best. We’re working on a new three-year business plan, in which we will set out ambitious targets in sharply reducing the amount of virgin plastic, cutting the amount of CO2 generated by our activities, recovering a larger percentage of processing water and using an increasing amount of energy from renewable sources. We wish to work alongside Hera in meeting all these goals”. 2020-09-17 15:54:00 Firma_accordo_Fruttagel_110.1600351275.jpg 2020-06-18

The Hera Group continues to rise in Refinitiv’s international ranking, the “Diversity & Inclusion Index”, a reference point for investors who look with interest towards the businesses committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and people development. Twelfth overall and second in Italy in the 2020 edition, Hera furthermore ranked once again as the world’s leading multi-utility. The Hera Group continues to rise in Refinitiv’s international ranking, the “Diversity & Inclusion Index”, a reference point for investors who look with interest towards the businesses committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and people development. Twelfth overall and second in Italy in the 2020 edition, Hera furthermore ranked once again as the world’s leading multi-utility. This year as well, the “Diversity & Inclusion Index” confirms the Group’s presence among the world’s 25 most interesting companies for investors inclined towards companies committed to guaranteeing diversity and inclusion. It is now well-known internationally, indeed, that companies adopting policies oriented towards Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) can obtain both economic and social benefits, in terms of sustainability and wellbeing. In the 2020 edition, which examined a broader range of listed companies coming to over 9,000 worldwide, Hera’s score of 77 points made it the second company in Italy and 12th in the world, further improving its position (after ranking 14th in 2019). The Group was furthermore confirmed as the leading multi-utility globally. The “Diversity & Inclusion Index” was conceived and is carried out by the international financial information giant Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters), which analyses corporate performance based on a range of ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors. It mainly focuses on four areas: diversity, inclusion, people development and controversies published in the media. This is one of the world’s foremost initiatives in data collection and analysis concerning the commitment shown by companies towards these issues. This result comes only a few weeks after Hera stock, already listed on the FTSE MIB as of March 2019, was included in the FTSE4Good, an important set of ethical indexes created to encourage investment in companies that meet rigorous criteria in the environmental, social and governance area. These recognitions prove that our company’s attention towards these issues have made it a pioneer, nationally and internationally. As early as 2009, indeed, our multi-utility signed the Charter for equal opportunity and equality on the workplace, and in 2011 it introduced a Diversity Manager who, supported by a team of employees coming from various areas and companies belonging to the Group, is responsible for planning projects that reflect the company’s policy in valorising diversity, equal opportunity and equality on the workplace. The centre of the Hera Group’s personnel policy is unquestionably its corporate welfare plan, which supports employees and their families, dedicating 4.5 million euro overall in services requested in 2019 alone. Our multi-utility, furthermore, has always invested in developing personalised internal career paths. The percentage of women covering roles of responsibility increased in 2019, coming to 33%, as did the amount of female personnel, reaching 26.6%, well above the national sector average. Equal opportunity is accompanied by a significant amount of training, which 99.4% of workers received in 2019 (roughly 30 hours per capita on average, in this case as well higher than the sector average). Nor can we forget the use of innovative methodologies, such as Diversity@work, conceived to raise awareness among the company’s entire workforce as to a diverse and inclusive environment. “Our commitment towards promoting our employees’ wellbeing and development is one of the cornerstones of our corporate policy”, remarks Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Executive Chairman of the Hera Group. “This is why ranking, once again, among the world’s best companies in Diversity & Inclusion drives us to do even better. We will continue to make efforts to put these values at the centre of the paths conceived for the workers engaged in all our activities, convinced that encouraging an inclusive internal culture will also lead to benefits for the over 4 million citizens we serve every day.” 2020-09-16 15:29:00 0G4A1631.1398693050 (1).jpg 2020-06-18

Bologna, 03 September 2020 - The following table contains the data concerning the shares outstanding and the number of voting rights representing the share capital as at 31 August 2020. UPDATED SITUATION PREVIOUS SITUATION Number of shares constituting the Share capital Number of voting rights Number of shares constituting the Share capital Number of voting rights Total, of which: 1,489,538,745 2,243,338,785 1,489,538,745 2,243,638,785 Ordinary shares (regular dividend rights: 01.01.2020) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 Current coupon: n. 19 735,738,705 735,738,705 735,438,705 735,438,705 Ordinary shares with increased voting rights (regular dividend rights: 01.01.2020) - cod. ISIN IT0005159972 Current coupon: n. 19 753,800,040 1,507,600,080 754,100,040 1,508,200,080 Comunicato stampa 20200903_Communication_overall_amount_of_voting_rights_art_85_bis_RE_eng.1599147462.pdf 2020-09-03 15:29:00 piloni_110x150.1461840758.png 2020-07-02

Bologna, 05 August 2020 - The following table contains the data concerning the shares outstanding and the number of voting rights representing the share capital as at 31 July 2020. UPDATED SITUATION PREVIOUS SITUATION Number of shares constituting the Share capital Number of voting rights Number of shares constituting the Share capital Number of voting rights Total, of which: 1,489,538,745 2,243,638,785 1,489,538,745 2,245,438,785 Ordinary shares (regular dividend rights: 01.01.2020) - cod. ISIN IT0001250932 Current coupon: n. 19 735,438,705 735,438,705 733,638,705 733,638,705 Ordinary shares with increased voting rights (regular dividend rights: 01.01.2020) - cod. ISIN IT0005159972 Current coupon: n. 19 754,100,040 1,508,200,080 755,900,040 1,511,800,080 Comunicato stampa 20200805_Communication_overall_amount_of_voting_rights_art_85_bis_RE_eng.1596615871.pdf 2020-08-05 09:13:00 piloni_110x150.1461840758.png 2020-07-02