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The consolidated half-year report at 30 June indicates growth in the Group’s main operating-financial indicators and shows its considerable financial solidity, fully in line with the targets set out in the Business Plan. With the approval of its Climate Transition Plan, with a Net Zero target by 2050, Hera has once again confirmed its commitment to the sustainable development of the areas it serves, creating value for all stakeholders.

The Hera Group’s climate change mitigation strategy is now enriched with the definition of the Climate Transition Plan and the goal of reaching Net Zero by 2050 as regards direct and indirect emissions.

sede_hera_110-2.jpg centrata Hera Group finalises acquisition of TRS Ecology Through its subsidiary Herambiente Servizi Industriali, the Group has further consolidated its leadership in the waste management sector. The acquisition of 70% of Piacenza-based TRS Ecology broadens the Group’s scope of operations and strengthens the growth prospects of a well-established local company. A project to renovate the Caorso platform has already begun, aimed at additional environmental protection and increased material recovery. The closing, following January’s binding agreement A company serving the circular economy, ever closer to businesses and increasingly focused on environmental protection: this is the goal of the finalisation of the acquisition by Herambiente Servizi Industriali (a subsidiary of Herambiente, itself part of the Hera Group) of 70% of TRS Ecology, a company based in Caorso, near Piacenza, and focused on industrial waste treatment and recovery, with 70 employees and a roughly 2,700 current customers. The closing follows up on the binding agreement signed by the parties on 25 January and was made possible by the concurrence of all the conditions precedent foreseen in the preliminary phase. Claudio Dodici at the helm of TRS Ecology TRS Ecology is the newco to which TRS Ecologia (owned by the Dodici family) has transferred its business unit related to the multifunctional platform for special waste treatment located in Caorso in Piacenza area, which will be headed by Claudio Dodici as CEO. The industrial and economic rationale of the operation The merger into Herambiente rests on two main rationales. First of all, it offers TRS customers (located mainly in the provinces of Piacenza, Lodi, Cremona, Brescia and Parma) additional opportunities in the treatment and recovery of their industrial waste, which will have access to Herambiente’s network of approximately 100 plants, by far the largest in the country. TRS Ecology’s platform will also allow Herambiente Servizi Industriali to further expand the geographical scope of its services to western Emilia, lower Piedmont and Lombardy (including the Milan area), also achieving significant technical and commercial synergies with the Group’s other plant solutions and companies. 10 million invested in sustainability at the Caorso platform This new corporate structure will govern the important changes made to the Caorso platform over the upcoming months. Storage spaces will indeed be optimised and reorganised, and new treatment lines will be introduced to increase opportunities for recovery and production of secondary raw materials from incoming waste. The work should be completed by the end of 2027 and will see the use of innovative technologies aimed at further improving environmental protection and safety for workers, in line with European best practices. Ramonda: “TRS shows skills in line with our standards and the same entrepreneurial vision” “This merger creates additional value for all Herambiente’s stakeholders,” explains Andrea Ramonda, CEO of Herambiente. “On the one hand, because it allows us to broaden our scope of action, and on the other because what we have found in TRS are not only distinctive skills fully in line with our standards, but also the same entrepreneurial sensitivity, oriented towards seeing industrial waste as an essential lever for the full implementation of the circular economy.” Dodici: “joining the Hera Group marks a new beginning for TRS” “Becoming part of the Hera Group marks a new beginning for TRS, which looks above all towards development,” states Claudio Dodici, CEO of TRS Ecology. “The Hera Group’s know-how, unique in Italy, and its financial solidity, will act as true accelerators of growth, and will find their first application in the project to renovate the Caorso platform, which when fully operational will also have a significant impact on employment in the area, in terms of both spin-offs and direct hires, amounting to about 30% more than the 70 current employees.”   2024-07-30 11:11:00 sede_hera_110-2.jpg

sede_hera_110.jpg centrata To achieve environmental sustainability goals and create value, this leading operator in the shipbuilding industry has signed an agreement with the Hera Group, Italy’s foremost company in the waste management sector, to establish a newco aimed at managing almost 100,000 tonnes per year of industrial waste produced in its shipyards, and creating a new integrated waste management system, intended to reduce waste and enhance recovery with a view to the circular economy. The first area of intervention will be in Monfalcone (Gorizia), and the objective is to subsequently extend the partnership to other Fincantieri shipyards in Italy and potentially abroad. Fincantieri, one of the world’s leading groups in the highly complex shipbuilding industry, and the Hera Group, one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities operating in the waste management, energy and water sectors, have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a partnership aimed at optimising waste cycle management and creating value in Fincantieri’s shipyards throughout Italy, in accordance with the principles and objectives of the circular economy. The agreement calls for the establishment of a newco – owned by Fincantieri and the Hera Group, through its subsidiaries Herambiente Servizi Industriali (HASI) and ACR di Reggiani Albertino S.p.A. (ACR), part of the Herambiente Group, Italy’s foremost operator in the waste management sector and among the largest in Europe – charged with implementing an integrated and efficient waste management system at Fincantieri’s shipyards, starting with the Monfalcone site, identified as the first area for intervention in the implementation of the project. The new company will also be responsible for the operational administration of the plant, the management of waste disposal and the valorisation of residues and recoverable waste. With this partnership, Fincantieri aims to reduce its waste production, maximise waste recovery by applying advanced technologies for industrial waste treatment and valorisation, create sorted waste collections for the reuse of materials in production cycles, and optimise logistics and waste handling to increase safety on construction sites. The agreement also represents an important opportunity to create value, both economically and in terms of sustainability. The Hera Group’s extensive experience in industrial waste management and in implementing sustainable solutions, shared with its subsidiaries HASI and ACR, who will be responsible for managing operations, will thus enable Fincantieri to accelerate the achievement of ESG goals in its shipyards. This will involve concrete circular economy initiatives in all areas: from reducing waste production to increasing the amount of solid waste sent for recycling, valorising residues, recovering water and reducing CO₂ emissions. The project will be developed over several stages, starting with the establishment of the newco and the beginning of activities in Monfalcone within 2024, with the aim of managing nearly 100 thousand tons per year of industrial waste produced at the shipyards and increasing the portions from which value can be obtained – particularly iron, wood and paper – by 15% as of the first year. Subsequently, this model will be completed thanks to the construction of advanced treatment plants and an optimized waste management. All this will be made possible by a series of structural initiatives, once again with a view to the circular economy, such as the construction and management of a new sorting line, a new water treatment plant for subsequent reuse, and a revamping of the temporary storage facility. Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and General Manager of Fincantieri: “To meet the challenges of environmental sustainability in our shipyards, we have chosen to collaborate with the most qualified partners who can guarantee innovative and effective technological solutions with a diversified geographic presence and the ability to pursue economies of scale and scope. In this sense, our agreement with the Hera Group, an outstanding Italian company and the leader in its sector, represents a further step that reinforces our commitment to adopting circular economy practices directly in our production sites, fully consistent with our business plan. The combination of our skills and those of the Hera Group will improve waste management at our sites, contributing to environmental protection, optimizing production processes and increasing safety and thus creating value. This partnership is in line with our business plan and above all demonstrates the Group’s all-round commitment to sustainability and the circular economy.” Orazio Iacono, CEO of the Hera Group: “Our partnership with Fincantieri confirms the Hera Group’s role as a strategic partner for the green transition of Italy’s industrial sector. Thanks to our strategy, that leverages a portfolio of global waste services and our leadership in the waste management sector in Italy, we intend to support even large companies in achieving their ESG targets, thus generating benefits that are not only environmental, but also economic and social. Strengthened by decades of experience and the results we have already achieved in the waste management, energy and water sectors, through circular projects such as the ones included in the agreement signed with Fincantieri, we want to increase our presence at the side of the industrial sector in reducing and recycling waste and regenerating resources.”   *** Fincantieri Fincantieri is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, the only one active in all high-tech marine industry sectors. It is leader in the construction and transformation of cruise, naval and oil & gas and wind offshore vessels, as well as in the production of systems and component equipment, after-sales services and marine interiors solutions. Thanks to the expertise developed in the management of complex projects, the Group boasts first-class references in infrastructures, and is a reference player in digital technologies and cybersecurity, electronics and advanced systems. With over 230 years of history and more than 7,000 ships built, Fincantieri maintains its know-how, expertise and management centres in Italy, here employing over 10,000 workers and creating around 90,000 jobs, which double worldwide thanks to a production network of 18 shipyards operating in three continents and with more than 21,000 employees. www.fincantieri.com Hera Group The Hera Group is one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities and operates in the waste management, energy and water sectors, with roughly 10,000 employees dedicated every day to meeting the multiple needs of approximately 5 million residents located mainly in Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Marche, Tuscany and Abruzzo. Publicly listed since 2003, it is among Italy’s top 40 companies in terms of capitalisation (and is part of the FTSE MIB index) and since 2020 has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, World and Europe. Group subsidiary Herambiente, which owns about one hundred certified plants, employs over 1,600 specialised operators and has a dedicated sales structure, is Italy’s leading operator in the waste treatment sector and operates on the national and international market. Within the Herambiente Group, Herambiente Servizi Industriali (HASI) is the largest Italian company dedicated to managing industrial waste, while A.C.R. di Reggiani Albertino S.p.A., which joined the Group in 2023, is the Italian leader in the remediation and decommissioning sector and in the operational management of waste treatment activities at the plants of large industrial customers. For more information: www.gruppohera.it - www.herambiente.it – www.acrreggiani.it   Contacts FINCANTIERI Press Office Ph. +39 040 3192473 press.office@fincantieri.it Investor Relations Ph. +39 040 3192111 investor.relations@fincantieri.it GRUPPO HERA Head of Media Relations and Publishing for the Hera Group: Cecilia Bondioli Ph. +39 051 287595 cecilia.bondioli@gruppohera.it – ufficiostampa@gruppohera.it Pr_Fincantieri agreement with Hera Group.docx 2024-07-18 12:00:00 sede_hera_110.jpg

The Hera Group, through its subsidiary operating in the natural gas distribution sector, strengthens its presence in the area served sede_hera_110.jpg centrata This morning, at the Hera Group’s headquarters, the Group, acting through its subsidiary Inrete Distribuzione Energia, one of the leading operators in the natural gas distribution sector with over 1.1 million active point of delivery (PoD), and Soelia, a multiservice company wholly owned by the municipality of Argenta (Ferrara), finalised the transaction involving the sale of Soelia’s business unit concerning plants, natural gas distribution networks and related management services. This agreement follows up on the tender called by Soelia and awarded on 15 May to Inrete Distribuzione Energia, which also led this Hera Group subsidiary to acquire Soelia’s 2.85% stake in Sinergas. This transaction further strengthens the Hera Group’s presence in its reference area, thus guaranteeing that an increasingly wide community of citizens benefits from the high standards in service quality, continuity and safety provided by the Group. In particular, Hera has now synergistically consolidated its presence in the municipality of Argenta, near Ferrara, where it already operates the integrated water service. Details of the partnership As of 1 July 2024, the company Inrete Distribuzione Energia will take over from Soelia in the gas distribution service in the municipality of Argenta. Inrete has indeed acquired Soelia’s gas distribution network, which serves approximately 10,000 PoD in the municipality of Argenta with facilities including roughly 240 km of pipelines, 5 high to medium pressure reduction and metering plants, 1 final reduction station and 44 local stations for low pressure reduction. Inrete Distribuzione Energia will take up this management under a renewal agreement, with the commitment of keeping the staff of the company branch acquired from Soelia unchanged. 2024-06-11 11:57:00 sede_hera_110 (5).jpg

Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg Kindly note that as of today the minutes of the Shareholders Meeting held on 30 April 2024, as well as the articles of association containing the amendments approved by the Shareholders' Meeting, are available at company headquarters, on the Hera Group’s website (https://eng.gruppohera.it/group/ ) in the section dedicated to Corporate Governance, and on the authorised storage website 1INFO. We also inform that the aforementioned minutes was registered with the Companies' Register of Bologna on 09 May 2024. Publication of documents pertaining to the Shareholders Meeting (1).pdf 2024-05-15 10:35:00 Nuova_Palazzina_110x150.1533218221.jpg