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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(drafted pursuant to article 85-b, paragraph 4-b, of Consob Regulation 11971-14 May 1999) piloni_110x150.1461840758.1498204761.png Hera S.p.A. hereby communicates that on 1 June 2017 the increase in voting rights concerning 811,427,523 ordinary HERA S.p.A. shares came into effect, pursuant to article 127-quinquies of the t.u.f. and applying that which is foreseen by the articles of association. The table below provides data on the shares in circulation and the number of voting rights that make up the share capital. Updated situation Previous situation Number of shares that make up the Share capital Number of voting rights Number of shares that make up the Share capital Number of voting rights Total of which: 1,489,538,745 2,300,966,268 1,489,538,745 1,489,538,745 Ordinary shares (regular enjoyment: 01.01.2017) - ISIN code IT0001250932 Current coupon: n. 16 678,111,222 678,111,222 1,489,538,745 1,489,538,745 Ordinary shares with increased voting rights (regular enjoyment: 01.01.2017) - ISIN code IT0005159972 Current coupon: n. 16 811,427,523 1,622,855,046 0 0 Nuova_Palazzina_1_870x.1533216772.jpg press_release.1499353055.pdf 2017-07-05 11:32:59 Nuova_Palazzina_1_110x150_s1.1533217039.jpg 2017-06-23

PRESS RELEASE OF PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS OF HERA S.P.A. Press release issued upon request and on behalf of n. 13 Public Shareholders of Hera S.p.A. piloni_110x150.1461840758.1498204761.png QUESTO COMUNICATO E QUALSIASI INFORMAZIONE CONTENUTA IN QUESTO DOCUMENTO NON POSSONO ESSERE PUBBLICATI O DISTRIBUITI, DIRETTAMENTE O INDIRETTAMENTE, IN TUTTO O IN PARTE NEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA, CANADA, SUD AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, GIAPPONE O IN UNA QUALSIASI GIURISDIZIONE IN CUI L'OFFERTA E LA VENDITA SAREBBERO VIETATE DALLE LEGGI APPLICABILI. IL PRESENTE COMUNICATO È SOLO A SCOPO INFORMATIVO E NON È DESTINATO AD ESSERE, NÉ COSTITUISCE, UN'OFFERTA DI VENDITA O UNA SOLLECITAZIONE A COMPRARE ALCUNA AZIONE IN NESSUNA GIURISDIZIONE, COMPRESI GLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA, CANADA, SUD AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, GIAPPONE. QUESTO COMUNICATO STAMPA E QUALSIASI INFORMAZIONE CONTENUTA IN QUESTO DOCUMENTO NON POSSONO COSTITUIRE LE BASI PER, O ESSERE CONSIDERATI IN RELAZIONE AD ALCUNA OFFERTA O IMPEGNO DI QUALUNQUE TIPO IN NESSUNA GIURISDIZIONE COMUNICATO STAMPA DI AZIONISTI PUBBLICI DI HERA S.P.A. Comunicato stampa diffuso su richiesta e per conto di n. 13 Azionisti Pubblici di Hera S.p.A. CONCLUSIONE Vendita di azioni ordinarie HERA S.P.A. 22 Giugno 2017 - I Comuni di Castelfranco Emilia, Cervia, Cesena, Fiorano Modenese, Formigine, Maranello, Pianoro, Padova, Portomaggiore, San Mauro Pascoli, Sassuolo, Trieste e Rimini Holding S.p.A., azionisti pubblici ("Azionisti Pubblici") di Hera S.p.A. ("Hera" o la "Società") aderenti al patto parasociale sottoscritto da n. 118 azionisti di Hera in data 23 giugno 2015, comunicano l'avvenuta cessione di n. 25.681.834 azioni ordinarie Hera, corrispondenti a circa l'1,7% del capitale della Società, attraverso una procedura accelerata di raccolta ordini riservata ad investitori qualificati in Italia e ad investitori istituzionali all'estero ("Operazione"). Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., ha svolto il ruolo di Sole Bookrunner dell'Operazione. Il corrispettivo della vendita delle azioni degli Azionisti Pubblici ammonta complessivamente a circa Euro 71,7 milioni. Il regolamento dell'Operazione avverrà in data 27 giugno 2017. Gli Azionisti Pubblici si sono impegnati con il Sole Bookrunner a non vendere ulteriori azioni Hera per un periodo di 90 giorni, senza il preventivo consenso del Sole Bookrunner come da prassi di mercato. EQUITA SIM S.p.A. ha svolto il ruolo di consulente finanziario degli Azionisti Pubblici. IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE RESTRICTED BY LAW IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS AND PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO HEREIN COMES SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTION. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA). THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN (THE "SHARES") HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT REGISTRATION THEREUNDER OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. NEITHER THIS DOCUMENT NOR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN CONSTITUTES OR FORMS PART OF AN OFFER TO SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (EACH, A "RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, INCLUDING THE 2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE, TO THE EXTENT IMPLEMENTED IN A RELEVANT MEMBER STATE), AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURE IN THE RELEVANT MEMBER STATE AND THE EXPRESSION "2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2010/73/EU. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR (II) WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER, AND (III) TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED; ANY OTHER PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE BASIS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHOULD NOT ACT ON OR RELY ON IT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS FOR SALE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND TO OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY AND IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELLER. NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA OR JAPAN. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED UPON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY OFFER OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER IN ANY JURISDICTION PRESS RELEASE OF PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS OF HERA S.P.A. Press release issued upon request and on behalf of n. 13 Public Shareholders of Hera S.p.A. Conclusion SALE OF ORDINARY SHARES OF HERA S.P.A. 22nd June 2017 - The Municipalities of Castelfranco Emilia, Cervia, Cesena, Fiorano Modenese, Formigine, Maranello, Pianoro, Padova, Portomaggiore, San Mauro Pascoli, Sassuolo, Trieste and Rimini Holding S.p.A., public shareholders ("Public Shareholders") of Hera S.p.A. ("Hera" or the "Company") subscribers of a shareholder agreement signed by n.118 Hera shareholders on 23 June 2015, announce the sale of n.25,681,834 Hera ordinary shares equal to approximately 1.7% of the share capital of the Company by means of an accelerated bookbuilding procedure addressed to qualified institutional investors in Italy and institutional investors abroad (the "Transaction"). Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. acted as Sole Bookrunner of the Transaction. The aggregate proceeds from the sale of Public Shareholders' shares approximately amount to approximately Euro 71.7 million. The settlement of the transaction is 27th June 2017. The Public Shareholders agreed with the Sole Bookrunner not to sell further shares of Hera for a period of 90 days, without the prior written consent of the Sole Bookrunner. EQUITA SIM S.p.A. acted as financial advisor to the Public Shareholders. IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE RESTRICTED BY LAW IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS AND PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO HEREIN COMES SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTION. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA). THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN (THE "SHARES") HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT REGISTRATION THEREUNDER OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. NEITHER THIS DOCUMENT NOR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN CONSTITUTES OR FORMS PART OF AN OFFER TO SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (EACH, A "RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, INCLUDING THE 2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE, TO THE EXTENT IMPLEMENTED IN A RELEVANT MEMBER STATE), AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURE IN THE RELEVANT MEMBER STATE AND THE EXPRESSION "2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2010/73/EU. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR (II) WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER, AND (III) TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED; ANY OTHER PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE BASIS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHOULD NOT ACT ON OR RELY ON IT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS FOR SALE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND TO OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY AND IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELLER. Nuova_Palazzina_870x.1533216684.jpg CS_Chiusura_ABB_IT_EN_2017.1498203850.pdf 2017-06-22 21:16:59 2017-06-23

PRESS RELEASE OF PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS OF HERA S.P.A. Press release issued upon request and on behalf of n. 13 Public Shareholders of Hera S.p.A. Gruppo Hera Gruppo Hera QUESTO COMUNICATO E QUALSIASI INFORMAZIONE CONTENUTA IN QUESTO DOCUMENTO NON POSSONO ESSERE PUBBLICATI O DISTRIBUITI, DIRETTAMENTE O INDIRETTAMENTE, IN TUTTO O IN PARTE NEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA, CANADA, SUD AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, GIAPPONE O IN UNA QUALSIASI GIURISDIZIONE IN CUI L'OFFERTA E LA VENDITA SAREBBERO VIETATE DALLE LEGGI APPLICABILI. IL PRESENTE COMUNICATO È SOLO A SCOPO INFORMATIVO E NON È DESTINATO AD ESSERE, NÉ COSTITUISCE, UN'OFFERTA DI VENDITA O UNA SOLLECITAZIONE A COMPRARE ALCUNA AZIONE IN NESSUNA GIURISDIZIONE, COMPRESI GLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA, CANADA, SUD AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, GIAPPONE. QUESTO COMUNICATO STAMPA E QUALSIASI INFORMAZIONE CONTENUTA IN QUESTO DOCUMENTO NON POSSONO COSTITUIRE LE BASI PER, O ESSERE CONSIDERATI IN RELAZIONE AD ALCUNA OFFERTA O IMPEGNO DI QUALUNQUE TIPO IN NESSUNA GIURISDIZIONE COMUNICATO STAMPA DI AZIONISTI PUBBLICI DI HERA S.P.A. Comunicato stampa diffuso su richiesta e per conto di n. 13 Azionisti Pubblici di Hera S.p.A. AVVIATA LA Vendita di MASSIME NUMERO 25.681.834 azioni ordinarie HERA S.P.A. 22 Giugno 2017 - I Comuni di Castelfranco Emilia, Cervia, Cesena, Fiorano Modenese, Formigine, Maranello, Pianoro, Padova, Portomaggiore, San Mauro Pascoli, Sassuolo, Trieste e Rimini Holding S.p.A., azionisti pubblici ("Azionisti Pubblici") di Hera S.p.A. ("Hera" o la "Società") aderenti al patto parasociale sottoscritto da n. 118 azionisti di Hera in data 23 giugno 2015, hanno avviato la cessione di massime n. 25.681.834 azioni ordinarie Hera, corrispondenti a circa l'1,7% del capitale della Società, attraverso una procedura accelerata di raccolta ordini riservata ad investitori qualificati in Italia e ad investitori istituzionali all'estero ("Operazione"). Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., agisce in qualità di Sole Bookrunner dell'Operazione. Gli Azionisti Pubblici si riservano il diritto di chiudere il collocamento in qualsiasi momento. Gli Azionisti Pubblici daranno comunicazione dell'esito del collocamento al termine dello stesso. Gli Azionisti Pubblici si sono impegnati con il Sole Bookrunner a non vendere ulteriori azioni Hera per un periodo di 90 giorni, senza il preventivo consenso del Sole Bookrunner come da prassi di mercato. EQUITA SIM S.p.A. svolge il ruolo di consulente finanziario degli Azionisti Pubblici. IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE RESTRICTED BY LAW IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS AND PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO HEREIN COMES SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTION. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA). THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN (THE "SHARES") HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT REGISTRATION THEREUNDER OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. NEITHER THIS DOCUMENT NOR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN CONSTITUTES OR FORMS PART OF AN OFFER TO SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (EACH, A "RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, INCLUDING THE 2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE, TO THE EXTENT IMPLEMENTED IN A RELEVANT MEMBER STATE), AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURE IN THE RELEVANT MEMBER STATE AND THE EXPRESSION "2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2010/73/EU. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR (II) WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER, AND (III) TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED; ANY OTHER PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE BASIS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHOULD NOT ACT ON OR RELY ON IT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS FOR SALE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND TO OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY AND IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELLER. NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA OR JAPAN. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED UPON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY OFFER OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER IN ANY JURISDICTION PRESS RELEASE OF PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS OF HERA S.P.A. Press release issued upon request and on behalf of n. 13 Public Shareholders of Hera S.p.A. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALE OF MAXIMUM OF25,681,834 ORDINARY SHARES OF HERA S.P.A. 22nd June 2017 - The Municipalities of Castelfranco Emilia, Cervia, Cesena, Fiorano Modenese, Formigine, Maranello, Pianoro, Padova, Portomaggiore, San Mauro Pascoli, Sassuolo, Trieste and Rimini Holding S.p.A., public shareholders ("Public Shareholders") of Hera S.p.A. ("Hera" or the "Company") subscribers of a shareholder agreement signed by n. 118 Hera shareholders on 23 June 2015, announce the sale of maximum n. 25,681,834 Hera ordinary shares equal to approximately 1.7% of the share capital of the Company by means of an accelerated bookbuilding procedure addressed to qualified institutional investors in Italy and institutional investors abroad (the "Transaction"). Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. will act as Sole Bookrunner of the Transaction. Public Shareholders reserve the right to terminate the sale at any time. Public Shareholders will announce the results of the sale only once completed. The Public Shareholders agreed with the Sole Bookrunner not to sell further shares of Hera for a period of 90 days, without the prior written consent of the Sole Bookrunner. EQUITA SIM S.p.A. is acting as financial advisor to the Public Shareholders. IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE RESTRICTED BY LAW IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS AND PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO HEREIN COMES SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTION. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA). THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN (THE "SHARES") HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT REGISTRATION THEREUNDER OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. NEITHER THIS DOCUMENT NOR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN CONSTITUTES OR FORMS PART OF AN OFFER TO SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (EACH, A "RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, INCLUDING THE 2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE, TO THE EXTENT IMPLEMENTED IN A RELEVANT MEMBER STATE), AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURE IN THE RELEVANT MEMBER STATE AND THE EXPRESSION "2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2010/73/EU. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR (II) WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER, AND (III) TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED; ANY OTHER PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE BASIS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHOULD NOT ACT ON OR RELY ON IT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS FOR SALE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND TO OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY AND IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELLER. sede_HERA.1501171881.jpg CS_Lancio_ABB_IT_EN.1498150836.pdf 2017-06-22 18:40:03 2017-06-22

With years of excellent results behind it, Hera renews its commitment to outstanding potable water quality and, together with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Higher Health Institute), aims to apply EU Water Safety Plans to its own mains water systems. A debate on the subject will be held on Wednesday 21st June. Hera e ISS insieme per l'applicazione dei Water Safety Plans wsf Water Safety Plans are European protocols for step-by-step monitoring of potable water production and distribution processes. EU Directive 1787/2015 requests, in fact, that member states implement such protocols as soon as possible, and Hera - true to its own history - has no intention of waiting. With a long-standing record of thorough mains water monitoring and outstanding service performance that guarantees - across all served areas - low-priced, high-quality potable water, the multi-utility has now signed an agreement with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) to apply, over the two-year period 2017-2018, complete Water Safety Plans on two of its mains water systems. This will allow us to acquire the methodology and develop the skills laid out in the directive guidelines, letting us extend Water Safety Plans to all our mains water systems. This subject will soon be the focus of a conference for industry experts, to be held at the multi-utility's Bologna headquarters on Wednesday 21 June. Key Group managers will be in attendance, as will other institutions/bodies involved in the project. Safety, then, first and foremost. The introduction of a precise, sound standard for all EU states lends further weight to the dedication shown by Hera in recent years. Thanks to extremely early commitment, in fact, the Group has had the infrastructure, analysis facilities and monitoring systems in place - all used on a daily basis - for some time now, allowing our over 3.6 million customers to drink domestic tap water in complete confidence. Guaranteed by no less than 2,000 checks a day, tap water plays a pivotal role in Hera's plans: indeed, the eighth edition of the annual In buone acque ('In good waters') report has now been published, giving a detailed account of every aspect of this essential service. For some years, in fact, the Group has been working alongside Regione Emilia-Romagna and Arpae to develop an application methodology, based on risk analysis, to define water safety plans. That work has resulted in contributions to the Water Safety Plan Guidelines published by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in 2014 (ISTISAN report 14/21). "As we see it", states Franco Fogacci, Hera Group's Water Manager, "guaranteeing high quality drinking water has always been a top priority, so we can't help but find ourselves in agreement with the framework laid out in the EU Directive. Water Safety Plans", continues Fogacci, "constitute a major challenge for everyone in the industry: we all need to do a great job of providing a response that ensures their effective, accurate implementation. Indeed, I think that Hera's vast experience", concludes the multiutility's Water Manager, "lets us field the skills and resources that help drive such processes, their outcome going beyond the provision of practical services for served areas to provide great examples for other local areas". Luca Lucentini, Manager of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità's Hygiene and Domestic Waters Department, points out:"Hera's willingness to implement water safety plans highlights the Group's constant focus on improving services. It also illustrates its confidence in a tool capable of strengthening prevention, even in systems that are highly advanced in terms of their management and control. The involvement of ISS and regional/local health authorities gives us an opportunity to expand Safety Plan experimentation in particularly complex drinking water supply systems (e.g. as regards provisioning sources, potential pressure sources and network extension/organisation). The results, then, will make a significant contribution to the development of regulations concerning the national-level Plan implementation and approval being coordinated by the Ministry of Health" Adriana Giannini, the Collective Prevention and Public Health Service manager for the Region of Emilia-Romagna states: "The agreement represents a further step along the path taken by the Health Policy Council back in 2012; this involves financing and coordinating a series of projects designed to improve potable water quality via the testing of a control system based on Water Safety Plan principles. Studies have led to the development of a statistical model that, where applied to mains water systems, allows identification of the most stable areas and others where there are problems, leading to "risk categorization" and, consequently, suitable controls and corrections. The results obtained so far have been made possible by integrating the skills of project participants (local health authorities, Arpae, Hera and Ireti) and drawing on the support of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Such teamwork is essential to the successful implementation of new drinking water monitoring plans and, consequently, ever-greater protection of consumers' health". Giuseppe Bortone, General Manager of Arpae, points out: "Arpae is delighted to be a Water Safety Plans project partner and promoter in Emilia-Romagna. In addition to planning/data processing skills and in-depth knowledge of past drinking water quality statistics, we also rely on a network of analysis facilities that provide - every day - safe mains drinking water and a wealth of reliable data. Once again, the Agency highlights its bent for improving production processes in a way designed to safeguard both the environment and people's health". 870.1500390469.jpg 20170616_water_safety_plans.1500365881.pdf 2017-06-19 13:16:37 2017-06-19

Italy's Minister for the Environment speaks at the conference on the circular economy - organised by Hera as one of several G7-related events - and cites the good progress being made by the multi-utility firm in the areas it serves. With 300 million euro generated by pursuing the targets of the UN's 2030 Agenda, Hera presents its Sustainability Report and encourages the adoption of shared rules to accelerate the transition towards ever-greener development models. foto_sito.1496821580.jpg Italy's Minister for the Environment speaks at the conference on the circular economy - organised by Hera as one of several G7-related events - and cites the good progress being made by the multi-utility firm in the areas it serves. With 300 million euro generated by pursuing the targets of the UN's 2030 Agenda, Hera presents its Sustainability Report and encourages the adoption of shared rules to accelerate the transition towards ever-greener development models. [block]div:row-fluid::db:hr_press_comunicazione::box:68[/block] Just a few days after the G7 summit on the environment, associated events are under way. These include a conference on the circular economy, organised by the Hera Group at its Bologna headquarters to coincide with the release of the multi-utility firm's sustainability report. Those present included the Minister for the Environment, Gian Luca Galletti. The latter underlined the importance of the circular economy in the context of the fourth industrial revolution being implemented by advanced economies: he also highlighted the massive progress made by regions like Emilia-Romagna. Also present were key figures from the business community, public institutions and research bodies, all at Hera to discuss how best to make the transition to ever-more sustainable development models. Speakers included Enrico Giovannini, Professor of Economic Statistics at the University of Rome; Oscar Farinetti, founder of Eataly; Catia Bastioli, CEO of Novamont S.p.A. and Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT Senseable City Lab. Preceding them was Ellen MacArthur, known also for the same-named foundation that is the world's most important and most active circular economy organisation. "Within the next 100 years coal will be history", explained MacArthur, "but it's not enough just to save resources: we need to exploit such savings to gain the time needed to make the transition from a linear economy to a circular one, which decouples resource scarcity from growth prospects and focuses on innovation, training and new generations." [block]div:row-fluid::db:hr_press_comunicazione::box:69[/block] Indeed, "innovation" and "creativity" were the watchwords of the Hera-organised conference that - through its top managers - illustrated the Group's commitment to sustainability and showed how it is engaged in 10 of the 17 goals listed on the UN's 2030 agenda. More specifically, the latest edition of the Sustainability Report takes into account "shared value" (i.e. the wealth generated by Hera's pursuit of the UN's global agenda). Accounting for about a third of the gross operating margin in 2016, the multi-utility's "shared value" amounted to 300 million euro. It was produced in three strategic areas: intelligent energy use (with 48 million euro from the promotion of energy efficiency and 29 million from wider use of renewable energy); efficient use of resources (110 million euro earned from the transition towards a circular economy and 83 million from sustainable water resource management); innovation and territorial development (18 million euro from ground-breaking projects and digitalisation, 11 million euro from safeguarding air and soil and 35 million euro for local economic development and social inclusion projects). "These opportunities for discussion are essential", states Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Executive Chair of the Hera Group, "as they contextualise Hera's excellent circular economy development results in their broader international setting. What's at stake", continues Tommasi, "is the acceleration of a transition that requires everyone's involvement, especially as regards the need for a more reliable, shared regulatory framework that will facilitate planning, investment and the consolidation processes that, in the long term, are essential for lasting, sustainable growth." 20170606_ENG_convegno_Hera_economia_circolare_SD.1497012770.pdf 2017-06-06 16:43:13 2017-06-07