Press release

The Board of Directors of Acea S.p.A. (“ACEA” or “Company”), having met today, has acknowledged the disclosure whereby Patrizia Rutigliano, independent non-executive director, communicated the loss of independence requirements as per the combined provisions of Articles 147-ter, paragraph 4, and 148, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, and Recommendation no. 7 of the Corporate Governance Code, on account of the managerial role undertaken in Suez International SAS, holder of an equity interest in Acea.

Acea’s Board of Directors reserves the right, during the course of a next meeting, to take the actions consequent to the termination of Patrizia Rutigliano’s office as member of the Related Party Transactions Committee and to consider the appropriateness of redetermining the composition of the other internal board committees.

It is worth remembering that Patrizia Rutigliano was elected to the Acea Board of Directors, during the Annual General Meeting held on 18 April 2023, from the List no. 2 presented by Shareholder Suez International SAS.

The foregoing is without prejudice to the compliance with current legislation and the articles of association in terms of the minimum number of independent directors included on the Board of Directors.
 

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