Edison: presented the slates for the renewal of corporate bodies

Milan, 1 April 2011 – Edison, in relation to the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting convened for April 26th and 27th, to decide –among other things- on the election of the Board of Directors and Board of Statutory Auditors, informs that the following lists of candidates have been presented.

Board of Directors
Slate filed by controlling shareholder Transalpina di Energia Srl, which holds 61,281% of the common share capital, includes the following names: 1. Giuliano Zuccoli (to be proposed as Chairman); 2. Henri Proglio; 3. Renato Amilcare Ravanelli; 4. Thomas Piquemal; 5. Paolo Rossetti; 6. Jean Louis Mathias; 7. Klaus Stocker; 8. Bruno Lescoeur; 9. Andrea Viero; 10.Adrien Jami; 11. Gregorio Gitti (independent director as according to laws); 12. Gian Maria Gros-Pietro (independent director as according to laws).

Slate filed by Carlo Tassara Spa, which holds 10,025% of the common share capital, includes the following names, who were declared independent directors as according to laws: 1. Mario Cocchi; 2. Gianfranco Farisoglio.

Board of Statutory Auditors
Slate filed by controlling shareholder Transalpina di Energia Srl includes the following names: i) as Statutory Auditor: 1. Angelomaria Palma; 2. Lionello Schinasi; ii) as deputy Statutory Auditor 1. Luca Aurelio Guarna; 2. Giuseppe Cagliero.

Slate filed by Carlo Tassara Spa includes the following names: i) as Statutory Auditor: 1. Alfredo Fossati; ii) as deputy Statutory Auditor 1. Guido Arie Petraroli.

The curricula vitae and the documents pertaining to candidates for election, as according to the laws in force, will be available to the public at Edison’s HQ, at Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (www.borsaitaliana.it) and on Edison’s website (www.edison.it) before April 5th 2011.

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Duty to notify the public in accordance with Consob decision no. 11971 of 05/14/1999 as amended.

Related topic: Corporate Governance