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PR RESS R RELEAS SE EDISON ENTERS IN TH HE HOME SERVICE ES MARKE ET Milan, 2 March 2017 – Ed dison has strengthened d its offer of o innovative e customer services by y acquiring 51% asa, the Italian subsiidiary of th he international Group p HomeSe rve, which will retain n the Assistenza Ca aining 49% %. With this transaction Edison co nfirms its capacity c to innovate i byy enhancing g its compe etitive rema elec ctricity and gas offerss with a complete c ra ange of se ervices ded dicated to maintenance, installa ation, assistance and d smart hom me. “The sttrategic agrreement witth HomeSe erve allows us to offerr our custom mers ut 1,400 skkilled craftsmen selectted through hout Italy to o ensure tim mely and toop quality solutions s in n any abou eme ergencies occurred at domestic devices d - sa aid Alessan ndro Zunino, CEO of Edison Energia -. Witth an expe ense of few w euros per month m it is possible p to eliminate very v high cos st of repairss due to dam mages”. “The e home serrvices secto or is develo oping and tr transforming g steadily. Thanks to Edison, a company c w a with track k record o of innovatio on and suc ccess, Assiistenza Cas sa will leve erage on a multi-cha annel markketing apprroach to bri ring to a big gger numbe er of Italian families its s range of innovative i ssolutions ” – said Lion nello Gue elfi, CEO off Assistenza a Casa. The home servvice spendin ng in the re esidential, fl at complex x and small business m market totals approximately b per yyear1. This is both an opportunityy and a challenge tha at Edison iss ready to take t in order to €8 billion beco ome a leadiing player also a in this business. b Esta ablished in 2 2010, Assisstenza Casa a has more than 50 em mployees an nd a networrk of about 1,400 1 craftssmen throu ughout Italyy serving ab bout 300,00 00 costume rs. Thanks to this transaction Edi son will offe er its custom mers a co omplete ran nge of value added se ervices, inccluding elec ctrical, gas and plumbbing repairs s, boiler and air cond ditioner insttallation and d maintenance and Intternet of Th hings device installatioon to improv ve the dom mestic com mfort and to reduce the electricity and a gas bill.. Thro ough this accquisition, Edison E will benefit b from m an experie ence of more than tweenty years in n Europe and in the world w in the e field of ho ome assista ance and inn novative se ervices and devices forr home care e, develope ed by the partner p Hom meServe in its Researc ch Center. Assiistenza Cassa will be co onsolidated on a line-byy-line basis s in Edison’s s financial sstatements. 1 Sou urce: EY Ediso on Spa B 31 Foro Buonaparte, 20121 Milan 39 02 6222.7331 Tel. +3 Fax +3 39 02 6222.7379 ufficios [email protected] www..edison.it Ediso on Ediso on is a leading g player in Ita aly and Europ pe in the procu urement, prod duction and sa ale of electricitty, in the prov vision of energ gy and envirronmental serrvices thanks also to its su ubsidiary Fen nice and in th he E&P sectorr. Founded oover 130 yearrs ago, Edison n has contrributed to the e electrification and develo opment of Ita aly. It now op perates in Ita aly, Europe,annd in the Me editerranean Basin, B emplloying 5,000 people. In the power p generation sector, Ed dison has plan nts with total capacity c of 6.55 GW. www w.edison.it For further f inforrmation on Assistenza A casa: http:///www.assis stenzacasa.com/ Edis son press o office http:://www.edisson.it/it/conttatti-2 http:://www.edisson.it/it/med dia T 02 6222 7331 E ufficiostam [email protected] na Distaso Elen T 33 38 2500609 9; elena.distaso@ediso on.it Lucia Caltagirone 31 6283718 8; lucia.calta agirone@ed dison.it T 33 Lore enzo Matuccci T 33 37 1500332 2; lorenzo.m [email protected] 1