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Press Release
ACEA: BOARD OF DIRECTORS VERIFIES INDEPENDENCE REQUIREMENTS OF
NEW DIRECTORS AND REVISES THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD COMMITEES
Rom e, 8 October 2026 – Acea announces that, during the meeting held today and chaired by Alessandro Rivera, the Board of Directors of ACEA S.p.A. , based on the declarations made by Directors Alessandro Picardi and Valentina Compagno appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting on September 28, and information available to the Company, and taking into account the assessment criteria set forth in the current Corporate Governance Code, has verified that said Directors meet the independence requirements established by both law and the Corporate Governance Code. In this la tter regard, it is noted that the Board of Directors took into account the quantitative and qualitative criteria for assessing the significance of any commercial, financial, or professional relationships and/or any additional remuneration — referred to in letters c) and d) of the aforementioned Recommendation No.
7 — as described in the 2025 Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure .
The Board of Directors also resolved on the new composition of the Control and Risk Committee, the Ethics, Sustainability, Inclusion and Governance Committee, and the Territory Committee .
In light of the resolutions adopted by the Shareholders' Meeting on September 28 and to facilitate an even more effective distribution of responsibilities within the administrative body, resignations have been received today from Barbara Marinali , stepping down as Chair and member of the Control and Risks Committee, and from Massimiliano Capece Minutolo Del Sasso , stepping down as a member of the Ethics, Sustainability, Inclusion and Governance Committee; all other roles held by them at Acea remain unchanged.
The Board of Directors then proceeded to appoint :
- Alessandro Picardi Chairman of the Control and Risk Committee and member of the Territory Committee ;
- Elisabetta Maggini as a member of the Control and Risk Committee ;
- Valentina Compagno as a member of the Committee for Ethics, Sustainability, Inclusion and Governance.
In light of the above, the aforementioned Committees are now composed as follows :
- Control and Risk Committee: Alessandro Picardi (Chairman ), Luisa Melara, Elisabetta Maggini, Massimiliano Capece Minutolo Del Sasso, Ferruccio Resta e Antonino Cusimano;
- Committee for Ethics, Sustainability, Inclusion and Governance : Barbara Marinali (Chairman), Angelo Piazza, Nathalie Tocci, Susanna Maria Invernizzi e Valentina
Compagno;
- Territory Committee : Patrizia Rutigliano ( Chairman ), Elisabetta Maggini, Luisa Melara, Alessandro Picardi e Massimiliano Capece Minutolo Del Sasso.
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