Rome, 3 March 2009 – During today’s meeting of the Board of Directors of Acea SpA, chaired by Giancarlo Cremonesi, the Company’s CEO, Andrea Mangoni, believing that he has lost the confidence of the majority shareholder, offered his resignation with effect from 31 March of this year. The Board accepted his resignation. The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2008 will be approved by the Board at its meeting scheduled for 27 March.
 
During the meeting the Board also acknowledged the resignations of Roberta Neri, the Company’s CFO and the Executive Responsible for Financial Reporting, and Massimiliano Salvi, Head of the Energy Networks division, both with effect from 31 March 2009.