Appointment of Strategy Committee Chairman

To: Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF)

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Current report in compliance with the Romanian Capital Market Law no. 297/2004, CNVM Regulation no. 1/2006, and the Bucharest Stock Exchange Code

Report date: 12 May 2016

Company name: Societatea Energetică Electrica S.A.

Headquarters: 9 Grigore Alexandrescu Street, 1st District, Bucharest, Romania

Phone/fax no: 004-021-2085999/ 004-021-2085998

Fiscal Code: RO 13267221

Trade Register registration number: J40/7425/2000

Subscribed and paid in share capital: RON 3,459,399,290

Regulated market where the issued securities are traded: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Significant events to be reported:

Appointment of the Chairman of the Strategy, Restructuring and Corporate Governance Committee

Societatea Energetică Electrica S.A. hereby informs that on May 12th 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company have appointed Mr. Willem Jan Antoon Henri Schoeber as Chairman of the Strategy, Restructuring and Corporate Governance board committee.

CEO,

Iuliana Andronache