Prolongation of the BoD Chairman mandate

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 of Corporate Governance

Report date: 16 Jan 2017

Company name: Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. (Electrica)

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) and London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Significant events to be reported:

Considering the expiry of the current mandates of the BoD Chairman and of the committees' members and the fact that no BoD meeting is scheduled until 27th of January 2017, on the 13th of January 2017 the Board of Directors Electrica approved the prolongation of the BoD Chairman and of the committees' members' mandates until the next Board meeting.

CEO

Dan Catalin Stancu