Electrica Regs Regulatory News (ELSA)

To: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB)

Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Current report in compliance with Art. 226 (1) of the Romanian Capital Market Law no. 297/2004, Art. 113 letter A of CNVM Regulation no. 1/2006, and the Bucharest Stock Exchange Code

Report date: 28 April 2016

Company name: Societatea de Distribuţie şi Furnizare a Energiei Electrice - "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) and London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Significant events to be reported:

The profit distribution corresponding to the financial year 2015, as well as distribution of dividends to the shareholders of Electrica, according to the resolution no. 2 of 27 April 2016 of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (OGMS)

Electrica hereby informs that on 27 April 2016, within the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, Electrica's shareholders approves, according to provisions of Article 111, paragraph 2, letter a) of the Company Law no. 31/1990, republished, as subsequently amended, the profit distribution corresponding to the financial year 2015, as well as distribution of dividends to the shareholders of Electrica, according to the proposal from Company's Board of Directors, made available to the shareholders on 14th of March 2016, as follows:

a. Net profit remaining after the deduction of the income tax on 31 December 2015 in the amount of RON 300,864,484;

b. Retained earnings from 2014 RON 5,753,340;

c. Distribution of profit in the amount of RON 306,617,824 to the following destinations:

The applicable dividend tax will be deducted prior to payment, within the legal rates, as the case may be.

The payment of the dividends for the financial year 2015 will be made starting with 18 July 2016 (the date of payment) to Electrica's shareholders registered in the Shareholders' Registry kept by Depozitarul Central S.A. on the registration date of 12 July 2016. The date of 11 July 2016 was set as ex-date from which the financial instruments are traded without the rights deriving from the April 27th 2016 OGMS of Electrica.

CEO

Iuliana ANDRONACHE