Recommendation voting in GMS dated 28 April 2021

To:                              Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE)

                                    London Stock Exchange (LSE)

                                    Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA)

Current report in compliance with the Law 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations,  FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations and the Bucharest Stock Exchange Code

Report date: 20 April 2021

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

Headquarters: 9 Grigore Alexandrescu Street, 1^st 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 3,464,435,970

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

Significant events to be reported: Recommendation to shareholders regarding the use of electronic means / remote interaction concerning Electrica's OGMS and EGMS dated 28 April 2021

Taking into account the national context generated by COVID-19 and all the measures and recommendations issued by the authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Electrica would like to remind shareholders about the importance to use methods of indirect interaction (especially electronic and by phone, alternatively by mail) in the context of Electrica's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (OGMS) and Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGMS) dated 28 April 2021.

The Company encourages the shareholders to cast their vote by correspondence, by e-mail, at the e-mail address [email protected], by dully filling in, signing and sending the voting ballot form for voting by correspondence, in accordance with the regulations in force at this moment and within the deadlines mentioned in the OGMS and EGMS Convening Notice. In case the submission of the vote by correspondence cannot be carried out by electronic means, the voting ballot forms for voting by correspondence, filled in and signed by shareholders, can be sent in original, in hardcopy (in personal or by post / courier services with confirmation of receipt), at the Company's registry desk from the Company's headquarters, according to the provisions of the convening notice.

The deadline for receiving the voting ballot forms for voting by correspondence is 23 April 2021, 14:30 o'clock (Romanian time), namely by at least 2 (two) business days before the OGMS takes place.

Also, we emphasize that Electrica will apply any restrictions in force at the date of the OGMS and of the EGMS, including, if the case, regarding the limitation of the number of participants to events held in closed spaces, according to the express decisions adopted by the authorities, in order to reduce the risks of contamination with COVID-19.

Although it is not advisable to participate in person at Electrica's OGMS and EGMS dated 28 April 2021, the shareholders who are willing to participate in person must take into account the legal provisions in force on the date of the OGMS and of the EGMS. The participation of the shareholders to Electrica's OGMS and EGMS with the violation of the legal provisions in force at the time of the event is exclusively in their responsibility and the Company will not be held responsibile.

We also want to remind shareholders that participating at public events held in closed spaces, in the current epidemiological context, could expose them to a possible contamination with COVID-19, Electrica and / or Electrica's management being not able to completely eliminate this risk and will not be held responsible for it.

Additional details regarding the use of electronic means / remote interaction concerning Electrica's OGMS and EGMS dated 28 April 2021, as well as the identification requirements applicable to the shareholders, are available in the OGMS and EGMS Convening Notice available on the dedicated section for the meetings dated 28 April 2021, on the Electrica website, at the link https://www.electrica.ro/en/investors/general-meetings-of-shareholders/2021-gms/general-meeting-of-shareholders-as-of-28-april-2021/.

Chief Executive Officer                                                                     

Georgeta Corina Popescu