Contatti societari: Investor Relations - dott. Giuseppe Bergesio 011 5549 286 / 348 5549 468 Ufficio Stampa - dott. Fabrizio Gaudio 011 5549 572 / 348 5549 716 [email protected] www.aem.torino.it (Translation from the Italian original, which remains the final version) PRESS RELEASE AEM Torino S.p.A., the Municipality of Turin and Finanziaria Città di Torino S.r.l., subsidiary owned at 100% by the same Municipality of Turin, inform that the Municipality of Turin and Finanziaria Città di Torino s.r.l. exercised the right of subscription of AEM Torino shares incorporated in all the no. 69,873,270 “Warrants AEM 2003-2008” of their ownership (respectively no. 46,873,270 of the Municipality of Turin and no. 23,000,000 of Finanziaria Città di Torino s.r.l.). As consequence of above mentioned exercise - in accordance of the Regulation of the “Warrants AEM Torino S.p.A. 2003-2008” - which orders that the right of subscription has to be exercised in reason of one new ordinary share (of nominal value of 1.00 Euro) every two warrants offered to the exercise, at the price of 1.00 Euro, will be assigned in subscription to the Municipality of Turin and to the Finanziaria Città di Torino s.r.l. respectively no. 23,436,635 and no. 11,500,000 AEM Torino shares. AEM Torino S.p.A. also inform that for 22 March 2006 is scheduled the meeting of the Board of Directors of AEM Torino S.p.A. to approve, inter alia, calling a shareholders’ meeting to approve the annual report and relating issues such us the distribution of dividends. Therefore, in accordance with the regulation governing the “Warrant Azioni AEM Torino S.p.A. 20032008” securities (the “Regulation”) the exercise of options for such securities will be suspended from the date of the meeting of the board of directors until the day after that on which the shareholders’ meeting takes place or, if the shareholders resolve the distribution of dividends, until the detachment date. Applications for subscription received before the day on which the meeting of the board of directors is held will take effect by the day preceding the detachment date. Turin, 17th March 2006