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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

EST, an indirect 100 %-subsidiary of E.ON, intends to acquire sole control over

Dalmine by purchasing 75 % of its shares. E.ON is a privately owned energy company

with a focus on the supply of electricity and gas, along with related activities such as

IT services and industrial power plant development and operation. E.ON is active in

various geographic markets of Europe and in the United States. In particular, E.ON’s

business comprises the generation of electricity, the import of gas and the

transmission, wholesale supply, distribution and retail supply both of electricity and

gas. Dalmine is a electricity and gas trader without generation, production and grid

assets. It is active in the wholesale supply of gas and the retail supply to industrial and

commercial customers both of electricity and gas in Italy; Dalmine also offers power

plant and energy supply side management services, as well as maintenance services

for energy related equipment to industrial customers in Italy.