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Electrica aims to get included in FTSE Russell indices in upcoming period

January 5, 2023

 Societatea Energetica Electrica SA signed for market-making services with BRK Financial Group and Wood & Company Financial Services a.s. (Wood&Co), with the main objective to enhance own stock liquidity on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) in order to be included in the FTSE Russell international indices, informs the company, in a press release sent on Tuesday.The two liquidity providers - BRK Financial Group and Wood&Co - will start quoting as the Issuer's Market Makers as of January 3, 2023, respectively packages of at least 37,000 Electrica shares for purchase (BID) and for sale (ASK), at a maximum difference of 2 percent between quotations."Electrica's inclusion in the FTSE Russell international indices series is one of our main objectives for the next period, and signing with the two biggest players on the local market-making market is the optimal measure to achieve this goal, which will be felt, implicitly, in a positive sense on the market value and visibility of Electrica, both for the benefit of our current shareholders and future investors," declared Alexandru Chirita, Electrica general manager.Electrica is the 16th share of an issuer on the stock exchange on the Main Market for which the BRK Financial Group team provides Issuer Market Maker services, and for Wood&Co, Electrica is the fourth issuer in the portfolio.The Electrica Group offers services to approximately 3.85 million users and has a national coverage area, with organization in three areas for the distribution of electricity: North Transylvania, South Transylvania, North Muntenia and throughout the country for the supply of electricity and maintenance and energy services.Since July 2014, Electrica is a company, mostly with private capital, listed on the Bucharest and London stock exchanges. Electrica is the only listed Romanian company in the field of electricity distribution and supply.The Electrica Group obtained a consolidated net profit of 534 million RON in the first nine months of the current year, an increase of 462 million RON compared to the same period last year, according to the 9-month financial results.

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