Half-yearly financial Report at June 30, 2013 - A2A

Half-yearly financial report at June 30, 2013Other informationTurbigo asbestosA criminal proceeding is currently pending before the Court of Milan, currently at the full hearingstage, against a number of former ENEL executives who were employed at the Turbigo plantbetween 1973 and 1975 as the plant foreman, department manager, general manager andchairman of the board of directors and are charged with negligent homicide (article 589 of theItalian criminal code) for having culpably violated the rules in relation to prevention of workplaceaccidents and occupational illness, causing detriment to eight former employees (one of whomdoes not fall under the scope of Edipower S.p.A.). The injury took the form of asbestos-relatedtumors of allegedly work-related origin, all of which ended in the death of the personsconcerned.Edipower S.p.A. has been summonsed at the request of the civil parties as follows as beingallegedly responsible from a civil standpoint:• on April 23, 2013 by Medicina Democratica Onlus and the Italian association for asbestosclaims;• on April 24, 2013 by the state accident insurance body INAIL;• on April 30, 2013 by the heirs of Panza;• on June 5, 2013 by the heirs of Bertoni, Marcoli, Misin, Ranzani and Sommariva.The next hearing has been set for October 30, 2013.145* * *The following information is provided in connection with the main litigation of a fiscal nature.A2A S.p.A. – Assessments for IRES, IRAP and VAT purposes for fiscal 2005The Regional Department of the Lombardy tax office in Milan notified A2A S.p.A (formerlyASM Brescia S.p.A.) on December 23, 2010 of IRES, IRAP and VAT tax assessments for fiscal2005 as a result of a general tax audit carried out in 2008 by the Brescia 2 tax office into thattax year.These assessments are based on the Regional Department’s claim that the company has notfulfilled its direct tax and VAT obligations; on this basis, additional IRES, IRAP and VATpayments are claimed as well as penalties and interest amounting to a total of 3.3 million euro.Appeals against each of these assessments have been filed with the relevant TaxCommissioners.On the same date, the Regional Department served notice of IRES assessments (level 2 notice)for fiscal 2005 on A2A S.p.A. as the consolidating company of Aprica S.p.A. and A2A Reti GasS.p.A..