Best foreign investor in Romania

Enel won the Nine O'Clock newspaper award

Enel won the Prize "Foreign Investor of the Year 2009" as the best foreign investor in Romania: the Nine O'Clock newspaper award was delivered during a gala event held in Bucharest. The event was attended by former Romanian President, Emil Constantinescu, along with several heads of diplomatic missions of France, Slovakia and Qatar in Bucharest, as well as Papal Nuncio Francisco Javier Lozano and representatives from business and banking.

Claudio Zito, Country Manager and President of Enel Romania, received the award, granted specifically for Enel's investment programme in this country, which foresees 700 million euros over five years, aimed at modernizing and improving electricity distribution networks in all three regions in which Enel is present through various companies. Since 2005, Enel has held a 51% stake in the two Romanian distribution companies Enel Distributie Banat and Enel Distributie Dobrogea, which supply power to 1.5 million customers. Following the acquisition of Electrica Muntenia Sud - the electricity distribution company operating in the area of Bucharest - which was completed in June 2008, Enel has doubled its customers in the country, now around 2.6 million.

Mr. Zito dedicated the award to Enel Romania's 5,000 employees, who are committed to carrying out development projects in this country: "We are doing our best to improve local infrastructure in Romania. We are completely dedicated to this project and don't have the slightest intention of settling for what has already been done in this direction, because there is still much to be done to reach the goal of a more efficient network", said the President of Enel Romania.