E.ON strengthens its market position in Italy

Dusseldorf (ots) - E.ON will strengthen its market position in
Italy by acquiring a 75-percent stake in Dalmine Energie. Based in
the Northern Italian city of Bergamo, Dalmine Energie is one of
Italy's largest independent energy traders. In 2005, the company
supplied approx. 3 billion kWh of electricity and approx. 10 billion
kWh of gas to a total of roughly 1,100 industrial and business
customers.

The acquisition of the stake in Dalmine Energie will increase
E.ON's current gas and power sales in Italy and provide significant
scope for growth in the Italian market. E.ON Italia currently
supplies approx. 1.8 billion kWh of electricity to approx. 1,100
industrial and business customers and is planning to expand its
electricity business substantially, primarily by means of a new power
station in Livorno-Ferraris. The electricity trading business of
Dalmine Energie is therefore a perfect match for E.ON. The
acquisition will also provide new opportunities for E.ON in the gas
market. Through its subsidiary Thüga Italia, E.ON Ruhrgas currently
supplies approx. 18 billion kWh of gas to approx. 800,000
residential, business and industrial customers. Dalmine Energie has
additional capacity for importing gas to Italy so that E.ON will be
able to considerably increase its gas business in Italy.

The current owner - the Luxembourg-based industrial company
Tenaris - will keep 25 percent of the shares of Dalmine Energie,
while E.ON Sales & Trading will acquire 75 percent. The purchase
price amounts to Euro 46.5 million.

Information on E.ON Sales & Trading

E.ON Sales & Trading is the first German company of its kind and
size whose business includes both electricity sales to key accounts
and electricity trading. With a sales volume of 100 TWh and a trading
volume of 333 TWh (according to US-GAAP) last year, the wholly-owned
subsidiary of E.ON Energie AG, Munich, is one of Europe's leading
electricity suppliers.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on
current assumptions and forecasts made by E.ON Group management.
Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
could lead to material differences between the actual future results,
financial situation, development or performance of the company and
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Report on Form 20-F). The company assumes no liability whatsoever to
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