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To: Bucharest Stock Exchange
Financial Supervisory Authority
London Stock Exchange
Current report according to Article 99 (s) of the Code of the Bucharest Stock Exchange Market Operator, Title II, Issuers and Financial Instruments
NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.
Important events to be reported:
S.P.E.E.H. Hidroelectrica S.A. announces intention to list on the Bucharest Stock Exchange
Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L. ("FTIS"), in its capacity of alternative investment fund manager and sole director of Fondul Proprietatea S.A. (the "Fund"/ "Fondul Proprietatea") informs the market and the Fund's investors that S.P.E.E.H. Hidroelectrica S.A. ("Hidroelectrica"), announced today the intention of the Fund to proceed with an initial public offering (the "IPO" or the "Offering") of existing ordinary shares held by the Fund in Hidroelectrica (the "Shares"). Hidroelectrica plans to apply for admission to trading of all its Shares on the regulated market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (the "BSE"). The Offering will take place after the approval of the prospectus (the "Prospectus") by the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority ("FSA").
Pursuant to the resolution No. 3 of the Fund's extraordinary general meeting of shareholders dated 15 November 2022, the Fund has received shareholder approval to dispose of its entire holding of up to 19.94% of Hidroelectrica's total issued share capital in the IPO. The number of Shares to be initially offered will be determined at a later date. Hidroelectrica will not raise new capital in connection with the Offering and will not receive any proceeds. The IPO will consist of a public offering to retail and institutional investors in Romania and an offering to eligible international institutional investors.
The admission to trading (the "Admission") is expected to take place in July 2023. Once admitted to trading, Hidroelectrica's shares would be included in the BET index of the BSE immediately following Admission. The Shares will be offered and traded, following the Admission, in Romanian leu. Hidroelectrica and Fondul Proprietatea will be subject to a lock-up agreement for a period of 180 days and the Romanian State, the majority shareholder of Hidroelectrica, will be subject to a lock-up agreement for a period of 12 months, from the date Admission date.
Detailed information about the Offering will be published following approval of the Prospectus.
Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Erste Group Bank AG, Jefferies GmbH, and Morgan Stanley Europe SE are acting as Joint Global Coordinators in connection with the Offering.Banca Comerciala Romana S.A., Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, BofA Securities Europe SA, UBS Europe SE, UniCredit Bank AG and Wood & Company Financial Services, a.s. are acting as Joint Bookrunners. Auerbach Grayson, BRD - Groupe Société Générale, S.S.I.F. BT Capital Partners S.A. and S.S.I.F. Swiss Capital S.A. are acting as Co-Lead Managers (the Joint Global Coordinators, the Joint Bookrunners and the Co-lead Managers are collectively referred to as the "Banks").
Rothschild & Co Equity Market Solutions Limited is acting as Financial Adviser to Fondul Proprietatea, and STJ Advisors is acting as Financial Adviser to Hidroelectrica in connection with the IPO.
The Fund currently holds 19.94% of the issued share capital of Hidroelectrica (representing approx. 75.93% of the Fund's NAV as of 30 April 2023).
Further current reports with additional information will be released as and when there will be relevant information
Important Notice
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "US SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), EXCEPT TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS AS DEFINED IN, AND IN RELIANCE ON, RULE 144A UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE US SECURITIES ACT. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE SHARES IN THE UNITED STATES OR ELSEWHERE.
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS COMMUNICATION IS BEING DISTRIBUTED ONLY TO, AND IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129) AS IT FORMS PART OF RETAINED EU LAW AS DEFINED IN THE EU (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 WHO ARE (I) INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER"), (II) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER ("HIGH NETWORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC"), OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS IN (I) TO (III) ABOVE TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A RELEVANT PERSON SHOULD NOT ACT OR RELY ON THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY OF ITS CONTENTS.
IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, THIS COMMUNICATION IS BEING DISTRIBUTED ONLY TO, AND IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION.
WITH RESPECT TO EACH MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA OTHER THAN ROMANIA AND WHICH HAS IMPLEMENTED THE EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION (EACH, A "RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), NO ACTION HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN OR WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO MAKE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC OF SECURITIES REQUIRING A PUBLICATION OF A PROSPECTUS IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE. AS A RESULT, THE SECURITIES MAY ONLY BE OFFERED IN RELEVANT MEMBER STATES TO (A) A LEGAL ENTITY THAT IS A QUALIFIED INVESTOR AS DEFINED UNDER THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION; OR (B) TO FEWER THAN 150 NATURAL OR LEGAL PERSONS PER RELEVANT STATE (OTHER THAN TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 2(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION), SUBJECT TO OBTAINING THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE BANKS FOR ANY SUCH OFFER; OR (C) IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 1(4) OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION, PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH OFFER OF THE OFFER SHARES SHALL REQUIRE HIDROELECTRICA, THE SHAREHOLDERS OR ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS TO PUBLISH A PROSPECTUS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION OR SUPPLEMENT A PROSPECTUS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 23 OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE EXPRESSION AN "OFFER TO THE PUBLIC OF SECURITIES" IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE MEANS THE COMMUNICATION IN ANY FORM AND BY ANY MEANS OF SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON THE TERMS OF THE OFFER AND THE SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED SO AS TO ENABLE AN INVESTOR TO DECIDE TO PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES, AS THE SAME MAY BE VARIED IN THAT MEMBER STATE BY ANY MEASURE IMPLEMENTING THE EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION IN THAT MEMBER STATE AND THE EXPRESSION "EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION" MEANS REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURE IN EACH RELEVANT MEMBER STATE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT, AND SHALL NOT, IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC OFFERING, NOR AN OFFER TO SELL OR TO SUBSCRIBE FOR, NOR A SOLICITATION TO OFFER TO PURCHASE OR TO SUBSCRIBE FOR SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE OFFERING OR SALE OF THE SHARES IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS MAY BE RESTRICTED BY LAW. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE FUND (OR ANY AFFILIATES THEREOF) OR THE BANKS OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES THAT WOULD, OR WHICH IS INTENDED TO, PERMIT A PUBLIC OFFER OF THE SHARES IN ANY JURISDICTION OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY OTHER OFFERING OR PUBLICITY MATERIAL RELATING TO THE SHARES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED BY THE FUND AND THE BANKS TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND TO OBSERVE ANY APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF ANY OFFER OF, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL.
THE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN THE UNITED STATES, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L., acting as Alternative Investment Fund Manager of FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.
Johan MEYER
Permanent Representative
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Report date:
6 June 2023
Name of the issuing entity:
Fondul Proprietatea S.A.
Registered office:
76-80 Buzesti Street
7th floor, district 1,
Bucharest, 011017
Phone/fax number:
Tel.: + 40 21 200 96 00
Fax: + 40 31 630 00 48
Email:
office@fondulproprietatea.ro
Internet:
www.fondulproprietatea.ro
Sole Registration Code with the Trade Register Office:
18253260
Order number in the Trade Register:
J40/21901/2005
Subscribed and paid-up share capital: RON 3,233,269,110.76
Number of shares in issue and paid-up:
6,217,825,213
Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded:
Shares on Bucharest Stock Exchange
GDRs on London Stock Exchange
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