REG - GreenX Metals Ltd - Compensation of £252m in Successful Arbitration

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08/10/2024 07:45

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RNS Number : 3356H  GreenX Metals Limited  08 October 2024

 

NEWS RELEASE 8 October 2024

GREENX WINS COMPENSATION AND INTEREST TOTALLING £252M MILLION IN SUCCESSFUL
ARBITRATION OUTCOME

GreenX Metals Limited (GreenX, Claimant or Company) is pleased to report a
successful outcome of the international arbitration claims (Claim) against the
Republic of Poland (Poland or Respondent) under both the Australia-Poland
Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
(together the Treaties).

·      The Company has been awarded approximately £252m (A$490m /
PLN1.3bn) in compensation by the Tribunal under the BIT (BIT Award), which
includes interest compounded at the Sterling Over-Night Interbank Average
(SONIA) plus one percentage point (+1%) compounded annually from 31 December
2019 to the date of the award (7 October 2024).  Interest will continue to
accrue at SONIA +1% compounded annually until full and final payment by the
Respondent.

·      The Company has been awarded approximately £183m (A$355m / PLN
941m) in compensation by the Tribunal under the ECT (ECT Award), which
includes interest compounded at the SONIA overnight rate +1% compounded
annually from 31 December 2019. Interest will continue to accrue at SONIA +1%
compounded annually until full and final payment by the Respondent.

·        Both Awards are subject to any payments made by the
Respondent to the Claimant in the other arbitration such that the Claimant is
not entitled to double compensation i.e., any amount paid by Poland in one
arbitration (i.e., BIT) is set off against Poland's liability in the other
arbitration (i.e., ECT).

·       Each party has been ordered to cover its own legal fees,
expenses and arbitration costs in relation to the Claim, which in respect of
GreenX are costs that have already been fully paid under the Litigation
Capital Management (LCM) funding facility.

 

The Announcement Contains Inside Information

The Tribunal has unanimously held that the Republic of Poland had breached its
obligations under the Treaties in relation to the Jan Karski project,
entitling GreenX to compensation. In respect of the Dębieńsko project, the
Tribunal did not uphold the Claim under the Treaties.

All of GreenX's costs associated with the arbitration were funded on a
non-recourse basis from specialist arbitration funder LCM (please refer to the
Company's announcement dated 1 July 2020 entitled A$18m Litigation Funding to
Pursue Damages Claim Against The Polish Government).

The Claim was brought under the United Nations Commission on International
Trade Law Rules (UNCITRAL) and the Awards are final and binding on the
parties. The UNCITRAL Rules do not provide for an appeal procedure i.e., grant
no explicit authority to a panel to reconsider its award.  Under the UNCITRAL
Rules, either party may, within 30 days of receiving an award, ask the
Tribunal to correct any computational, clerical or typographical errors in the
award, issue an interpretation of the award or render an additional award on
any claims omitted from the final award. These procedures do not allow either
party to request that the Tribunal reconsider the merits of its decision.

If a party believes that an award ought to be "set-aside" or "annulled", then
that party must apply for relief from a court where the arbitration was
seated, which would be the national courts of England and Wales for the BIT
claim and Singapore for the ECT claim. Poland has 28 days from the date of the
BIT Award and three months from receiving the ECT Award to apply for set aside
of the respective Awards, which can only be set aside under limited
circumstances. It is important to note that a "set-aside" motion is different
from a general "appeal" since a set-aside motion can in general only relate to
a lack of jurisdiction on the part of the Tribunal or procedural unfairness,
unlike an appeal, where the actual merits of a case might be revisited by a
court. In summary, Poland cannot initiate any post award proceedings to
re-examine the Tribunal's decision on the merits of the case. The threshold to
succeed on a "set-aside" motion in either the Singapore or English domestic
courts is high, with courts in both jurisdictions rejecting set-aside
applications in the vast majority of cases.

The Company will provide further details to the market in due course, once the
Company and its legal team have completed detailed review of the full text of
both Awards.

ENQUIRIES

 Ben Stoikovich

Chief Executive Officer

 +44 207 478 3900

 

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Forward Looking Statements

This release may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are based on GreenX's expectations and beliefs concerning future
events. Forward looking statements are necessarily subject to risks,
uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of
GreenX, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such
statements. GreenX makes no undertaking to subsequently update or revise the
forward-looking statements made in this release, to reflect the circumstances
or events after the date of that release.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR'). Upon the publication of this
announcement via Regulatory Information Service ('RIS'), this inside
information is now considered to be in the public domain

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