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RNS Number : 0472M  Societatea Energetica Electrica SA  25 April 2024

To:                              Bucharest Stock
Exchange (BSE)

                                    London
Stock Exchange (LSE)

Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA)

 

Current report in compliance with the Law 24/2017 on issuers of financial
instruments and market operations, the Romanian Capital Market Law no.
297/2004, FSA Regulation no. 5/2018, and the Bucharest Stock Exchange Code

Report date: 25 April 2024

Company name: Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. (Electrica)

Headquarters: 9 Grigore Alexandrescu Street, 1(st) District, Bucharest,
Romania

Phone/fax no.: 004-021-2085999/004-021-2085998

Fiscal Code: RO 13267221

Trade Register registration number: J40/7425/2000

Subscribed and paid in share capital: RON 3,464,435,970

Regulated market where the issued securities are traded: Bucharest Stock
Exchange (BSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Significant events to be reported:

The resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of
Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. ("Electrica" or the "Company") of 25
April 2024

Electrica hereby informs that, on 25 April 2024, the Extraordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders (EGMS) of Electrica took place at the Company's
headquarters in Bucharest, 9 Grigore Alexandrescu Str., District 1, postal
code 010621, "Radu Zane" conference room, starting at 12:00 o'clock (Romanian
time), respectively, being duly held in accordance with the legal and
statutory provisions upon the first calling.

The EGMS of Electrica was attended by the shareholders registered in the
shareholder's register kept by Depozitarul Central S.A. as of 27 March 2024,
set as reference date, in person, by representative or through vote by
correspondence, the quorum met being 90.6450% of the total voting rights and
88.8421% of the share capital of the Company.

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Dumitru Chirita, the Chairman of Electrica's
Board of Directors.

Within the EGMS, Electrica's shareholders approved the following (as per the
numbering on the agenda) with legal and statutory majority:

2. The cancellation of its own shares in a number of 6,890,593, which
represent 1.988951% of the share capital, obtained thorough the stabilisation
that took place within the Initial Public Offering (IPO) from June 2014.

3. The reduction of the share capital with a number of 6,890,593 cancelled own
shares, respectively the reduction of the share capital of the company from
RON 3,464,435,970 to RON 3,395,530,040.

4. The reduction of the social parts from 346,443,597 shares to 339,530,004
shares.

5. The amendment of Article 6 of Chapter 3 "Social Capital. Shares" from the
Articles of Association, which will have the following content:

"CHAPTER 3

SHARE CAPITAL. SHARES

Art. 6   Share capital

(1)  The share capital of the Company is of RON 3,395,530,040, subscribed and
fully paid in.

(2)  The structure of the share capital is as follows:

a.   In kind contribution of RON 41,419,110 (representing plots of land and
construction); and

b.   Cash contribution of RON 3,019,140,930.00 and USD 104,011,799.41 (at an
exchange rate of 3.2205 RON/USD.

(3)  The share capital is divided into 339,553,004 nominative shares with a
nominal value of RON 10 each.

(4)  The share capital is held as follows:

a.   The Romanian State, represented by the competent authority according to
the law, holds 169,046,299 shares, having a total nominal value of RON
1,690,462,990, out of which RON 41,419,110 contribution in kind (representing
plots of land and constructions), in respect of which it has been granted a
number of 4,141,911 shares, representing 49.7850% of the subscribed share
capital;

b.   Shareholders - list type (natural persons and legal entities), hold a
number of 170,506,705 shares, having a total nominal value of RON
1,705,067,050, composed of cash contribution of RON 1,370,097,050 and USD
104,011,799.41 (at an exchange rate of 3.2205 RON/USD), representing 50,2150%
of the share capital.

The share capital does not include assets such as those provided by article
136 paragraph (4) of the Constitution."

6. The empowerment of the Chair of the Board of Directors to sign the Articles
of Association of Societatea Energetică Electrica S.A., updated in accordance
with the resolution adopted at the previous item.

7. The empowerment of the Chair of the Meeting, of the secretary of the
meeting and of the technical secretary to jointly sign the EGMS resolution and
to perform individually and not jointly any act or formality required by law
for the registration of the EGMS resolution with the Trade Register Office of
the Bucharest Tribunal, as well as the publication of the EGMS resolution
according to the law.

 

In the same time, Electrica's shareholders rejected item 1 on the agenda,
respectively:

1.1. The ceiling of up to EUR 300.000.000 for a bond issue or several
subsequent issues of green bonds or sustainability-linked bonds, or a mix
thereof, of Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. (ELSA) for the period
2024-2025, which may be denominated in both RON and other currencies and may
be issued on the Romanian or international capital market (EU and USA) on the
basis of a flexible structure, with a fixed or variable interest rate
(including the possibility of including a step-up or step-down mechanism for
Bonds whose terms and conditions will be correlated with ELSA's sustainability
objectives). The bonds will be nominative, non-convertible, non-guaranteed, in
dematerialized form by registration in the account, will be part of the same
class of securities and may be issued for a maximum maturity of up to 10 years
and will be sold through the Offer for Sale addressed to investors from the
capital market, through a financial investment services company / credit
institution / intermediation syndicate/ entities of their nature authorized in
member or non-member states to provide investment services and activities (the
"Intermediary"), according to the applicable local, European or international
capital market legislation and will be admitted to trading on a regulated
market.

 

1.2. Mandating of the Board of Directors of Societatea Energetica Electrica
S.A. (ELSA) to take all measures, in the name and on behalf of Societatea
Energetica Electrica SA, in accordance with the main terms and conditions
approved by the EGMS according to item 1.1, in order to initiate, carry out
and complete the bond issuance operations within the ceiling of EUR
300,000,000, including by, but not limited to, the following:

a) establishing the value limits of each bond issue;

b) establishing the currency and maturity of each bond issue;

c) negotiating and approving bond issue prospectuses or the Final Terms (in
case of a Programme of issuance with a base prospectus) and any other issuance
conditions,

d) establishing in detail the parameters of the offers, as a result of the
proposals of the Intermediary;

e) approving the final terms of each of the individual tranches of Bonds to be
established by decision of the Board of Directors on the occasion of each
issue, in compliance with the legal provisions applicable on the date of each
such issue, these terms resulting from the market prospecting process and as a
result of the bookrunning process;

f) establishing the effective subscription period and the subscription
procedure;

g) signing all the documents necessary for the initiation and development of
Offers for the Sale of Bonds, including the hiring of consultants, legal or
other domains, specialized in the local, European or international capital
market legislation as well as any other document necessary for the admission
to trading of the bonds, their registration in any necessary register and any
other acts or documents necessary for the realization and completion of the
bond issues even if they are not mentioned in this decision;

h) the signing, through his representative, of any other acts or documents,
even if they are not mentioned in this decision, but which are necessary in
order to fulfil the above purposes for the proper fulfilment of the present
decision.

 

The Board of Directors may delegate to the executive management of ELSA the
undertaking of certain or all of the operational activities required to
implement the operations of bond issuance above mentioned on item 1.1.

 

 

Chairman of the meeting

Dumitru Chirita

 

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