Current Report No 85/2020
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- Reports
Date: 22 December 2020
Subject: Investment agreement on directional principles of cooperation in construction of Ostrołęka C Power Plant
Legal basis: Article 17(1) MAR – inside information
The Management Board of Energa SA (“Issuer”) informs that on 22 December 2020 it has signed with PKN ORLEN S.A. (“PKN ORLEN”) and Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (“PGNiG”) (“Parties”) an investment agreement on directional principles of cooperation in construction of gas power plant in Ostrołęka C Power Plant (“Investment agreement”), (“Gas Project”). The Parties of the Investment agreement declared to cooperate in realization of the Gas Project by setting up a new company that will acquire selected assets and liabilities necessary to realize the Gas Project, from Elektrownia Ostrołęka Sp. z o.o. headquartered in Ostrołęka („EOC”). Acquisition of the selected assets and liabilities necessary to realize the Gas Project will be possible thanks to the agreement concluded between the EOC shareholders, i.e. ENERGA and ENEA S.A., and EOC, about which the Issuer informed in current report No. 84/2020 of 22 December 2020.
In the Investment agreement signed today the Parties concluded that the Issuer and PKN ORLEN will acquire jointly 51% of shares in the share capital of the newly established company and the same percentage of the total number of votes at its shareholders meeting, and PGNiG will acquire the remaining 49% of shares in the share capital of the newly established company and the same percentage of the total number of votes at its shareholders meeting. Breakdown of the number of shares between the Issuer and PKN ORLEN will be agreed separately by the Issuer and PKN ORLEN during acquiring of the shares. Shares in the newly established company will not be preferred and shareholding rights will be realized according to the principles described in the Polish Commercial Companies Code.
Moreover the Parties of the Investment agreement concluded the structure of the newly established company, including principles of its shares disposal, personal rights of its shareholders regarding appointments and dismissals of members of the management and supervisory boards, principles of voting rights execution on its corporate bodies meetings and other principles of its functioning.
The limit of financial exposure of the Parties in the realization of the Gas Project will be determined proportionally to the share in the share capital of the newly established company.
The Parties assume that all factors enabling establishing of the new company, including approvals of relevant antitrust authorities, will be realized by 30 June 2021. Additionally, PGNiG will be able to join the newly established company after conducting due diligence of the Gas Project and obtaining PGNiG corporate bodies approvals.