Notification buybacks 28 August - 1 September 2023

Fondul Proprietatea S.A.
04 September 2023
 

To:

FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY


BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE


LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

 

Re:

Notification regarding the buy-back transactions performed during the 2023 programme

 

From:

FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

 

 

Considering article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programmes and stabilisation measures, Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and Article 26 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments, FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A. ("FP" / the "Fund"), represented by Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L., in its capacity of alternative investment fund manager, hereby informs you in its capacity as Issuer on the following information regarding the transactions concluded during 28 August - 1 September 2023:

 

 

a) Issuer's name (buyer)

FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

Bucharest Stock Exchange Symbol: FP

London Stock Exchange Symbol: FP.

 

b) Brokers' names

·  SWISS CAPITAL S.A., and

·  AUERBACH GRAYSON 

c) Description of the acquired financial instruments and trading place

Ordinary shares issued by the Fund (ISIN ROFPTAACNOR5) listed and traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange ("BVB"), and

Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") (ISIN US34460G1067) corresponding to the Fund's shares listed and traded on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE")

 

d) Transaction's type                                                  

Buy-back

e) Details with respect to the execution of the buy-back market orders

Within the trading session

 

 

 

The details of the transactions carried out during the reporting period with respect to the shares and GDRs issued by Fondul Proprietatea SA for the purpose of the buy-back are described further below:

 

 

Date of the transaction

Weighted average price per share

(RON)*

 

Weighted average price per GDR

(USD)*

Volume of the transaction

(no. of shares)

Volume of the transaction

(no. of GDRs)

Value of the transaction with shares (RON)

Value of the transaction with GDRs (USD)

28 August 2023

1.9498

-

1,087,559

-

2,120,522.54

-

29 August 2023

1.9526

-

1,126,335

-

2,199,281.72

-

30 August 2023

1.9454

-

1,174,171

-

2,284,232.26

-

31 August 2023

1.9398

21.4000

1,313,876

917

2,548,656.66

19,628.61

1 September 2023

1.9362

21.2000

1,353,206

982

2,620,077.46

20,818.40

 

 

Number of shares and GDRs bought-back and total value of transactions performed during the reporting period

 

6,055,147 shares

 

1,899 GDRs (representing        94,950 shares)

 

 

 

11,772,770.64 RON total value of the shares acquisition

40,447.01 USD total value of the GDRs acquisition

 

183,693.19 RON estimated value of the equivalent shares of GDRs based on the exchange rate communicated by the National Bank of Romania

 

Total number of shares and GDRs bought-back and total value of transactions performed during 2023

225,157,575 shares

2,187,122 GDRs (representing

109,356,100 shares)

474,136,066.11 RON total

value of the

shares

acquisition

51,500,817.43 USD total value of the GDRs acquisition

 

236,247,344.09 RON estimated value of the equivalent shares of GDRs based on the exchange rate communicated by the National Bank of Romania

Number of shares left to be repurchased within the 2023 buy-back programme[1] as of the date of this notification

3,165,486,325 shares

* The weighted average price per security was rounded to 4-digits

 

 

Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L., acting as Alternative Investment Fund Manager of FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

 

 

Johan MEYER

Permanent Representative



[1] As per the Fund's Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting Resolution no. 2 of 15 November 2022, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part IV, no. 5051/05 December 2022, the 2023 buyback programme refers to the acquisition by the Fund of a maximum number of 3,500,000,000 shares and/or equivalent global depository receipts corresponding to the Fund's shares ("GDRs"). The duration of the 2023 buyback programme is until 31 December 2023. The shares repurchased during this buyback programme will be cancelled ("the 2023 buyback programme").

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