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RNS Number : 2186O  Fondul Proprietatea S.A.  13 May 2024

 To:          Bucharest Stock Exchange                                                                                        Report date:

                 Financial Supervisory Authority                                                                              13 May 2024

                London Stock Exchange                                                                                         Name of the issuing entity:

                                                                                                                              Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

 Current report according to Article 79 of the Issuer Law no. 24/2017, Article
 145 para. (1) of the Financial Supervisory Authority Regulation no. 5/2018 on

 issuers of financial instruments and market operations, as well as the                                                       Registered office:
 provisions of Article 99 letter q(1)) of the Code of the Bucharest Stock

 Exchange, Title II, Issuers and Financial Instruments.                                                                       76-80 Buzesti Street

 Important events to be reported:                                                                                             7(th) floor, 1(st) district,

 Payment of dividends approved by the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders                                                Bucharest, 011017
 held on 30 April 2024

 Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L., in its capacity as

 alternative investment fund manager and sole director (the "Fund Manager") of                                                Phone/fax number:
 Fondul Proprietatea S.A. (the "Fund"), would like to inform shareholders that

 the Fund will start the payment of dividends on 7 June 2024 ("Payment Date").                                                Tel.: + 40 21 200 96 00

 The gross value of the dividend is RON 0.06 per share, as approved on 30 April                                               Fax: +40 31 630 00 48
 2024, during the Fund's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.

 Holders of fully paid-up shares registered in the Fund's shareholders'

 registry kept by the Central Depositary, on the Registration Date of 17 May                                                  Email:
 2024, are entitled to receive this dividend. The Ex - Date is 16 May 2024.

                                                                                                                            office@fondulproprietatea.ro (mailto:office@fondulproprietatea.ro)
 The payment shall be performed as follows:

 a)  directly by the custodian bank or broker for shareholders having a

 custodian/brokerage account;                                                                                                 Internet:

 b)    for all other shareholders:                                                                                            www.fondulproprietatea.ro (http://www.fondulproprietatea.ro)

 (i)   by the Central Depositary, through BRD Groupe Societe Generale (acting
 as payment agent and further referred to as the "Payment Agent"), for bank

 transfers when the supporting documentation required by the Central                                                          Sole Registration Code with the Trade Register Office:
 Depositary, along with a payment request, have been submitted.

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 (ii)  by the Payment Agent for cash payments at any of its agencies, or by

 bank transfer (when the supporting documentation required by the Payment
 Agent, along with a payment request, have been submitted to the Payment

 Agent).                                                                                                                      Order number in the Trade Register:

 More details regarding this dividend payment, including its tax implications,                                                J40/21901/2005
 documents to be submitted to benefit of certain tax exemptions or lower tax

 rates, can be found in the general payment procedure available on the Fund's
 webpage here

 (https://www.fondulproprietatea.ro/files/live/sites/fondul/files/en/corporate-governance/General%20dividend%20payment.pdf)   Subscribed and paid-up share capital:
 .

                                                                                                                            RON 2,947,779,186.56
 In relation to the said tax exemptions and reduced tax rates, we would like to

 emphasize that all documents and/or clarifications entitling shareholders to
 benefit from a reduced withholding tax rate or tax exemption must be provided

 to the Fund by 24 May 2024 (as further detailed in the said payment                                                          Number of shares in issue and paid-up:
 procedure). Given that some tax issues may require a more detailed analysis or

 additional clarifications, it is strongly recommended that the necessary                                                     5,668,806,128
 documents to be submitted to the Fund prior to 24 May 2024.

 Also, as an important notice to shareholders, this dividend payment is subject

 to the general statute of limitation. As such, shareholders may request the                                                  Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded:
 payments only within a 3-year term starting with the Payment Date, namely by 7

 June 2027.                                                                                                                   Shares on Bucharest Stock Exchange

 Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L, in its capacity of                                                        GDRs on London Stock Exchange
 alternative investment fund manager of FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

 Johan MEYER

 Permanent representative

 

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