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EAM Solar

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information Oct 9, 2015

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Pre-Annual General Meeting Information

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EAM SOLAR ASA SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

9th of October 2015

AGENDA

  • Focus
  • Operational status
  • Corporate status
  • Events and processes timeline
  • Legal documentation & processes
  • Triggers and actions Q4'2015
  • Operations going forward
  • Q&A session

FOCUS

Status

  • Normal technical operation of all power plants
  • EAM formally acknowledged as victim of a criminal contractual fraud in Italy
  • EAM Forensic Investigation results confirms fraud

Focus in October/November 2015

    1. Finalizing Forensic Investigation of P31 Acquisition
    1. Lawsuit against Enovos and Avelar and expanding criminal proceedings
    1. Preparing restructuring to achieve new growth, value creation and to resume dividend payments

Power production

  • All 25 power plants in normal production at the end of September
  • 99% of budget production YTD
  • 17 power plants not receiving FIT payments since July 2014
  • Lightning strike on Codroipo in July with 0.5MWh production loss. Lost production value and repair covered by insurance

Cost reduction measures

  • Improving O&M operations
  • O&M cost in North Italy to be reduced 50% next 12 months based on executed actions
  • O&M operation improvement in South Italy planned for 2016 implementation

CORPORATE STATUS

Criminal proceedings in Italy

  • EAM formally acknowledged as victim of a criminal contractual fraud by the Criminal Court of Milan
  • Criminal Court of Milan acknowledged the financial responsibility of Enovos/Avelar/Aveleos for economic damages - all companies now summoned by the court
  • Preparation for criminal and civil court proceedings in Luxembourg and Switzerland against Enovos and Avelar

Administrative proceedings in Italy

  • GSE maintains non-payment of FIT for 17 SPPs (suspension)
  • At current GSE has an unpaid electricity bill of EUR 9m increasing by EUR 0,6m per month
  • GSE instructed by the Administrative Court to make a final decision on the validity of the FIT contract by end-July 2015
  • Inactivity and breach of administrative law by GSE triggers further legal actions against GSE in October 2015

EAM going forward

• Three initiatives for profitable new growth

EVENTS & PROCESS TIMELINE JULY 2014 – FEB 2015

July 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 December 2014 January 2015 February 2015
15th Closing and
payment of P31
24th News of arrests of
6th Injunction motion
against Aveleos
prepared in Luxembourg
1st EAM effectuated
seizure of Aveleos bank
accounts in Luxembourg
11th Standstill agreement
negotiated
16th petition filed to
3rd technical report
internal investigation
delivered
18th TAR rules in favor of
GSE to continue FIT
suspension. EAM files
appeal with higher court
1st EAM enters into new
market electricity sales
contracts. January
production payment to be
5th Prosecutors office
files final investigation to
the Criminal Court of
Milan
Avelar Directors 18th Injunction filed in
Court of Luxembourg
15th EAM criminal
complaint process with
Administrative Court
(TAR) in Rome for
Request and filing to
Aion and Helios
(State Council) received in mid March
(55 days)
Release notice of EUR
25th FIT contracts
change status to
suspended on GSE
19th Meeting with
Renova/Avelar in Zurich
Criminal Court of Milan
formally initiated
annulment of GSE FIT
suspension
bankruptcy for access to
documents
Second part of SPA
purchase not executed
the 19th of December –
27th The state Council
rules that the GSE
3.2m in favor of EAM
issued by the Court of
Milan
portal in the afternoon 19th Court of 24th Meeting between
EAM and Enovos/
17th Standstill agreement
put in force
Forensic investigation
and fact finding
Aveleos (Enovos/Avelar)
to pay-back part of
suspension measure is
unlawful and
11th EAM receives a
27th preparation of legal
actions against GSE and
Luxembourg approved
injunction of EUR 33m
Renova/Avelar in
Copenhagen
23rd Revised suspension continues amount received the 15th
of July under original
consequently not valid,
and orders TAR to
court ruling giving EAM
access to all files of the
suspension measure
started
Work for release of
seized funds started
30th Meeting Sellers for
standstill agreement
notice received from
GSE
SPA. Non-payment by
the 22nd of December
further invalidates the
conduct a hearing as
soon as possible on the
merits of the case. EAM
AION bankruptcy estate
28th Preliminary criminal
Indictment documents
discussions 24th Meetings with GSE
and UniCredit conducted
SPA. issues invoices for
suspended FIT and
received 30th First TAR hearing withheld RID
31st Claim notice to
Sellers filed of Minimum
EUR 200m
conducted. Decision to
postpone hearing due to
GSE revised suspension
Internal forensic notice
investigation with
advisors initiated
31st GSE cancels RID
contracts from 1st of
January 2015

EVENTS & PROCESS TIMELINE MARCH – OCTOBER 2015

March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015
Meeting with
Municipalities and
landowners in South Italy
Initial release of EUR
3.2m revoked by the PM
The Administrative court
in Lazio (TAR) decided
that the suspension
measure and the merits
of the suspension would
be subject to a court
decision the 9th of July
for 7 of the 17 power
plants
In the first week of May
GSE conducted physical
inspections together with
EAM personnel of the 17
suspended power plants,
and in addition GSE has
received information
requested related to the
construction and
3rd of June - Preliminary
hearing in the criminal
proceeding started
Decision by the Criminal
Court of Milan
(i)
EAM is victim of a
criminal
On the 9th of July the
administrative court
(TAR) decided that since
GSE had conducted
inspections and was in
the process of
concluding their internal
evaluation of the validity
of the FIT with a definite
Aveleos summoned EAM
for breach of standstill
agreement in Civil Court
of Milan in order to avoid
being held financially
liable for the economic
damage caused by
Enovos/Avelar/Aveleos
for the criminal
Based on the lack of
decision and breach of
law, GSE is summoned
by EAM. Administrative
court is asked make
urgent measures against
GSE. The court may
decide on this issue in
October 2015.
The Administrative court
in Lazio (TAR) is set to
make a new decision to
instruct GSE in fulfilling
their administrative
obligations on the 29th of
October
Criminal hearing
GSE issued a new
suspension measure on
the 30th of April with a 90
permitting of the PV
power plants in 2010 and
2011. Most of this
documentation was
contractual fraud
(ii)
EAM to summon
Enovos, Avelar
deadline being the 29th of
July 2015, TAR ruled that
GSE should make their
conclusion within the July
contractual fraud against
EAM.
Judge ruled that Aveleos
EAM met with the CEO
of GSE, Mr Sperandini,
in order to see if a
continuance postponed
from 20th of October to
2nd of December
day finite timeline for a
decision by GSE on the
validity of the FIT
contracts of all the 17
power plants.
previously received by
GSE in 2010 and 2011
as part of the FIT
application
Energy and
Aveleos as
financially liable for
damages due to
the criminal
contractual fraud
deadline.
No decision taken by
GSE within the deadline
of the 29th of July and
GSE has not resumed
payments of the FIT.
was in breach initially of
the agreement and
dismissed their request
to not be be held
financially liable for the
fraud against EAM.
negotiated solution could
be found. The meeting
took place the 14th of
September 2015 in
Rome. Present in the
meeting were GSE,
representatives from the
EAM finalizing necessary
documentation in order
to pursue the prudent
legal actions at this stage
in Italy, Luxembourg and
Switzerland against all
responsible parties for
The next hearing in the
Criminal Court
postponed to 15th and
17th of September due to
Consequently, GSE is
now in breach with the
order issued by the
Administrative Court of
Three P31 SPVs where
summoned by the
criminal court of Milano
as financially liable
ministry, EAM and the
Norwegian Ambassador
to Italy, Mr Grydeland.
the criminal contractual
fraud
summons procedure Lazio (TAR)
Standstill agreement with
Aveleos terminated –
agreement now
towards GSE for possible
criminal activities when
receiving FIT contracts in
2011
Aveleos summoned EAM
in Luxembourg for
breach of standstill
Agreement – court
hearing scheduled 4th of

considered as part of the contractual fraud

December

LEGAL DOCUMENTATION & PROCESSES

P31 ACQUISITION FORENSIC REPORT

This document contains the results of the forensic investigation conducted by EAM and external experts in conjunction with the suspension of the FIT payments by GSE and the criminal investigations of the power plants transferred to EAM Solar ASA as a result of the P31 Acquisition

This document is strictly confidential and the property of EAM Solar ASA and Energeia Asset Management AS.

P31 ACQUISITION NARRATIVE

This document contains the narrative and documentation of the "P31 Acquisition" from the period 10th of April 2013 until the 1st of October 2015

This document is strictly confidential and the property of EAM Solar ASA and Energeia Asset Management AS.

CLAIMS & DAMAGES REPORT

For EAM Solar ASA and associated companies in conjunction with the P31 Acquisition

October 2015

EAM Solar ASA

Criminal cases

  • Evidence of fraud under EPC contract
  • Confession of guilt concerning European content premium given to the Criminal Court of Milan the 17th of September
  • Preliminary results from EAM forensic investigation of PV modules supports confession
  • Evidence of fraud under P31 Acquisition SPA
  • Lack of willingness to discuss practical solutions from Enovos/Avelar support evidence of factual "bad faith" contractual approach

GSE administrative case

  • GSE believed to have breached Italian administrative law, European union law and the Energy Charter Treaty in the execution of the payment suspension measures
  • GSE not adhering to the court ruling conducted by the State Council and the Lazio Administrative Court

Forensic investigation

  • Investigation concluded based on the facts EAM and external experts can receive at this point
  • Several additional parties to be held liable for fraud and gross negligence and consequently will be held responsible for covering economic damages towards EAM based on the factual circumstances relevant to the P31 Acquisition

  • Restructuring pending status of legal processes in Q4'2015

  • New growth initiatives in the Netherlands with debt funding at sensible levels
  • MoU signed with the Government of Myanmar Feasibility study to be finalized in Q1'2016
  • Focus on cost reduction and improvement of operations

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