Fondul Proprietatea

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 27, 2019

To: FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE Re: Notification regarding the transactions performed within the Fund's tenth buy-back programme From: FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

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The undersigned, FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A. ("FP" / the "Fund"), represented by Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch, acting in its capacity as Investment Manager, hereby informs you in its capacity as Issuer on the following information regarding the transactions concluded during 20 – 26 August 2019:

a) Issuer's name (buyer)	FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A. Bucharest Stock Exchange Symbol: FP
	London Stock Exchange Symbol: FP.
b) Brokers' names	• BANCA COMERCIALA ROMANA S.A. (hereinafter referred to as "BCR") (as buy-back agent in relation to the purchase of shares), and • AUERBACH GRAYSON (hereinafter referred to as "AGCO") (as buy-back agent in
c) Description of the acquired financial instruments d) Transaction's type	relation to the purchase of GDRs) Ordinary shares issued by the Fund (ISIN ROFPTAACNOR5) listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange ("BVB"), and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") (ISIN US34460G1067) corresponding to the Fund's shares listed on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") Buy-back
e) Details with respect to the execution of the buy-back	Within the Public Tender Offer
market orders
f) Total number of shares and equivalent shares of GDRs bought-back in the reporting period, out of	150,000,000
which: - current number of shares bought back	90,057,550
- equivalent shares of current number of GDRs bought back	59,942,450 (representing 1,198,849 GDRs)
g) Total value of the transactions performed in the reporting period (RON), out of which:	181,370,574.99
- value of the shares acquisition (RON) - estimated value of the equivalent shares of GDRs based on the exchange rate communicated by the National Bank of Romania (RON)	108,969,635.50 72,400,939.49
h) Total number of shares and equivalent shares of	296,880,638
GDRs repurchased since the start of the tenth buy back program
- number of shares bought back	210,460,288
- equivalent shares of current number of GDRs bought back	86,420,350 (representing 1,728,407 GDRs)
- equivalent shares of current number of GDRs	26,477,900 (representing 529,558 GDRs)

FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., an alternative investment fund • Headquarters at: 78-80 Buzesti Street, 7th floor, Bucharest 1st district, postal code 011017, Romania • Fiscal Identification Code (CIF): 18253260, registered with the Trade Registry under no: J40/21901/2005 • Subscribed share capital RON 4,733,020,898.32 • Paid-up Share Capital: RON 4,543,838,476.32 • Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: office@fondulproprietatea.ro; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro

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converted in shares from the start of tenth buyback programme

- % of subscribed share capital as at 5 August 2019 – considered as 4 September 2019 GSM Reference Date	3.2617% (and 19.6098% computed to the total outstanding treasury shares and equivalent)
- % of paid-up share capital as at 5 August 2019	3.3975% (and 20.4262% computed to the total outstanding treasury shares and equivalent)
20191 - % of total voting rights as at 5 August	4.1795% (and 25.1275% computed to the total outstanding treasury shares and equivalent)
i) Total value of the shares repurchased since the start of the tenth buy-back program (RON)	314,801,072.70
- value of the shares acquisition (RON)	218,841,780.72
- estimated value of the equivalent shares of GDRs based on the exchange rate	95,959,291.98
communicated by the National Bank of Romania
(RON) j) Number of shares left to be repurchased within the tenth buy-back programme as of the date of this notification2	453,119,362

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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	Market on which the securities were traded	Weighted average price per security (currency)*	Volume of the transaction (no. of securities)	Value of the transaction (currency)
20 August 2019	BVB	RON 1.2100	90,057,550 shares	RON 108,969,635.50
21 August 2019	LSE	USD 14.1493	1,198,849 GDRs (59,942,450 shares equivalent)	USD 16,962,874.16

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

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch, in its capacity as Investment Manager of FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

Johan MEYER Legal Representative

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ¹ Please recall that the treasury shares repurchased by Fondul Proprietatea within the buyback programmes do not grant voting rights ² As per the Fund's Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting Resolution no. 4 of 14 November 2018, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part IV, no. 4592 on 4 December 2018, the tenth buyback programme refers to the acquisition by the Fund of a maximum number of 750,000,000 shares and/or equivalent global depository receipts corresponding to the Fund's shares ("GDRs"). The duration of the tenth buyback programme is 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019. The shares repurchased during this buyback programme will be cancelled.

FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., an alternative investment fund • Headquarters at: 78-80 Buzesti Street, 7th floor, Bucharest 1st district, postal code 011017, Romania • Fiscal Identification Code (CIF): 18253260, registered with the Trade Registry under no: J40/21901/2005 • Subscribed share capital RON 4,733,020,898.32 • Paid-up Share Capital: RON 4,543,838,476.32 • Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: office@fondulproprietatea.ro; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro