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Fondul Proprietatea

Legal Proceedings Report Jun 19, 2015

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To: Bucharest Stock Exchange Financial Supervisory Authority

Current report according to Article 113 point A, paragraph (1) letter j) of the Romanian National Securities Commission Regulation no. 1/2006 regarding the issuers and the operations with securities, as subsequently amended and completed, as well as the provisions of Article 99 of the Code of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Title II, Issuers and Financial Instruments.

Important events to be reported:

Update on all litigations between a litigant and Fondul Proprietatea SA

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch ("the Fund Manager"), in its capacity as sole director and fund manager of Fondul Proprietatea SA ("the Fund"), would like to update shareholders and investors on all ongoing cases between Ioana Sfiraiala (the "Litigant") and the Fund, as set out in the table enclosed as Annex 1 to this report.

In particular, the Fund Manager would like to note that the Bucharest Court of Appeal announced on 18 June 2015 that it has admitted the Litigant's appeal in file no. 16453/3/2013 (5804/2/2014), and decided to send the file back to the Bucharest Court for a retrial. The full court's decision is not yet available, and further updates will be provided with respect to the reasoning of the court. File no. 16453/3/2013 (5804/2/2014) has as subject the annulment of the shareholders' resolutions described in Annex 2 herein.

The updated table of all pending files, as well as all closed files with the same Litigant, is available on the Fund's webpage at http://www.fondulproprietatea.ro/sites/default/files/list\of\_pending\ and\_closed\_cases\_with\_is\_19\_june\_2015.pdf.

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

Oana Valentina Truta Legal Representative

Report date: 19 June 2015

Name of the issuing entity: Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

Registered office: 78-80 Buzesti St., 7 th floor, district 1, Bucharest, postal code 011017

Phone/fax number: Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600 Fax: + 40 21 200 9631

Sole Registration Code with the Trade Register Office: 18253260

Order number in the Trade Register: J40/21901/2005

Subscribed share capital: RON 10,965,850,800.30

Paid-up share capital: RON 10,638,419,685.30

Number of shares in issue: 12,184,278,667

Number of paid shares: 11,820,466,317

Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded: Shares on Bucharest Stock Exchange

GDRs on London Stock Exchange

FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., a closed-end investment company administrated under a unitary system • 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 • Registered on Data Protection Notification Registry under number 18668 • Subscribed share capital RON 10,965,850,800.30, Paid-up Share Capital: RON 10,638,419,685.30• Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: [email protected]; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro

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ANNEX 1

Crt. File number Court The object of the court file Status Next hearing
1. File no. 10424/3/2014 Bucharest Court Request for annulment of EGM Resolution
no. 14/23 November 2012 regarding the
ratification of the Constitutive Act.
Ongoing. The Court set the first
hearing on 16 April 2014. On 16
April 2014, the Court decided to
join
files
10428/3/2014
and
10430/2/2014 with this file and to
send the files to another panel due
to jurisdiction reasons. The Court
postponed the hearing for 23 April
2014 On 23 April 2014 the Court
decided
to
split
files
no.
10428/3/2014 and 10430/3/2014
from this file and to send the files
back to the competent panels
initially vested. A new hearing has
been set for 18 June 2014. On 18
June 2014 the Court postponed the
hearing for 3 September 2014. On
3 September 2014 the Court
suspended
the
trial
until
an
irrevocable solution is issued in file
no.
43424/3/2012.
As
43424/3/2012
was
irrevocably
solved the Fund has requested that
the case to be resumed. Next
hearing has been set for 24 June
2015.
24 June 2015
2. File no. 692/299/2014 st
1
District Court
House
Legal action filed by the Fund against the
Litigant and her husband for the annulment
of certain legal deeds concluded between
them with an aim of separating the assets
between them; this legal case in relation to
the forced execution initiated by the Fund
against the Litigant for the recovery of legal
fees.
After first procedural hearings, the
next hearing has been set for 10
December 2014. Next hearing has
been set for 28 January 2015. On
28 January 2015 the Court has
postponed the hearing for 11 March
2015. On 11 March 2015 the Court
set a new hearing for 22 April 2015.
A new hearing has been set for 17
June 2015. On 17 June 2015 the
Court postponed the hearing for 16
September 2015.
16
September
2015

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., a closed-end investment company administrated under a unitary system • 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 • Register on Data Protection Notification Register under number 18668 • Subscribed share capital RON 10,965,850,800.30, Paid Share Capital: RON 10,638,419,685.30• Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: [email protected]; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro

2/04.04.2012 for amending the Constitutive
favour of the Fund. The first
2015
Act and EGM Resolution no. 3/25.04.2012
hearing has been set for 13 June
for subscribed share capital decrease and a
2013, hearing when the court
request for de-registration with Trade
rejected
the
Litigant's
re
Registry of these resolutions.
examination request. The file has
been rendered for the judgment to
continue. The next hearing has
been set for 3 October 2013 when
the Court postponed the hearing
due to procedural reasons for 31
October 2013.
On 31 October
2013, the Court admitted the
intervention request filed in this file.
On 28 November 2013, the Court
decided
to
postpone
for
5
December
2013
the
decision
regarding the objection raised by
the Fund regarding the right of the
Litigant to start such a case. On 5
December 2013, the Court rejected
the Litigant's request arguing that
the Litigant had no right to start
such a case. The Litigant filed an
appeal and
the Bucharest Court of
Appeal set the first hearing on 27
May 2014. On 27 May 2014, the
Court postponed the hearing, due
for procedural reason for 24 June
2014. On 24 June 2014 the Court
postponed
the
hearing
for
procedural
reasons
for
30
September 2014. On 30 September
2014 the Court admitted the appeal
and sent the file for a retrial with the
Bucharest Court. The first hearing
in this stage has been set for 26
February 2015. On 26 February
2015 the Court postponed the
hearing for 26 March 2015. On 26
March 2015 the Court postponed
the trial for 23 April 2015. Next
3. File no. 17692/3/2013 Bucharest Court __________________
Challenging
EGM
Resolution
no.
Ongoing (retrial). Initial
decision in
24 September
hearing set for 18 June 2015. On

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., a closed-end investment company administrated under a unitary system • 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 • Register on Data Protection Notification Register under number 18668 • Subscribed share capital RON 10,965,850,800.30, Paid Share Capital: RON 10,638,419,685.30• Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: [email protected]; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro

18 June 2015 the Court postponed the hearing for 24 September 2015.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., a closed-end investment company administrated under a unitary system • 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 • Register on Data Protection Notification Register under number 18668 • Subscribed share capital RON 10,965,850,800.30, Paid Share Capital: RON 10,638,419,685.30• Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: [email protected]; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro

Short description of the Shareholders' Resolutions challenged by the Litigant in File no. 16453/3/2013 (5804/2/2014)

  • EGM Resolution no. 4/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of the buy-back programme;
  • EGM Resolution no. 5/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of EGM Resolutions no. 1 and 2 of 6 September 2010;
  • EGM Resolution no. 6/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of EGM Resolutions no. 1 and 2 of 6 September 2010;
  • EGM Resolution no. 7/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of EGM Resolutions;
  • EGM Resolution no. 8/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of EGM Resolution;
  • EGM Resolution no. 9/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of the Articles of Association in the form approved through EGM Resolution no. 1/6 September 2010;
  • EGM Resolution no. 10/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of the Articles of Association in the form approved through EGM Resolution no. 1/6 September 2010;
  • OGM Resolution no. 9/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of the annual report;
  • OGM Resolution no. 11/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of OGM Resolutions no. 8 and 9 of 6 September;
  • OGM Resolution no. 12/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of OGM Resolutions no. 8 and 9 of 6 September;
  • OGM Resolution no. 13/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of OGM Resolutions;
  • OGM Resolution no. 14/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of OGM resolutions;
  • OGM Resolution no. 15/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of the Investment Management Agreement;
  • OGM Resolution no. 16/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of the Investment Management Agreement;
  • OGM Resolution no. 17/25 April 2012 regarding the ratification of all the legal acts of the Fund Manager;
  • OGM Resolution no. 18/25 April 2012 regarding the approval of all the legal acts of the Fund Manager.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A., a closed-end investment company administrated under a unitary system • 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 • Register on Data Protection Notification Register under number 18668 • Subscribed share capital RON 10,965,850,800.30, Paid Share Capital: RON 10,638,419,685.30• Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600; Fax: +40 21 200 9631; Email: [email protected]; Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro

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