Fondul Proprietatea — Major Shareholding Notification 2018

Feb 26, 2018

To: Bucharest Stock Exchange Financial Supervisory Authority London Stock Exchange

Current report according to Article 99 (s) of the Code of the Bucharest Stock Exchange Market Operator, Title II, Issuers and Financial Instruments

Important events to be reported:

Exchange rate applicable to the acquisition price for the GDRs repurchased in the public tender offer

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch, in its capacity as Investment Manager of Fondul Proprietatea S.A. (the "Fund"), would like to inform shareholders that the exchange rate applicable to the acquisition price for the GDRs repurchased in the public tender offer launched in relation to the ninth buy-back programme was set at RON 3.7770 per 1 USD, in accordance with the tender documentation.

As such, the USD equivalent of the purchase price of RON 46.75 per GDR, to be paid by the Fund for the GDRs, is USD 12.3775 per GDR.

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch acting as Investment Manager of FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

Johan Meyer Legal Representative

Report date:

26 February 2018 Name of the issuing entity: Fondul Proprietatea S.A. Registered office: 78-80 Buzesti Street 7 th floor, district 1, Bucharest, 011017 Phone/fax number: Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600 Fax: + 40 21 200 9631 Email: office@fondulproprietatea.ro Internet: www.fondulproprietatea.ro Sole Registration Code with the Trade Register Office: 18253260 Order number in the Trade Register: J40/21901/2005 Register on Data Protection Notification Register under number: 18668 Subscribed share capital: RON 4,854,034,784.56 Paid-up share capital: RON 4,664,852,362.56 Number of shares in issue: 9,334,682,278 Number of paid shares: 8,970,869,928 Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded: Shares on Bucharest Stock Exchange GDRs on London Stock Exchange