GPW - Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. — M&A Activity 2018

Feb 19, 2018

Current Report No. 3/2018Date: 19 February 2018Legal basis: Article 17 (1) of MAR – Inside informationTopic: Start of negotiations of the boundary conditions of a sale of the stake in an associateContent:The Warsaw Stock Exchange (“GPW", “Company") announces that the GPW Management Board has decided today to start negotiations of the boundary conditions of a potential sale of the stake in the associate Aquis Exchange (“Aquis"), in which GPW holds 20.31% of votes and economic rights, if Aquis decides to initiate the IPO process.The terms, conditions and parameters of the potential transaction will be subject to negotiation. The potential agreement will be conditional on satisfactory outcome of the negotiations and required corporate and administrative approvals.GPW will announce the execution of a legally binding agreement to sell the stake in Aquis in a separate current report.Legal basis: Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/82/EC (EU Legal Journal L 173) (“MAR").