• The proposed merger was approved by the Board of TerniEnergia and by the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of TerniEnergia Gas & Power
  • The strategic target of the transaction is to promote the development of the energy efficiency business

 

The extraordinary Board of Directors of TerniEnergia, smart energy company active in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste and energy management, listed on the Star segment of the Italian Stock Exchange and part of Italeaf Group, and the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of TerniEnergia Gas & Power (now a wholly owned subsidiary of the same TerniEnergia), have approved today the Merger by Incorporation (hereinafter the “Merger”) of TerniEnergia Gas & Power in TerniEnergia, through approval of the merger plan prepared pursuant to Article 2501-ter and 2505, Civil Code, and already made public in accordance with law.

The Merger is part of the industrial and strategic new program, already announced to the market with the press release issued by TerniEnergia dated May 2, 2016 and with the update of the Business Plan 2015-17 “Fast on the road smart energy” presented on October 2, 2015, aimed at developing the business of energy efficiency. In particular, the Merger will result in a shortening of the company’s control chain that will allow a better financial management of energy trading, a better coordination of industrial energy management activity, the achievement of production and financial synergies and the fullfilment of significant savings in operating and managing fixed costs.

The resolution of the Board of Directors of TerniEnergia, resulting from public act pursuant to Article 2505, paragraph 2, Civil Code, will be published, once recorded in the Companies Register, on the website www.ternienergia.com, under Investor Relations/fusione-di-ternienergia-gas-power-in-ternienergia (where there are already documents relating to the Merger), as well as making available to the public at the registered office and in the manner provided by law.

The counterparty of the transaction is a related party, because it is a subsidiary of TerniEnergia and it is wholly owned by the same. The name of the counterparty of the transaction is TerniEnergia Gas & Power SpA. The merger falls within the cases of exclusion from the application of the procedures regarding transactions with related parties with respect to transactions with subsidiaries, as permitted under Article 14 paragraph 2 of Consob Regulation no. 17221/2010. In particular, the company has used the case of exclusion art. 8 letter e) of the Procedure for Related Party Transactions.

The signing of the merger is expected to take place by the end of next August of this year, once carried out the necessary actions for statutory required by law. The legal effects of the Merger shall be effective from the date defined in the same merger deed, while the accounting and tax effects shall be effective from the first day of the year at the moment of the occurrence of the real effects of the Merger.