On 16 September 2016 Enea S.A. and PGE S.A., Energa S.A. and PGNiG Termika S.A. ("Business Partners") jointly submitted a preliminary, nonbinding offer to EDF International SAS ("EDF") for the purchase of shares in companies belonging to EDF in Poland, holding conventional generating assets and pursuing a service activity.
On 30 November 2016 the Company and Business Partners submitted a new offer to EDF) for the purchase of shares in companies belonging to EDF in Poland, holding conventional generating assets and pursuing a service activity. The submission of the new offer by Business Partners was made in relation to the upcoming expiry of the offer submitted on 16 September 2016.
On 27 January 2017, the Company and Business Partners signed an agreement with EDF Investment SAS on negotiations related to the purchase of EDF assets in Poland as well as due diligence process in this scope. The Transaction includes acquisition of all EDF shares in EDF Polska S.A., which, in particular, is the owner of 4 combined heat and power plants, namely Kraków, Gdańsk, Gdynia and Toruń and heat distribution networks in Toruń, Rybnik Power Plant, and acquisition of all EDF shares in ZEC "Kogeneracja" S.A., which is the owner of 4 combined heat and power plants, namely Wrocław, Zielona Góra, Czechnica and Zawidawie and heat distribution networks in Zielona Góra, Siechnice and Zawidawie.
On 15 March 2017 Business Partners amended the structure of the transaction in the following way:
- withdrawal of PGNiG Termika S.A. from the transaction;
- takeover of the so far declared share of PGNiG Termika S.A. in the transaction by PGE S.A., which results in the growth in PGE S.A.'s share in the transaction to 60%,
- maintaining the shares of Enea S.A. and Energa S.A. in the transaction on the same level of 20% for each of the Companies.
The aforementioned amendments in the Transaction structure require confirmation of filing no objections by EDF.
