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GLOBE TRADE CENTRE S.A. - Notification of a change in the shareholding of Globe Trade Centre S.A.

Release Date: 02/03/2022 07:30
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Notification of a change in the shareholding of Globe Trade Centre S.A.

GLOBE TRADE CENTRE S.A.
(Incorporated and registered in Poland with KRS No. 61500)
(Share code on the WSE: GTC.S.A)
(Share code on the JSE: GTC ISIN: PLGTC0000037)
(“GTC” or “the Company”)



Current report number: 16/2022


Notification of a change in the shareholding of Globe Trade Centre S.A.

In reference to the current report no. 13/2022 dated 19 February 2022 and 15/2022 dated 1 March 2022,
the Management Board of Globe Trade Centre S.A. (the “Company”) hereby reports that on 1 March
2022, the Company received notifications of a change in the shareholding of the Company from:

1. Icona Securitization Opportunities Group S.à r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée organized and
   existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 5, rue
   Guillaume Kroll, L-1882 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg
   Trade and Companies Register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg) under
   number B263649, acting on behalf of its compartment Central European Investments ("ISO");

 2. the controlling parties of ISO:
        a. Adrien Coulombel, having its professional address at 5, rue Guillaume Kroll, L-1882
             Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
        b. 26 Investments S.A., a company organized and existing under the laws of the Grand
             Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 5, rue Guillaume Kroll, L-1882
             Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and
             Companies’ Register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg) under
             number B120962, fully controlled and owned by Jean-Pierre Verlaine; and
        c. Jean-Pierre Verlaine, having its professional address at 5, rue Guillaume Kroll, L-
             1882 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; (each referred to as "Holder", all as
             "Holders")
issued pursuant to article 69 and article 87 paragraph 1 point 3 letter c of the Act of 29 July 2005 on
Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading
and on Public Companies.

According to the notifications, on 1 March 2022 became effective a preliminary share purchase
agreement (“PSPA”) relating to the acquisition by ISO from GTC Dutch Holdings B.V. with its registered
office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the "Seller") of 15.7% of the shares in the Company
(“Shares”)("Transaction"). As a result of the Transaction, Holders indirectly (by ISO) acquired 15.7% of
the shares in GTC.

Before execution of the Transaction, each Holder and ISO held 0 ordinary bearer shares in GTC which
constituted 0 of total votes at GTC's general meeting.

As a result of execution of the Transaction, ISO holds (thus Holders indirectly hold) 90,176,000 ordinary
bearer shares in the Company which constitute 15.7% of total votes at GTC's general meeting, with
reservations that (i) all the ISO Voting Rights (as defined below) were transferred to the Seller and that
(ii) ISO granted the Power of Attorney to ISO Voting Rights to the Seller.

According to the notifications the principal Transaction documentation comprise of (i) the PSPA, (ii) a
shareholders’ agreement (“SHA”) amongst, inter alios, ISO and the Seller, (iii) a call and put option
agreement between ISO and the Seller (“Call and Put Option Agreement”), (iv) an assignment
agreement between ISO and the Seller (“Assignment Agreement”) as well as other agreements and
documents to ensure the completion of Transaction (“Transaction Documentation”). The Transaction
Documentation became effective upon (i) the execution of all of them and (ii) obtaining all required
corporate authorizations.

According to the notifications ISO and the Seller have agreed that the SHA constitutes an acting in
concert agreement within the meaning of Articles 87(1)(5) and 87(1)(6) in connection with Article 87(3)
of the Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offerings and the Conditions for the Introduction of Financial
Instruments to the Organised Trading System and Public Companies (the “Act on Public Offering”) on
joint policy towards the Company and exercising of voting rights on selected matters in an agreed
manner.

Pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, ISO, among others, transferred to the Seller its voting rights
attached to the Shares ("ISO Voting Rights") and granted the power of attorney to exercise ISO Voting
Rights ("Power of Attorney"). The Assignment Agreement expires in case either call or put option under
the Call and Put Option Agreement is exercised and/or in case of a material default under the
Transaction Documentation.

As a result of the Transaction, ISO holds the Shares, with reservation that the voting rights attached to
the Shares are held by the Seller.

Holders do not have any subsidiaries holding GTC's shares other than ISO.


Legal basis: Art. 70 point 1 of the Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, the Conditions Governing the
Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and on Public Companies.

2 March 2022

Warsaw, Poland
Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited


Signed by:


/s/ Ariel Alejandro Ferstman               /s/ Pedja Petronijevic
Member of the Management Board            Member of the Management Board

Date: 02-03-2022 07:30:00
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