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Italeaf: TerniEnergia enters in digital energy sector and complete its positioning along energy value chain
PRESS RELEASE 29 JULY 2016
The 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, reviewed and approved today two MOUs, one with Ingefi S.p.A. (a holding company involved in investments companies active in the design, development, trade and maintenance of software) and its shareholders and the other with B.Soft Group srl (holding active in the IT and Engineering sectors), aimed both to the acquisition in two stages of the 100% of the share capital of Softeco-Sismat Srl and Selesoft Consulting Srl (the "Target Companies").
Softeco Sismat and Selesoft Consulting, with headquarters and offices in Genoa, Milan, Rome and Catania and over 300 employees, with technical professional profiles of high level and high skills, are leading national players in the development and industrial production of solutions and smart technologies for the transmission and distribution of energy (smart grid), the flexible and timely management of power generation and energy consumption, energy efficiency, management of renewable energies and cleantech (energy islands) and in the services, software and IT solutions sectors. The two companies have achieved in 2015 combined revenues of approximately Euro 26.4 million, total Ebitda of approximately Euro 2.2 million and a total NFP equal to around Euro 6.2 million.
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Through the transaction, TerniEnergia will present itself as an ideal partner for large and leading groups, with whom they are already in place or under development alliances and operational partnership, active on the industrial and international markets, in the automation of transmission and distribution grids for energy, transportations and telecommunications. The agreement will create a player of international standing, in the most promising sectors of the energy chain, which can match the track record and the industrial know-how of TerniEnergia as a system integrator and the excellence in the field of information and communication technology of Softeco Sismat and Selesoft.
With the acquisition of the two Target Companies, TerniEnergia intends to complete the process of full transformation into a smart energy company, entering the market of the "digital energy" sector by integrating the "physical" and industrial business and the digital and "virtual" one, and completing its competitive position along the entire value chain of the energy sector.
In particular, due to the MOU signed and mentioned and following the completion of various transfers of shareholdings between B.Soft Group srl, Ingefi S.p.A. and AVM Asset Management Value S.p.A. (majority shareholder of B.Soft Group srl), TerniEnergia will acquire a stake of about 66% of the Target Companies by Ingefi S.p.A. and the remaining 34% from B.Soft Group srl, according to the terms, procedures and conditions summarized briefly below.
The signing of the investment contracts (closing) and the transfer of ownership of shares, expected by the end of October 31, 2016, is subject to the satisfactory of the legal, accounting and tax due diligence as well as the occurrence of a number of conditions precedent, including the obtaining of an agreement, in the form of a waiver, for the sale of shares of Softeco Sismat by the Bank which, pursuant to a loan agreement, holds the entire pledge of the share capital of the company representative.
TerniEnergia will acquire the Target Companies into two distinct phases:
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The Board has therefore decided to grant to the Chairman and CEO, Stefano Neri, the mandate to convene the Shareholders' Meeting of TerniEnergia to deliberate on the use of treasury shares for the acquisition of Softeco Sismat and Selesoft Consulting.
The Board of TerniEnergia approved the subscription of the company into the Proteco Consortium, formed by the companies Softeco Sismat, Selesoft Consulting, Proxy and Technovo, to foster the proposal of solutions to the market of energy and power grids, smart cities and smart grids, transportation and mobility, telecommunications, internetworking and optical transport, big data, and cloud applications. The participation in the Proteco Consortium allows to TerniEnergia to enhance its industrial know-how and skills, and complement the activities in renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy management and innovative systems and solutions with high added value, thanks to partnership with leading companies in their sectors complementary to those of the Group.
The Board of Directors also noted the signing of a two-year framework agreement between TerniEnergia Gas & Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of TerniEnergia active in energy management, and Rome Gas & Power (RGP), among the major national player in private sector energy management, vertically integrated in gas and electricity present on all major European hub for the sale of natural gas. The supply and marketing activities related to the gas market, that will be regulated by the terms and conditions to be defined by subsequent agreements. Will reinforces the strategic partnership between the two groups, after the agreement signed for the development of the energy efficiency market of industrial scale.
The Board of Directors of TerniEnergia has finally approved the Memorandum of Understanding preliminary to the signing of a subsequent EPC contract (Engineering, procurement and construction) with the supply of panels and inverters for the construction of a photovoltaic "giant" plant in South Africa with a total capacity of about 86 MW, on behalf of a leading international investor.
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Mangold Fondkommission AB is the Certified Adviser of Italeaf on NASDAQ OMX First North.
Filippo Calisti
CFO - Italeaf S.p.A.
E-mail: calisti@italeaf.com
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