Settlement of the transactions ref. tender offer

To: Bucharest Stock Exchange

Financial Supervisory Authority

London Stock Exchange

Current report according to Article 99 (s) of the Code of the Bucharest Stock Exchange Market Operator, Title II, Issuers and Financial Instruments

Important events to be reported:

Settlement/payment of the transactions related to the public tender offer

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch, in its capacity as Investment Manager ("the Investment Manager") of Fondul Proprietatea S.A., would like to inform shareholders that the GDRs accepted for purchase and the transactions for shares under the public tender offer launched in relation to the acceleration of the seventh buy-back programme have been paid/settled as per the confirmations of GDR Tender Agent/custodian.

The Investment Manager would like to inform shareholders also that the daily buy-backs of shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and GDRs on the London Stock Exchange will be resumed on 27 March 2017.

Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd. United Kingdom Bucharest Branch, in its capacity of Investment Manager of FONDUL PROPRIETATEA S.A.

Johan Meyer

Legal Representative

Report date:23 March 2017

Name of the issuing entity: Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

Registered office: 78-80 Buzesti St., 7th floor, district 1, Bucharest, postal code 011017

Phone/fax number: Tel.: + 40 21 200 9600Fax: + 40 21 200 9631

Sole Registration Code with the Trade Register Office:18253260

Order number in theTrade Register:J40/21901/2005

Subscribed share capital: RON 8,562,968,634.10

Paid-up share capital:RON 8,253,728,136.60

Number of shares in issue:

10,074,080,746

Number of paid shares:

9,710,268,396

Regulated market on which the issued securities are traded:Shares on Bucharest Stock Exchange

GDRs on London Stock Exchange