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Mr. Pierre Salik, Mr. Michel Meeus and Mrs. Brigitte Salik on one hand, various funds managed by Boussard & Gavaudan on the other hand, announced, on Friday June 3, 2016 after market, that they entered into a shareholders' agreement under which they act in concert, and that they exercised all the stock warrants they were holding.

In total, this new Concert declares the exercise of 78,415,975 stock warrants out of 116,164,471 stock warrants outstanding as at May 31, 2016. This leads to a cash inflow of about 15.7 million euros for FUTUREN.

Exercising its stock warrants, BG Select Investments (Ireland) Limited, a fund managed by Boussard & Gavaudan, exceeds the threshold of 30% of FUTUREN's share capital and will file a project of simplified public offer on:

• FUTUREN shares at a price of €0.70 per share;
• FUTUREN convertible bonds at a price of €8.30 per convertible bond (including accrued coupon); and
• FUTUREN stock warrants at a price of €0.0333 per stock warrant.

Listing of all FUTUREN securities is suspended during June 6, 2016.

Commenting on this news, Fady KHALLOUF, CEO of FUTUREN, said:

“I am pleased to note that the main shareholders of FUTUREN demonstrate their confidence in the Group and in the strategy implemented by exercising their stock warrants. The additional equity deriving from this exercise will enable FUTUREN to speed up its development, backed up by solid fundamentals.

The simplified public offer that will be launched by a fund managed by Boussard & Gavaudan on FUTUREN outstanding securities will be reviewed by FUTUREN's Board of Directors in compliance with the applying regulatory procedures and the recommendations of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
FUTUREN will pursue its growth dynamics, aiming at being a key player in the renewable energy sector.”
 

About FUTUREN
FUTUREN is an independent producer of wind energy, active over the entire wind value chain. The Group develops, builds and operates wind farms in four countries: Germany, France, Morocco and Italy. In total, the Group operates 714 MW for its own account and for third parties.

 
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Registered office: 6 rue Christophe Colomb - 75008 Paris - France
Administrative address: 75 rue Denis Papin - BP 80199 - 13795 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 3 - France
Tel: +33 (0)4 42 904 904 – Fax: +33 (0)4 42 904 905 - www.futuren-group.com
The stock is listed on the compartment C of Euronext Paris, symbol: FTRN.