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PRESS RELEASE
28 December 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine
MHP SE
Completion of the Transfer of
the registered office of MHP SE
from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to Cyprus
and change of the Home Member State of MHP SE
MHP SE (LSE:MHPC), a European Public Limited Liability Company ("SE") ("the Company"), belonging to one of the leading agro-industrial groups in Ukraine, focusing on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, announces that according to the Certificate of Transfer of Registered Office Address, issued by the Registrar of Companies in Cyprus on 27 December 2017, the Company has transferred its registered office from 5, rue Guillaume Kroll, L-1882 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to Cyprus ("the Transfer") in accordance with Article 8 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of October 8, 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) (the "SE Regulation"), the Cyprus Companies Law, Cap. 113 and the European Public Limited - Liability Company Regulations 2006, as are applicable in Cyprus.
As a result of the Transfer, with effect from 27 December 2017 ("the Transfer Effective Date"), the Company's registered office and central administration has been transferred to Cyprus and the Company is registered in the Cyprus Registry for SE Companies, under number SE 27.
On and from the Transfer Effective Date, the Company's registered office address is situated at 16-18 Zinas Kanther Street, Agia Triada, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus.
The Company has adopted New Memorandum and Articles of Association to comply with the provisions of the Cyprus Companies Law, Cap. 113, Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees, the SE Regulation and the European Public Limited - Liability Company Regulations 2006, as are applicable in Cyprus.
The Transfer has no effect on the Company's share capital, which remains at EUR 221,540,000 represented by 110,770,000 shares, with a nominal value of EUR 2 each.
As a result of the Transfer, the Company's Home Member State for the purposes of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC, as amended ("the EU Transparency Directive") and Law No. 190(I)/2007 on transparency requirements (securities admitted to trading on a regulated market) ("the Cyprus Transparency Law") has changed from Luxembourg to Cyprus and the Company has given due notice of this change to the Cyprus competent authorities, the Luxembourg competent authorities and the United Kingdom competent authorities.
Note: This announcement contains "regulated information" for the purposes of the EU
Transparency Directive and the Cyprus Transparency Law. In addition, the European Union
Market Abuse Regulation, Regulation EU 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 16 April 2014, requires the Company to disclose that this announcement contains
"inside information", as defined in that Regulation.
Please address any questions or concerns to:
Anastasiia Sobotiuk (Kyiv)
Director of IR & Deputy Company Secretary +38 050 339 29 99
a.sobotyuk@mhp.com.ua
John Grant (London)
Senior Independent Director +44 (0)7768 465042
johngrant13@btconnect.com