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MOL-CROATIA ARBITRATIONS UNCITRAL ARBITRATION (CROATIA VS. MOL) ICSID ARBITRATION (MOL VS. CROATIA) INITIATED BY WHEN FORUM GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA 17 JANUARY 2014 MOL 26 NOVEMBER 2013 PCA (PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION), GENEVA UNDER UNCITRAL (UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW) RULES ICSID (INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES), WASHINGTON THE CLAIM THE MAIN ALLEGATION OF THE GOC² WAS THAT CHAIRMAN OF MOL HAD BRIBED CRO'S FORMER PM DR. IVO SANADER TO GAIN MANAGEMENT CONTROL OVER INA THROUGH AMENDING THE 2003 SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT AND SIGNING AN OTHER AGREEMENT RELATING TO INA'S GAS BUSINESS IN 2009. THEREFORE IT REQUESTED NULIFICATION OF THESE AGREEMENTS ON VARIOUS BASIS. REMEDY FOR SUBSTIANTIAL LOSSES INA SUFFERED IN THE GAS BUSINESS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE BREACH OF THE 2009 AGREEMENTS¹ BY THE GOC². THE PROCEEDING IS ALSO ABOUT ABUSE OF REGULATORY POWER AT THE EXPENSE OF A SINGLE ACTOR, INA, AND INDIRECTLY, MOL. VERDICT FINAL AWARD (IN MOL'S FAVOUR) ON 23 DECEMBER 2016, THE UNCITRAL TRIBUNAL REJECTED ALL OF CROATIA'S CLAIMS BASED ON BRIBERY, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MOL'S ALLEGED BREACHES OF THE 2003 SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT. THE ICSID COURT OF ARBITRATION DELIVERED ITS VERDICT IN THE CASE BETWEEN CROATIA AND MOL. THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED CROATIA'S OBJECTION THAT THE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED IN 2009 ARE A RESULTS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT AND DELIVERED A RULING THAT CROATIA CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES TO INA, THEREFORE MOL WAS AWARDED A TOTAL OF USD 236MN IN DAMAGES. (1) 2009 Agreements refers to FASHA (First Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement), GMA (Gas Master Agreement) and FAGMA (First Amendment to the Gas Master Agreement) (2) The Government of Croatia MOLGROUP | 72

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