Investor Presentaiton
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
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