• Restricted Buyback Programme of Depository Receipts (DRs) of EUR 14.4 million, equivalent to the remaining room to purchase DRs (‘Market Making Buffer’)
• EUR 3 million reserved for Solidarity Arrangement 
• Subject to approval of EGM scheduled for 29 March 2022

Jeroen Rijpkema, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Triodos Bank:

“While we are preparing for the listing of our Depository Receipts on a Multilateral Trading Facility, we are very much aware of the wish for liquidity of certain DR holders.

The restricted DR Buyback is aimed to provide some liquidity during the period of suspended trade in line with applicable rules and regulations.

I’m pleased that we will allocate EUR 3 million out of the available EUR 14.4 million to those DR-holders that are most urgently in need for liquidity. I consider that to be a testimony of the strength and solidarity of our community.”

Restricted buyback of Depository Receipts
The EUR 14.4 million that is available for the restricted buyback of DRs is equivalent to the remaining room to purchase DRs (‘Market Making Buffer’) within the former DR setup. The proposed buyback programme will be a one-off and no further buyback programmes nor CET-1 capital reductions are foreseen. The price for the programme is set at EUR 59, the same price as determined for administrative and fiscal reasons at the end of last year. This price represents the last trading price minus a 30% discount for illiquidity and is considered a fair assessment of the current economic value. It should be noted that this price will be applied for the restricted buyback programme and does not represent any indication of the future price of the DRs at the moment of listing on an MTF.

DR Buyback characteristics:

• Every DR holder is eligible to participate
• EUR 2,000 maximum gating amount, per investment account per subscription round
• DR holders take individual decision to participate and for which amount (EUR 2,000 maximum)
• Subscription period = 3 weeks
• In case of undersubscription, another round will be launched
• In case of oversubscription, amount awarded pro-rata based on subscription amounts

Solidarity arrangement
An amount of EUR 3 million of the EUR 14.4 million available for the restricted buyback programme, will be allocated to the DR-holders that are in most urgent need for liquidity to meet ongoing vital expenses. Specific criteria will apply to DR-holders to qualify for the solidarity arrangement. Specific eligibility criteria include:  

1. A serious, urgent, and immediate need for liquidity in order to meet ongoing vital expenses (rent, mortgage, food, medical expenses), and
2. Resulting from an unforeseen personal event (e.g., illness, unemployment), and
3. No freely liquidable financial assets available.

Characteristics of the Solidarity arrangement:

• Maximum of EUR 6,000 per solidarity case
• Price: EUR 59
• Strict Criteria for eligibility for solidarity arrangement
• In case of over subscription, amount is awarded pro rata
• In case of undersubscription, remainder is added to restricted buyback programme

EGM
The abovementioned restricted buyback programme and its details are subject to approval by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Triodos Bank N.V., planned for 29 March 2022. Start and completion of the programme are foreseen for Q2 2022.

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