Decisions adopted by The Board of The Financial Supervisory Authority - 24.02.2021

Bucharest, February 24, 2021 - During today's meeting, the Board of the Financial Supervisory Authority (A.S.F.) approved measures on the functioning of supervised non-banking financial markets - insurance, capital market and private pensions, as follows:

A) Regulation

Draft Norm on the application of the Guide on the performance fees of UCITS and certain types of AIF for publication on the website of the A.S.F. (the project will be published on www.asfromania.ro, for public consultation, for 10 days).

B) Authorization

Authorization of Mr. Chirodea Radu Gabriel as a member of the Board of Directors of SSIF Muntenia Global Invest S.A .;

Approval of Mr. Paul-Corneliu Cazacu in the position of member-president of the Management Board at Uniqa Asigurări S.A .;

Approval of Mr. Johannes Porak for a new term as member-vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of Uniqa Asigurări de Viata S.A .;

Approval of Mr. Bogdan Iulian Popa for a new term as a member - chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Compania de Asigurări - Reasigurări Exim România (CARE - Romania) S.A .;

Approval of Mr. Voinea Nicolae-Ovidiu as a member of the Board of Directors of German Romanian Assurance S.A .;

Approval of Mr. Mesut Yetiskul as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Natural Disaster Insurance Pool S.A. (PAID);

Approval of the amendments to the Code of the Bucharest Stock Exchange S.A. - Regulated market operator;

Authorization of the amendment in the Articles of Association of the S.I.F. Moldova S.A. as a result of the name change of the company;

Approval of election by S.A.I. Erste Asset Management S.A. of the following third country stock exchanges in order to make investments in accordance with art. 82 lit. b) and letter f) of the O.U.G. no. 32/2012: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market, London Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange;

Authorization to modify the documents of the following O.P.C.V.M. administered by S.A.I. Erste Asset Management SA: FDI Erste Balanced RON, FDI Erste Equity Romania, FDI Erste Bond Flexible RON, FDI Erste Bond Flexible Romania EUR, FDI Erste Liquidity RON, FDI You Invest Active EUR, FDI You Invest Active EUR and FDI You Invest Balanced EUR ;

The issuance of a decision confirming that Hella Romania S.R.L., engaged in intra-group transactions with over-the-counter derivative financial instruments with Hella GmbH & Co KGaA, benefits from the exception to the reporting obligation provided in Article 9 para. (1) of Regulation (EU) no. 648/2012 (EMIR);

The issuance of a decision confirming that Michelin Romania S.A., engaged in intra-group transactions with over-the-counter derivative financial instruments with Compagnie Financiѐre Michelin SCmA, falls within the exception of the reporting obligation provided in Article 9 para. (1) of Regulation (EU) no. 648/2012 (EMIR);

Withdrawal from trading and deletion from the A.S.F. of shares issued by ICERP S.A. Ploiești as a result of the deregistration of the company from the Trade Register;

Approval of the amendments to the Articles of Association of Raiffeisen Insurance-Reinsurance Broker S.R.L. (appointment of administrator, removal of activity object, modification of articles);

Approval of the amendments to the Articles of Association of Mercedes - Benz Insurance Broker S.R.L. (significant new partner, structure of associates);

Approval of the amendment to the Articles of Association of the company Ritter - Insurance and Reinsurance Broker S.R.L. (completion of object of activity);

Approval of the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation of the company Casa de Lichidări Daune - Broker de Asigurare S.R.L. (change of registered office, establishment of a working point);

Endorsement of the amendment of the Regulation on the Organization and Functioning of BRD Societate de Administrare a Fonduri de Pensii Private S.A .;

Approval of financial auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit S.R.L. in order to carry out the activity of statutory audit of the annual financial statements for the occupational pension funds and their administrators;

Final approval of the modification of the Prospectus of the voluntary pension scheme for the Aegon Essential Pension Fund Essentially administered by Aegon Pensii Private Pension Fund Management Company S.A .;

Authorization to amend the Individual Act of Accession to the Raiffeisen Accumulation Optional Pension Fund administered by S.A.I. Raiffeisen Asset Management S.A.

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About the Financial Supervisory Authority

The Financial Supervisory Authority is the national authority, established in 2013 by GEO 93/2012 approved by Law 113/2013, for the regulation and supervision of the insurance markets, private pensions, as well as the capital market. A.S.F. contributes to strengthening the integrated functioning framework of the three sectors, amounting to over 10 million participants. More information can be found on www.asfromania.ro.