FDE buys back c. 1% of his share issued capital via its buy-back program

Pontpierre, France, April 3^rd, 2023 – FDE (Euronext: FDE – ISIN: FR0013030152), a carbon negative energy producer, announces that it has bought back on March 24^th, 2023, 51,282 of its shares.

FDE initiated the implementation of the share buyback program in accordance with its announcement made on January 30^th, 2023 and the delegation of authority adopted by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of November 30^th, 2022 (press release dated on January 30^th 2023).

This buy-back took place over the counter and represents an envelope of €2 million at an average price of €39 per share. Compared to the average closing price of the stock for the 20 days preceding March 24^th, 2023 (i.e. a price of €40.2), the price per share in the context of this share buyback implies a discount of 2.97%

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Following this operation, FDE holds 0.99% of its capital (excluding its own shares held under the liquidity contract).

This transaction is fully financed with available cash and will not affect the financial capacity of the group, still focused on the implementation of its various organic and external growth projects.

FDE reiterates its FYE 2026 objectives of annualized revenues exceeding EUR 100 million with an EBITDA reaching over EUR 50 million, combined with 10 million tons of CO2eq emissions avoided per annum.

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