Under the terms of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, Caixa Central - Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo, CRL (“Caixa Central”) hereby informs that, in its Ordinary General Meeting held on 28 May 2022, a resolution has been taken to the effect of granting permission, for a period of 18 months, to the Executive Board of Directors to repurchase, if it so decides, up to 10% of the 2.5 per cent Fixed/ Floating Rate Callable Senior Preferred Notes due 2026, PTCCCAOM0000, issued by Caixa Central in November 2021, and to resell such Notes as it may repurchase.
Any repurchase, and, subsequently, any resale of repurchased Notes is not mandatory under the General Meeting’s resolution and shall only take place should the Executive Board of Directors so decide.
The effects of this resolution are subject to obtaining prior authorization from Bank of Portugal, under the terms of Article 78 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, which was requested by Caixa Central.