27 Feb 2020
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LPC participation in JV for the construction of a Lubricants Blending Plant in Algeria

MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) S.A. hereby announces that its wholly owned subsidiary LPC S.A. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the company NAFTAL SPA, which is based in Algeria, in order to form a Joint Venture which will undertake the project for the construction of a lubricants and greases blending plant for automotive, industrial and marine usage.

The participation of LPC in the Joint Venture will be 49% while that of NAFTAL SPA (a subsidiary of the Algerian state energy company Sonatrach) will be 51%.

The capital expenditure for the construction of the blending plant (capacity: 55 thousand MT lubricants and 5 thousand MT greases) will be approximately Euro 30 million financed by equity and bank debt. The construction period is estimated at 24 months commencing after the formation of the Joint Venture.

Maroussi, 27 February 2020

The Board of Directors