In accordance with that set out in article 319 of the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010 of July 2, by which the Revised Text of the Capital Companies Act (the "Capital Companies Act") was approved, it is made public that the General Shareholder's Meeting of Applus Services, S.A. ("Applus"), held on April 4, 2014, agreed to decrease the share capital of Applus by the figure of SIX HUNDRED FORTYFIVE MILLION, TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO EUROS (€645,029,932) in order to increase its voluntary reserve.
The capital will be decreased by the amortization and cancellation of SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVEMILLION, TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO (645,029,932) ordinary shares with a nominal value of ONE EURO (€1). As a result of the decrease capital, the restricted reserve will be increased by SIX HUNDRED FORTYFIVE MILLION, TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO EUROS, which will only be available under the same requirements stipulated for the decrease in capital, in accordance with that set out in article 335.c of the Capital Companies Act, and therefore the creditors' right to objection does not apply.
Likewise, the General Shareholders' Meeting of the same date, agreed to a decrease in Applus' nominal share value by means of a share split, whereby every share with a nominal value of ONE EURO (€1) is split into ten (10) new shares, each with a nominal value of TEN CENTS OF A EURO(€0.10).
After the above operation of decrease in capital and decrease in nominal share value, the share capital will be set at the amount of TEN MILLION, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED TEN EUROS (€10,932,710), represented by 109,327,100 registered shares with a nominal value of 0.10 Euros each, fully subscribed and paid and belonging to a single class and series.
This announcement was also published in the Official Gazette of the Mercantile Registry. Barcelona, April 8, 2014. Mr. José Luis Blanco Ruiz, Non-Board Member Secretary of Applus Services, S.A.