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Pacifico Renewables Yield AG: Landmark acquisition of 51.8 MW onshore wind project in Poland signed - Seite 2

Attractive remuneration profile through electricity price exposure and inflation link

The wind parks are expected to produce approximately 191 GWh of green electricity per year which will be marketed through a combination of a 15-year inflation-linked public support mechanism ("CfD"), three-year fixed price power purchase agreements ("PPA") and electricity sales on the market. Through the project's exposure to merchant prices, the wind parks will be able to benefit from the current high level of electricity prices as all of the electricity production in 2021 and a significant share during the fixed-price PPA and the CfD-period is expected to be sold at merchant prices on the electricity market. Through the locked-box mechanism of the transaction, the Company will benefit from high electricity prices for the full year 2021. Once successfully closed before year-end, continuing strong merchant revenues in the fourth quarter would be reflected in the Company's 2021 financials through the consolidation of the corresponding revenues. Furthermore, all CfD revenues of the project will be inflation-linked. As a consequence, it is expected that almost one third of the Company's group revenues will be inflation-linked during the CfD-period.^[3]

Dr. Martin Siddiqui, Co-CEO: "This acquisition is not only about growth, but also shows our commitment to grow our portfolio with assets that add to the geographical diversification of our portfolio, benefit from contracted revenues but also provide additional upside. For instance, this project on the one hand benefits from a contracted revenue base and hedged interest rates and on the other hand provides upside potential from an inflation-link and merchant price exposure."

As part of the Company's due diligence, the alignment of the projects with the technical screening criteria, do no significant harm criteria and minimum social safeguards of the EU taxonomy^[4] was assessed internally on a best-efforts basis. The Company's internal assessment concluded that the project aligns with the EU taxonomy.

The sale and purchase agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and successful financing. Part of the purchase price is deferred until certain land rights have been successfully extended to cover the full technical lifetime.