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Crown Energy enters amendment agreement regarding remaining purchase price for SmarTee acquisition
Crown Energy AB (publ) (“Crown Energy” or the “Company”) has entered into an amendment agreement with the seller, Claudio Fabbri, regarding the remaining purchase price balance for Crown Energy’s acquisition of 85 per cent of SmarTee S.à r.l. in February 2023. The original agreed purchase price amounted to EUR 163 million, payable in nine instalments, of which Crown Energy has paid EUR 88.5 million to date. Immediately prior to the amendment agreement, EUR 74.5 million remained outstanding. Under the amendment agreement, no amount is payable before 3 February 2027. On that date, Crown Energy shall pay EUR 25 million, corresponding to the final instalment under the original payment schedule, while the remaining EUR 49.5 million is deferred and becomes payable thereafter only upon defined performance-related and transaction-related trigger events under the amendment agreement, including the SmarTee group reaching rolling twelve-month EBITDA of EUR 20 million or upon a qualifying disposal as defined in the amendment agreement.