Leclanché SA: Leclanché secures funding of CHF 75 million, and an additional CHF 50 million facility to finance acquisitions and joint ventures in the fast-growing e-Transport and stationary grid-based storage markets Dienstag, 05. Juni 2018 - 07:02

Leclanché SA / Key word(s): Funds/Investment
Leclanché SA: Leclanché secures funding of CHF 75 million, and an additional
CHF 50 million facility to finance acquisitions and joint ventures in the
fast-growing e-Transport and stationary grid-based storage markets

05-Jun-2018 / 07:00 CET/CEST
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR
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Leclanché secures funding of CHF 75 million, and an additional CHF 50
million facility to finance acquisitions and joint ventures in the
fast-growing e-Transport and stationary grid-based storage markets.

- FEFAM [1] increases its investment by a further CHF20 million to a total
of CHF75 million.

- FEFAM extends a new conditional CHF 50 million facility to finance
acquisitions and joint ventures.

- Leclanché is in the process of acquiring an Energy Management Software
Suite from a company in the USA.

- Leclanché is in advanced stage of agreement to set up a Joint Venture in
India.

- Investment term-sheet with a new strategic investor to further increase
the corporate funding.


YVERDON LES BAINS, Switzerland, 5 June 2018: Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN), one
of the world's leading energy storage solution companies, today announces
that it has secured new additional funding from FEFAM, Leclanché's largest
shareholder.

The new funding follows Leclanché's full year 2017 results announcement on 3
May 2018 that the Company is expected to be EBITDA positive by 2020,
supported by an order book of over 50 MWh, contributing CHF 40-50 million of
revenue in 2018, and a milestone of 100MWh of energy storage systems in
operation by 2018.

In addition to the CHF 75 million committed corporate funding, FEFAM has
agreed to provide a conditional CHF 50 million funding facility for
acquisitions and joint ventures. The facility shall operate on the basis of
a Right-of-First-Offer ("ROFO") for FEFAM.

Further, as indicated on March 1, Leclanché confirms that the Company has
signed a non-binding term sheet with a potential strategic investor to
increase its overall corporate funding to between CHF100 million and CHF125
million. We anticipate that negotiations will be completed, and a final
agreement will be executed by Q4 2018.

Anil Srivastava, CEO of Leclanché, said: "This substantial investment fully
funds our business plan through to 2020 when we expect to be EBITDA
positive. We thank FEFAM for their continued strong investment support. This
additional funding will allow us to capitalise on the exciting opportunities
we see in the fast-growing markets of stationary grid-based storage and
e-Transport worldwide.

The opportunity for Leclanché is now. We have a strong order book and
pipeline, which reflects our unique opportunity in these unprecedented times
for the electricity and transport industries.

We aim to use the acquisitions and joint-ventures facility to accelerate
Leclanché's technology leadership through margin accretive acquisition(s);
and grow market share in Europe, Asia and North American in both the
stationary grid-based storage and e-Transport businesses.

We are in the process of completing the acquisition of a leading Energy
Management Software solution from a company based in the USA. We are also in
the advanced stage of completing an agreement to set up a joint venture with
a market leader in India. This JV will give Leclanché a strong foothold in
one of the potentially largest Electric Vehicles market in the world. We
look forward to updating the market in the near future.

Leclanché has never been in a better position to meet the needs of both the
disruptors and the incumbents who are changing the way that we produce,
distribute and consume electricity and how we transport people and products,
as we move towards a clean energy future."

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About Leclanché
Headquartered in Switzerland, Leclanché SA is a leading provider of high
quality energy storage solutions designed to accelerate our progress towards
a clean energy future.

Leclanché's history and heritage is rooted in over 100 years of battery and
energy storage innovation and the Company is a trusted provider of energy
storage solutions globally. This coupled with the Company's culture of
German engineering and Swiss precision and quality, continues to make
Leclanché the partner of choice for both disruptors, established companies
and governments who are pioneering positive changes in how energy is
produced, distributed and consumed around the world.

The energy transition is being driven primarily by changes in the management
of our electricity networks and the electrification of transport, and these
two end markets form the backbone of our strategy and business model.
Leclanché is at the heart of the convergence of the electrification of
transport and the changes in the distribution network. Leclanché is the only
listed pure play energy storage company in the world, organised along three
business units: stationary storage solutions, etransport solutions and
specialty batteries systems. Leclanché is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange
(SIX:LECN).

SIX Swiss Exchange: ticker symbol LECN | ISIN CH 011 030 311 9

Disclaimer
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to
Leclanché's business, which can be identified by terminology such as
"strategic", "proposes", "to introduce", "will", "planned", "expected",
"commitment", "expects", "set", "preparing", "plans", "estimates", "aims",
"would", "potential", "awaiting", "estimated", "proposal", or similar
expressions, or by expressed or implied discussions regarding the ramp up of
Leclanché's production capacity, potential applications for existing
products, or regarding potential future revenues from any such products, or
potential future sales or earnings of Leclanché or any of its business
units.

You should not place undue reliance on these statements. Such
forward-looking statements reflect the current views of Leclanché regarding
future events, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
statements. There can be no guarantee that Leclanché's products will achieve
any particular revenue levels. Nor can there be any guarantee that
Leclanché, or any of the business units, will achieve any particular
financial results.

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Contacts

Media contacts:

Europe/global:
Desirée Maghoo
T: +44 (0) 7775522740
E-mail: dmaghoo@questorconsulting.com

Laure Lagrange
T:+44 (0)7768 698 731
E-mail: llagrange@questorconsulting.com

Switzerland:
Thierry Meyer
T: +41 (0)79 785 35 81
E-mail: tme@dynamicsgroup.ch

Thomas Balmer
T: +41 (0) 79 703 87 28
E-mail: tba@dynamicsgroup.ch

US and Canada:
Rick Anderson
T: +1 (718) 986-1596

Henry Feintuch
T: +1 (212) 808-4901
E-mail: leclanche@feintuchpr.com

Investor Contacts
Anil Srivastava / Hubert Angleys
T: +41 (0) 24 424 65 00
E-Mail: invest.leclanche@leclanche.com

# # #[1] FEFAM means: AM INVESTMENT SCA, SICAV-SIF - Liquid Assets Sub-Fund,
together with FINEXIS EQUITY FUND - Renewable Energy Sub-Fund, FINEXIS
EQUITY FUND - Multi Asset Strategy Sub-Fund, FINEXIS EQUITY FUND - E Money
Strategies Sub-Fund (also called Energy Storage Invest) and, all these funds
being in aggregate the main shareholder of Leclanché, hereunder referred to
as "FEFAM".


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