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ANNEX I - KEY INVESTMENT INFORMATION SHEET

ANNEX I

KEY INVESTMENT INFORMATION SHEET

Part A: Information about the project owner(s) and the crowdfunding project

(a)

Identity, legal form, ownership, management and contact details;

(b)

All natural and legal persons responsible for the information given in the key investment information sheet. In the case of natural persons, including members of the project owner’s administrative, management or supervisory bodies, indicate the name and function of the natural person; in the case of legal persons, indicate the name and the registered office.

The following responsibility statement:

‘The project owner declares that, to the best of its knowledge, no information has been omitted or is materially misleading or inaccurate. The project owner is responsible for the preparation of this key investment information sheet.’;

(c)

Principal activities of the project owner; products or services offered by the project owner;

(d)

A hyperlink to the most recent financial statements of the project owner, if available;

(e)

Key annual financial figures and ratios for the project owner for the last three years, if available;

(f)

Description of the crowdfunding project, including its purpose and main features.

Part B: Main features of the crowdfunding process and, as applicable, conditions for the capital raising or funds borrowing

(a)

Minimum target capital to be raised or target funds to be borrowed in a single crowdfunding offer and the number of offers that have been completed by the project owner or crowdfunding service provider for the crowdfunding project;

(b)

Deadline for reaching the target capital to be raised or the target funds to be borrowed;

(c)

Information on the consequences if the target capital is not raised or the target funds are not borrowed by the deadline;

(d)

The maximum offer amount when different from the target capital or the target funds referred to in point (a);

(e)

Amount of own funds committed to the crowdfunding project by the project owner;

(f)

Change of the composition of the project owner’s capital or loans related to the crowdfunding offer;

(g)

The existence and conditions of a pre-contractual reflection period for non-sophisticated investors.

Part C: Risk Factors

Presentation of the main risks associated with funding the crowdfunding project, with the sector, the project, the project owner and the transferable securities, admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes or loans, including, where relevant, geographic risks.

Part D: Information related to the offer of transferable securities and admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes

(a)

Total amount and type of transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes to be offered;

(b)

Subscription price;

(c)

Whether oversubscriptions are accepted and how they are allocated;

(d)

Terms of subscription and payment;

(e)

Custody and delivery of transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes to investors;

(f)

Where the investment is secured by a guarantee or a collateral:

(i)

whether the guarantor or the collateral provider is a legal person;

(ii)

the identity, legal form and contact details of the guarantor or the collateral provider;

(iii)

information on the nature and the terms of the guarantee or the collateral;

(g)

Where applicable, a firm commitment to buy back the transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes and the time period for such a buy-back;

(h)

For non-equity instruments, the nominal interest rate, the date from which interest becomes payable, the due dates for interest payments, the maturity date and the applicable yield.

Part E: Information on special purpose vehicles (SPV)

(a)

Whether there is an SPV interposed between the project owner and the investor;

(b)

Contact details of the SPV.

Part F: Investor rights

(a)

Key rights attached to the transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes;

(b)

Restrictions to which the transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes are subject, including shareholder agreements or other arrangements preventing their transferability;

(c)

Description of any restrictions on the transferring of the transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes;

(d)

Opportunities for the investor to exit the investment;

(e)

For equity instruments, distribution of capital and voting rights before and after the capital increase resulting from the offer (assuming that all the transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes will be subscribed).

Part G: Disclosures related to loans

Where the crowdfunding offer involves the facilitation of granting loans, the key investment information sheet shall, instead of the information referred to in Parts D, E and F of this Annex, contain information on the following:

(a)

The nature, duration and terms of the loan;

(b)

The applicable interest rates or, where applicable, other compensation to the investor;

(c)

Risk mitigation measures, including the existence of collateral providers or guarantors or other types of guarantees;

(d)

The schedule for the repayment of the principal and payment of interest;

(e)

Any default on credit agreements by the project owner within the past five years;

(f)

The servicing of the loan, including in situations where the project owner does not meet its obligations.

Part H: Fees, information and legal redress

(a)

Fees charged to, and the costs incurred by, the investor in relation to the investment, including administrative costs resulting from the sale of admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes;

(b)

Where and how additional information about the crowdfunding project, the project owner and the SPV can be obtained free of charge;

(c)

How and to whom the investor may address a complaint about the investment or about the conduct of the project owner or the crowdfunding service provider.

Part I: Information on individual portfolio management of loans to be provided by crowdfunding service providers

(a)

Identity, legal form, ownership, management and contact details of the crowdfunding service provider;

(b)

The minimum and maximum interest rate of loans that may be available to investors’ individual portfolios;

(c)

The minimum and maximum maturity date of loans that may be available to investors’ individual portfolios;

(d)

Where used, the range and distribution of risk categories that loans fall into, as well as the default rates and a weighted average interest rate per risk category with a further break down by the year in which the loans were granted through the crowdfunding service provider;

(e)

The key elements of the internal methodology for credit risk assessment of the individual crowdfunding projects and for defining the risk categories;

(f)

If a target rate of return on investment is offered, an annualised target rate and the confidence interval of this annualised target rate over the investment period, taking into account fees and default rates;

(g)

Procedures, internal methodologies and criteria for selection of the crowdfunding projects to the individual portfolio of loans for the investor;

(h)

Coverage and conditions of any applicable capital guarantees;

(i)

The servicing of portfolio loans, including in situations where a project owner does not meet its obligations;

(j)

Risk diversification strategies;

(k)

Fees to be paid by the project owner or the investor, including any deduction from the interest to be paid by the project owner.