
s.c. U.C.M. Reşiţa s.a.
(in judicial reorganisation, en redressement)
Yearly report of Judicial Administrator
for the accounting year ended on December 31, 2023
(all amounts are given in lei (RON) unless otherwise stated)
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YEARLY REPORT
of Judicial Administrator
for the accounting year 2023
I. Non-financial declaration
1. Presentation of SC UCM Reșița SA
UCM Reșița SA, a company located in the southwestern part of Romania, was founded on 3 July
1771 by the first kilns and forges, which is the oldest industrial unit in Romania and one of the
oldest in Europe. It is worth mentioning that, at the time of their inauguration (July 3, 1771), the
factories in Reşiţa overtook the founding of famous factories such as Krupp Germany (1811),
Vitkovice (1829), Donavitz (1836), MAN (1834), Sulzer) Burmeister Wain (1843), Skoda (1851).
If the beginning was devoted to the metallurgical sector, the machine building sector gradually
developed, reaching to be preponderent in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The two
sectors coexisted for a long time completing each other within the same fully integrated unit.
SC UCM Reșița SA, the continuation of the activity of the machine building sector in the Reşiţa
industrial complex, as it is known today, is the result of many years of experience in the
construction of machinery, transport, energy, metallurgical and chemical industry.
Since 1960, it has designed and built over 90% of the national hydropower equipment, putting in
operation more than 6,325 MW installed power, representing 326 hydro-aggregates. The plant has
accumulated over time, a distinct culture and has reached, both in the country and abroad, a special
reputation based on tradition, competence and quality.
In 1991, according to Government Decision no. 1296/1990, UCM Reșița becomes a public limited
company and it is listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange since 1997.
UCM Reșița SA was privatized in 2003, through the conclusion of the share sale-purchase contract
no. 57 / 23.12.2003, between the Authority for Privatization and Shareholding Administration
(APAPS), as the seller, and the consortium consisting of the Swiss company INET AG and the
Association of Employees UCM Reșița SA as buyers.
According to the Conclusion of the hearing of 06.12.2011, in the file 75017/3/2011 the Bucharest
Court of Law ordered the admission of the request regarding the opening of the insolvency
procedure on UCM Reșița, leaving to the company the right to conduct the activity, to administer
the assets, rights maintained under the supervision of the appointed judicial administrator named
by the syndic judge.
On 26.10.2021, the Assembly of Creditors approved the Reorganization Plan of the activity of the
debtor UCM Reșița SA proposed by the Judicial Administrator.
On 01.02.2022 by Civil Sentence no. 351 of 01.02.2022 the syndic judge confirmed the
Reorganization Plan as approved by the Creditors' Assembly on 26.10.2021.