TAQA - Formal Notice Mr. L. D. Prola - 3 July 2025 (2014853736.1) ANON
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leonardoprolaNACIRI & ASSOCIES
A&O SHEARMAN
BY EMAIL & BY POST Naciri & Associes A&O Shearman
Anfaplace, Centre d'Affaires
immeuble A, 2eme etage
Mr. Leonardo D. Proia Boulevard de la Corniche
VIA XX SETIEMBRE, 57 Casablanca
10121 TORINO-ITALY Maroc
Email: [email protected]
Telephone +212 5 20 47 80 00
Telecopie +212 5 20 47 81 00
Our ref 0102559-0000011 EUOl: 2014819704.3
3 July 2025
Dear Sir,
Formal Notice - Cessation of defamatory statements
We write as legal counsel to Taqa North Africa S.A. (TNA).
It has come to our client's attention that you have, in a flagrant and wholly unjustified manner, engaged in a
campaign of malicious and defamatory communications targeting TNA, TAQA Morocco (TNA's sister
company) and their parent company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (all referred to as "TAQA"
for the purpose of this Notice). Your recent statements-disseminated both privately and publicly, including
on social media platforms such as Linkedln-contain, amongst others, egregious and baseless allegations of
"organized clandestine immigration" and "document falsification". These accusations are not only patently
false but are calculated to inflict maximum reputational and commercial harm upon TAQA.
Your conduct is utterly unacceptable. It constitutes a serious violation of the most basic principles of good
faith and professional integrity, and is actionable under both Moroccan and Italian law.
The recruitment process for your "employment" was conducted in compliance with the applicable laws and
regulations, including both labour laws and those governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals in
Morocco. At no stage did TNA, or indeed TAQA, engage in, or contemplate, any unlawful or improper activity.
Your reckless dissemination of falsehoods is a transparent attempt to damage TAQA' s standing and to mislead
third parties for your own purposes.
In light of the above, you are hereby put on the strictest notice as follows:
(1) cease and desist immediately from making, publishing, or otherwise disseminating any further
defamatory, false, or misleading statements concerning TAQA, its officers, employees, or business
practices, whether in public or private;
(2) retract and remove without delay, and no later than forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of this notice,
all such statements already made or published, including but not limited to those posted on social
media or communicated to any third party; and
Naciri & Associes A&O Shearman est une association d'avocats soumise aux regles du Barreau de Casablanca. IF 60100917 - TP: 35607029 - CNSS : 8932338 - ICE : 001632956000083
Naciri & Associes A&O Shearman est affilie a Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, une association de droit anglais. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, avec ses entites affiliees, a un
bureau dans chacune des juridictions suivantes : Abou Dabi, Amsterdam, Anvers, Austin, Bangkok, Beijing, Belfast, Boston, Bratislava, Bruxelles, Budapest, Casablanca, Dallas, Dubai,
Dublin, Dusseldorf, Francfort, Hambourg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta (cabinet partenaire), Landres, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Madrid,
Menlo Park, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Riyad, Rome, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapour, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Varsovie,
Washington, D.C.
(3) refrain from any further conduct -directly or indirectly-that may harm, or threaten to harm, the
reputation, interests, or operations of TAQA, any entities within the TAQA group, or their respective
directors, shareholders and partners.
Should you fail to comply with these demands forthwith, TAQA will not hesitate to pursue all available legal
remedies against you, including but not limited to immediate proceedings for defamation, injunctive relief,
and claims for damages, before any competent court in Morocco, Italy or any other relevant jurisdiction. You
are hereby warned that further infractions will be met with the full force of the law.
Furthermore, TAQA expressly reserves all rights to seek full reimbursement from you for any and all costs,
expenses and losses incurred as a direct result of your failure to assume the position as agreed. TAQA relied
on your commitment to take up the role of IT & Digitalisation Director under the employment contract dated
28 February 2025 (with a deferred start date of 2 June 2025, subsequently postponed to 9 June 2025). In
anticipation of your employment, TNA has already incurred significant recruitment and onboarding expenses.
Your failure to report for work, which rendered the aforementioned employment contract null and void, has
not only disrupted TNA's operations, but has also forced TNA to initiate a new recruitment process from the
outset, resulting in further delay and additional costs.
You are urged to treat this matter with the utmost seriousness and to comply with the above demands without
delay, failing which TAQA will proceed accordingly and without further notice.
Yours faithfully,
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