Summary

In order to protect its rights and legitimate interests, on 19 February 2026, LITASCO SA - a Geneva-based member of the LUKOIL Group and the immediate shareholder of LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas AD and LUKOIL Bulgaria EOOD - submitted notice of dispute(s) to the Republic of Bulgaria. The notice was filed pursuant to the Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the Republic of Bulgaria on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments (including its Protocol) and the Energy Charter Treaty.