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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">January 13, 2017 - Atlantica Yield plc (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) announced it has signed a forbearance agreement in relation to the project financing agreements of Solana and Mojave with respect to minimum ownership provisions relating to Abengoa S.A. or subsidiaries (&#8220;Abengoa&#8221;) and with respect to cross-default provisions relating exclusively to Abengoa (without relieving the projects from meeting their obligations). In addition, the Company signed waiver agreements in relation to the project financing agreements of Solnova 1/3/4, Solacor and Solaben 2/3 with respect to minimum ownership provisions relating to Abengoa.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The forbearance agreement signed with the U.S. Department of Energy (&#8220;DoE&#8221;) with respect to Solana and Mojave regarding minimum ownership provisions covers reductions of Abengoa&#8217;s ownership resulting from (1) a court-ordered or lender-initiated foreclosure pursuant to the existing pledge over Abengoa&#8217;s shares (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;) of the Company that occurs prior to March 31, 2017, (2) a sale or other disposition at any time pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding by Abengoa, (3) changes in the existing Abengoa pledge structure in connection with Abengoa&#8217;s restructuring process, aimed at pledging the Shares under a new holding company structure and (4) capital increases by the Company. In the event of other reductions of Abengoa&#8217;s ownership below the minimum ownership threshold resulting from sales of Shares by Abengoa, DoE remedies will not include debt acceleration, but DOE remedies available would include limitations on distributions to the Company from its subsidiaries. In addition, the minimum ownership threshold for Abengoa in the Company has been reduced from 35% to 30%.</div>

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