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Failure of the Hydrocracking Unit at the Grupa LOTOS S.A.’s Refinery
Report no. 96/20052006-03-09

The Management Board of Grupa LOTOS S.A. hereby reports that about 11.45 am a spill occurred on one of the hydrocracker columns at the Gdańsk refinery. The spill caused spontaneous ignition and a fire. No persons have been injured and there is no threat to the environment. About 12.35 pm the fire was extinguished. The hydrocracking unit has been partly shut down. Other units are operating. The fire will have no effect on the Gdańsk refinery’s production or customer service. Legal basis for the publication of this report: Art. 56.1.1 of the Act on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and Public Companies