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Execution of significant contracts between Grupa LOTOS S.A. and Mercuria Energy Trading SA
Report no. 39/20142014-11-28

The Management Board of Grupa LOTOS S.A. announces that in the period from October 31st 2014 to November 28th 2014, Grupa LOTOS S.A. entered into contracts with Mercuria Energy Trading SA of Geneva for an aggregate value of approximately PLN 780m, i.e. the value of a significant contract (more than 10% of the equity of Grupa LOTOS S.A.).

On November 18th 2014, Grupa LOTOS S.A. and Mercuria Energy Trading SA concluded a contract for a definite period of time (from December 1st 2014 until November 30th 2015) for the supply of high-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) to Mercuria Energy Trading SA. (the highest-value contract from among the contracts with Mercuria Energy Trading SA). Its value is estimated at PLN 602m.

The contract does not include any condition precedent or specify any date of events giving rise to a claim (dies a quo), it does not provide for any contractual penalties and its terms and conditions do not differ from the terms and conditions commonly applied in contracts of such type.

The legal basis for the publication of this Current Report is Par. 5.1.3 of the Minister of Finance’s Regulation on current and periodic information to be published by issuers of securities and conditions for recognition as equivalent of information whose disclosure is required under the laws of a non-member state, dated February 19th 2009, as amended.

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This communication is for informational and promotional purposes only and under no circumstances shall constitute an offer or invitation to make an offer, or form the basis for a decision, to invest in the securities of Grupa LOTOS S.A. (the “Company”). The prospectus which was prepared in connection with the offering of the Company’s shares (the “Shares”) subject to pre-emptive rights (the “Prospectus”) and approved on 7 November 2014 by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, is the sole legally binding document containing information about the Company and the offering of its Shares in Poland. The Prospectus was made available in an electronic format on the website of the Company (www.lotos.pl) and, additionally, for information purposes, on the website of Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski S.A. Oddział – Dom Maklerski PKO Banku Polskiego w Warszawie (www.dm.pkobp.pl).

This communication does not constitute a recommendation within the meaning of the Regulation of the Polish Minister of Finance Regarding Information Constituting Recommendations Concerning Financial Instruments or Issuers Thereof dated 19 October 2005.

This communication (and the information contained herein) does not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale, or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities, in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan, or any other jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America, unless registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from the registration requirements set forth in the Securities Act applies to them. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States of America.

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or any other related entities shall be held accountable for any damage resulting from the use of this communication or a part thereof, or its contents or in any other manner in connection with this communication.

Société Générale, Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski S.A. Oddział – Dom Maklerski PKO Banku Polskiego w Warszawie, BZ WBK S.A., ING Securities S.A. and UniCredit CAIB Poland S.A.(the “Managers”) are acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in relation to the proposed Offering and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as a client in relation to the Offering and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protection afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice in connection with the Offering.