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Fulfilment of Conditions Precendent of a Significant Agreement between LOTOS Paliwa Sp. z o.o. and ExxonMobil Poland Sp. z o.o.
Report no. 96/20052005-12-05

In reference to Grupa LOTOS SA’s Current Report No. 68/2005 of August 24th 2005, the Executive Board of Grupa LOTOS SA reports that December 5th 2005 saw the fulfilment of all conditions precedent of the preliminary conditional agreement on purchase of ESSO service stations in Poland, concluded between LOTOS Paliwa Sp. z o.o. (wholly-owned by Grupa LOTOS SA) and ExxonMobil Poland Sp. z o.o. on August 24th 2005. The agreement was contingent upon approval of the transaction by the Polish Anti-Trust and Consumer Protection Authority and upon obtaining relevant certificates confirming that the seller is not in default with payment of any amounts due to the tax or social security authorities. The transaction between LOTOS Paliwa Sp. z o.o. and ExxonMobil Poland Sp. z o.o. concerns an organised part of ExxonMobil Poland’s business, comprising in particular: - 39 service stations along with real estate owned, held in perpetual usufruct or under long-term leases, - 14 undeveloped lots for new service stations, owned or held in perpetual usufruct (including three lots covered by call options). The Executive Board of Grupa LOTOS SA will report on the execution of the final agreement between LOTOS Paliwa Sp. z o.o. and ExxonMobil Poland Sp. z o.o. in a separate current report. Legal basis for the publication of this report: Par. 5.1.4 of the Minister of Finance’s Regulation on current and interim information to be published by issuers of securities, dated October 19th 2005.