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Statement of Compliance with Corporate Governance Rules at Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. – Contents

4. Shareholders directly or indirectly holding significant blocks of shares, along with an indication of the number of shares and percentage of the share capital held by such shareholders, and the number of votes and percentage of the total vote that such shares represent at the General Meeting

The Issuer shares are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The Issuer’s share capital is divided into 5,900,000,000 ordinary bearer shares with a par value of PLN 1.00 per share.

In 2012, the State Treasury, represented by the Minister of State Treasury (ul. Krucza 36/Wspólna 6, 00-522 Warsaw), was the only shareholder holding a significant block of Issuer shares (more than 5% of the Issuer’s share capital).

The Issuer’s shareholder structure as at December 31st 2012

Shareholder Number of shares Percentage of the Issuer’s Share Capital Number of votes at the Issuer’s General Meeting Percentage of the total vote at the Issuer’s General Meeting
State Treasury 4,271,810,954 72.40% 4,271,810,954 72.40%
Other shareholders 1,628,189,046 27.60% 1,628,189,046 27.60%
Total 5,900,000,000 100.00% 5,900,000,000 100.00%

As at December 31st 2012, 728,189,045 Issuer shares, representing 12.34% of the share capital and total vote at the General Meeting, were distributed among 59,263 of the 61,516 eligible employees.