Shares held by The Bank of New York

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. (“PKN ORLEN”), Central Europe’s largest downstream oil company, announces that the number of its shares held by the Bank of New York decreased by 2.03% from 97,077,976 (23.10% of votes at the General Shareholders' Meeting as reported on February 27, 2002) to 88,529,062 shares (21.07% of votes at the General Shareholders' Meeting as of April 23, 2002).