No. 65/2002  | 24-07-2002

Letter of Intent with Agrofert Holding

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. (“PKN ORLEN”), Central Europe’s largest downstream oil company, hereby announces that today it has signed a Letter of Intent with Prague-based Agrofert Holding a.s. (AGH) in Czech Republic to conduct a joined due diligence of Unipetrol a.s. (Unipetrol) and possibly express common interest in the acquisition of 62.99 per cent of Unipetrol.