Supreme Court decision on PKN ORLEN anti-trust case

The Management Board of Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. ("PKN ORLEN"), Central Europe's largest downstream oil company, informs that on May 16, 2003 Sad Najwyzszy (The Supreme Court) dismissed the cassation of UOKiK's (the Polish Office for Protection of Competition and Consumers) decision on the sentence of Sad Antymonopolowy in Warsaw (Anti-Trust Court), dated February 21, 2001.

The Anti-Trust Court overturned the decision of UOKiK in which it charged PKN ORLEN with exercising monopolistic practices when setting gasoline and diesel prices that enabled PKN ORLEN to acquire unjustifiable gains.

The Supreme Court's decision is definite and final.