ORLEN Deutschland signs wholesale contract with Shell Deutschland Oil

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. (“PKN ORLEN”), Central Europe’s largest downstream oil company, announces that on 6 September 2004 ORLEN Deutschland AG signed a wholesale agreement with Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH for the purchase of between 350 – 450 thousand m3 of gasoline and diesel oil during 2004 with an estimated value of approximately EUR 360m.

The above mentioned wholesale agreement is the formal closing of previous settlements which have been executed during 2004.

ORLEN Deutschland AG is wholly owned by PKN ORLEN.