Number of PKN ORLEN shares in possession of Commercial Union OFE BPH CU WBK

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. („PKN ORLEN”), Central Europe’s largest downstream oil company, announces that the number of its shares held by Commercial Union OFE BPH CU WBK decreased from 21,533,539 (5.125% of votes at the General Shareholders' Meeting as reported on July 4, 2003) to 21,040,915 shares (4.92% of votes at the General Shareholders' Meeting as of March 2, 2005 holding).