No. 229/2013 | 21-06-2013
PKN ORLEN has signed an agreement with Rosneft Oil Company for crude oil deliveries
Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. ("PKN ORLEN") informs that on 21 June 2013 it signed an agreement (“Agreement”) with Rosneft Oil Company, Moscow, Russia, for REBCO crude oil deliveries, in the quantity of max 8,28 million tonnes, by “Przyjazn” pipeline to Unipetrol RPA s.r.o. The Agreement is valid from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2016.
In the Agreement there have been set liquidated damages in the amount not higher than ca. USD 0,6 m monthly (i.e. approximately PLN 1,8 m based on the average PLN/USD exchange rate as of 20 June 2013, as stated by the National Bank of Poland).
As of the day of signing of the Agreement, the estimated value of the deliveries by 30 June 2016 amounts to approximately USD 6,2 bn (i.e. approximately PLN 20,4 bn, based on the average PLN/USD exchange rate as of 20 June 2013, as stated by the National Bank of Poland).
Unipetrol RPA s.r.o. is a company, in which 100% of shares is held by Unipetrol a.s. PKN ORLEN owns ca. 63% share in Unipetrol a.s.
In accordance with the “Regulation of the Minister of Finance dated 19 February 2009 on current and periodic information to be published by issuers of securities and on the conditions under which such information may be recognized as being equivalent to information required by the regulations of law of a state which is not a member state” the abovementioned Agreement is a “significant agreement” due to the fact that its value exceeds 10% of PKN ORLEN’s equity.