Mr Tomasz Sójka resigned from the position of ORLEN Supervisory Board Member

ORLEN S.A. (“Company”) announces that on 9 February 2024 Mr Tomasz Sójka submitted resignation from the position of ORLEN Management Board Member with the effect on February, 16^th 2024.

Justification for resignation provided by Mr Tomasz Sójka is presented below:

“In reference to media articles about me in connection with my appointment to the position of the member of ORLEN Supervisory Board I would like to inform about my resignation.

My historical connections with SMM legal office, that I left in 2018, as well as my further social activity in Poland 2050 movement are publicly known. In January this year the Ministry of the State Assets approached me with a proposal to candidate to ORLEN Supervisory Board. At the same time, during a hearing by the Council on State-Owned Companies, I discussed in detail my competence as a law professor and explained the nature of my historical relations with SMM law office, as a result of which my candidacy to ORLEN Supervisory Board was positively reviewed and further on I was appointed by the Ministry of the State Assets as a candidate to ORLEN Supervisory Board.

In connection with the misunderstandings appearing in the media space around my person I have decided to resign, as the good of the Company and its stakeholders requires it. My resignation is effective on February, 16^th due to the need for the Ministry of the State Assets  to complete the Supervisory Board and the need to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the Company.”