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Letter from the President of the <strong>PKN</strong> ORLEN Management Board duty to provide reliable information about our operations. For that reason, among others, <strong>PKN</strong> ORLEN distinguishes itself in the Polish marketplace with the number of <strong>report</strong>s that it provides. / Dear stakeholders, Since the moment of its inception in 2000, the ORLEN <strong>brand</strong> has unceasingly grown in value. In 2009, it was recognised once again as the most valuable. This is a cause for pride and satisfaction, but also presents us with a <strong>responsibility</strong> to take special care to safeguard that value by building long-term partnerships with all of the Company’s stakeholders — relationships based on solid foundations. This dimension of our work is extremely important in the economic realities of today. Transparency, ethical business practices, and positive relations with the market environment in the broader sense; these are all considerations which continue to grow in importance and the main reasons why responsible business practices are rising higher and higher among the priorities of today’s companies The consistent building of good relations helps to enhance trust in the company, which, in turn, can influence the profitability of its operations. The position of <strong>PKN</strong> ORLEN, its Europe-wide range of operations and the number of stakeholders present the company with many challenges. We must respect and meet a wide variety of expectations from our shareholders, local communities, customers, employees, business partners, and other parties affected by our business. The company’s activities are scrutinised by society, which demands <strong>responsibility</strong> on our part and holds us accountable for it. In realising our fundamental business goal, which is to increase the Company’s value, we therefore carefully examine the methods by which we achieve that goal. At <strong>PKN</strong> ORLEN, we understand the idea of corporate <strong>responsibility</strong> to entail a considered, long-term management strategy in which we take <strong>responsibility</strong> for not only our financial results, but also for the influence we have on the environment in which we work. We also see it as our Our participation in the Global Impact initiative, established by the Secretary General of the United Nations, is very important to us; we have supported the program since 2003, heeding its guidelines and putting forward our own best practices as an example. The Company has committed to uphold all ten principles concerning human rights, workplace standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption activities. Participation in this initiative is a confirmation of the openness and transparency of the Company, and constitutes a public commitment to those principles and readiness to verify our adherence to them on a day-to-day basis. The philosophy of corporate <strong>responsibility</strong> is present in every dimension of the company’s activities. for many years we have honoured the commitments that we have made to our stakeholders. That is why we take satisfaction in the fact that <strong>PKN</strong> ORLEN now finds itself among the elite group of 16 companies which, since November of 2009, have been noted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange’s RESPECT Index. The group is made up of companies who operate in accordance with the principles of corporate <strong>responsibility</strong>. Our presence there is indicative of our long-term strategic approach to these issues. I believe that it also reflects the still-growing trust garnered by the ORLEN <strong>brand</strong>, built not only on the basis of economic effects, but also on its perception in the fields of good practices employed and its respected values of corporate <strong>responsibility</strong>. For the Company, the high evaluation of the <strong>brand</strong> based on the opinions of stakeholders and partners is not only the highest distinction, but also a challenge to keep our work at an invariably high level. I believe that our commitment and diligence in perfecting the quality of our cooperation with all stakeholders will pay dividends in the form of the enhancement of positive relations with our market environment and, in effect, even stronger trust for the Company and ORLEN <strong>brand</strong>. Dariusz Jacek Krawiec President of the <strong>PKN</strong> ORLEN Management Board / 5