Current report 19/2016

Appointment of members of the Supervisory Board of Magna Polonia S.A. for a new term

 

The Management Board of the company under the business name of Magna Polonia Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Warsaw (“Issuer”, “Company”), acting under 56(1)(2)(a) of the Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and Public Companies, and pursuant to Section 5(1)(22) of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 19 February 2009 on current and periodic information provided by issuers of securities and conditions for recognition as equivalent of information required by laws of a non-Member State, informs that the General Meeting of the Company appointed the Supervisory Board for the next term of office, composed of:

1. Mr Cezary Gregorczuk;

2. Mr Bogusław Piwowar;

3. Mr Przemysław Wipler;

4. Mr Mirosław Skrycki;

5. Mr Marian Szołucha.

Mr Cezary Gregorczuk, Mr Bogusław Piwowar, Mr Przemysław Wipler and Mr Mirosław Skrycki performed functions in the Supervisory Board of the previous term. The Management Board of the Company hereby publishes the information referred to in Sections 28(4) – (6) of the above Regulation, concerning the members of the Supervisory Board appointed for the new term:

 

Mr Cezary Gregorczuk

Mr Cezary Gregorczuk is a graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Trade of the Warsaw School of Economics, with an individualized course of study in the field of Finance and Banking. He has completed an inter-university seminar in Hamburg on Polish-German joint venture companies. He is a licensed stockbroker and has completed numerous courses in finance and banking, e.g. a course for investment advisors (Privatization Centre) and training for market makers (NASDAQ). He has extensive experience in finance and investment banking. In the years 2004-2008, he worked at the Brokerage House of Bank Przemysłowo- Handlowy S.A., where he moved up the career ladder, ending with the function of the Deputy Director of the Brokerage House, responsible for supervising work of the Analysis and Investment Advice Team, as well as the Asset Management Team.

Positions held in recent years:

1998 – 2003                  Dom Maklerski Millennium S.A., Director of the Asset Management Division

June – August 2004      Vice-President of the Management Board of Tras Tychy S.A.

2007 – 2012                  Vice-President of the Management Board of Sandfield Capital Sp. z o.o.

2003 – at present          President of the Management Board of Konsorcjum Budowlano-Inwestycyjne Sp. z o.o.

2013 – at present           Member of the Management Board of Impera Capital S.A.

2013 – at present           Vice-President of the Management Board of In Development Sp. z o.o.

In recent years, he has been a Member of the Supervisory Board in a dozen or so companies, including several public companies.

According to his statement, Mr Cezary Gregorczuk does not conduct an activity competitive with the Company, does not participate in a competitive company or partnership as a member of the company’s body or a partner of the partnership, is not involved in any other competitive legal person as a member of its authority and is not listed in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept under the Act on the National Court Register.

 

Mr Bogusław Piwowar

Mr Bogusław Piwowar is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science of the University of Warsaw and has completed postgraduate studies in the field of media law at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University and postgraduate management studies at the Faculty of Management and Finance of the Warsaw School of Economics, as well as MBA studies. Lecturer on PR and lobbying, marketing and advertising. He is the author of publications on management, advertising and lobbying. In 2002, he was awarded with the Gold Cross of Merit. Since the beginning of his professional career, he has been involved with the media. In 1989, he took up a position at the Government Press Office, and in 1993, he was appointed head of the advertising department at the National Broadcasting Council. In the years 1998-2004, he held the post of director of the Office of the Management Board and Corporate Affairs of the Polish Television. In the years 2006-2010, he was the Vice-President of the Business Centre Club and the head of the lobbying and education office of the BCC.

In July 2009, he was appointed to the Supervisory Board of the Polish Television (TVP) and was elected the Deputy Chairman thereof, and since September 2009, he acted as the Chairman. Next, by a decision of the Supervisory Board of TVP, Mr Bogusław Piwowar was seconded to act as the President of the Management Board, whose duties he performed until March 2, 2011; then, on March 3, 2011, he was re-appointed to the Supervisory Board of TVP, and he was seconded by the Supervisory Board of TVP to act as member of the Management Board of TVP for the period from May 6 to July 14, 2011. Then, from July 15, 2011 to August 2015, he served as member of the Management Board of TVP.

According to his statement, Mr Bogusław Piwowar does not conduct an activity competitive with the Magna Polonia Company, does not participate in a competitive company or partnership as a member of the company’s body or a partner of the partnership, and is not involved in any other competitive legal person as a member of its authority. According to his statement, Mr Bogusław Piwowar is not listed in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept under the Act on the National Court Register.

 

Mr Przemysław Wipler

Mr Przemysław Wipler graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He specialized in tax law, advising e.g. at Deloitte and Ernst & Young. In the years 2005 – 2008, he served as the Director of the Department for Energy Carrier Supply Diversification at the Ministry of Economy. In the years 2008 – 2009, Mr Przemysław Wipler was the Director General of the Jagiellonian Institute. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the Vice-President of the Management Board of the company BIO-Alians sp. z o.o. In 2009, he took up the office of the President of the Republican Foundation, of which he was the founder. He was a member of the Supervisory Boards of e.g. Przedsiębiorstwo Eksploatacji Rurociągów Naftowych Przyjaźń and Przedsiębiorstwo Przeładunku Paliw Płynnych Naftoport. Member of the Polish Parliament of the 7th term in the years 2011 – 2015. Mr Przemysław Wipler was a member of the Parliamentary Public Finance Committee, Administration and Digitization Committee and Permanent Subcommittee for Monitoring of the Tax System.

According to his statement, Mr Przemysław Wipler does not conduct an activity competitive with the Magna Polonia Company, does not participate in a competitive company or partnership as a member of the company’s body or a partner of the partnership, and is not involved in any other competitive legal person as a member of its authority. According to his statement, Mr Przemysław Wipler is not listed in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept under the Act on the National Court Register.

 

Mr Mirosław Skrycki

Mr Mirosław Skrycki is a lawyer; he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (2000) and completed postgraduate studies in bankruptcy and reorganization law at the Warsaw School of Economics (2010), as well as he passed the Bar Examination (2012). In the years 1998 – 2000, he worked in Netia Telecom; then, in the years 2000 – 2004, in Polskie Wydawnictwa Profesjonalne Sp. z o.o. In the years 2004 – 2012, he was an assistant at the Court of Appeal in Warsaw.

According to his statement, Mr Mirosław Skrycki does not conduct an activity competitive with the Company, does not participate in a competitive company or partnership as a member of the company’s body or a partner of the partnership, is not involved in any other competitive legal person as a member of its authority and is not listed in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept under the Act on the National Court Register.

 

Mr Marian Szołucha

Mr. Marian Szołucha is a graduate in economics of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. In 2011, he defended his PhD thesis at the Collegium of Management and Finance of the Warsaw School of Economics. Lecturer at the Vistula University and the University of Social Sciences. Author or co-author of several books and several dozen of scientific articles. Member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the Polish Economic Society. He is a member of the Economic Committee of the Forum for Freedom and Development. He leads a team of experts of the Władysław Grabski Centre Foundation.

Mr Marian Szołucha has written analyses, has conducted training for and has worked as a consultant to many private, public and non-governmental entities in Poland and abroad (including the Sejm’s Office of Research, the Warsaw Enterprise Institute, the European Parliament, the Polish-Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry). Member of the Supervisory Boards of Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A., the Bolesław Chrobry Foundation and Kolejowe Zakłady Łączności Sp. o.o. Mr Marian Szołucha is also professionally involved with the media and social communication. He was the director of the Office of the Public Media Employers’ Association (2010-2015), a senior specialist in the Office of the National Broadcasting Council (2010), a Secretary of the Supervisory Board of Radio Koszalin S.A. (2009-2011) and a spokesman of the Ministry of Maritime Economy (2006-2007).

Mr Szołucha has proven knowledge of English and Russian languages. He has completed e.g. training in classified information protection and a course at the Stock Exchange School of the GPW. He has passed an exam authorizing him to serve as a member of supervisory boards of companies with Treasury shareholding.

According to his statement, Mr Marian Szołucha does not conduct an activity competitive with the Company, does not participate in a competitive company or partnership as a member of the company’s body or a partner of the partnership, is not involved in any other competitive legal person as a member of its authority and is not listed in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept under the Act on the National Court Register.

 

Mirosław Janisiewicz – President of the Management Board

Tom Ruhan – Vice-President of the Management Board

 

28 april 2016