The information of the Management Board of  
				Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Spółka Akcyjna
				
					on the selection of an audit firm to carry out the audit of annual separate and consolidated 
				
				
					financial statements for 2024 and the sustainability statement in line with the applicable regulations, 
					including the regulations on the selection and selection procedure of an audit firm
				
				
					The
					 
					Management
					 
					Board
					 
					of
					 
					Bank
					 
					Polska
					 
					Kasa
					 
					Opieki
					 
					Spółka
					 
					Akcyjna
					 
					with
					 
					its
					 
					registered
					 
					office
					 
					in
					 
					Warsaw, 
					acting
					 
					pursuant
					 
					to
					 
					§
					 
					70
					 
					section
					 
					1
					 
					point
					 
					7)
					 
					and
					 
					§
					 
					71
					 
					section
					 
					1
					 
					point
					 
					7)
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					Regulation
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					Minister
					 
					of 
					Finance
					 
					of
					 
					29
					 
					March
					 
					2018
					 
					on
					 
					current
					 
					and
					 
					periodic
					 
					information
					 
					submitted
					 
					by
					 
					issuers
					 
					of
					 
					securities
					 
					and
					 
					the 
					conditions
					 
					for
					 
					recognizing
					 
					as
					 
					equivalent
					 
					information
					 
					required
					 
					by
					 
					the
					 
					laws
					 
					of
					 
					a
					 
					non-member
					 
					state
					 
					in 
					connection
					 
					with
					 
					Art.
					 
					60
					 
					section
					 
					2
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					Act
					 
					of
					 
					29
					 
					July
					 
					2005
					 
					on
					 
					public
					 
					offering
					 
					and
					 
					conditions
					 
					for
					 
					introducing 
					financial
					 
					instruments
					 
					to
					 
					organized
					 
					trading
					 
					and
					 
					on
					 
					public
					 
					companies,
					 
					and
					 
					on
					 
					the
					 
					basis
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					Statement
					 
					of 
					the
					 
					Supervisory
					 
					Board
					 
					of
					 
					Bank
					 
					Polska
					 
					Kasa
					 
					Opieki
					 
					Spółka
					 
					Akcyjna
					 
					of
					 
					26
					 
					February
					 
					2025
					 
					on
					 
					the
					 
					selection 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					firm
					 
					carrying
					 
					out
					 
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					annual
					 
					Separate
					 
					Financial
					 
					Statements
					 
					of
					 
					Bank
					 
					Pekao
					 
					S.A. 
					for
					 
					the
					 
					year
					 
					ended
					 
					31
					 
					December
					 
					2024
					 
					and
					 
					the
					 
					Consolidated
					 
					Financial
					 
					Statements
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					Bank
					 
					Pekao 
					S.A.
					 
					Group
					 
					for
					 
					the
					 
					year
					 
					ended
					 
					31
					 
					December
					 
					2024,
					 
					informs
					 
					that
					 
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					firm
					 
					PricewaterhouseCoopers 
					Polska
					 
					spółka
					 
					z
					 
					ograniczoną
					 
					odpowiedzialnością
					 
					Audyt
					 
					sp.k.
					 
					with
					 
					its
					 
					registered
					 
					office
					 
					in
					 
					Warsaw
					 
					was 
					selected
					 
					in
					 
					accordance
					 
					with
					 
					the
					 
					regulations,
					 
					including
					 
					those
					 
					regarding
					 
					the
					 
					selection
					 
					and
					 
					selection 
					procedure of an audit firm, and that:
				
				
					a)
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					firm
					 
					and
					 
					members
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					team
					 
					met
					 
					the
					 
					conditions
					 
					for
					 
					preparing
					 
					an
					 
					impartial
					 
					and 
					independent
					 
					report
					 
					on
					 
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					annual
					 
					separate
					 
					and
					 
					consolidated
					 
					financial
					 
					statements
					 
					in 
					accordance
					 
					with
					 
					applicable
					 
					regulations,
					 
					professional
					 
					standards
					 
					and
					 
					principles
					 
					of
					 
					professional 
					ethics,
				
				
					b)
					applicable
					 
					regulations
					 
					related
					 
					to
					 
					the
					 
					rotation
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					audit
					 
					firm
					 
					and
					 
					the
					 
					key
					 
					statutory
					 
					auditor
					 
					and 
					mandatory grace periods are complied with,
				
				
					c)
					The
					 
					Bank
					 
					has
					 
					a
					 
					policy
					 
					on
					 
					the
					 
					selection
					 
					of
					 
					an
					 
					audit
					 
					firm
					 
					and
					 
					a
					 
					policy
					 
					on
					 
					the
					 
					provision
					 
					to
					 
					the
					 
					Bank 
					by
					 
					an
					 
					audit
					 
					firm,
					 
					an
					 
					entity
					 
					related
					 
					to
					 
					an
					 
					audit
					 
					firm
					 
					or
					 
					a
					 
					member
					 
					of
					 
					its
					 
					network
					 
					of
					 
					additional 
					non-audit
					 
					services,
					 
					including
					 
					services
					 
					conditionally
					 
					exempt
					 
					from
					 
					the
					 
					ban
					 
					on
					 
					providing
					 
					by
					 
					an
					 
					audit 
					firm.
				
				
					Pursuant
					 
					to
					 
					the
					 
					Article
					 
					16
					 
					of
					 
					the
					 
					Act
					 
					of
					 
					6
					 
					December
					 
					2024
					 
					amending
					 
					the
					 
					Accounting
					 
					Act,
					 
					the
					 
					Act
					 
					on 
					Statutory
					 
					Auditors,
					 
					Audit
					 
					Firms
					 
					and
					 
					Public
					 
					Supervision
					 
					and
					 
					certain
					 
					other
					 
					acts,
					 
					the
					 
					Bank
					 
					selected
					 
					the
					 
					same 
					audit firm to attest the sustainability statement of the Bank's Group in the first reporting year.
				
				
					Management Board of Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Spółka Akcyjna
				
				
					Date of the information: 26 February 2025