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Grupa Azoty S.A.

Business and Financial Review Apr 8, 2020

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Appendix to Resolution No.…../X/2020 of the Supervisory Board of Grupa Azoty S.A. of the 10th term of office, dated…………2020

Assessment by the Supervisory Board of Grupa Azoty S.A., along with a statement of reasons, of the Separate Financial Statements of Grupa Azoty Spółka Akcyjna, the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Grupa Azoty Group, and the Directors' Report on the operations of Grupa Azoty Spółka Akcyjna and the Grupa Azoty Group for 2019

The Supervisory Board of Grupa Azoty S.A. (the "Company"), pursuant to Art. 382.3 of the Commercial Companies Code, Par. 70.1.14 and Par. 71.1.12 of the Minister of Finance's Regulation on current and periodic information to be published by issuers of securities and conditions for recognition as equivalent of information whose disclosure is required under the laws of a non-member state, dated March 29th 2018 (Dz.U. of 2018, item 757), and Art. 32.1.6 and Art. 32.1.9 of the Company's Articles of Association, has favourably assessed the following statements and report presented by the Company's Management Board:

  • 1. the separate full-year financial statements of Grupa Azoty Spółka Akcyjna for the 12 months ended December 31st 2019, prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as endorsed by the European Union (the "Separate Financial Statements");
    1. the consolidated full-year financial statements of the Grupa Azoty Group for the 12 months ended December 31st 2019, prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as endorsed by the European Union (the "Consolidated Financial Statements");
    1. the Directors' Report on Grupa Azoty S.A.'s and the Grupa Azoty Group's operations in the 12 months ended December 31st 2019.

The Supervisory Board assessed the financial statements and the report and determined that they contained the information required by applicable laws and were consistent with facts.

The financial statements and the report were reviewed, analysed and assessed by the Audit Committee of the Company's Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee, in the performance of the obligations imposed by the Act on Statutory Auditors, Audit Firms, and Public Oversight of

May 11th 2017 (Dz.U. of 2017, item 1089, as amended, the "Act") supervised the financial reporting processes, effectiveness of internal control and risk management systems as well as internal audit processes, with particular focus on ensuring reliability of the financial statements and their compliance with relevant legal requirements.

In the course of the audit of the financial statements, the Audit Committee held regular meetings with representatives of the audit firm responsible for the audit of the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and with representatives of the Company's financial staff, monitoring the process of preparation and audit of the financial statements and discussing the key matters. In addition, the Audit Committee read the audit firm's audit reports and the additional report prepared for the Audit Committee and the Company's management in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 158/77) and the requirements stipulated in the Act. Having analysed the above documents, the Audit Committee recommended that the Company's Supervisory Board issue a favourable assessment of the Company's financial statements and report for 2019.

The assessment of the Company's financial statements and report by the Supervisory Board is based on a positive recommendation from the Audit Committee, the independent auditor's reports on the Separate Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements, according to which:

    1. The financial statements give a true and fair view of the Company's and the Grupa Azoty Group's assets and financial position as at December 31st 2019, as well as their respective separate and consolidated financial performance, separate and consolidated cash flows for the financial year ended December 31st 2019, in accordance with the applicable International Financial Reporting Standards as endorsed by the European Union and the adopted accounting policies.
    1. They comply with the form and content requirements laid down in the applicable laws and the Company's Articles of Association.
    1. The Separate Financial Statements were prepared on the basis of properly maintained accounting records.

Furthermore, in the opinion of the Company's qualified auditor, the Directors' Report on Grupa Azoty S.A.'s and the Grupa Azoty Group's operations in the 12 months ended December 31st 2019 was prepared in accordance with applicable laws and is consistent with the information contained in the Separate Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Based on the procedures described above as well as the additional explanations received from the Company's Management Board and the Company's qualified auditor, the Supervisory Board issued a positive opinion on the financial statements and the report submitted by the Management Board.

Signatures of the members of the Supervisory Board of Grupa Azoty S.A.

Marcin Pawlicki Michał Gabryel Zbigniew Paprocki
/Chairman of the /Deputy Chairman of the /Secretary of the Supervisory
Supervisory Board/ Supervisory Board/ Board/
Paweł Bielski Piotr Czajkowski Monika Fill
Robert Kapka Bartłomiej Litwińczuk Roman Romaniszyn

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