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Report Publication Announcement • Apr 26, 2018

Current Report No. 16/2018Date: 26 April 2018Topic: Opinion ofthe GPW Supervisory Board on the Exchange Management Board proposal ofthe Warsaw Stock Exchange 2017 profit distributionLegal basis:Article 17 (1) of MAR - Inside informationContent:Furtherto Current Report No. 15/2018 of 25 April 2018, the Warsaw StockExchange ("Exchange", "Company", "GPW") informs that on 26 April 2018the Exchange Supervisory Board gave a positive opinion on the motion ofthe Exchange Management Board concerning distribution of the WarsawStock Exchange 2017 profit, which provides for the payment of PLN92,338,400.00 PLN (in words: ninety two millions three hundred thirtyeight thousand four hundred zloty), which is equivalent to PLN 2.20 pershare (in words: two zlotys twenty grosz) and represents 63.3% of theconsolidated net profit of the Company for the financial year 2017attributable to the shareholders of GPW adjusted for the share of profitof associates in accordance with GPW's dividend policy. The proposeddividend represents 59.2% of the consolidated net profit for the year2017 in line with the guidelines for companies with a stake held by theState Treasury approved by the Chancellery of the Council of Ministersin September 2017.Decisions concerning profit distribution anddividend payments fall within the exclusive competence of the GeneralShareholders Meeting.Legal basis: Article 17 (1) of Regulation(EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealingDirective 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council andCommission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC (EU LegalJournal L 173) ("MAR").