Current Report no. 40 (2012)

Obtaining a decision concerning the information memorandum prepared by Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. in connection with the merger of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. with Kredyt Bank S.A.

Further to current report No. 2/2012 published on 28 February 2012, the management board of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (the “Company”) hereby announces that on 6 December 2012 the Polish Financial Supervision Authority issued a decision confirming that both the form and content of the information memorandum are equivalent to the information required to be included in a prospectus in connection with the merger of the Company with Kredyt Bank S.A. (the “Merger”), i.e. a decision pursuant to Art. 38 section 1 of the Act on Public Offering, the Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and on Public Companies, dated 29 July 2005. As a consequence of the aforementioned decision being issued, the last condition precedent for the submission by the Company’s management board of an application for the registration of the Merger with the relevant registry court has been fulfilled.

Therefore, the Company’s management board intends to submit a relevant application for the registration of the Merger at its earliest convenience. Information about the completion of the registration procedure will be provided by the Company to investors in the form of a separate current report.

Legal grounds:
Art. 56 section 1.1 of the Act on Public Offering, the Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and on Public Companies.