Current Report no. 46 (2014)

Notification from AVIVA International Insurance Limited regarding the execution of a call option for the acquisition of a 17% stake in BZ WBK-AVIVA Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń na Życie S.A. and BZ WBK-AVIVA Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Ogólnych S.A.

With reference to current report No. 37/2013 dated 2 August 2013 and current report No. 45/2013 dated 20 December 2013, Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (the “Bank”) hereby announces that on 18 September 2014, it received a notification from AVIVA International Insurance Limited (“AVIVA”) regarding the execution of a call option for the acquisition by AVIVA of 17% of the shares in BZ WBK-AVIVA Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń na Życie S.A. and BZ WBK-AVIVA Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Ogólnych S.A. (the “Bank Transfer”).

The completion of the Bank Transfer is conditional upon: (i) AVIVA and the Bank obtaining consent from the European Commission for the completion of the Bank Transfer; and (ii) AVIVA and Aviva plc obtaining the expressed or implied declaration of the fact that the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego) does not oppose the Bank Transfer.

The Bank will announce the completion of the Bank Transfer and its impact on the financial results of the Bank in a separate current report.

Legal basis:
Article 56 sec. 1 item 1 of the Act dated 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, the Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and Public Companies.