Report No 17/2022 - Preliminary data concerning the financial effects of the exemption from tolling for certain vehicles on the Katowice-Kraków concession section of the A4 freeway ("Section") in connection with the armed conflict in Ukraine

In reference to Current Report No. 8/2022 of 28 February 2022, the Management Board of Stalexport Autostrady S.A. with its registered office in Mysłowice (hereinafter: "Stalexport Autostrady S.A.") informs that on 4 April 2022 Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. with its registered office in Mysłowice (hereinafter: "SAM S.A.") provided preliminary data regarding the financial effects of the exemption from tolling for certain vehicles on the Katowice-Kraków concession section of the A4 freeway ("Section") in connection with the armed conflict in Ukraine.

According to the preliminary data provided by SAM S.A., in March 2022 the number of toll exempt transactions amounted to 160,821 transactions, which corresponds to a loss of sales revenue in the net amount of PLN 1,910 thousand (gross PLN 2,349 thousand), of which:

1) 155,551 transactions (PLN 1,828 thousand net/2,248 thousand gross) involved vehicles with Ukrainian registration numbers;

2) 5,270 transactions (PLN 82,000 net / PLN 101,000 gross) involved vehicles registered by Polish and foreign organisations and persons as providing assistance to Ukrainian citizens (based on applications submitted by the Ministry of Infrastructure or based on applications sent to SAM S.A.).

SAM S.A. also informed that in case of vehicles:

1) with Ukrainian registration numbers there is a slow decrease in the number of vehicles subject to toll exemptions. In the first week of March this year, the average daily number of transactions exempted from the fee amounted to over 6.5 thousand, while in the last week of March this year, it was less than 3.7 thousand transactions;

2) with humanitarian aid, the number of transactions remains approximately constant.

SAM S.A. is a 100% subsidiary of Stalexport Autostrady S.A.

Legal basis:

Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC.