Prague, 24 June 2009 – The Regular General Meeting of Unipetrol, held today in the City Conference Centre in Prague, Pankrác, approved the company’s financial statements for 2008, decided on the distribution of profits and approved changes in the Supervisory Board. The shareholders also approved the Report of the Board of Directors on Business Activities of the Company and State of Its Property and discussed other items on the agenda.
The consolidated profit of Unipetrol for the accounting year 2008 was CZK 65.691 million, the revenue was CZK 98.144 billion.
The unconsolidated profit in the amount of CZK 4.428 billion will be, as decided by the General Meeting, transferred to the account for undistributed profits from the previous years and to the contingency fund.
Wojciech Wróblewski was recalled from the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol, Andrzej Jerzy Kozłowski became the new member. The Unipetrol shareholders confirmed Bogdan Dzudzewicz and Arkadiusz Kawecki as elected members of the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol. Also Ivan Kočárník, whose term of office has expired, was re-elected to the Board. During the following meeting of the Supervisory Board he became vicechairman. The Supervisory Board also elected Ivan Ottis as a member of the Board of Directors of Unipetrol again on its meeting.
Therefore from 24.6. 2009 the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol will have the following members:
- Dariusz Jacek Krawiec, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Sławomir Robert Jędrzejczyk, Vicechairman of the Supervisory Board
- Ivan Kočárník
- Zdeněk Černý
- Bogdan Dzudzewicz
- Arkadiusz Kawecki
- Piotr Kearney
- Andrzej Jerzy Kozłowski
- Krystian Pater
71 shareholders or their representatives participated in the General Meeting, representing in total the voting rights of 68.1 percent.
Professional career of approved Supervisory Board members
Andrzej Jerzy Kozłowski, Executive Director for Strategy and Project Management PKN ORLEN S.A., since February 2009
- 2009 - Member of Supervisory Board of Mazeikiu Nafta
- 2006 - 2009 Telekomunikacja Polska Group - Director of Strategy, Project Management and Cooperation with regulator Offic in TP EmiTel, Manager responsible for realization of strategic projects for Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. Board of Directors
- 1998 - 2001 Consultant in American Management Systems and Avantis Consulting Group
- He is one of the founders of The Society of Practical Knowledge Management
Ivan Kočárník, Vicechairman of Unipetrol Supervisory Board since 2006
- 2007 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, České aerolinie
- 2000 - 2007 Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Česká pojišťovna
- 1997 - 2000 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Česká pojišťovna
- 1996 - 1998 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the CR
- 1992 - 1997 Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance
- 06/1992 - 12/1992 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, CSR Parliament
- 1991 - Member, later one of the leaders of ODS party
- 1990 - 1992 Deputy Minister of Finance
- 1985 - 1990 Director of the research dept., Ministry of finance
Bogdan Dzudzewicz joined PKN ORLEN, SA, as a general counsel in September 2008
- 2004 - private law practice
- 2003 - 2004 Linklaters, senior lawyer,
- 2002 - 2002 Elektrim S.A., commercial lawyer,
- 1998 - 2002 Weil, Gotshal & Manges, senior lawyer,
- 1995 - 1998 Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, lawyer,
- Member of Regional chamber of commercial lawyers in Warsaw
Arkadiusz Kawecki, currently Executive Director Human Resources in PKN Orlen
- 2008 – Member of Supervisory Board KGHM Polska Miedz S.A
- 2005 – 2008 HR Director of the Orbis SA Hotel Group
- 2004 – 2005 CIECH SA Policy and Organization Department Director
- 2001 – 2004 HR Division Director of Telekomunikacja Polska SA
- 2001 – 2001 Advisor to COO/first Vice President of TP responsible for Technical and IT Divisionsat Telekomunikacja Polska SA
- 1999 – 2001 Hortex Holding SA Board member, Executive Officer on HR Management
UNIPETROL, a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL became a part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest oil processor in Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is oriented mostly towards oil processing, fuel distribution and petrochemical production. In all of these business areas the UNIPETROL Group is among the key players both in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The Group ranks among the leading firms in the Czech Republic in terms of its revenues, and employs more than 4,000 people.
Contact:
Blanka Růžičková
Spokesperson for Unipetrol, a.s.
Telephone: +420 225 001 407, +420 731 881 111
E-mail: blanka.ruzickova@unipetrol.cz