Prague, 17 September 2008 – Francois Vleugels, who is also Chairman of Unipetrol a.s. Board of Directors, and Arkadiusz Kotlicki, a Member of Unipetrol, a.s. Board of Directors, have been Unipetrol RPA Executives since the end of August. Wojciech Ostrowski, Vice-Chairman of Unipetrol Board of Directors, was also appointed to the position of Unipetrol RPA Executive with effect from 1 October 2008.

Czesław Adam Bugaj (Deputy CEO of the PKN Orlen Group) and Ivan Ottis (a Member of Unipetrol a.s. Board of Directors) continue to be Unipetrol RPA Executive. Unipetrol a.s. Board of Directors, which represents the General Meeting of Unipetrol RPA (i.e., acts in the capacity of the General Meeting), also accepted Executive Petr Sosík’s resignation from his position.

Unipetrol RPA was established on 1 August 2007 by a merger of Chemopetrol and Unipetrol Rafinérie. The successor company, Unipetrol RPA (the abbreviation RPA stands for refineries, petrochemicals, and agrochemicals) is a limited liability company [Ltd.] and its sole owner is Unipetrol a.s. The parent company, Unipetrol a.s., decided to change the Memorandum of Association of Unipetrol RPA, specifically to increase the number of Executives from the current three to five, on 5 September 2008.

UNIPETROL, a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL became part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest downstream oil company in Central Europe. UNIPETROL primarily focuses on crude oil processing, fuels distribution and petrochemical production. In all these areas UNIPETROL group is one of leading players in both the Czech and Central European markets. The UNIPETROL group employs approximately 4,500 people.

Contact: 
Blanka Růžičková 
Spokesperson 
UNIPETROL, a. s.

Telephone: +420 225 001 407, +420 731 881 111 
E-mail: blanka.ruzickova@unipetrol.cz​