Ownership rights to the shares will be transferred to Unipetrol in accordance with the Commercial Code with the expiry of one month of the publication of the minutes of the resolution passed at the General Meeting in the Commercial Register.

The Extraordinary General Meeting also elected Rafal Tarka a member of the Supervisory Board, thus confirming the decision taken on 22 December 2008 by the Supervisory Board on his appointment as substitute member when Aneta Pankowská resigned from her post. 
Other points on the agenda were also discussed, though not approved, including a decision on dissolution of the company with liquidation, the recall of all members of the Supervisory Board with the exception of members elected by the employees, the election of all members of the Supervisory Board with the exception of members elected by the employees, and payment of an extraordinary dividend.

UNIPETROL, a.s., controls companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL joined the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest oil refiner in Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is mainly involved in the refinement of oil, the distribution of fuels and petrochemical production. In all of these spheres the UNIPETROL is an important player in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The group is one of the most important companies in the Czech Republic in terms of turnover and employs approximately 4,500.

PARAMO, a.s., is an oil refiner operating in the sphere of the production of fuels, lubricants and asphalt. It has been a member of the UNIPETROL Group since 2000. In the first half of 2008 it employed 770 people. At present UNIPETROL has a 91.77% ownership interest in the company.

Contact: 
Jana Iovlevová 
Spokesperson 
PARAMO, a. s. 
Mobile: 736 507 439 
E-mail: iovlevova@paramo.cz​