Subject: Appointment of a Member of the Supervisory Board of PKO Bank Hipoteczny S.A.
Legal basis: Art. 56 sec. 1 item 2 of the Act on Public Offering – current and periodic information
Content: According to the paragraph 5.6 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance dated 6 June 2025 on current and periodic information published by issuers of securities and on the conditions under which such information may be recognized as being equivalent to information required by the regulations of law of a state which is not a member state, the Management Board of PKO Bank Hipoteczny S.A. (“Bank”) hereby informs that on 28 September2026, the Bank’s Extraordinary General Meeting appointed Mr Leszek Pawłowicz as the Member of the Bank’s Supervisory Board, for a joint term of office, starting from 28 September 2026.
Leszek Pawłowicz
PhD in Economics; Professor Emeritus at the University of Gdańsk. Co-initiator and coordinator of the European Financial Congress, a think tank that initiates and supports activities aimed at building stability and security within the national and European financial systems. He is also Chairman of the Board of the “Centre for Strategic Thought” Foundation. Since 2024, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Best S.A., and is currently Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
From 1973 to 2022, he was professionally associated with the University of Gdańsk. Between 1991 and 2017, he served as a member, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the supervisory boards of: Bank Gdański S.A., Bank Pekao S.A., PTE Allianz S.A., the Warsaw Stock Exchange S.A. and PKN Orlen S.A.
He is the author of numerous books and articles on corporate value management, finance and banking. These include ‘Missed opportunities for more efficient resource allocation within the financial system’ in “The Economic Credibility of the State. Governance, Institutions, and the Challenge of Populism”, edited by Jerzy Hausner and Andrzej Sławiński, Routledge, London, 2026, Depositors feel cheated. Covered bonds on the stock exchange will change the rules of the game, Business Insider, 20 October 2025, How to put savings to work for a competitive economy, Rzeczpospolita, 6 May 2025 (co-authored with Janusz Lewandowski), ‘Why should a retail covered bonds market be launched in Poland?’, Business Insider, 9 June 2023, ‘Covered bonds are better for banks than deposits and bonds’, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, 2 July 2018.
Mr Leszek Pawłowicz declared that:
-he does not engage in any activity competitive with the Bank;
- he is not a partner in a civil law partnership, partnership or capital company competitive with the Bank;
-he is not a member of a governing body of any legal entity competitive with the Bank;
- he is not listed in the Register of Insolvent Debtors.
SIGNATURES OF COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES
28.09.2026 Katarzyna Kurkowska-Szczechowicz, Vice President directing the work of the Management Board
28.09.2026 Michał Stępniewski, Vice President of the Management Board