Sponsoring and charity Grupa LOTOS S.A. focuses its sponsoring and charity campaigns on pro-social measures that are coherent with the mission and development strategy of the Company and the values represented by the LOTOS brand within areas that are important for the life of customers and the local communities around the Company’s production plants. The Company implements many of the measures in this regard in cooperation with local and regional governments and NGOs. For example, in the ‘Pomerania Programme’ established in 2006, Grupa LOTOS S.A. has cooperated with the authorities of the Pomeranian Voivodship in regional development. The Programme involves joint ventures and initiatives that promote the Voivodship. This dedication to closer cooperation in cultural and social development was confirmed in an agreement signed in January 2007 between Grupa LOTOS S.A. and the Voivodship Office, the Marshal Office of the Pomeranian Voivodship and the councils of the cities: Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia. Pursuant to the agreements, the Company communicates with representatives of these cities in joint cultural and social programmes that contribute to the promotion of the region in Poland and internationally.

Culture

Grupa LOTOS S.A. supports the organization of local cultural events that have inter-regional impact and importance. In the Pomeranian Voivodship the Company focuses on initiatives undertaken in Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia. The involvement of Grupa LOTOS S.A. in some of the events is coordinated with the authorities of the cities, and the selection criterion is the social dimension of cultural projects. As part of such cooperation Grupa LOTOS S.A. participated in the organization of important events for the community of the region, e.g. City Holiday in Gdańsk, Monte Cassino Street Holiday in Sopot, Świętojańska Street Holiday in Gdynia, Summer Starts in Gdynia and Świętojańska Carnival in Gdynia.

The most popular cultural event organised by the Company in the south of Poland in 2007 was the LOTOS Jazz Festival. The Company has been involved in the organization of this exceptional event since 2002. Moreover, Grupa LOTOS S.A. takes part in cultural events that promote the heritage of regions where its local subsidiaries operate: LOTOS Czechowice S.A. and LOTOS Jasło S.A.

Sport

Grupa LOTOS S.A. and the companies of the LOTOS Group support sport clubs, organizations and events. The most spectacular sponsoring event in 2007 was the participation in organising brand motor races of the KIA LOTOS CUP. LOTOS Oil S.A. is the titular sponsor of the Kia LOTOS Cup. Participation in the races is part of the cooperation between the oilproducing Company and the car manufacturer, KIA Motors. Owing to such projects, both parties may improve their products so that they can meet the requirements and expectations of drivers. Participation in the KIA LOTOS Cup races is the best opportunity to test products in extreme conditions. The first effect of this cooperation is a special line of oils, LOTOS KIA FORMULA.

Grupa LOTOS S.A. is also a general sponsor of the Polish Skiing Association, a strategic sponsor of the women’s basketball team, LOTOS PKO BP Gdynia, the present winners of the Polish Cup and Super-Cup, Euroleague Champions (2002, 2004) and Vice-Champions of the World League (2005), as well as the speedway team LOTOS Gdańsk. Moreover, the Company supports the 1st league men’s and women’s handball teams (AWFiS Gdańsk) and the athletics team SKLA Sopot. Sport education of children and youths For several years, Grupa LOTOS S.A. has been consistently involved in supporting projects that contribute to better youth sport culture. In such programmes, the Company uses its experience from supporting professional sport. An example of such projects is the social-sport programme ‘Play with LOTOS – LOTOS for Schools’, which covers all of Poland. Three thousand teams from junior secondary schools participate in the project and it is the biggest programme that promotes girls’ basketball in Central Europe.

Another achievement of Grupa LOTOS S.A. in sport is the project ‘Searching for the Champions’ Successors’ undertaken together with the Polish Skiing Association within the National Programme of Ski Jumping Development. Its aim is to promote ski jumping among children and youths and to search for the greatest talents in Poland. The cycle of youth competitions organised within the programme under the LOTOS Cup banner, and the Unofficial Winter World Cup of children and youths in ski jumping in 2007 were appreciated by trainers and observers as the best-organised events for the youngest jumpers in the world.

Road safety

The improving parameters of the products offered by the LOTOS Group are contributing to the systematic enhancement of road safety. However, the Concern goes beyond such product-related measures and is involved in social campaigns that promote the safety of the youngest road users. For several years, Grupa LOTOS S.A., together with LOTOS Czechowice S.A. and LOTOS Jasło S.A., has been organising the educational-preventive programme ‘Safe Way to School with LOTOS’. Its aim is to prevent road accidents in which the victims are young schoolchildren.

In 2007, nine thousand children from the Pomeranian Voivodship and four thousand children from Jasło and Czechowice were covered by the programme. Within this programme Grupa LOTOS S.A. cooperates with the Police and local authorities. In 2007, the LOTOS Group participated actively via its subsidiary, LOTOS Paliwa, in the social campaign ‘Safe 8’ organised upon the initiative of the Ministry of the Environment and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways. The objective of the campaign is to raise the awareness of safe driving among drivers. The first step of this long-term project involved the national road No. 8. In the future, the project will be extended onto all main communication routes in Poland. 21 LOTOS petrol stations located along road No. 8 took part in the campaign.

Health care

Following the adopted rules of CSR, Grupa LOTOS S.A. financially supports institutions of public health in the procurement of medical equipment used in health care and promotion. Health care programmes of the Company focus on the Pomeranian Voivodship and the south of Poland. In 2007, within the partnership with selected health care centres, Grupa LOTOS S.A. financed the procurement of specialist medical equipment, in particular for the youngest patients, e.g. equipment for nitrogen oxide therapy at the Pomeranian Centre of Traumatology of the Voivodship Specialist Hospital, the Child Cardiac Surgery Ward, a pulse meter for the Internal Diseases Ward at the Gdańsk Polanki Hospital, a gamma radiation detector at the Oncological Surgery Ward of the Pomeranian Oncology Centre and an apparatus for diagnosing heart anaemia at the University Hospital in Krakow.

Moreover, in 2007, Grupa LOTOS S.A. provided equipment for the Child Diabetes Ward at Gdańsk University of Medicine. Cooperation with universities Cooperation between Grupa LOTOS S.A. and universities gives benefits to both partners. Via its partnership with the best universities of technology, which educate experts in the oil sector, including Gdańsk University of Technology and AGH University of Science and Technology, the Company gains access to specialists who will enter the labour market in several years’ time. Cooperation with universities includes the expert contribution of the Company and the provision of scholarship programmes and practical placements, which may result in job offers at Grupa LOTOS S.A. for the best graduates.