13.05.2010
Current Report No. 26/2010NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.The Management Board of BRE Bank S.A. ("the Bank") hereby states that:(1) the Polish Financial Supervision Authority approved the Bank issue prospectus drawn up for the purposes of increase in share capital and the issuance of shares with subscription rights and the new public offering of shares in the Bank and application for authorisation of unit subscription rights, rights to newly issued shares and newly issued shares and their introduction into trading on the regulated market managed by Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. (Warsaw Stock Exchange) on May the 12th, 2010;(2) the Bank prospectus referred to in section (1) above will be available to the public from the website of the Bank (www.brebank.pl) and the website of Dom Inwestycyjny BRE Banku S.A. (the Brokerage House of BRE Bank S.A.) (www.dibre.com.pl) on May the 12th, 2010;(3) the Bank plans to disclose the final number of newly issued shares offered by it, their issue price and the number of unit subscription rights entitling their holder to take up shares newly issued to the public on May the 12th, 2010; the said information will be disclosed to the public in the same way as the prospectus (i.e. on the website of the Bank, www.brebank.pl, and on the website of the Brokerage House of BRE Bank S.A. (www.dibre.com.pl) and in the current report published by the Bank.DisclaimersThis report is designated for information purposes only. In no case should it be the basis for a decision to purchase securities of BRE Bank S.A. in Warsaw ("the Bank") included in the planned public offering of shares. This report is not an offer of sale of any securities, nor an invitation to subscribe to or purchase any securities of the Bank. In particular, it is not an offer of purchase of securities in the United States of America.The prospectus ("the Prospectus") covering the public offering of shares in the Bank with subscription rights and their authorisation and introduction into trading on the regulated market (primary market) managed by Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. ("GPW") is the only legally binding document containing information about the public offering of the Bank shares in Poland ("the Offering"). The Polish Financial Supervision Authority approved the Prospectus on May the 12th, 2010. The Prospectus will be available from the website of the Bank (www.brebank.pl) and from the website of the Brokerage House of BRE Bank S.A. (www.dibre.com.pl).This report is not designated for direct or indirect distribution in or to the United States of America or other countries where distribution of information included herein to the public may be restricted or illegal. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and must not be offered or sold in the United States of America except for transactions exempted from the registration obligation provided for in the U.S. Securities Act or under an exception to such registration obligation.The information included herein is not an offer of purchase nor an invitation to buy. The securities defined herein must not be sold in any jurisdiction where such offer or invitation would be illegal prior to registration, exemption from such registration or another qualification with regard to the law of such jurisdiction. This report must not be distributed in Canada, Japan or Australia.This report is only designated for (i) persons outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investing professionals in the meaning of Art. 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 as amended (“the Order”) or (iii) companies with high value of net assets and other persons to whom it may legally be delivered pursuant to Art. 49(2)(a)-(d) of the Order (such persons are hereinafter jointly referred to as “the Relevant Persons”). A person other than a Relevant Person may not act based on the report herein or based on any part thereof or refer thereto. All investments or investing activities referred to herein may and shall only be performed or conducted by Relevant Persons.In all Member States of the European Economic Area having implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (including all implementing regulations of any Member State, "Prospectus Directive"), this report is only addressed to and designated for investors qualified in a given Member State in the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.