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Based on Article 57 (3) in connection with Article 56 (1) of the Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering and Conditions for Introducing Financial Instruments to Organised Trading and on Public Companies ('Act on Offering') The Management Board of DTP S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw ('DTP'), makes public the confidential information whose publication was delayed pursuant to Article 57 (1) Act on Offering.

Information about the delay publication of confidential information was transferred to the Financial Supervision Authority on 12 November 2015. And its content was as follows:

'Based on Article 57 of the Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering and Conditions for Introducing Financial Instruments to Organised Trading and on Public Companies ('Act') as well as pursuant to § 2 (1) (1) of the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance of 13 April 2008 on types of information which may breach the legitimate interest of the Issuer and the procedure of the Issuer in relation to a delay in publishing confidential information, the Management Board of DTP S.A. ('Issuer') inform the Polish Financial Supervision Authority information about delayed performance of an obligation referred in Article 56 (1) of the Act.

This confidential information refers about opened negotiations on the acquisition of control over the Issuer by a large international group, active in the debt collection industry ('Industry Investor'). Potential transaction, which is negotiated, could lead to integration operating of the Issuer and business Industry Investor, what affect the value of the company.

In relation to the conducted negotiations, the Issuer provide details of the Company and its business for Industry Investor, as part of the due diligence process.

In the Company's opinion, current announcement of the information regarding negotiation, could directly affect the negotiations and could violate legitimate interest of the Issuer or Shareholders and could create a false picture of the situation of the Issuer's business that negatively affect the decisions of current and potential shareholders of the Issuer.

The delay in announcing the information about negotiations with Industry Investor will not mislead the public, because it does not create the wrong image in the eyes of the Issuer's current and potential shareholders of the Issuer.

Published information at this stage does not allow to make the final, unequivocal and properly assess the impact of this information on the market value of the Issuer's shares and thus make rational investment decision.

In this connection, In the Company's opinion, evidence are fulfill justifying the delay of the Article 57 (1) of the Act and § 2 (1) (1) of the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance. The Issuer declares that it has taken the necessary actions to preserve the confidentiality of information of this notice until the public.

Delay the transfer of confidential information it has been made for the duration of the above mentioned negotiations, which currently Issuer estimates by 31 December 2015. If this term will change, Issuer informs the Financial Supervision Commission to update this information.'

The publication on 19 November 2015 by Puls Biznesu article entitled 'DTPartners goes into the hands of Americans' meant that the confidentiality of such information until 31.12.2015 year ie. the date indicated in the report concealed, in the circumstances became irrelevant.

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