Whistle-blower line

The below system allows any person (any Company employee and any persons who are not in a primary employment relationship with the Company) to submit a report of the conduct described below.

What conduct is to be reported?

Notification may be submitted for the conduct that

• Has characteristics of a criminal offence;
• Has characteristics of a misdemeanour;
• Violates the AML Act;
• Violates legislation or regulations of the European Union in the area of financial services, statutory audit and other assurance services, financial products and financial markets;
• Violates legislation or regulations of the European Union in the area of corporate income tax, prevention of laundering of proceeds of crime and financing of terrorism, consumer protection, safety of transport, transportation and traffic on roads, environmental protection, food and feed safety and protection of animals and their health, radiation protection and nuclear safety, competition, public auctions and public procurement, protection of internal order and security, life and health;

You do not have to witness the commission of the acts listed above, it is sufficient if you suspect that such conduct is imminent and have reasonable grounds to suspect that the consequence may occur in the future.

It is important that you have reasonable grounds to believe that the facts reported or disclosed are authentic and true. The notification should also be based on credible facts and evidence.

If you were making a notification about facts that concern the security of the Republic of Poland, we could not assess such a report. If you make a notification in these areas, not only are you not protected under the Whistleblower Act, but you may also be committing an offence or even a criminal offence.

You can also make any notification anonymously, and we guarantee that we will deal with the notification in the same way as we would a non-anonymous notification.

Who handles the notifications?

Your notification will be received by our notification investigator:

Kacper Grochowina
Audit & Assurance Director, Auditor
[email protected]

The Notification investigator is bound by confidentiality and will protect your identity and the information you have provided. If you make an anonymous notification, the notification investigator will not seek your identity.

How to make a notification?

You can file a notification by:

• The form below
• By e-mail
• In person at the Company's registered office
  

How is the notification handled?

We will confirm your notification in writing within seven calendar days, unless the notification was made anonymously (without knowing a specific address to which we can respond) or it is clear that notification of receipt of the notification would disclose your identity to another person.

Based on information from you, the investigator will assess the circumstances of the reported conduct at the Company. Investigator will then propose measures to prevent the reported conduct from continuing and to remedy the situation. Adoption and implementation of these measures shall also be monitored by the investigator. We can assure you that the Company will not take any retaliatory action against you in connection with your notification, such as termination of employment, reduction in pay or other disadvantage, termination of continuing cooperation, or reduction in compensation, for example.

The notification investigator will notify you how was the notification handled no later than 30 days after receipt of the notification. In complex cases, the time limit may be extended by up to 30 days, two times in a row. Once specific actions have been taken, your notification investigator will inform you without undue delay.

Important information before submission

You may only submit true and authentic notifications. You may not make knowingly false notifications. If you do, the law does not protect you and you may be subject to retaliation and consequences from the Company, the damaged person and government authorities.

You also cannot engage in conduct that would constitute a criminal offense (such as violating the confidentiality of correspondence or hacking into an information system) when making a notification.