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In reference to Current Report no. 17/2022, the Management Board of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. (“Company”, “JSW SA”) hereby provides information about the education, qualifications and previous positions, together with a description of the career of the candidates to be members of the Supervisory Board in its 11th term of office, elected by the employees:
Paweł Nieradzik
He has been an employee of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa since 2007. Currently, he is employed as the Chief Mechanic in the Underground Machinery Department at KWK Budryk. He graduated from the Mechanical Technical High School in Mikołów as a mechanical technician. He continued his education at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice (management and production engineering with a specialization in business management) where he obtained a degree as an engineer. Graduate of post-graduate courses of study at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow (in the field of coking coal and coke – modern technological and market-related challenges) and the Warsaw Management University (MBA).
Robert Kudelski
He has been an employee of JSW since 1993, currently working in the position of Manager of the Investments and Mine Overhaul Department at KWK Borynia-Zofiówka. He completed the mining secondary school in Jastrzębie-Zdrój with the title of underground mining machinery and equipment technician. Graduated from the Catholic University in Lublin, with a MA degree in management and marketing. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice (in public procurement law and corporate project management, the University of Silesia in Katowice (in human resources management) and the Kraków University of Economics (MBA). Completed a number of development courses and seminars among others in the area of: quality management system, application of the public procurement law and controller education program. He was a Supervisory Board member of Centralne Zakłady Automatyki Hutnictwa S.A. in Katowice and Towarzystwo Budownictwa Społecznego “Daszek” Sp. z o.o. in Jastrzębie-Zdrój. Since 2012, he has been a JSW Supervisory Board Member representing employees.
Robert Łazarczyk
Graduate of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice at the Mining and Geology Faculty. In 1996, he obtained the title of engineer in Mine Deposit Extraction Techniques. He defended his master’s thesis in mine organization and management in 1998. He has been involved in the mining industry since 1991. He gained professional experience when working in the Knurów Mine followed by the Knurów Section of the Knurów-Szczygłowice Mine.
He started his work as a physical laborer and in subsequent years he took positions as a senior miner, shift crew leader, branch crew leader, supervisor and department head.
In 2018 he took on the position of Chief Mining Engineer – Manager of the Mining Department, which he still holds.
A mine rescue worker since 2002, and since 2007 he has served as the Deputy Manager of the Mine Station in the Mining Rescue Service in the Knurów Section.
In 2020 he completed his post-graduate course of study with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Executive level at the Collegium Humanum of the Warsaw Management University and he obtained educational qualifications for candidates to become a member of a supervisory body in companies with the State Treasury as a shareholder.
Arkadiusz Wypych
Graduate of the Faculty of Construction and Faculty of Mining and Geology of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He also completed post-graduate MBA studies at the WSB Academy in Dąbrowa Górnicza. He has been associated with JSW since 2007, working as an inspector at the Material Logistics Unit. In 2008, he was transferred to KWK Zofiówka where he acquired professional experience at the shaft division in the positions of: specialist, mining technology inspector, supervisor and shift foreman. Currently, he is employed in the Investment Department of KWK Borynia-Zofiówka as a senior foreman responsible for supervising underground investment projects. Completed numerous training sessions and courses, including a course for candidates for supervisory boards and management boards. In 2017, he passed an exam for candidates to become members of supervisory bodies before an examination commission in the Prime Minister’s Office. Since 2018, he has served as a member of the JSW SA Supervisory Board elected by the employees.
The foregoing persons do not conduct activity competitive to that of the Company, nor are they involved in any competing company as a partner in a civil law company or partnership or as a member of a corporate body of a capital company, or participate in another competing legal person as a member of its corporate body. In addition, they are not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors kept pursuant to the provisions of the National Court Register Act and in the National Register of Indebted Persons kept pursuant to the Act of 6 December 2018 on the National Register of Indebted Persons.
Moreover, the aforementioned persons submitted statements that they satisfy the independence criteria specified in the Act of 11 May 2017 on Statutory Auditors, Audit Firms and Public Supervision, as well as on their actual and significant affiliations with a shareholder holding at least 5% of the overall number of votes in the company.
Legal basis: § 5 Item 5) of the Regulation issued by the Finance Minister on 29 March 2018 on the Current and Periodic Information Transmitted by Securities Issuers and the Conditions for Recognizing the Information Required by the Regulations of a Non-Member State as Equivalent.