The management of Barlinek S.A. hereby announces that on October 19th 2005, Barlinek S.A. signed a contract with Barlinek Inwestycje ltd (a dependent body) on the basis of which ownership of machinery and equipment for leaf abrasion and ornamental bordering production passed into the hands of Barlinek Inwestycje ltd. The gross value of the sale was 43,962,262.02 PLN. The transaction took place under market conditions in accordance with the resolution of the EGM of Barlinek S.A. on October 15th 2004.
The sale of machinery and equipment for leaf abrasion and ornamental bordering production to the dependent company is the next stage in the sale of production assets to Barlinek Inwestycje ltd in line with the information published in the Issue Prospectus.