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Current report:

Confidential information

Report number: 45/2006 day: 2006-07-27

Legal basis

Art. 56 par. 1 pt 1 of the Bidding Act - confidential information

Content of the report:

The management of Barlinek S.A. yesterday received information that the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, at its session on July 25th 2006, took the final decision to grant Barlinek Invest ltd., based in Vinnitsa in Ukraine, credit of a value of 40m EUR, this sum being allocated for the construction of the floorboard factory in Vinnitsa in Ukraine. The credit contract between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Barlinek Invest ltd. will be signed shortly.

The management of Barlinek S.A. also announces that the investment in Ukraine is proceeding according to the timetable set out by the Company.