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Semi-annual Report of the Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. Group for HI 2015

III. Semi-annual report of the Exchange Management Board on the activity of the Group

1. Information about the Group

1.1. Background information about the Group

The parent entity of the Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. Group ("the Group", "the GPW Group") is Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie Spółka Akcyjna ("Warsaw Stock Exchange", "the Exchange", "GPW", "the Company" or "the parent entity") with its registered Office in Warsaw, ul. Książęca 4.

Warsaw Stock Exchange is a leading financial instruments exchange in Emerging Markets Europę (EME)¹ and Central and Eastern Europę (CEE),² and one of the fastest growing exchanges in Europę in recent years. The markets operated by GPW list stocks and bonds of nearly a thousand local and international issuers. The Exchange also offers trade in derivatives and structured Products, as well as information services. Close to 25 years of experience, high safety of trading, operational excellence and a broad rangę of products make GPW one of the most recognised Polish financial institutions in the world.

The GPW Group conducts activity in the following segments:

■    organising trade in financial instruments and conducting activities related to such trade;

■    organising an alternative trading system;

■    operating the Wholesale Treasury bond market Treasury Bondspot Poland;

■    operating a commodity exchange;

■    operating an OTC commodity platform;

■    operating a register of certificates of origin;

■    providing the sen/ices of trade operator and entity responsible for balancing;

■    operating a clearing house and settlement institution which performs the functions of an exchange clearing house for transactions in exchange commodities;

■    conducting activities in Capital market education, promotion and information as well as Office space lease.

Basic information about the parent entity:

Name and legał status:    Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie Spółka

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Registered Office and address: Telephone number:

Telefax number:

Website:

E-mail:

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REGON (statistical number):    012021984

NIP (tax Identification number):    526-02-50-972

Akcyjna

Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. ul. Książęca 4, 00-498 Warsaw, Poland [phone]

[phone], [phone]

WWW.QDW.Pl

[e-mail]

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   EME - Emerging Markets Europę: Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey.

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   CEE - Central and Eastern Europę: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Bułgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.