1. General information about the TAURON Polska Energia S.A. Capital Group and its parent company
TAURON Polska Energia S.A. Capital Group (the “Group”, the “Capital Group”, “TAURON Group”) consists of TAURON Polska Energia S.A. (the “parent entity”, the “Company”, the “Parent Company”) and its subsidiaries. TAURON Polska Energia S.A., with its registered office in Katowice at ul. ks. Piotra Ściegiennego 3 in Poland, operates as a joint-stock company, incorporated by notarial deed on 6 December 2006. Until 16 November 2007, the Company operated under the name Energetyka Południe S.A. The Company did not change its name or other identifying information in the year ended 31 December 2022.
The Parent Company is entered in the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for Katowice-Wschód, Commercial Department of the National Court Register under KRS number: 0000271562.
The duration of the Parent Company and entities included in the Capital Group is unlimited. The entities operate based on relevant licenses granted to individual companies of the Group.
The TAURON Group’s core business is reflected in the breakdown into segments: Generation (the segment comprising generation of electricity from conventional sources and heat generation), Renewable Energy Sources (the segment comprising generation of electricity from renewable sources), Distribution, Sales and other operations, including customer service, which is discussed in more detail in Note 13 to consolidated financial statements. During 2022, the Group discontinued its coal mining operations, as discussed further in notes 3 and 22.
Consolidated financial statements of the Group cover the year ended 31 December 2022 and contain comparative information for the year ended 31 December 2021.
Consolidated financial statements were approved for publication by the Management Board on 28 March 2023.
Composition of the Management Board
As at 1 January 2022, the composition of the Management Board was as follows:
- Artur Michałowski – Acting President of the Management Board, Vice President of the Management Board,
- Patryk Demski – Vice President of the Management Board,
- Krzysztof Surma – Vice President of the Management Board,
- Jerzy Topolski – Vice President of the Management Board.
In the period from 1 January 2022 to the date of approval of financial statements for publication, the Supervisory Board dismissed:
- Artur Michałowski from the position of Vice President of the Management Board for Trade with effect from 12 August 2022,
- Jerzy Topolski from the position of Vice President of the Management Board for Asset Management with effect from 12 August 2022.
In the period from 1 January 2022 to the date of approval of financial statements for publication, the Supervisory Board appointed:
- Artur Warzocha to the position of Vice President of the Management Board for corporate Affairs with effect from 21 January 2022,
- Paweł Szczeszek to the position of President of the Management Board with effect from 11 April 2022,
- Tomasz Szczegielniak to the position of Vice President of the Management Board for Trade with effect from 6 September 2022,
- Boguslaw Rybacki to the position of Vice President of the Management Board for Asset Management with effect from 9 September 2022.
As at the date of approval of financial statements for publication, the Management Board consisted of:
- Paweł Szczeszek – President of the Management Board,
- Patryk Demski – Vice President of the Management Board,
- Bogusław Rybacki – Vice President of the Management Board,
- Krzysztof Surma – Vice President of the Management Board,
- Tomasz Szczegielniak – Vice President of the Management Board,
- Artur Warzocha – Vice-President of the Management Board.