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On 20 May 2021, the Ordinary General Meeting of Budimex S.A. passed resolutions to appoint new members of the Supervisory Board of Budimex S.A. Pursuant to the above resolutions, the following persons became members of the Supervisory Board: Dariusz Blocher and Ignacio Aitor Garcia Bilbao

Budimex signed a contract with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Branch in Białystok, for the implementation of the project and construction of the Suchowoli ring road in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. As part of the investment worth over PLN 249 million, 15 kilometres of the route will be created along national road no. 8.

Ingka Centres has signed a contract with Budimex, the general contractor for the construction works of the historic Ulrich Gardens complex in Warsaw. The works will take about 12 months. In the summer of 2022, the revitalised Gardens will reopen, creating an innovative, ecological space of rest and recreation for all Varsovians.

In April 2021, Budimex completed works at the Rother’s Mills complex. The subject of the contract with the City of Bydgoszcz was the performance of construction works consisting in the reconstruction, extension and change of the manner of use of the Rother’s Mills, the Grain Granary, the Flour Granary and the Baths for the needs of a multifunctional service facility. The usable area of the investment amounted to 12,844.84 m2.

Another three-dimensional pedestrian crossing in Poland was created in Częstochowa, as part of the Hello ICE programme – Budimex programme for children. After Bartoszyce, Lesznowola, Miechów and Sanok, Częstochowa is the fifth city in the country, which will test the popular solution, improving the safety of pedestrians on the road. 3D pedestrian crossings in Częstochowa are just the beginning of similar 2021 investments. In the following months, 3D pedestrian crossings are to be built in at least five locations.

The construction knowledge competition called “Crazy about Construction” (in Polish: “Zakręceni w budownictwo”), which is organised by Budimex together with 5 student research circles, has been launched. The competition aims to integrate students with the construction industry. It will finish on 14 May.

Budimex has won the TOP Builder award for the modernisation of Railway Line No. 7 between Otwock and Nałęczów. Top Builder is one of the most prestigious awards in the Polish construction market. This year the competition jury, led by Prof. Leonard Runkiewicz, PhD, from the Warsaw University of Technology and Danuta Burzyńska, the editor-in-chief of Builder monthly, have chosen the modernisation of LK7 between Otwock and Nałęczów by Budimex in 2017–2021 as one of the 62 essential construction projects in Poland.

Commentary of the President of the Management Board of Budimex SA, Dariusz Blocher, on selected financial data from the financial statements of the Budimex Group for 2020.

Young patients of the hospital Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego in Białystok and their guardians can spend their time together in new colourful rooms.

On 27 April 2021, Budimex completed the construction of two sections of the S3 expressway: Brzozowo-Miękowo and Miękowo-Rzęśnica in the Zachodniopomorskie Province. The traffic between Miękowo and Rzęśnica has continued since June last year – the general contractor has just finalised the last finishing works designed to fully adapt this section to expressway parameters.

The first bulldozer equipped with a direct electric drive has started operating on Budimex construction sites. This modern machine is quiet, more environmentally friendly and more efficient.

The Vice-President of Budimex, Artur Popko, was appointed by the Supervisory Board the President of the Management Board and the CEO of Budimex SA. He will take over the function on 20 May 2021.

On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, the Maritime Office in Gdynia and Budimex SA as the contractor signed a construction agreement for project “Construction of a Waterway to Connect the Vistula Lagoon with the Gulf of Gdańsk – Part II.”

Budimex joins the National Immunisation Programme where the country’s major employers have an opportunity to organise vaccination for their staff regardless of the schedule by year of birth by the Polish National Health Fund (NFZ). Budimex intends to vaccinate all of its employees along with their families against SARS-CoV-2. The company is planning to vaccinate a total of 25,000 people. The vaccinations will be voluntary. Right now employees are submitting their declarations.

Ten CSR initiatives of Budimex were recognised by the Responsible Business Forum and published in the report “Responsible Business in Poland 2020. Good practices”.

On 16 April 2021, Budimex and the Gdańsk Branch of the General Directorate for National Roads and Highways signed a contract for the construction of another section of S6 expressway, under the project entitled “Construction of the Tri-City Metropolitan Bypass divided into two parts: Part 1: Construction of the Tri-City Metropolitan Bypass. Task 1: Chwaszczyno junction (without the junction) – Żukowo junction (without the junction)”.

On April 12, Budimex made its debut in the Łukasiewicz INNOVATOR index, created by the joint-stock companies that develop their potential in cooperation with the Polish scientific sector.

There is no need to convince anyone that sports activity is extremely important for maintaining physical and mental health. However, despite the widespread awareness, the reason most often mentioned by Poles to lead a passive lifestyle is the lack of motivation, which has recently been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is why Budimex decided to activate its employees by inviting them to sports competitions as part of "Budimagedon".