Exhibit C-1
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THE STATE TREASURY OF
THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Represented by
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
U.S.$1,500,000,000 4.625%
Notes due 2029
U.S.$3,000,000,000 5.125%
Notes due 2034
U.S.$3,500,000,000 5.500% Notes due 2054
Underwriting Agreement
March 11, 2024
To the Representatives named
in Schedule I hereto of the
Underwriters
named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The State Treasury of the Republic of Poland, represented
by the Minister of Finance (the “State Treasury”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”),
a principal amount of U.S.$1,500,000,000 4.625% Notes due 2029, U.S.$3,000,000,000 5.125% Notes due 2034 and U.S.$3,500,000,000 5.500%
Notes due 2054 identified in Schedule I hereto (together, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant
to the fiscal agency agreement specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) among the State Treasury,
the fiscal agent identified in such schedule (the “Fiscal Agent”) and the Luxembourg listing and paying agent identified
in such schedule (the “Listing Agent”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or
firms listed in Schedule I hereto as Representatives, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives”, as
used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
The State Treasury hereby confirms its agreement
with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities as follows:
1. Registration
Statement. The State Treasury has (a) prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) in accordance with the provisions of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement, including a prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) relating to certain debt securities to be issued from
time to time by the State Treasury and (b) also filed with, or proposes to file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities. As used herein, “Registration
Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including its exhibits and any
prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part
of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date (as defined below) and any
post-effective amendment thereto that becomes effective prior to the Closing Date (as defined below). As used herein,
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or
amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement (as defined below) became or becomes effective. The Base
Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) after the Time of Sale (as defined below), is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”.
If the State Treasury has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
(the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration
Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any preliminary form of Prospectus (a “preliminary prospectus”)
previously filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein which were filed under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) on or before
the date of this Agreement or the date of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be. Any
reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement,
the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed under
the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement or the date of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities
were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the State Treasury had prepared the following information (collectively with
the information set forth on or attached to Annex A, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Base Prospectus, the preliminary
prospectus supplement dated March 11, 2024, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405
under the Securities Act) listed as part of the Time of Sale Information.
2. Purchase
of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(a) The
State Treasury agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each
Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the State Treasury the respective principal amounts of Securities
set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I
hereto plus accrued interest, if any, from the date specified in Schedule I hereto to the date of payment and delivery.
(b) The
State Treasury understands that the several Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the
Securities and (ii) initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The State Treasury acknowledges and
agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell their respective Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any
such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter. Each Underwriter severally represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the State Treasury that it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
(c) Payment
for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the State Treasury to the
Representatives at 10:00 A.M., New York City time on the Closing Date (as defined below), at the place set
forth in Schedule I hereto (or at such other time and place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth Business
Day (as defined below) thereafter, as the Representatives and the State Treasury may agree in writing). The time and date of such
payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”. As used herein, the term “Business
Day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City.
(d) Payment for the Securities shall be
made against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of one
or more global notes representing the Securities (the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in
connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the State Treasury. The original Global Note will be made available for
inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
3. Representations and Warranties of the State
Treasury. The State Treasury represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary
Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus has been issued by the Commission and each preliminary
prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto or filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the State Treasury in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information set forth in the table in the
first paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” of the preliminary prospectus (the “Underwriter Information”).
(b) Time
of Sale Information. (i) The Time of Sale Information and (ii) each electronic roadshow, when taken together as a whole
with the Time of Sale Information, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that the State Treasury makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the State Treasury in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf
of any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted
from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included
in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) complied in all material respects with the Securities
Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) filed in accordance with the Securities
Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the preliminary prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(d) hereto does not
include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated
therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified; provided
that the State Treasury makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the State Treasury in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Information. As used herein,
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 433 of the Securities Act.
(d) Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to
Section 8A of the Securities Act has been instituted against the State Treasury or, related to the offering has been initiated
or threatened by the Commission. As of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the
Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and on each Effective Date
did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, at the Closing Date will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that the foregoing representations and warranties shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the State Treasury in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter
Information.
(e) Incorporated
Documents. The documents expressly incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, appear on their face to
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of
such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) No
Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change in or affecting the financial, economic or political condition of the Republic of Poland
(“Poland”) otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(g) Due
Authorization. The issuance and sale of the Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for by the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement and authenticated by the Fiscal Agent pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the State Treasury and entitled to the benefits
provided by the Fiscal Agency Agreement. The execution of the Fiscal Agency Agreement by the State Treasury has been duly authorized and,
when executed and delivered by the State Treasury and the Fiscal Agent, the Fiscal Agency Agreement will constitute a valid and binding
instrument and the Securities and the Fiscal Agency Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) The
Securities. The Securities, when issued, delivered and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and authenticated by
the Fiscal Agent pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, will constitute general and unsecured obligations of Poland, the full faith
and credit of which will be pledged for the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities and for the
performance of all obligations of the State Treasury with respect thereto and the Securities will rank pari passu in right of payment
with all other present and future unsecured obligations of Poland, except for such obligations as may be preferred by mandatory provisions
of applicable law.
(i) Underwriting
Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the State Treasury.
(j) No
Violation. Each of the State Treasury and Poland is not, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would not be, in violation
of or in default under any constitutional or treaty provision, convention, statute, law, regulation, decree, court order or similar authority
binding upon the State Treasury or Poland, any fiscal agency agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
or instrument to which the State Treasury or Poland is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, except for violations
and defaults which individually or in the aggregate are not material to the State Treasury and Poland and which do not have a material
adverse effect on the performance by the State Treasury of its obligations under the Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and this
Agreement; the issue and sale of the Securities and the performance by the State Treasury of its obligations under the Securities, the
Fiscal Agency Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any constitutional or treaty provision,
convention, statute, law, regulation, decree, court order or similar authority binding upon the State Treasury or Poland, any fiscal agency
agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the State Treasury or Poland is
a party or by which the State Treasury or Poland is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the State Treasury or Poland is
subject; and no additional consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental
agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the State Treasury of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the Fiscal Agency Agreement except (i) the order of the Minister of Finance described in subsection (ii) of
Section 5(i) hereof and (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, registrations or qualifications
as have been obtained under the Securities Act or as may be required under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(k) No
Default. No event has occurred or circumstance has arisen which, had the Securities already been issued, might reasonably be expected
to (whether or not with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time and/or the fulfillment of any other requirement) constitute an
event described under “Description of the Securities– Default; Acceleration of Maturity” in the Prospectus; and the
State Treasury is not in default under the provisions of any agreement or of any instrument evidencing or relating to any outstanding
Public External Indebtedness (as defined in the Registration Statement); and neither the execution and delivery of, nor the compliance
with, this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Securities will conflict with, or constitute a breach or a default under, any
such agreement or instrument to which the State Treasury is a party or by which it is bound.
(l) Legal
Proceedings. Except as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (exclusive
of any amendment or supplement thereto), there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings
pending, or, to the knowledge of the State Treasury, threatened or contemplated against or affecting Poland which, if determined adversely
to Poland, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the financial, economic
or political condition of Poland; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings
that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations, contracts
or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of the Sale Information or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required.
(m) Sale
of Securities. Immediately after any sale of Securities by the State Treasury hereunder, the aggregate amount of Securities which
have been issued and sold by the State Treasury hereunder and of any securities of the State Treasury (other than the Securities) that
shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the Registration Statement will not exceed the amount of securities registered under the Registration
Statement.
(n) Private
and Commercial Acts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the other
documents referred to therein, and the issue, offer and sale of the Securities and the performance of the terms thereof by the State
Treasury, constitute private and commercial acts rather than public or governmental acts. To the extent the State Treasury or Poland
has in this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and in the Securities waived immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other
legal process, it represents and warrants that neither the State Treasury, Poland nor any of their respective properties have, in
relation to the execution, delivery and performance of such agreement by the State Treasury and the issue, offer and sale of the
Securities and the performance of the terms thereof by the State Treasury, any immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other
legal process in Poland, except as described in the Prospectus under “Enforceability of Judgments” and as provided in
the opinions referred to in Sections 5(f) and (g) hereof. The waivers of immunity by the State Treasury contained in this
Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities, the appointment of the process agent in this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency
Agreement and the Securities and the consent by the State Treasury to the jurisdiction of the courts specified in this Agreement,
the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities and the provision that the laws of the State of New York shall govern this Agreement,
the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities are (or, in the case of the Securities, will be, upon due execution, issue, delivery
and authentication thereof by the Fiscal Agent under the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the payment therefor by the Underwriters)
irrevocably binding on the State Treasury. Subject to the legal opinion of the Director of the Legal Department, Ministry of Finance
of Poland referred to in Section 5(f) hereof, provided the requirements set forth in the Prospectus under
“Enforceability of Judgments” are met, any judgment against the State Treasury in relation to any of this Agreement, the
Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Securities in the courts specified in this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities
will be recognized in the courts of Poland and, upon institution of an ordinary civil action to enforce such judgment, will be
enforceable in Poland.
(o) No
Conflicts. This Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement are, and the Securities, upon the due execution, authentication, issue and
delivery thereof and payment therefor by the Underwriters, will be, in proper legal form under the laws of Poland for the enforcement
thereof in Poland against the State Treasury and contain no provision which is contrary to the laws of Poland or public policy of Poland
or which would not for any reason be upheld by the courts of Poland.
(p) Validation.
To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in Poland of any of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement
or the Securities, it is not necessary that any of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Securities or any other document
or instrument be registered, recorded or filed with any court or other authority in Poland or be notarized or that any documentary, stamp
or similar tax, imposition or charge be paid on or in respect of any of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Securities
(except for court fees and taxes incurred in connection with enforcement proceedings).
(q) International Lending
Institutions. Poland is a member of the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”), the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank and is eligible to use the general resources of the IMF.
(r) Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus under “Taxation - Polish Tax Considerations” with respect to possible application of Polish stamp tax, when
issued, the Securities and all payments thereon will be free and exempt from any and all taxes, duties or other charges of
whatsoever nature of Poland and all payments on the Securities will be made by the State Treasury without withholding or deduction
for or on account of any and all taxes, duties or other charges of whatever nature (including, without limitation, income taxes)
imposed by Poland or any subdivision or authority thereof or therein having power to tax except to the extent that such Securities
or payments will be held or received by persons who are subject to tax for reasons other than merely by holding such Securities or
receiving payments thereon.
(s) Issuance
of Securities. The Securities are being issued pursuant to Article 5 of the Budget Act for 2024, the order of the Minister of
Finance described in subsection (ii) of Section 5(i) hereof, the Letter of the Issue No. 24/2024 of the Minister of
Finance, the Letter of the Issue No. 25/2024 of the Minister of Finance and the Letter of the Issue No. 26/2024 of the Minister
of Finance and the issue of the Securities will not violate any monetary limit prescribed by Polish law.
(t) Eligibility. The State Treasury meets the requirements for the use of Schedule B under the
Securities Act, is a “seasoned foreign government” within the meaning of Release No. 33-6424 under the Securities
Act relating to delayed offerings by foreign governments or political subdivisions thereof, is not an “ineligible
issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act (without taking into account any determination by the
Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the State Treasury be considered an “ineligible
issuer”) and has filed with the Commission the Registration Statement, including the form of Base Prospectus, for registration
under the Securities Act of the offering and sale of the Securities.
(u) Sanctions. Poland is not
currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United Nations Security Council or
His Majesty’s Treasury (collectively, “Sanctions”). Poland will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds
of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, (i) for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person that is currently subject to any Sanctions, including those designated on the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list maintained by OFAC, or any sanctions administered by the European Union (the
“EU”), or is in any country or territory, that, at the time of such financing, is the subject of Sanctions
(currently, Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and
the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic); or any sanctions administered by the EU, or (ii) in any other manner that will
result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor
or otherwise) of Sanctions or any sanctions administered by the EU.
4. Further
Agreements of the State Treasury. The State Treasury covenants and agrees with each of the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) Required
Filings. The State Treasury will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement, if not effective on the date hereof, and
any amendment thereto, to become effective at the earliest possible time thereafter. Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities,
the State Treasury will not file any amendments of the Registration Statement (including the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus)
or the Time of Sale Information unless the State Treasury has furnished the Underwriters with a copy for their review prior to filing
and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence,
the State Treasury will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A under the Securities Act and, within the time period prescribed
by such Rules, will promptly provide evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters of such timely filing and to furnish copies of the Prospectus
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M.,
New York City time on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably
request.
(b) Delivery
of Copies. The State Treasury will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, four signed copies of the Registration
Statement (as originally filed) and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents
incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each other Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (as
originally filed) and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the
Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As
used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering
of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered
(or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with the sales of the Securities by any Underwriter
or dealer.
(c) Free
Writing Prospectus. The State Treasury agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the
Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may
be, the prior written consent of the State Treasury, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, it has not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute
a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) required to be filed by the State
Treasury with the Commission or retained by the State Treasury under Rule 433 of the Securities Act, other than a free writing
prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to
Section 4(d) hereof; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been
given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Annex A hereto and any electronic road show; provided further that the prior written consent of the State Treasury shall not be required for any Bloomberg screen or similar
electronic communication providing for certain ratings or proposed terms of the Securities or relating to administrative or
procedural matters in connection with the offering of the Securities. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the
Representatives or the State Treasury is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. The State
Treasury agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164
and 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the
Commission, legending and record keeping.
(d) Amendments
or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The State Treasury agrees to prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description
of the final terms of the securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by the Representatives and attached as Schedule I
hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act within the time required by such Rule. Before
making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes
effective, the State Treasury will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review, and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably object.
(e) Notice
to the Representatives. The State Treasury will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when
the Registration Statement has become effective, (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective, (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has
been filed and to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof, (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to
the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information, (v) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act, (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the
Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances when, respectively, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, (vii) of the receipt by the State Treasury of any notice of objection of the Commission
to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities
Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the State Treasury of any notification with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or, to the State Treasury’s knowledge, the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose; and, to the extent the same is within its control, to use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order, or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any order suspending any
such qualification of the Securities, or notification of any such order thereof and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(f) Ongoing
Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus to comply with Polish or United States law, the State Treasury will immediately notify the Underwriters
thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and
to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that
the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with such law and (2) if at any
time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading or (ii) it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with Polish and United States law, the State Treasury will
immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith to prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the
Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information
as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information
will comply with such law.
(g) Marketability.
Between the date hereof and the Closing Date (both dates inclusive), the Minister of Finance of Poland will not without the prior approval
of the Representatives, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, make any official announcement which would have a material adverse
effect on the marketability of the Securities.
(h) Taxes.
The State Treasury will pay any stamp duty or other issue, transaction, value added or similar tax, fund or duty payable in Poland, the
United Kingdom or the United States (including court fees) in relation to any transaction carried out pursuant to this Agreement, or the
Fiscal Agency Agreement or in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters or the enforcement of this Agreement.
(i) Blue
Sky Compliance. The State Treasury will endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “Blue
Sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and to continue such qualification in effect so
long as reasonably required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the State Treasury shall not be required to file
a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or take any other action which would expose it to taxation or service of process
in suits other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities.
(j) Statement
of Revenues and Expenditure. The State Treasury will make generally available to its securityholders and to the Representatives, as
soon as practicable after the close of its first fiscal year beginning after the date of this Agreement, a statement in reasonable detail
in the English language of its revenues and expenditures for such fiscal year which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act.
(k) Clear
Market. During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Business Day following the Closing Date,
the State Treasury will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose outside Poland, or announce the offering, of any debt securities
issued or guaranteed by Poland which are substantially similar to the Securities.
(l) Use
of Proceeds. Poland will use the net proceeds received by the State Treasury from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this
Agreement in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the
heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(m) Exchange
Listing. The State Treasury will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Securities to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
(n) Record
Retention. The State Treasury will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(o) Expenses.
Except as otherwise agreed with the Representatives, whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, costs and expenses (i) incident to the preparation,
issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities, including any expenses of the Fiscal Agent, (ii) incident
to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the
Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus (including in each case all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto),
(iii) incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the
Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate, (iv) related to any filing with
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., (v) incurred in connection with the printing (including word processing and
duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the preliminary and supplemental “Blue
Sky” memoranda and any legal investment survey and the furnishing to Underwriters and dealers of copies of the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, including mailing and shipping, as herein provided, (vi) payable to
rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Securities, (vii) incurred by the State Treasury in connection with a
“road show” presentation to potential investors, (viii) of any transfer agent, (ix) incurred in connection
with the application for and approval of the Securities for listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and (x) of counsel to the
State Treasury.
5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.
The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder to purchase the Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the performance by
the State Treasury of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration
Compliance; No Stop Order. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be
pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any such supplement,
shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent
required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the
Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Representatives.
(b) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the State Treasury contained herein being true and correct on and as of the
Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date and the State Treasury shall have complied with all agreements and all conditions
on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No
Downgrade. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have
occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (i) any downgrading, (ii) any intended or potential
downgrading or (iii) any surveillance or review or possible change that does not indicate an improvement in the rating accorded
any securities of or guaranteed by Poland by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such
term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
(d) No
Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have been any event or condition
of a type described in Section 3(f) hereof that shall have occurred or shall exist or change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the financial, economic or political condition of Poland otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which
in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities
on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (excluding
any amendment or supplement thereto).
(e) Officer’s
Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of the Undersecretary of State of
the Ministry of Finance of Poland satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such representative has carefully reviewed
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge of such representative, the representations
set forth in Sections 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and
warranties of the State Treasury in this Agreement are true and correct and that the State Treasury has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date and (iii) to the effect
set forth in subsections (a) through (c) of this Section 5 and to the further effect that there has not occurred any material
adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the financial, economic or political
condition of Poland except as set forth in or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment
or supplement thereto).
(f) Opinion of the
Director of the Legal Department, Ministry of Finance. The Director of the Legal Department, Ministry of Finance shall have furnished
to the Representatives an opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set
forth in Annex B hereto.
In rendering such opinions, the Director may rely
(A) as to matters involving the application of U.S. federal or New York State laws, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to
the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon the opinion of White & Case LLP, U.S. counsel to the State Treasury, described
below; and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the State
Treasury and certificates or other written statements of officials of jurisdictions having custody of documents relating to the State
Treasury.
The opinion of the Director of the Legal Department,
Ministry of Finance, described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the State Treasury and shall so state therein.
(g) Opinion of Counsel for the State
Treasury. White & Case LLP, U.S. counsel for the State Treasury, and Xxxxx & Case M. Studniarek i
Wspólnicy - Kancelaria Prawna Spółka Komandytowa, Polish counsel for the State Treasury, shall have furnished
to the Representatives their written opinions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to
the effect set forth in Annex C and Annex D hereto, respectively.
In rendering such opinions,
such counsel may rely as to material factual matters; to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers
of the State Treasury and certificates or other written statements of officials of jurisdictions having custody of documents relating
to the State Treasury and Poland.
The opinions of Xxxxx &
Case LLP, U.S. counsel for the State Treasury, and Xxxxx & Xxxx, M. Studniarek i Wspólnicy - Kancelaria Prawna Spółka
Komandytowa, Polish counsel for the State Treasury, described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the State
Treasury and shall so state therein.
(h) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters.
The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
(London) LLP, U.S. counsel to the Underwriters, with respect to the validity of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities and other
related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they
may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
The Representatives shall have received on and
as of the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Her i Wspólnicy sp.x., Polish counsel to the
Underwriters, with respect to the validity of the Securities and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request,
and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) Letters and Documents. The Representatives
shall have received the following documents (together with certified English translations thereof):
| (i) | the Budget Act for 2024 of January 18, 2024 (exclusive of tables, which shall be provided in Polish); |
| (ii) | the Order of the Minister of Finance of December 15, 2010 on the conditions
of issuing treasury bonds to be offered on foreign markets; |
| (iii) | Art. 3.2a in connection with Art. 21.1 point 130 of the Personal Income Tax Act of July 26,
1991 (as amended) and Art. 3.2 in connection with Art. 17.1 point 50 of the Corporate Income Tax Act of February 15, 1992 (as
amended); |
| (iv) | the Letter of the Issue No. 24/2024 of the Minister of Finance; |
| (v) | the Letter of the Issue No. 25/2024 of the Minister of
Finance; and |
| (vi) | the Letter of the Issue No. 26/2024 of the Minister of Finance. |
(j) Additional
Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the State Treasury shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates
and documents as the Representatives shall reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence
mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
6. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification
of the Underwriters. The State Treasury agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees
and each affiliate of any Underwriter which assists such Underwriter in the distribution of the Securities and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the reasonable legal fees and other expenses
incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several,
that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of
Sale Information (including any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), or any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the State Treasury
in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein (it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Information). The State Treasury further agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any requirement to pay any stamp duty or other issue, transaction, value added or
similar tax, fund or duty payable in Poland, the United Kingdom or the United States (including court fees) in relation to any transaction
carried out pursuant to this Agreement, or the Fiscal Agency Agreement or in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities to the
Underwriters or the enforcement of this Agreement. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the State Treasury
may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification
of the State Treasury. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the State Treasury and its
officials and authorized representatives who signed the Registration Statement to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the
State Treasury to each Underwriter, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based
upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information
relating to such Underwriter furnished to the State Treasury in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for
use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time
of Sale Information, or any preliminary prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf
of any Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Information). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter
may otherwise have.
(c) Notice
and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall
be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding
paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying
Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent that it has been
materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall
not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 6. If any such
proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof,
the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent
of the Indemnified Person, also be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 6 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person
shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary,
(ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person, (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person
and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them, or (iv) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person. It is understood that
the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for
the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriters, each affiliate of any
Underwriter which assists such Underwriter in the distribution of the Securities and such control persons of Underwriters shall be
designated in writing by the Representatives named in Schedule I hereto and any such separate firm for the State Treasury and
its officials and authorized representatives who sign the Registration Statement shall be designated in writing by the State
Treasury. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but
if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified Person for
fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more
than 30 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall not
have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person
shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution.
If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or
insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such
paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the State Treasury on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the
offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the State Treasury on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the State Treasury on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
relative proportions as the net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the State Treasury and the total
underwriting discounts and the commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the State Treasury on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
State Treasury or to the Underwriter Information and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation
on Liability. The State Treasury and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it were offered to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several
in proportion to the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto, and not
joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive
Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(g) Survival.
The provisions of Section 11 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 6 and the
representations and warranties of the State Treasury set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of (i) any termination or cancellation of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the State Treasury or its ministers and
(iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
7. No
Fiduciary Duties. The State Treasury acknowledges and agrees that in connection with this offering, the sale of the Securities or
any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or
otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Underwriters: (i) no
fiduciary or agency relationship between the State Treasury and any other person, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other,
exists; (ii) the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to the State Treasury, including, without limitation,
with respect to the determination of the public offering price of the Securities, and such relationship between the State Treasury, on
the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (iii) any
duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the State Treasury shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically
stated herein; and (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the State Treasury.
The State Treasury waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from
an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.
8. Termination.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice
given to the State Treasury, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally
shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) trading of any securities
issued or guaranteed by Poland shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities in New York or Poland shall have been declared by U.S. Federal, New York State or Polish authorities,
(iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis,
either within or outside of the United States or Poland, or a material adverse change in the general economic, political or financial
conditions in the United States or Poland the effect of which on financial markets is as such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated
by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
9. Effectiveness
of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
10. Defaulting
Underwriter. If on the Closing Date any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Securities which it or
they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities
set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite
the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives may specify, to purchase the Securities
which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event
shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 1 be increased pursuant
to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-tenth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such
Underwriter. If on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs
is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date and arrangements satisfactory to the
Representatives and the State Treasury for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement
shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the State Treasury. In any such case either the Representatives
or the State Treasury shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the
required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter
under this Agreement.
11. Reimbursement
of Underwriters Fees. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal
on the part of the State Treasury to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason
the State Treasury shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any condition of the Underwriters’ obligations
cannot be fulfilled, except as otherwise agreed with the Representatives, the State Treasury agrees to reimburse the Underwriters or such
Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the
fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated
hereunder.
12. Persons
Entitled to the Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the State Treasury, the Underwriters,
each affiliate of any Underwriter which assists such Underwriter in the distribution of the Securities, any controlling persons referred
to herein and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed
to give any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
provision herein contained. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase.
13. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. Delivery of an electronic signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission
(e.g., “PDF” or “tif” via email) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000
or the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
This agreement has been executed in the Polish and English languages and each of these texts is authentic. To the extent that there is
any discrepancy between the Polish and English texts, the English version shall prevail.
14. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect
to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
15. Waiver and Submission to
Jurisdiction. (a) The State Treasury irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or any
U.S. Federal court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, United States, and any
appellate court from any thereof, and to the jurisdiction of any Polish court with respect to actions brought against it as a
defendant and waives any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in
connection with this Agreement. The State Treasury irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity and any
objection to any suit, action, or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Agreement in such courts on the grounds of
venue or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Such waiver of immunity
constitutes only a limited and specific waiver for the purposes of this Agreement and the Securities and in relation to such courts
and under no circumstances shall it be interpreted as a general waiver by the State Treasury or a waiver with respect to proceedings
unrelated to this Agreement and the Securities or in other courts. Poland reserves the right to plead sovereign immunity under the
U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 with respect to actions brought against it under U.S. federal or state securities law.
Poland does not waive any immunity in respect of present or future “premises of the mission” as such term is defined in
the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961, or “consular premises” as such term is defined in the
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations signed in 1963 or military property or military assets of Poland related thereto. The State
Treasury agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding
upon such party and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such party is subject by a suit upon such judgment;
provided that service of process is effected upon such party in the manner provided by this Agreement.
(b) The
State Treasury agrees that service of all writs, process and summonses in any suit, action or proceeding brought in connection with this
Agreement against the State Treasury in any court of the State of New York or any U.S. Federal court sitting, in each case, in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City of New York, may be made upon the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
whom the State Treasury irrevocably appoints as its authorized agent for service of process. The State Treasury represents and warrants
that such person has agreed to act as the State Treasury’s agent for service of process. The State Treasury agrees that such appointment
shall be irrevocable until the irrevocable appointment by the State Treasury of a successor in the City of New York as its authorized
agent for such purpose and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor. The State Treasury further agrees to take any and all
action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force
and effect as aforesaid. If such person shall cease to act as the agent for service of process for the State Treasury, the State Treasury
shall appoint without delay another such agent and provide prompt written notice to the Representatives of such appointment. With respect
to any such action in any court of the State of New York or any U.S. Federal court, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City
of New York, service of process upon such person, as the authorized agent of the State Treasury for service of process, and written notice
of such service to the State Treasury shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the State Treasury.
(c) Nothing
in this Section 15 shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or affect the
right of any party to bring any action or proceeding against any other party or its property in the courts of other jurisdictions.
16. English
Documents. All documents to be delivered under this Agreement by the State Treasury shall be in the English language or accompanied
by a certified English translation, other than the tables referred to in Section 5(i)(i) hereof.
17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority
of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives named in Schedule I hereto
on behalf of the Underwriters and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives at the
addresses set forth in Schedule I hereto. Notices to the State Treasury shall be given to it at Ministry of Finance,
ul. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00, 00-000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx; Attention: Director of Public Debt Department, Ministry of Finance.
(c) Waiver
of Immunity. To the extent that the State Treasury, or any of its respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter
become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any legal action,
suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in respect thereof, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any of the
courts set forth in the first sentence of Section 15, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment
in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of judgment, or from other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief
or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any jurisdiction in which the proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to its
obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the State Treasury, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such immunity and
consents to such relief and enforcement.
(d) Conversion
of Currency. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency
other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used
shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Representatives could purchase U.S. dollars with such other
currency in New York City on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the State Treasury in
respect of any sum due from it to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged
until the first Business Day following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency on which (and
only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency;
if the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the State Treasury agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss.
(e) U.S.
Tax Disclosure. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party hereto and purchasers of the Securities (and each employee,
representative or other agent of such party or purchaser) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S.
tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of any transaction contemplated herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other
tax analyses) that are provided to the purchasers of the Securities relating to such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure, other
than any information for which nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws.
(f) Blocking
Regulation. No provision of paragraph 3(u) of this Agreement shall apply to any person to the extent that it results or would
result in a violation by or in respect of that person of (i) any provision of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996
(or any law or regulation implementing such Regulation in any member state of the European Union), (ii) Council Regulation (EC) No
2271/96 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or (iii) any similar blocking or anti-boycott
law, and paragraphs 5(b) and 5(e) shall be construed accordingly. Each of the representations in paragraph 3(u) of this
Agreement shall not apply and shall not be sought by or made to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft if and to the extent that it is or would
be unenforceable by reason of breach of, or would result in a violation of, or conflict with, with regard to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft,
Section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Ordinance (Verordnung zur Durchführung des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung
– AWV)).
(g) EU
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. Solely for the purposes of the requirements of Article 9(8) of the MiFID Product
Governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the “EU MiFID Product Governance Rules”) regarding the
mutual responsibilities of manufacturers under the EU MiFID Product Governance Rules:
a. each Underwriter who deems themselves to be
an EU MiFID manufacturer (each a “EU Manufacturer” and together the “EU Manufacturers”) acknowledges
to each other EU Manufacturer that it understands the responsibilities conferred upon it under the EU MiFID Product Governance Rules relating
to each of the product approval process, the target market and the proposed distribution channels as applying to the Securities and the
related information set out in the Prospectus in connection with the Securities; and
b. the Underwriters and the State Treasury note
the application of the EU MiFID Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as
applying to the Securities by the EU Manufacturers and the related information set out in the Prospectus in connection with the Securities.
(h) UK
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation. Solely for the purposes of the requirements of 3.2.7R of the FCA Handbook
Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the “UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules”) regarding the
mutual responsibilities of manufacturers under the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules:
a. each
Underwriter who deems themselves to be a UK MiFIR manufacturer (each a “UK Manufacturer” and together the “UK
Manufacturers”) acknowledges to each other UK Manufacturer that it understands the responsibilities conferred upon it under
the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules relating to each of the product approval process, the target market and the proposed distribution
channels as applying to the Securities and the related information set out in the Prospectus in connection with the Securities; and
b. the
Underwriters and the State Treasury note the application of the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market
and distribution channels identified as applying to the Securities by the UK Manufacturers and the related information set out in the
Prospectus in connection with the Securities.
(i) Contractual Bail-in. Notwithstanding
any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche
Bank Aktiengesellschaft, X.X. Xxxxxx SE, Santander US Capital Markets LLC and the State Treasury, the State Treasury acknowledges, accepts,
and agrees to be bound by:
a. the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers
by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft,
X.X. Xxxxxx SE and Santander US Capital Markets LLC to the State Treasury under this agreement, that (without limitation) may include
and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:
i. the reduction
of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;
ii. the
conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, X.X. Xxxxxx SE, Santander US Capital Markets LLC or another person (and the issue to or conferral
on the State Treasury of such shares, securities or obligations);
iii. the cancellation
of the BRRD Liability;
iv. the
amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by
suspending payment for a temporary period;
b. the variation of the terms of this Agreement,
as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution
Authority.
As used in this provision, “Bail-in
Legislation” means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time
implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation
Schedule from time to time; “Bail-in Powers” means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in the EU
Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation; “BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU
establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms; “EU Bail-in
Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association
(or any successor person) from time to time at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx; “BRRD Liability” has the same meaning as in
such laws, regulations, rules or requirements implementing the BRRD under the applicable Bail-in Legislation; and
“Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in
relation to any of the Underwriters.
(j) Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution
Regimes. (1) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will
be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any
such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. (2) In the event that
any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a Covered Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to
no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed
by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
“Covered Affiliate” has the
meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
a “covered entity” as that term is defined in,
and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
a “covered bank” as that term is defined in,
and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and
interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned
to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime”
means each of (i) the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the
U.S. Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding,
please sign and return four counterparts hereof.
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The State Treasury of the Republic of Poland, Represented by the Minister of Finance |
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/s/ Jurand Drop |
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Name: Jurand Drop |
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Title: Undersecretary of State |
Accepted:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc., |
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Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, |
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X.X. Xxxxxx SE, |
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Santander US Capital Markets LLC |
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acting
severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters listed in Schedule II hereto. |
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(Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement)
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxx X Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Managing Director |
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Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx (Sahel) Xxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx (Sahel) Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Director |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xx |
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Name: Xxxx Xx |
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Title: Director |
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X.X. Xxxxxx SE |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: Managing Director |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: Executive Director |
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(Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement)
Santander US Capital Markets LLC |
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: Executive Director |
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SCHEDULE I
Representatives: |
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, X.X. Xxxxxx SE, Santander US Capital Markets LLC |
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Underwriting
Agreement dated: |
March 11, 2024
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Registration
Statement No.: |
333-277447
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Title
of Securities: |
U.S.$1,500,000,000 4.625% Notes
due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) |
U.S.$3,000,000,000 5.125% Notes
due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”) |
U.S.$3,500,000,000
5.500% Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes”) |
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Aggregate
principal amount: |
U.S.$1,500,000,000 |
U.S.$3,000,000,000 |
U.S.$3,500,000,000 |
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Price
to Public: |
99.243% of the principal amount
of the Notes |
99.703% of the principal amount
of the Notes |
98.841% of the
principal amount of the Notes |
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Purchase Price: |
U.S.$1,487,145,000 (99.143%
of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes) |
U.S.$2,986,890,000
(99.563% of the principal amount of the 2034
Notes) |
U.S.$3,452,785,000
(98.651% of the principal amount of the 2054
Notes) |
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Underwriting
Discount: |
U.S.$1,500,000 (0.100% of the principal
amount of the 2029 Notes) |
U.S.$4,200,000 (0.140% of the principal
amount of the 2034 Notes) |
U.S.$6,650,000
(0.190% of the principal amount of the 2054 Notes) |
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Fiscal
Agency Agreement: |
Fiscal
Agency Agreement to be dated on or around March 18, 2024 among the State Treasury, Citibank N.A., London Branch, as Fiscal Agent,
and Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, société anonyme, as Luxembourg Listing and Paying Agent |
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Maturity: |
March 18, 2029 |
September 18, 2034 |
March 18, 2054 |
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Coupon: |
4.625% |
5.125% |
5.500% |
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Interest
Payment Dates: |
March 18
and September 18, commencing September 18, 2024 |
March 18
and September 18, commencing September 18, 2024 |
March 18
and September 18, commencing September 18, 2024 |
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Optional
Redemption Provisions: |
None |
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Sinking
Fund Provisions: |
None |
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Other Provisions: |
None |
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Closing
Date: |
March 18,
2024 |
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Address
for Notices to
Representatives: |
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Deutsche
Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Mainzer
Xxxxxxx. 00-00
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Xxxxxxxxx xx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
X.X.
Xxxxxx SE
Taunustor
1 (TaunusTurm)
60310
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Santander
US Capital Markets LLC
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
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Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
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SCHEDULE II
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Principal Amount of |
Principal Amount of |
Principal Amount of |
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the 2029 Notes |
the 2034 Notes |
the 2054 Notes |
Underwriter |
To Be Purchased |
To Be Purchased |
To Be Purchased |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
U.S.$375,000,000 |
U.S.$750,000,000 |
U.S.$875,000,000 |
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft |
U.S.$375,000,000 |
U.S.$750,000,000 |
U.S.$875,000,000 |
X.X. Xxxxxx SE |
U.S.$375,000,000 |
U.S.$750,000,000 |
U.S.$875,000,000 |
Santander US Capital Markets LLC |
U.S.$375,000,000 |
U.S.$750,000,000 |
U.S.$875,000,000 |
Total |
U.S.$1,500,000,000 |
U.S.$3,000,000,000 |
U.S.$3,500,000,000 |
ANNEX A
Time of Sale Information
Final Term Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit I.
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
March 11, 2024
Relating to
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
dated March 11, 2024 to
Registration Statement No. 333-277447
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THE STATE TREASURY OF
THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Represented by the Minister of Finance
Pricing
Term Sheet |
Issuer: |
The
State Treasury of the Republic of Poland Represented by the Minister of Finance |
Principal
Amount: |
U.S.$1,500,000,000 |
U.S.$3,000,000,000 |
U.S.$3,500,000,000 |
Maturity
Date: |
March 18,
2029 |
September 18,
2034 |
March 18,
2054 |
Coupon: |
4.625% |
5.125% |
5.500% |
Price
to Public: |
99.243% |
99.703% |
98.841% |
Yield
to Maturity: |
4.797% |
5.162% |
5.580% |
Spread
to Benchmark |
+70
basis points |
+105
basis points |
+130
basis points |
Benchmark
Treasury: |
UST
4.250% due February 28, 2029 |
UST
4.000% due February 15, 2034 |
UST
4.750% due November 15, 2053 |
Benchmark
Treasury Yield: |
4.097% |
4.112% |
4.280% |
Interest
Payment Dates: |
March 18
and September 18, commencing September 18, 2024 |
March 18
and September 18, commencing September 18, 2024 |
March 18
and September 18, commencing September 18, 2024 |
Pricing
Date: |
March 11, 2024 |
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Settlement
Date (T+5): |
March 18, 2024 |
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CUSIP
/ ISIN: |
731011
AX0 / US731011AX08 |
731011
AY8 / US731011AY80 |
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731011
AZ5 / US731011AZ55 |
Denominations: |
U.S.$1,000 and
integral multiples thereof |
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Day
Count: |
360-day year
of twelve 30-day months |
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Joint
Bookrunners: |
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, X.X. Xxxxxx SE, Santander US Capital Markets LLC |
Ratings
of the Republic of Poland: |
A2 (Xxxxx’x) / A- (S&P) / A- (Fitch) |
Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell
or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a
prospectus) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication
relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed
with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
XXXXX on the SEC website at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will
arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at x0-000-000-0000, Deutsche Bank
Aktiengesellschaft at x00 000 000 0000, X.X. Xxxxxx SE at x00 000 000 0000 or Santander US Capital Markets LLC at
x0-000-000-0000.