RB: 22/2020
Date: 7 August 2020
Notice of receipt of detailed justification of charges
Legal basis: Art. 17 item 1 of MAR – inside information.

Text of the report:

With reference to reports Nos.: 63/2018 of 28 June 2018, 92/2018 of 28 November 2018, 20/2019 of 7 May 2019, 39/2019 of 1 October 2019, 7/2020 of 3 March 2020 and 21/2020 of 30 July 2020, the Management Board of Benefit Systems S.A. with its registered seat in Warsaw (the "Company" or the "Issuer") herby announces that it has received a detailed justification of the charges (the "DJC") related to the antitrust proceedings initiated on 22 June 2018.

The DJC does not constitute a subject-matter resolution on the case; as part of an internal procedure of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection it is intended to, inter alia, enable the parties, including the Issuer, to take a stance regarding the charges brought against them before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the "President of the UOKiK") delivers decision ending the proceedings. The DJC in question refers to a suspicion that the Company and its subsidiaries have concluded an arrangement regarding division of the market on which the business entities running fitness clubs operate.

The Company does not agree with the charges put forth by the President of UOKiK and will submit its stance on this case within the time limits set by the President of UOKiK.