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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REASONABLE ASSURANCE ENGAGEMENT ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE REMUNERATION REPORT

For the General Meeting and the Supervisory Board of Grupa Azoty S.A.

We have been engaged to assess whether the accompanying remuneration report of Grupa Azoty S.A.

(the "Company") for 2019-2020 contains all information required under Art. 90g.1−5 and Art. 90g.8

of the Act on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to

Organised Trading, and Public Companies of July 29th 2005 (Dz.U. of 2020, item 2080) (the "Public Offering Act").

Identification of the criteria and description of the service

The remuneration report was prepared by the Supervisory Board in order to fulfil the requirements of Art. 90g.1 of the Public Offering Act. The applicable requirements regarding the remuneration report are set out in the Public Offering Act.

The requirements referred to in the preceding sentence determine the basis for preparation of the remuneration report and, in our opinion, constitute appropriate criteria to form a reasonable assurance conclusion.

In accordance with the requirements of Art. 90g.10 of the Public Offering Act, the remuneration report is subject to assessment by a statutory auditor as regards disclosure of the information required under Art. 90g.1-5 and 90g.8 of the Public Offering Act. This report fulfils this requirement.

We understand the statutory auditor's assessment referred to in the preceding sentence and providing

the basis for us to form a reasonable assurance conclusion as the assessment whether the scope of information presented in the remuneration report is, in all material respects, complete and the information is disclosed with such level of detail as required by the Public Offering Act.

Responsibility of members of the Supervisory Board

In accordance with the Public Offering Act, members of the Company's Supervisory Board are

responsible for preparing the remuneration report in accordance with the applicable laws, and in particular for the completeness of the report and for the information contained therein.

The Supervisory Board is also responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining a system of internal controls ensuring that the remuneration report is free from any material misstatement due to fraud or error.

Auditor's responsibility

Our objective was to assess the completeness of information contained in the accompanying remuneration report based on the criterion set out in the Identification of the criteria and description of the subject matter of the assurance engagement section and to express, on the basis of evidence obtained, an independent conclusion from our reasonable assurance engagement.

BDO spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością spółka komandytowa, District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, 13th Commercial Division, National Court Register (KRS): 0000729684,

Industry Identification Number (REGON): 141222257, Tax Identification Number (NIP): 108-000-42-12. The value of equity contribution is PLN 10,037,500. BDO offices in Poland: Ul.

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BDO spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością spółka komandytowa is a member of BDO International Limited, a UK company, and forms part of the worldwide network of independent legal entities

We have performed our service in accordance with National Standard on Assurance Engagements Other than Audits and Reviews 3000 (Z) compliant with International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised) - Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information, adopted by Resolution 3436/52e/2019 of the National Council of Statutory Auditors of April 8th 2019, as amended ("NSAE 3000 (Z)").

The Standard requires the auditor to plan and perform the procedures to obtain reasonable assurance that the remuneration report is complete in accordance with specified criteria.

Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an assurance engagement conducted in accordance with NSAE 3000 (Z) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.

The selection of procedures depends on the auditor's judgement, including the auditor's assessment of the risk of material misstatement due to fraud or error. In making the risk assessment, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the preparation of a complete report in order to plan appropriate procedures to provide the auditor with sufficient and appropriate evidence in the circumstances. The assessment of the internal control system was not performed to express a conclusion on its effectiveness.

Summary of the work performed and limitations of our procedures

The procedures we planned and performed included:

  • analysis of the Remuneration Report and comparing the information contained therein against the applicable requirements;
  • reading the General Meeting resolutions related to the remuneration policy for members of the Management and Supervisory Boards, together with the specific resolutions of the Supervisory Board;
  • establishing, based on a comparison against corporate documents, the list of persons with respect to whom information is required to be included in the remuneration report, and determining, by making enquiries of the persons responsible for preparing the remuneration report and, where deemed appropriate, also directly of the persons to whom the requirement to provide information applies, as to whether all information required by the criteria for preparing the remuneration report has been disclosed.

Our procedures were aimed solely to obtain evidence that the information provided by the Supervisory Board in the remuneration report is complete in light of the applicable requirements. The purpose of our work was not to assess whether information contained in the remuneration report was sufficient in view of the purpose of its preparation, nor to assess the correctness and reliability of information contained therein, particularly the amounts disclosed therein, including historical estimates, figures, dates, breakdowns, allocation methods or compliance with the remuneration policy.

The remuneration report has not been audited within the meaning of the National Standards on Auditing. In the course of our assurance procedures, we did not audit or review the information used to prepare the remuneration report and therefore we do not accept any responsibility for issuing or updating any reports or opinions on the Company's historical financial information.

We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our conclusion expressed below.

Ethical requirements, including independence

When performing the services, the auditor and the audit firm complied with the independence and other ethical requirements set out in the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, adopted by Resolution No. 3431/52a/2019 on the principles of professional ethics for auditors, passed by the National Council of Statutory Auditors on March 25th 2019 (the "IESBA Code").

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The IESBA Code is based on the fundamental principles of integrity, objectivity, professional competence, due care, confidentiality and professional behaviour. We also complied with other independence and ethical requirements applicable to this assurance service in Poland.

Quality control requirements

The audit firm applies National Standards on Quality Control as defined in International Standard on Quality Control 1 - Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Financial Statements, and Other Assurance and Related Services Engagements, adopted by Resolution No. 2040/37a/2018 of the National Council of Statutory Auditors of March 3rd 2018, as amended ("NSQC").

In accordance with the requirements of the NSQC, the audit firm maintains a comprehensive quality control system including documented policies and procedures for compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards and the applicable laws and regulations.

Conclusion

The auditor's conclusion is formed on the basis of the matters described above and should therefore be read taking into account those matters.

In our opinion, the accompanying remuneration report contains, in all material respects, all the elements listed in Art. 90g.1-5 and Art. 90g.8 of the Public Offering Act.

Restriction of use

This report has been prepared by BDO spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością sp.k. for the General Meeting and the Supervisory Board and is intended solely for the purpose described in the Identification of the criteria and description of the subject matter of the assurance engagement section and should not be used for any other purposes.

Accordingly, BDO spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością sp.k. disclaims any liability, whether contractual or non-contractual (including for negligence), with respect to any third parties in the context of this report. This does not release us from liability in situations where such release is excluded by law.

Signed by: Marcin Krupa Date:

June 1st 2021 3:52 pm Marcin Krupa Auditor

registered under No. 11142 Provided the service on behalf of

BDO spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością sp.k. of Warsaw

entered in the list of audit firms under Reg. No. 3355

Kraków, June 1st 2021

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