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Forbes drew particular attention to the fact that Asseco developed an efficient growth model, focusing on sale of proprietary software and acquisition of other companies.

Marek Panek, Vice President of Asseco Poland: A tender offer for the shares of Asseco Central Europe is a logical step in the process of simplifying the structure of Asseco Group. Acquisition of 100 per cent of shares in ACE will enable us to go forward with our plan of delisting this company. This, in turn, will facilitate decision making regarding further development of ACE, and reduce costs associated with disclosure requirements relating to public companies.Tender offer details:Tender Offer Price is not lower than the minimum price determined in accordance with the provisions of s. 79 ss. 1 and 2 of the Act and stands at PLN 23.5 per share.Tender Offer Price is not lower than the average market price (i.e. the arithmetic mean of the volume weighted average daily share price) for the last 6 (in words: six) months preceding the announcement of the Tender Offer, during which shares were traded on the main market, which stands at: PLN 21.30 (in words: twenty one zloty thirty groszy).Moreover, the Tender Offer Price is not lower than the average market price (i.e. the arithmetic mean of the volume weighted average daily share price) for the last 3 (in words: three) months during which shares were traded on a regulated market, preceding the announcement of the Tender Offer, which stands at: PLN 23.00 (in words: twenty three zloty zero groszy).Tender offer schedule:

Tender offer announcement date: October 24th, 2016 Collection of subscriptions for shares commencement date: November 15th, 2016 Collection of subscriptions for shares close date: December 14th, 2016 Expected dealing day on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: December 19th, 2016 Expected settlement day at the National Depositary for Securities: December 22nd, 2016

The list of speakers included Michał Mrożek, CEO of HSBC Poland; Krzysztof Rosiński, CEO of Getin Noble Bank S.A .; Andrzej Reich, Department Director at Polish Financial Supervision Authority; Adam Góral, CEO of Asseco Poland S.A.; and Zbigniew Pomianek, Vice-President of Asseco Poland S.A.Adam Góral opened the conference with a short speech. This was followed by a panel discussion dedicated to the development of the FinTech industry and possible cooperation models between banks and the FinTech industry. Technology Vision for Banking 2016, a report by Accenture, was presented in the latter part of the meeting.
New IT solutions for the banking industry were also discussed at the Forum. Capabilities of cutting-edge solutions, such as the Asseco Customer Banking Platform (the Asseco CBP) implemented at Raiffeisen Bank Poland S.A., were presented. This proprietary system developed by Asseco Poland allowed the bank to hand over control over a modern solution based on mini-applications to its customers. As a result, each user can personalize the Internet banking platform R-Online to suit their habits and needs to the greatest extent possible. This presentation guaranteed a smooth transition into the closing panel of the Asseco Banking Forum, which concerned the effective use of technology in the development of Polish banks.
Zbigniew Pomianek, Vice-President of Asseco Poland S.A. made a few remarks after the event: It’s the banks that set technology trends in Poland. Fintechs are complementary companies that make up the whole ecosystem. Bank officials need to take advantage of this situation properly and thus have an impact on a positive response from customers. (...) If you take a look at successful Finechs what you’ll see is that technology does not provide a strategic advantage, but it forms the basis for overtaking your competitors.
Additional report from the meeting can be found on www.wgospodarce.pl

Digitization of health care and commercially available technologies that can improve the work of hospitals were the conference theme. A Ministry of Health representative discussed the activities of her ministry in the field of e-health development in Poland during one of the first panels. Wojciech Zawalski, Director of the Services Department at the National Health Fund, raised the issue of telemedicine and the implementation of such solutions. Marcin Węgrzyniak, Director of NCHIS, spoke about the current state of e-health and what the future holds. The meeting was also an opportunity to present a comprehensive system called Asseco Medical Management Solutions and discuss plans for its further development.
The conference, organized by Asseco, was partnered by: IBM, the event’s main sponsor; Sponsors –Oracle, Pixel, Xerrex, M2M; and Conference Partners: Koncept-L, Dell, and Carestream.

The use of latest IT solutions in medicine is the next natural step to change patients’ situation and improve the quality of health care services. Capabilities of modern systems are widely used not only in patients’ care, but also in diagnostics, and throughout the entire treatment. These include: the analysis of Big Data; the use of machine learning in assisting diagnostics, as well as the use of IoT (Internet of Things) in telemedicine devices; teletransmissions – made possible in Poland due to an agreement between Asseco and Microsoft; and also such subtle solutions like the synthetic molecular machines, which won this year's Nobel prize.

Magda Taczanowska, Public Sector Lead at Microsoft Polska: The digital transformation of health care is happening right before our eyes, it is no different in Poland where we participate in it, too. Innovation, creativity and research all play a role in introducing modern solutions in health care. Cooperation with Asseco is another step towards a friendlier, more modern, and more efficient health care. ‘Skype for Business’ at health care facilities will save vital time and resources, as well as allow for a quicker diagnosis. This, in turn, means that doctors will be able to focus on providing the optimum treatment for the patient concerned.

Cooperation between the companies will focus on the use of Skype for Business within a hospital information system (HIS). This agreement means more than half of health care facilities in Poland, including those running Asseco software (estimated over 50% market share in software for health care facilities in Poland) will be able to use modern communication technologies, for e.g. in teleconsultancy.

Krzysztof Groyecki, Vice-President of the Management Board at Asseco Poland: Polish health care market has a huge growth potential, taking into account legal conditions for the use of latest technology, market size - 38 million people – as well as the demand for this type of solutions. Patients are accustomed to high-quality commercial services and they expect the same from health care facilities. We lead the market in software for hospitals and health care practices in Poland, and we want to meet the needs of patients, the medical staff, and hospital administration. Microsoft specializes in business communication technologies, and this agreement is the next step in the growth of our health care offer.

First day of the conference will focus on regional projects within the Health Service. Speakers will include Maciej Sytka of the Marshal’s Office of the Wielkopolska Region, who will evaluate the implementation of the Wielkopolskie e-Zdrowie project; and Marcin Stefański, Director of the Department of Computer Science and Information Society at the Marshal’s Office of the Pomorskie Region, who will discuss the details of a regional e-healthcare project within the new EU budget framework. Marcin Węgrzyniak, Director of the National Center for Health Information Systems, is among the participants of a panel discussion called Realizing the potential of modern IT in meeting local communites’ health care needs.
The conference will be held at the Microsoft Polska HQ in Warsaw (Al. Jerozolimskie st. 195a), on 19 and 20 October.

The agreement provides that the selected companies from the Asseco Group will organize work experience and internships for Academy students and graduates, scientific cooperation in the implementation of theses and dissertations, as well as joint projects, including those funded by the European Union.