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In June 2017, Jozef Klein will represent Slovakia at the worldwide final of the "EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year" competition in Monaco. Nearly 60 countries will participate in it.

2016 saw Asseco Group achieve record-high sales revenue of nearly PLN 8bn, and a 3% increase in operating profit which now stands at PLN 769m. Some of the elements contributing to such an intense growth were successful foreign investments, a highly diversified client portfolio, and continuous development of our proprietary products and services.Dynamic growth in foreign markets had the biggest impact on the Group results in 2016. Foreign companies’ share in the Group's total revenue increased to 79% (PLN 6.3bn). Year-on-year, this represents an increase of PLN 804m. Moreover, foreign companies generated PLN 511m operating profit, which represents an increase of PLN 44m year-on-year.Sales of proprietary software are instrumental to record-high results. Revenue within this category now stands at PLN 6.4bn, which represents a 10% increase year-on-year and accounts for over 80% of total sales. Group revenues are well diversified, both geographically and in terms of sectors. Business sector has the largest share of sales – it accounts for 39% of the total Group revenue. Banking and finance accounts for 39%; and the public sector accounts for 22% of total sales. The Group's order portfolio revenue rose by 10% year-on-year and now stands at PLN 5.5bn.Adam Góral, President of the Board at Asseco Poland: It was a great year for the Asseco Group. We are currently operating on a scale unprecedented for Polish IT companies. We have achieved record-high revenues of nearly PLN 8bn, and an operating profit which stands at PLN 769m. We employ approximately 22 thousand people in over 50 countries around the world. Foreign markets account for 79% of our revenues. We implemented a Group reorganization plan in Poland in 2016. In addition, we continued to grow the Group through acquisition of new entities and increasing our stake in subsidiaries. Over the past 12 months we have further developed our international centers of competence in the areas of ERP, payments, and insurance. We intend to continue these activities in 2017 as well.Asseco Poland is consistently building value for its shareholders. This year the Management Board recommended to pay out a similarly high dividend to the one paid out in 2015.Adam Góral: Excellent financial results and a strong development perspective for the future allowed us to, yet again, recommend a high dividend payout. PLN 250m will be allocated to this end in 2017. Asseco has consistently shared revenues with its shareholders and paid dividends to the tune of over PLN 1.4bn.The dividend recommended by the Management Board translates to PLN 3.01 per share, which in turn means a dividend yield of 5.6% (correct as of the end of 2016).

Góral pointed to the ever so tight co-operation between the banking sector and public administration. The ‘Family 500+’ Program played a crucial role in kick-starting it. Piotr Alicki – President of the Board of the National Clearing House – shared this opinion and further emphasized that the smooth implementation of the ‘Family 500+’ Program was in no small part possible thanks to the cooperation with companies such as Asseco.Adam Góral also touched on the topic of fintechs, stating that banks have a significant advantage over them as institutions enjoying public trust.

Telemedicine is not only an advanced solution that improves treatment. It is also the quickest way of improving the quality of patient care and reducing consultation waiting times. Moreover, it allows for enhanced communication within health centers – one of the improvements is the possibility to conduct inter-departmental consultations without having to physcially move between departments.On the one hand, the development of telemedicine means a better and more efficient patient care. On the other hand it provides hospitals with an opportunity to optimize costs and modernize their current operations. The use of information technology is one of the pillars of the Digital Agenda for Europe, which sets out key initiatives aimed at improving the economic situation and promoting sustainable future in a digital society . According to a study conducted by IDC, more than 65% of health care centers will provide means of contacting patients via mobile devices by 2018, and more than 70% will use applications to track and monitor their patients’ condition .Innovation – linchpin of hospitals modernizationIndependent Public Health Care Complex in Kędzierzyn Koźle is one of the largest hospitals in the Opolskie region. The facility consists of 16 departments and 18 specialist outpatient clinics. It has a surgery unit and a labor unit, as well as a large number of laboratories and diagnostic facilities. Investment in innovation allows the hospital to grow at an impressive pace – it also pioneered the use of IT systems during treatment.Marek Staszewski, Director of the Health Care Complex in Kędzierzyn Koźle: Our patients follow two parallel paths. The first one sees them use the services provided by our hospital, in the following order: registration/ admissions, department/ particular facility, surgical unit, and the diagnostics unit. Simultaneously, an electronic profile of each patient is created within the hospital’s internal network. This electronic profile follows him or her, and often ... is actually much quicker than the patient. It may happen that a patient returning to an outpatient clinic after a CT scan or ultrasound only to be surprised that their results are already on the doctor’s computer screen. This is possible thanks to modern IT solutions that significantly facilitate assessment and treatment.As part of implementing its development strategy and improving the quality of patient care and the work of medical staff, the hospital has decided to implement the Asseco Medical Management Solutions, with an integrated video messenger functionality. The implemented solution will support the management of both its health care activities (HIS), as well as its administrative activities (ERP).As part of the agreement with the hospital, Asseco Poland also provided 20 ‘Skype for Business’ licenses. This will allow staff members to conduct video conferences, including inter-departmental consultations – the Health Care Center in Kędzierzyn Koźle has two locations, about 8 kilometers apart. The chosen solution will also support other medical consultations and meetings.Krzysztof Groyecki, Vice President of Asseco Poland: AMMS is a comprehensive solution for hospitals. We created it knowing the needs of medical staff and patients, but also according to the most important IT trends. Certainly, telemedicine is one of them. That's why I am very pleased that, acting together with Microsoft, we can offer our users video consultations via a modern online messenger such as ‘Skype for Business’.Joint action for the development of telemedicine in PolandThe implementation of the AMMS solution with video consultation capability via ‘Skype for Business’ at the Health Care Facility in Kędzierzyn Koźle is the result of an agreement signed between Asseco Poland and Microsoft Poland in October 2016. It allows for an integration of HIS (Hospital Information Systems) with ‘Skype for Business’ video communication facility delivered by Microsoft.Wojciech Życzyński, Director of Public Sector Sales at Microsoft Poland: The development of telemedicine services is key for sustainable development of entire health care centers. It is also a nod to the patients who are now more likely to actually consult specialists and save time, which often plays a crucial role in quick recovery.

Patryk Wasilewski IR Manager at Asseco Poland: At Asseco Poland we use a variety of channels to communicate with our shareholders, including dedicated company websites, such as inwestor.asseco.com. We work closely with market analysts and economic and financial media. We participate in a number of investor meetings and conferences, both in Poland and abroad. Moreover, via our official Twitter and LinkedIn profiles we’re active on social media, which forms an important source of information about the company. There you can find not only the latest news on Asseco, but also links to opinions given by our representatives. We’re open to multi-channel communication with the market and we see that shareholders and analysts appreciate this.

Andrzej Dopierała, CEO of Asseco Data Systems: IT has a nationality. Ten out of ten top suppliers for the public sector in the US are from the States. In Poland, on the other hand, five out of ten largest IT suppliers for public authorities are branches of foreign corporations. Further, he stressed that domestic IT companies have the necessary competencies and experience gained, among others, during the implementation of large, complex projects for the central government, which they can use for the benefit of building a secure e-Poland.Dopierała also spoke about the largest hacker attacks perpetrated in recent years and pointed out that their number is growing by 30% year on year. He noted that the state itself is not able to provide sufficient cyber security for the country. This is why the cooperation between the state and the private sector is vital for developing common legal solutions, technology standards, and action plans to counteract cyber attacks and treating them as part of a larger crisis management strategy.Zdzislaw Wiater, Director of the Military Section at Asseco Poland, also devoted much attention to security issues. He moderated and participated in the defense debate. Wiater: The military capability of each state is currently measured not only by the scale of weapons it has but also whether this state uses advanced IT solutions; soon, the latter factor will be decisive when judging each state’s military might and its defense capabilities. He stressed that a skillful combination of new technologies and armed equipment is the key to succeed in the defense sector.Asseco experts also took part in debates on the energy sector and health care. Tomasz Bendlewski, Director of Energy and Gas Division at Asseco Poland : Energy companies must find new sources of income. He indicated that profits brought by sales of electric energy are stable, but not impressive. He argued that the offer addressed to end consumers should be as flexible as possible. However, any changes in the industry should be carried out very carefully and thoughtfully, given the significance of energy security.Krzysztof Groyecki, Vice President of Asseco Poland, participated in the health care debate which addressed the P1 platform, among other issues. Groyecki: A system being designed for more than a year is doomed to fail because the world is changing too fast for that. We paid attention to the need for modularity. No more gigantomania in health care. Projects should be smaller and easy to understand for the people responsible. He also added that according to him, the ‘IT for health care’ concept is already out of date. IT is embedded in health care and, in order to survive within health care, it needs to develop at thus far unseen pace.