With reference to ESPI Current Report No. 32/2025 dated May 28, 2025, the Management Board of Grupa Niewiadów – PGM S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw, hereby announces that it has been informed that the representative of the Issuer’s subsidiary, namely Zakłady Sprzętu Precyzyjnego Niewiadów sp. z o.o. (ZSP), in which the Issuer holds shares representing 100% of the share capital through Grupa Niewiadów S.A., has received a ruling from the Regional Court in Łódź, pursuant to which the Regional Court has secured ZSP’s claim against Wifama sp. z o.o. (Wifama) for:
1. order Witama to cease and desist from infringing upon the good name (reputation) of ZSP by disseminating in the public sphere, including through publication, transmission, sending, or making available to third parties and an unlimited circle of persons, in any form and by any means of communication, false information indicating or suggesting that:
a. ZSP, in violation of applicable law, infringed upon Wifama’s trade secrets by using documentation detailing the technical specifications of the GAK-81 smoke grenade and the know-how contained therein regarding the production of GAK-81 smoke grenades without a legal basis,
b. ZSP owes money to Wifam,
c. ZSP is obligated to compensate Wifam for damages resulting from the unauthorized use of the GAK-81 know-how,
d. Wifama is an entity that holds any rights to the GAK-81 know-how,
2. Ordering Wifam to remedy the damage caused to the good name (reputation) of ZSP, in particular by issuing a single or multiple statements with the appropriate content and in the appropriate form.
This safeguard was implemented by prohibiting Wifam from disseminating the information in public, including by prohibiting its publication, transmission, sending, or disclosure to contractors of the ZSP, the Department of Armaments Policy of the Ministry of National Defense, the Armaments Agency, third parties, and the general public, in any form and by any means of communication, information, letters, emails, or other oral or written communications indicating or suggesting:
a. ZSP’s actions in violation of applicable law and its breach of Wifama’s trade secrets by using, without legal basis or compensation, know-how related to the production of GAK-81 smoke grenades,
b. the existence of any debt owed by ZSP to Wifam in connection with the know-how for the production of GAK-81 grenades,
c. the existence of ZSP’s obligation to compensate Wifama for damages resulting from the unauthorized use of GAK-81’s know-how,
d. Wifama has no rights to GAK-81’s know-how.
The security was provided:
– for a period of one year from the date the injunction was granted, with respect to the injunction prohibiting publication, subject to ZSP’s right to request an extension of the injunction,
– until the final resolution of the proceedings in the action brought by ZSP against Wifama regarding the claims described in points 1) and 2) above, with respect to the remaining portion of the granted provisional relief.
In granting the injunction described above, the District Court ruled:
– to impose a penalty on Wifama, in the event of a security breach, requiring it to pay ZSP the sum of 100,000 PLN for each breach;
– set a two-week deadline for ZSP, starting from the date of service of the order granting the preliminary injunction, to file a complaint against Wifama regarding the claims described in points 1) and 2) above, failing which the preliminary injunction shall lapse.
The Issuer emphasizes that, in granting the injunction, the Regional Court fully granted ZSP’s motion for an injunction and accepted the arguments presented by ZSP.
The Issuer notes that the securing of the collateral described above is the result of the Issuer’s implementation of measures announced by it to protect against unfounded claims made by Wifama, including measures aimed at protecting the reputation of ZSP and, indirectly, the Issuer.