The Management Board of BIG Bank GDAŃSKI S.A. (the "Bank") would like to announce that during the financial year from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001, profits of the Bank and the BBG Group were: · A CONSOLIDATED NET PROFIT FOR 2001 OF THE BIG Bank GDAŃSKI GROUP WAS 64.2 MILLION ZLOTYS (18.2 MILLION EURO) AFTER ONE YEAR OF A THOROUGH AND WIDESPREAD TRANSFORMATION OF THE BANK · THE BANK'S NET PROFITS FOR 2001 WERE 44.7 MILLION ZLOTYS (12.7 MILLION EURO)