Warsaw, 16 February 2010 – Following the seasonality of the technical goods market, the fourth quarter of 2009 outperformed
the other quarters of the year. However, these good results were not enough to compensate for the weak results of the first three quarters and the year as a whole closed 11.5% down compared to 2008.

In the fourth quarter of 2009 the total market of the technical goods market monitored by GfK TEMAX® reached PLN 7.2 billion. This performance is 16% lower compared to the analogical period of the prior year. As many as three market sectors: IT equipment, Telecommunications and Photo noted the decline at the level of 19%. The Major Domestic Appliances and Consumer Electronics exhibited slightly better results, dropping by 15% and 17% respectively. Small Domestic Appliances (-7%) and Office Equipment and Consumables (-2%) were the only sectors that maintained a singlefigure level of the decrease.