With reference to the announcement from the 404th meeting of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) on 18 September 2018, the Management Board of XTB fully maintains its previous position and finds no grounds for objections regarding the company’s operations.

During the proceedings before the KNF, the Management Board provided the supervisor with extensive explanations as well as legal and quantitative expert opinions of independent entities that confirm that XTB’s use of the asymmetric deviation mechanism did not violate the principle of acting in the best interests of the clients and did not affect the clients’ transaction results. KNF’s comments on the application of this mechanism pertain to operations from January 2014 to May 2015. The guideline regarding the need for symmetrical deviation was issued by the KNF in May 2016, almost a year after the company made voluntary amendments in its IT systems.

Acting in the interest of the company and its shareholders, as well as being guided by the well being of its clients, the company intends to appeal against the decision of the supervisor.

X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski S.A. Management Board