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AGORA GROUP IN 2020

At all levels of our activity, we care about professionalism and responsible management, as well as transparency and transparency.

DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

  • developing and running the current activity based on responsible business standards
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

  • due diligence in cooperation with the environment
  • transparent reporting of non-financial data
  • 2020 IN AGORA GROUP
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Bartosz Hojka

Ladies and Gentlemens,

the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world we knew and presented new challenges for each of us. In Agora, it deprived us overnight of significant revenues and made it impossible to further implement the strategy adopted for 2018-2022.

The turbulent year 2020 has focused our attention on ensuring the safety of our employees and supporting our media users, customers and business partners. In addition to the struggle related to the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, last year was filled with activities aimed to prevent progressing climate change, protect human rights and freedom of speech, which we have been consistently implementing in numerous projects and partnerships for over 30 years.

Today, we all hope that we are slowly entering the “new normality”. There are still many unknowns ahead of us, but also clear signposts for Agora. Those include the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement on environmental protection, and especially the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the field of gender equality and respect for human rights.

Therefore, in 2021, as in 2020, we want to act in accordance with the principle “Responsible every day – for the sake of society and the environment”, as expressed in this “The Responsibility Report for the year 2020 Agora Group and Agora S.A.”.

I believe that this publication will allow you to get to know our business even better, especially in terms of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) factors, i.e. in the field of environmental protection, social involvement and relations with the environment, as well as the quality of management and business ethics.

On behalf of the entire team of Agora Group, I wish you good and inspiring reading.

Bartosz Hojka

 President of the Management Board of Agora S.A.

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Basic information about the companies in which Agora S.A. holds stocks or shares (directly or indirectly), as shown in the table below:

 

List of Agora Group companies:

Wykaz spółek wchodzących w skład Grupy Kapitałowej

31 December 2020 31 December 2019
Consolidated subsidiaries
Agora TC Sp. z o.o., Warsaw 100.00% 100.00%
AMS S.A., Warsaw 100.00% 100.00%
AMS Serwis Sp. z o.o. (formerly Adpol Sp. z o.o.), Warsaw (1), (6) 100.00% 100.00%
Grupa Radiowa Agory Sp. z o.o., (GRA), Warsaw 100.00% 100.00%
Doradztwo Mediowe Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (2) 100.00% 100.00%
IM 40 Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (2) 72.00% 72.00%
Inforadio Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (2) 66.1% 66.1%
Helios S.A., Łódź 91.4% 91.4%
Next Film Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (3) 91.4% 91.4%
Next Script Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (4) 75.9% 75.9%
Plan D Sp. z o.o. (formerly Domiporta Sp. z o.o.), Warsaw (12) 100.00% 100.00%
Optimizers Sp. z o.o., Warsaw 100.00% 100.00%
Yieldbird Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (13) 92.1% 93.7%
Goldenline Sp. z o.o., Szczecin (7) 100.0% 92.7%
Plan A Sp. z o.o., Warsaw 100.00% 100.00%
Agora Finanse Sp. z o.o. Warsaw 100.00% 100.00%
Step Inside Sp. z o.o., Łódź (3), (8) 82.3% 91.4%
HRlink Sp. z o.o., Szczecin 79.8% 79.8%
Piano Group Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (1), (11) 92.0% 60.0%
Agora Poligrafia Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (14) - 100.00%
Foodio Concepts Sp. z o.o., Łódź (3), (9) - 82.3%
Benefit Multimedia Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (5), (11), (15) - 60.0%
Benefit Multimedia Sp. z o.o. S.K.A., Warsaw (5), (11), (15) - 60.0%
Jointly controlled entities and associates accounted for using the equity method
Instytut Badań Outdooru IBO Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (1) 50.0% 50.0%
ROI Hunter a.s., Brno 23.9% 23.9%
Eurozet Sp. z o.o., Warsaw 40.0% 40.0%
Companies not included in the consolidation and valuation using the equity method
Polskie Badania Internetu Sp. z o.o., Warsaw 16.7% 16.7%
Hash.fm Sp. z o.o., Warsaw (10) - 49.5%

(1) indirectly through AMS S.A.;
(2) indirectly through GRA Sp. z o.o.;
(3) indirectly through Helios S.A.;
(4) indirectly through Next Film Sp. z o.o.;
(5) indirectly through Piano Group Sp. z o.o.;
(6) change of the company name from Adpol Sp. z o.o. to AMS Serwis Sp. z o.o. on 1 April 2020;
(7) purchase of shares in Goldenline Sp. z o.o. on 20 January 2020;
(8) accession of non-controlling shareholders to Step Inside Sp. z o.o. on 31 January 2020;
(9) disposal of shares in Foodio Concepts Sp. z o.o. on 2 June 2020;
(10) disposal of shares in Hash.fm Sp. z o.o. on 27 February 2020 and 5 August 2020;
(11) purchase of shares in Piano Group Sp. z o.o. on 23 June 2020;
(12) change of the company name from Domiporta Sp. z o.o. to Plan D Sp. z o.o. on 17 July 2020;
(13) accession of non-controlling shareholders to Yieldbird Sp. z o.o. on 21 September 2020;
(14) merger with Agora S.A. on 1 October 2020;
(15) merger with Piano Group Sp. z o.o. on 17 December 2020;

 

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2020 was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic the outbreak of which in the first quarter significantly affected the business operations of the Agora Group. Due to the negative impact of the pandemic on the operating activities and prospects for the development of selected business segments, the Group decided to undertake a number of restructuring measures, including: restructuring of operations of Plan D Sp. z o.o. (formerly Domiporta Sp. z o.o.), including sale of an organised part of this enterprise; reducing the scale of operations of Goldenline Sp. z o.o. and reducing employment in this company. The Group also sold the shares of Foodio Concepts Sp. z o.o. as well as a part of its real estate, and introduced a number of savings measures (e.g. reduction of the team's salaries by 20% for six months) as well as those resulting from administrative decisions (e.g. closure of cinemas and restaurants).

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More than 75% of the total revenue of the Agora Group comes from domestic sales. Sales on the foreign markets are mainly carried out through the sale of advertising and printing services to foreign customers, as well as the sale of publications (including foreign subscriptions).

Table: Financial results of the Agora Group in 2020

Wyniki finansowe Grupy Agora

in PLN million 2020 2019 % change
Total sales net (1), including: 836.5 1 249.7 ↓33.1%
Advertising revenue 452.2 579.7 ↓22.0%
Ticket sales 84.6 258.0 ↓67.2%
Copy sales 133.8 139.2 ↓3.9%
Concession sales in cinema 37.2 111.0 ↓66.5%
Printing services 28.6 47.2 ↓39.4%
Revenues form film activities 34.1 39.1 ↓12.8%
Other 66.0 75.5 ↓12.6%
Operating cost net, incl.: (948.2) (1 225.0) ↓22.6%
External services (2) (333.5) (456.5) ↓26.9%
Staff costs (2) (265.1) (337.2) ↓21.4%
Raw materials, energy and consumables (2) (95.5) (141.4) ↓32.5%
D&A (162.9) (158.0) ↑3.1%
Promotion and marketing (40.7) (77.5) ↓47.5%
Cost of restructuirng (3) (1.4) (5.6) ↓75.0%
Gain on sale of property (4) 7.1 - -
Gain on sale of enterprise (5) 3.6 - -
Impaiment losses (6) (38.0) (7.5) ↑406.7%
Net profit/(loss) (130.2) 6.0 -
Operating result - EBIT (111.7) 24.7 -
EBIT margin (13.4%) 2.0% ↓15.4pkt%
EBITDA (7) 89.2 190.2 ↓53.1%
EBITDA margin (7) 10.7% 15.2% ↓4.5pkt%
Operating cost excl. one-offs (8) (919.5) (1 211.9) ↓24.1%
EBIT excl. one-offs (8) (83.0) 37.8 -
EBITDA excl. one-offs (8) 79.9 195.8 ↓59.2%
Net profit/(loss) excl. one-offs (8) (104.8) 10.1 -

Source: consolidated financial statements according to IFRS, Q4 2020:

(1) particular items of sales revenues, apart from sales revenues from tickets and restaurants in cinemas and printing services, include sales revenues of the Agora’s Publishing House and activities related to films (operating in the Film and Book segment), described in detail in part IV.A Management Board Report;

(2) in 2020, the Group made changes to the presentation of the production costs of book publishing of the Agora’s Publishing House; the comparative figures were changed accordingly;

(3) relates to the restructuring costs in the Internet segment in Q2 2020 and the restructuring costs (including group layoffs) in the Printing segment and in support departments in Q1 2019;

(4) return on sales of the server room building and the land located at ul. Daniszewska in Warsaw;

(5) return on sales of a part of the Plan D Sp. z o.o. enterprise (formerly Domiporta Sp. z o.o.);

(6) the amount includes write-offs for impairment of fixed assets of Plan D Sp. z o.o. (formerly Domiporta Sp. z o.o.), Foodio Concepts Sp. z o.o. and of AMS S.A., Helios S.A., Agora S.A.; the write-offs referred mainly to tangible fixed assets and intangible assets, including goodwill of Plan D Sp. z o.o. (formerly Domiporta Sp. z o.o.);

(7) EBITDA is defined as EBIT increased by depreciation and impairment losses on tangible fixed assets, intangible assets and rights to use assets;

(8) non-recurrent events include: 3, 4, 5, 6.

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Helios

Helios cinemas, like other cinemas in Poland, were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic by an administrative decision from March 12 to June 5, 2020. Helios multiplexes remained closed throughout the second quarter, and their opening – after allowing such a possibility by state – took place on July 3 and lasted until November 7, 2020 – the moment when the operation of cinemas in Poland was once again suspended by an administrative decision.

Despite the difficult pandemic situation in Poland, the Helios cinemas at the opening invited viewers to premiere screenings and special projects. Due to the observance of strict sanitary procedures and properly trained staff, it was possible to safely watch interesting movies on the big screen in the largest multiplex network in Poland. Along with the reopening of multiplexes, Helios implemented an innovative sales solution – a dynamic price list, thanks to which cinema fans can save up to PLN 5-8 depending on the location and how early they decide to buy a ticket for the selected film. In addition, Helios offered the viewers to take advantage of the unique offer of a private screening, in which a well-known circle could watch a film from the list of titles prepared by the network. The shows took place in both traditional and the most modern halls – Helios Dream.

At the end of October 2020, the 50th Helios cinema was launched in Żory at Galeria Wiślanka. They consist of 4 modern rooms with nearly 700 seats, ensuring an excellent film atmosphere.

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Next Film

In 2020, NEXT FILM from the Helios group, dealing with the production and distribution of films, made available titles from its portfolio on distribution channels other than the cinema. April 1, 365 Days premiered on Netflix, distributed and co-produced by the company. The erotic production directed by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes, which is a screen adaptation of the best-selling novel by Blanka Lipińska, hit the big screens on February 7, and immediately became a hit. It was shown until the cinemas closed due to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic – the film was watched by over 1.6 million viewers. On the Netflix platform, the production quickly reached the first place of the most-watched films by Poles, and soon it was also made available in other countries. NEXT FILM also continued cooperation with streaming platforms, incl. with Netflix, sharing them with new titles from your portfolio. In the fall of 2020, these were, among others, Tarapaty 2 and Polot.

In December 2020, productions from the NEXT FILM portfolio took part in the next edition of the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. The Main Competition includes two titles distributed by NEXT FILM – How I Became a Gangster. True Story by Maciej Kawulski and Tarapaty 2 by Marta Karwowska. The film 365 days, based on the best-selling novel by Blanka Lipińska, won an additional laurel – Amber Lions („Bursztynowe Lwy”). This is an award for the greatest attendance success in Polish cinemas, which went to the producers of the title this year and NEXT FILM for the distribution of the film.

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Wydawnictwo Agora

In 2020, Agora Publishing House issued and announced interesting offers for lovers of literature and music. The publisher's bestseller list at that time included, among others Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump and Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum, the first volume of Barack Obama's memoirs The Promised Land and Bill Gates' How to Avoid a Climate Catastrophe. The most-bought titles of the publishing house in 2020 include 365 days by Blanka Lipińska and President and his companies. The Empire of Jarosław Kaczyński by Iwona Szpala and Agata Kondzińska. In connection with the coronavirus pandemic, the Agora publishing house initiated a unique charity campaign, the result of which was the publication of an extraordinary book – Hope, as part of which the most outstanding Polish writers, including Olga Tokarczuk, Wiesław Myśliwski, Hanna Krall, Joanna Bator, Mariusz Szczygieł, Andrzej Stasiuk, Magdalena Grzebałkowska and other authors together with the Publishing House have created a publication, from which all income was allocated to support centers for seniors during the pandemic. In December 2020, the income from its sale amounted to over PLN 1.5 million and was allocated to support 58 social welfare centers and hospices. A unique publishing project of Agora's Publishing House in 2020 was also the book Tomorrow is now, presenting the most interesting publications from this year's edition of Jutronauts – a project of Gazeta Wyborcza and Kulczyk Investments.

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In 2020, Agora Muzyka started cooperation with Universal Music Group related to the album Dark Room by Michele Morrone. The debut album of the Italian actor, known thanks to the film adaptation of the book 365 days, turned out to be an international success – from the moment the guests appeared on the lists of best-selling albums in Poland, and the songs from it conquered the charts in Europe and Asia. This is the first cooperation of this type with the international branch of the American label, which provided the album of Polish production with global reach and sales on foreign markets.

 

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Publio.pl

Publio.pl, Agora's online bookstore, has been operating since September 2020 in a refreshed version. Easier and faster shopping, transparency and greater security – this is how the new version of the store looks like, offering readers over 40 thousand e-books and audiobooks and several hundred e-press titles.

 

Kulturalnysklep.pl

From October 2020, the new version was also presented by Kulturalnysklep.pl, which, thanks to the introduction of numerous improvements, is more modern and much more convenient for users.

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Pasibus

The gastronomic activity developed within the Helios group is focused around the Pasibus brand. The burger chain opened another restaurant in December 2020, this time in Galeria Amber in Kalisz. It is the 27th facility of the brand and the 10th created in cooperation with the Helios company. In October 2020, another 8 outlets of the chain introduced a breakfast menu, and since November – due to the re-closure of the catering industry by an administrative decision – 11 offered the iconic burgers delivered straight to your home via the Delivery Belt. 5 premises – in Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Poznań, Szczecin and Warsaw – were added to the own supply network established in the spring. In other Pasibus premises, delivery was possible thanks to cooperation with external partners. The collection in person was also available in all operating restaurants of the chain.

 

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259 thou.

record number of active digital subscriptions to Wyborcza.pl at the end of December 2020

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Throughout 2020, Gazeta Wyborcza carried out further projects developing its traditional and digital offer. As a result, at the end of the year, the number of subscriptions to Wyborcza.pl content sold by it amounted to over 259 thousand. In the latest Global Digital Subscription Snapshot 2020 report published in December by the international association FIPP Gazeta Wyborcza with over 240,000 active digital subscriptions and took 11th place among all European press titles, in the world ranking took 24th place. In addition, thanks to the efforts of the journal's team and in connection with the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Wyborcza.pl website systematically increased both the number of users visiting it and the number of page views. The increase in the number of sold subscriptions to Wyborcza.pl content was supported by special campaigns and offers prepared by the daily team. These were, for example, offers for users of the MyBenefit platform, the Gift of Dreams shopping platform and the home.pl marketplace. A new digital subscription offer for business was also launched, aimed at clients from the PR and promotion sector, as well as a special offer for students.

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the editorial office has observed a significant increase in interest in the content of Gazeta Wyborcza and Wyborcza.pl, especially news, foreign and prepared by scientific journalists. In order to meet it, the team of the journal prepared, among others special publications, cycles and social campaigns about which you can read in the section Social involvement of this Report.

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic deepened the negative trends in the press advertising market and forced some publishers to close the least promising press titles. Agora also decided to stop publishing the next titles – Logo and Avanti, focusing on the main product – Gazeta Wyborcza and Wyborcza.pl.

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Agora organizes many interesting music, entertainment and educational events. In 2020, as a result of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, some of them could not take place, while others took place online, without the direct participation of the public. These were, among others: Olsztyn Green Festival, and Białystok NewPop Festival.

OLSZTYN GREEN FESTIVAL

In connection with the transfer of the Olsztyn Green Festival to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event organizers have prepared a musical surprise for festival fans, residents and tourists who choose to rest in Olsztyn. The special Olsztyn Green PLAŻÓWKA event was held on the same date as the festival – on August 14 and 15 2020.

BIAŁYSTOK NEW POP FESTIVAL

In 2020, when most of the large Polish outdoor music events canceled their editions, Agora decided to experiment: a live festival with artists performing on stage, which the audience watched online. In this way, the 3rd edition of the Białystok New Pop Festival in a pandemic time became one of the first outdoor festivals in Poland available on the Internet, but realized in the natural festival scenery, live, in the courtyard of the Branicki Palace. The event gathered a record 338,000 audience.

In addition, in order to support the artists in the difficult time of the pandemic, the organizers made recordings of the concerts available on newpop.pl for a month after the event. The materials were available in the HD version, paid from PLN 20. 50% the amount from each ticket has been donated to the creators.

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Gazeta.pl

In 2020, the Gazeta.pl team continued to implement activities focused on the development of the offer for Internet users, especially in the area of sports and automotive, as well as for advertising clients. Following the latest market trends, Gazeta.pl expanded its video offer in the second quarter of 2020 with new interactive formats as part of the development of the player functions, e.g. virtual showroom, fashionable choice or Click2Shop. Thanks to them, users can, among others check a selected set of clothes without leaving home, see a new car model without visiting a showroom or visit a holiday destination before making the final decision about the destination.

Internet users could also find on Gazeta.pl new and special content devoted to socially important topics, as well as information and special publications devoted to the situation related to the coronavirus. You can read about these projects in the Social involvement and Concern for the environment section of this Report.

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Yieldbird

Internet brands operating in the Internet segment in 2020 developed their existing activities. The team of Yieldbird, an Agora Group company specializing in optimization of advertising resources, worked on creating a solution that will help website owners to improve the efficiency of managing their realm space. As a result, the Price Genius product was created, successfully offered to customers. Additionally, in 2020, more foreign and Polish companies joined the portfolio of Yieldbird customers. As part of Agora's internet operations in 2020, a significant project was the cooperation of Yieldbird and Gazeta.pl with Adform, Grupa Żywiec and Starcom, paving the way in creating a solution to the currently key problem in digital marketing – changes in browsers consisting in the elimination of 3rd party cookies. In October 2020, the partners conducted the first in Poland and one of the first in Europe effective campaign using only 1st party identifiers for targeting. Thanks to this innovative solution, you can reach advertising communication in browsers that block external identifiers.

Hrlink

HRlink took over Goldenline in 2020, creating a unique, comprehensive tool supporting companies in searching for candidates, their recruitment and selection, and onboarding. The integration of both platforms, finalized in January 2021, made it possible to create a complementary solution and offer clients support at every stage of the recruitment process – from obtaining candidate applications, through the selection of the best applications to the implementation of new employees to work in the organization. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic slowdown, Agora has reviewed and optimized its portfolio of internet ventures. The company decided to abandon those projects, which the new situation deprived of the growth prospects, and focus on the most important assets. As a result, there was a restructuring and sale of a part of Plan D Sp. z o.o.

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Grupa radiowa Agory

In 2020, Agora's radio stations – Radio TOK FM, Radio Złote Przeboje, Radio Pogoda and Rock Radio had high audience rates – the total share of Agora Radio Group's radio stations during listening was 7.26%, which is the best Agora’s Radio Group result in history*. Last year's records in terms of listenership were recorded by: Radio TOK FM, whose share in time was 2.64% in the April-June period; Rock Radio with a share of 0.8% from the period May-July, and Radio Pogoda with a share of 1.22% from the period of August-October 2020. Additionally, Radio TOK FM ended 2020 with the number of 25.9 thousand. Premium subscribers to access their audio content on the web. This is another great result of Radio TOK FM, which is intensively developing its digital offer. The station's podcast library includes over 200 broadcasts and thematic series on various topics – incl. political, economic, social, scientific and advisory services – containing over 75 thousand podcasts.


In the advertising area, the Doradztwo Mediowe team from Agora Radio Group expanded its offer. Since autumn 2020, the company has been operating in a changed structure – in the newly designated five key regions of Poland, experienced advisers and managers work directly with advertisers. Thanks to this change, the Doradztwo Mediowe team has constant and direct contact with clients operating throughout the country, and thus the ability to adapt the advertising offer to individual needs, regardless of the scope and budget of the campaign. The offer of Doradztwo Mediowe also includes digital marketing solutions – in display and video and audio formats, i.e. digital sound, as well as non-standard solutions, e.g. partnerships of unique radio broadcasts or dedicated podcasts.

* Source: consolidated financial statements of the Agora Group according to IFRS, Q4 2020

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In 2020, despite the difficult situation in Poland and the industry, the AMS team prepared new attractive advertising solutions for clients. The AMS Passenger Information System awarded in the competition was made available to the residents of Poznań. On digital screens in bus shelters – Digital Citylight AMS – you can track in real time the location of all buses and trams that run to and from a given stop. Digital Citylights are AMS carriers that combine advertising with functional solutions on which original content is presented. Additionally, in mid-October the AMS portfolio was enriched with Traffic TV – a new, original video Out-of-home channel addressed to passengers of Warsaw public transport traveling by bus. An important change was also the introduction of AMS Flex, i.e. a flexible Out-of-Home offer. In response to the demand and the dynamic situation on the advertising market, AMS has created an innovative proposal, enabling the launch of a campaign combining advertising in the City Transport and Digital segments on any day. The AMS Flex offer includes Busback and Digital Indoor carriers, ATMs and screens in retail outlets, as well as Traffic TV. In addition, from December 2020, it is possible to conduct communication activities in the form of native advertising on AMS digital media. It is displayed on the city information bar on AMS Digital Citylights and Digital Cityscreens – alongside useful news such as weather forecasts, times and air quality ratings.

Throughout 2020, AMS carried out numerous social campaigns related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and made its carriers available on preferential terms to customers who wanted to widely inform about their efforts to fight the spread of the virus. The company's special offer was available to cultural institutions and non-governmental organizations, as well as local entrepreneurs. At the end of the year, AMS continued activities supporting ecology and social projects, which can be found in the Social involvement and Concern for the environment section of this Report.

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The Agora Group's activities and projects have been appreciated for years by our stakeholders, including recipients, experts and industry organisations around the world. Our brands and media won numerous awards and distinctions in 2020, being at the top of the industry rankings in the Polish and foreign markets. Full information regarding this issue is published on the Agora corporate website on an ongoing basis and is available at www.agora.pl/en/press-room. The most important awards received last year in individual segments include:

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Agora with the Silver CSR Leaf granted by Polityka and Climate Action Award

In 2020, for the third time, Agora was rewarded for responsible management practices and activities in the field of sustainable development.  It received the Silver CSR Leaf Award for including in daily operations all the key solutions of the ISO 26000 social responsibility standard, and the Climate Action Award

Agora, third-time winner of the Issuer's Golden Website competition

In the competition organised by the Polish Association of Listed Companies, Agora S.A. won the award in the “Best IR Website” category among medium-sized companies (included in the sWIG80 index) for the third time. The jury of the competition distinguished the Company for “showing the world an excellent investor relations service and for improving it over the last year”. The judges appreciated the functionality, content and validity of the corporate service as well as the design of the agora.pl corporate website.

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Golden 2020 INMA Global Media Award for Gazeta.pl for the project “The Last Twój Weekend”

The Gazeta.pl website and the project partners: BNP Paribas, Mastercard and VMLY&R Poland agency received the main award in the “Best Social and PR Campaign” category in the prestigious 2020 INMA Global Media Awards competition.

Gazeta.pl with five 2020 Innovation Awards

Initiatives performed with the participation of Gazeta.pl received one golden, three silver and one bronze awards in the 2020 Innovation competition. The jury of the prestigious competition appreciated the remarkable “The Last Twój Weekend”, the partnership campaign “2050 Peasants, i.e. Agronauts in the Time of Climatic Catastrophe” and the introduction of security measures against bots and internet trolls on Gazeta.pl.

Yieldbird in the Business Gazele ranking

Yieldbird, a company from the Agora Group specialising in optimisation of publisher advertising resources, joined the prestigious ranking of the most dynamically developing small- and medium-sized companies called 2019 Business Gazelles. The company made its first appearance on the 326th place in the national ranking, with a total of 4,675 companies.

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Gazeta Wyborcza with 14 European Newspaper Awards

European Newspaper Awards is a prestigious competition assessing the best-designed newspapers in Europe. In the 22nd edition, Gazeta Wyborcza in the graphic layout introduced in 2019, received as many as 14 awards. The jury has recognised, among other things, the covers of the daily on presidential elections and the pandemic, as well as multimedia and internet projects. 

Gazeta Wyborcza with the WAN-IFRA European Digital Media Award for the subscription strategy

In the prestigious VAN-IFRA European Digital Media Awards competition, Gazeta Wyborcza won the Member's Choice award in the Best Paid Content Strategy category. The members of the WAN-IFRA Association – experts and practitioners of the media market from around the world, appreciated in an Internet vote the introduction of self-renewing content subscriptions at Wyborcza.pl.

Gazeta Wyborcza again at the top of the ranking list of the strongest brands in Poland – 2020 Top Brand

Gazeta Wyborcza once more won the 2020 Top Brands ranking, comprising as many as 500 media strongest brands in Poland from 50 industries. The daily was ahead of, inter alia, OLX and PKO Bank Polski, while also becoming the brand leader in the Press category.

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Two titles of NEXT FILM with Eagles Awards

Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz and The Coldest Game – these two titles distributed by NEXT FILM received the Eagles Polish Film Awards. They received a total of 3 statuettes.

Tarapaty 2 (Trouble 2 ) with the prize of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth

The film distributed by NEXT FILM from the Helios Group won the main prize of the European Junior Jury of the Schlingel International Film Festival in Chemnitz, Germany.

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Nine Fryderyk Awards for artists from Agora Muzyka & Agora Digital Music

In the Popular Music and Jazz categories, as many as nine artists whose works were published or distributed by Agora Muzyka & Agora Digital Music publishing house, were awarded.

Agora Publishing House at the top of the strongest brands in Poland – 2020 Top Brand

Agora's Publishing House was included in the 2020 Top Brand ranking, comprising as many as 500 media strongest brands in Poland from 50 industries. It ranked 3rd among the most recognisable brands in the book publishing category, and 267rd in the overall ranking. The survey was prepared by Press magazine and PRESS-SERVICE Media Monitoring, upon an analysis of more than 97 million media news from July 2019 to June 2020. 

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Judyta Watoła and Wojciech Czuchnowski are winners of 2020 Andrzej Woyciechowski Radio ZET Award

Judyta Watoła and Wojciech Czuchnowski received the 2020 Andrzej Woyciechowski Radio ZET Award for a series of articles on blatant irregularities when purchasing masks and ventilators by the Ministry of Health. The articles concerning this case appeared from May to July this year in the paper edition of Gazeta Wyborcza and in the digital format of the daily – Wyborcza.pl. Andrzej Woyciechowski Radio ZET Award is one of the most prestigious awards of the journalistic world in Poland.

Ewa Podolska and Anna Gmiterek-Zabłocka are the winners of the “2019 Medical Journalist” competition

The “Journalists for Health Care” Association rewarded journalists popularising knowledge about health already for the 11th time. Ewa Podolska and Anna Gmiterek-Zabłocka, journalists of TOK FM Radio, were among the winners.

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