15 February, 2008

Extraordinary announcement about change in nameplate capacities of the production facilities

Tisza Chemical Group Public Limited Company (TVK Plc.) hereby informs its shareholders and capital market participants that as a consequence of start-up experiences, warranty improvements, and smaller technology modifications that did not required significant financial forces, and as a result of using modern process control equipments (APC) the actual expected annual nameplate capacities of TVK Plc’s Olefin-2 and HDPE-2 Plants are higher than as originally planned. As a result of these, the capacities of the production facilities changed as follows:

Plant

Capacity (kt/year)

Technology

Year commissioned

2007

2008

Olefin-1*

370

370

Linde

1975

Olefin-2*

250

290

Linde

2004

Ethylene total

620

660

LDPE-1

32

32

ICI

1970

LDPE-2

65

65

BASF

1991

LDPE total

97

97

HDPE-1

200

200

Phillips

1986

HDPE-2

200

220

Mitsui

2004

HDPE total

400

420

PP-3

       100   

     100   

Himont

1989

PP-4

         180   

         180   

Himont

1999

PP total

280

280

Polymer total

777

797

* Production capacity calculated for ethylene