KATOWICE – an attractive investment destination

Katowice

[email protected] POLAND Location & economy  Part of the EU single market of around 500 M people  Part of trans-European transportation corridor  38,2 M of consumers – 6th economy in the EU Human capital  Young, well-educated work force  Approx. 2 million of university students  453 universities & high education schools  Increasing labor productivity Investment incentives  Tax exemptions in 14 Special Economic Zones  Grants co-financed from the EU Source:(PAIiIZ). PAIiIZ. Source: Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency

E&Y 2012 EUROPEAN ATTRACTIVENESS SURVEY What are the most attractive countries for FDI in the next 3 years? Germany

35%

Poland

10%

UK

8%

Russia

7%

France

4%

Romania

3%

Czech Rep.

3%

Turkey

2%

Switzerland

2%

Netherlands

2%

Italy

2%

Spain

2%

Sweden

2%

According to investors surveyed by E&Y the strengths of Poland are: large domestic market, well-qualified and productive workforce, stable macroeconomic situation in difficult times, relatively low level of public debt comparing to Western European countries, transparent tax and legal systems, favorable conditions both for manufacturing and services investments

Source: Ernst & Young, 2012 European Attractiveness Survey.

Source: PAIiIZ, E&Y 2012 European Attractiveness Survey.

WHY SILESIA? WHY KATOWICE? The centre of the largest Polish Metropolis – 2 M inhabitants (Silesia: 4,6 M inhabitants)

Healthy economy & growing market – Fitch Rating „A-” for liabilities in foreign currency; stable outlook Professionally skilled human resources and unique work ethics – 182,000 students Strong academic centre – 45 institutions of higher education Presence of foreign investors (e.g. IBM, PwC, Capgemini) Convenient and easy access via air, roads and rail Well developed telecommunication network Good place to live – 45% of green areas Support from helpful local and regional authorities

THE PROVINCE OF SILESIA The Province of Silesia is one of the smallest but most populated regions of Poland 80% of region’s population live in cities and towns Every third big city in Poland is in the Province of Silesia

SILESIA METROPOLIS Largest in the Central Europe 9th largest in Europe

KATOWICE - GLOBAL RECOGNIZED METRO

Katowice: one of the 200 largest metropolises in the world Katowice ranked at the level of New York, Washington, Paris, London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Tokyo

FOREIGN INVESTORS’ PRESENCE

BUSINESS SERVICES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

The Silesia Metropolis is the third fastest developing centre of service offshoring in Poland

FACTS

36

7,5

55

No. of BPO/ITO, SSC and R&D centres

No. of employees in the sector [thous.]

Growth of the headcount (2009-2011) in %

No. of employees (end of 2012) [thous.]

Source: “Business services sector in Katowice and the Silesia Metropolis”, ABSL 2012.

BUSINESS SERVICES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

Total number of service centers including 30 foreign centers

36 centers Employment 7,500 Growth of the headcount (2009-2011) in % 55%

including over 90% in foreign centers

46% in foreign centers Source: “Business services sector in Katowice and the Silesia Metropolis”, ABSL 2012.

BUSINESS SERVICES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

Source: “Business services sector in Katowice and the Silesia Metropolis”, ABSL 2012.

BPO/ITO/SSC IN METROPOLIS MAIN SPECIALIZATIONS IN THE SILESIA METROPOLIS: IT services Customer service HR

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS - TESTIMONIALS

BPO, accountancy outsourcing, IT outsourcing No. of employees: 1,300

ITO No. of employees: 300 SSC operations, Finance, IT, CC, HR No. of employees: 540

SSC in audit services: servicing 4 CEE countries, UK and Germany No. of employees: 320

NEW PLAYERS IN KATOWICE

Customer Service Centre No. of employees: 260

F&A Centre No. of employees: 240

IT services No. of employees: 50

Marketing processes No. of employees: 200

Data recovery and computer forensics, R&D Enlarging R&D centre by 70 specialists

fDi MAGAZINE RANKING

According to fDi Magazine Katowice is the best City of Central and Eastern Europe regarding the foreign direct investment promotion strategy

HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY

HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY

2 M people in Silesia Metropolis 4,6 M people in Silesia Province 9 M people in the range of 60 miles

182,000 students in Silesia Province, including 130,000 in Silesia Metropolis Excellent language skills Source: University of Economics in Katowice.

29 UNIVERSITIES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

HUMAN CAPITAL OF THE SILESIA METROPOLIS PROFESSIONALLY SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCES HIGH ADAPTIVITY FLEXIBILITY UNIQUE WORK ETHICS

EASY ACCESS AND WELL DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION

ATTRACTIVE LOCATION

THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND

Well developed road network - the highest road density in Poland The lowest traffic congestion among Polish biggest cities 3 international airports in a close distance from Katowice Dense network of telecom infrastructure

Source: GTL SA, Katowice City Hall, Michał Szelest.

THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND

3 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN A CLOSE DISTANCE OF 100 KM Katowice Airport: 30 km distant, ca. 30 minute car ride

Kraków Airport: 67 km distant , ca. 40 minute car ride Ostrava Airport: 100 km distant, ca. 1h 20 minute car ride

Source: GTL S.A.

FLIGHT CONNECTIONS

IT INFRASTRUCTURE IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Dense network of telecom infrastructure 3S (Silesian Optical Fiber Network) - regional operator with optical fiber network 850 km long and it is still increasing its coverage Other: Orange, Netia, Exatel, Polnet, UPC 3SF Data Center (in Katowice) - one of the biggest data centers in Poland

RAPIDLY GROWING PROPERTY MARKET

Source: GTC.

OFFICE MARKET

Source: GTC, GPP Business Park, Altus.

PRIORITY PROJECTS

THE CITY OF FUTURE - YOUR CITY

NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN KATOWICE TO BE COMPLETED IN 2013 International Congress Centre Roundabout-Marketsquare

National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Railway station redevelopment

New seat of Silesian Museum The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library

MARKET SQUARE - KORFANTEGO AVENUE

ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST - PLN 300 M

Now: wide avenue with scattered buildings In the near future: new office and commercial centres, clubs and restaurants with modern architecture

CULTURAL ZONE CURRENTLY Post-industrial areas of former Katowice coal mine Seat of the most famous spectators’ hall in Poland „the Saucer”

IN THE NEAR FUTURE International Congress Centre Seat of the Symphonic Orchestra New Silesian Museum

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTRE

Project value: PLN 304,5 m: European Regional Development Fund ca. PLN 152,8 m Contribution of Katowice City (including funds from European Investment Bank EBI) ca. PLN 151,7 m

SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA

The Symphonic Orchestra seat: project value amounts to PLN 265 m, including PLN 122 m from the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment

SILESIAN MUSEUM – NEW SEAT

Investment of Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship The Silesian Museum has been entered to the list of the priority investments for the Silesian Voivodeship. Project value is PLN 324 m - 85 % of this amount will be covered from the EU funds

CITY CENTRE TRANSFORMATION Old coal mine sites

Modernization of the Sport and Entertainment Hall SPODEK Investment value ca. PLN 160 M Source: Photo. T. Kosior.

RAILWAY STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Source: www.dworzec-katowice.info.

Contractor: NEINVER integrated with: the shopping centre „Galeria Katowicka” and underground bus station

HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE

QUALITY OF LIFE

„...THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CULTURE” „...THE BEST CITY IN POLAND TO LIVE IN...” THE CITY OF GREAT EVENTS

GREEN CITY

Source: Drygas.

PwC REPORT ON KATOWICE

„The capital of culture and city image is the measure of how the city is perceived by both - residents and people form outside.”

HIGH CULTURE

146,5% 2nd place, after Warsaw the city's culture budget, the number of concerts, film festivals, theatre festivals and classical music festivals, as well as concert attendances (all per number of inhabitants)

EVERYDAY CULTURE

152,2% 1st place in Poland, followed by Kraków, Wrocław, Warsaw the number of: cinema seats, restaurants, sport stadium seats and the green areas within the city's administrative boundaries (all per number of inhabitants)

With the average level of CIC in terms of overall image for the 11 cities of 100 CIC

COMMUTING

BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE IN SILESIA

…..HOTELS

Source: www.angelo-katowice.pl

…..CONFERENCE CENTRES

Source: www.euro-centrum.com.pl

…..RESTAURANTS & PUBS

Source: www.lemoniada.pl

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

High quality health care and research facilities specializing in heart surgery, oncology and burn treatment Developed network of private healthcare institutions

Source: www.gcm.com.pl

International school Nursery Primary school Lower-secondary school Secondary school

Source: ww.international.edu.pl

LEISURE TIME

Source: www.gosilesia.pl

KATOWICE - THE CITY OF GREAT EVENTS At the Silesian Stadium and in Spodek concert hall and sports venue the greatest artists took the stage (U2, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica and Pearl Jam) Rawa Blues Festival - which every year gathers thousands of blues fans Tauron New Music Festival - electric music Off Festival - alternative music 3-days festival

Source: Łukasz Rak

THE CULTURAL METROPOLIS

CITIES IN THE FIRST PHASE

CITIES IN THE FINALS

Białystok Bydgoszcz Gdańsk

Gdańsk

Katowice Lublin Warszawa Wrocław

Katowice Łódź Poznań Lublin Szczecin Toruń Warszawa Wrocław

WE HAVE PASSED TO THE FINAL ROUND

SUPPORT FOR INVESTORS

LOCAL INVESTMENT INVENTIVES

KATOWICE CITY HALL - real estate tax exemption POVIAT (LOCAL) LABOUR OFFICE - internship at the employer’s seat, odd jobs, cost reimbursement of full or partial equipment of a work-stand, trainings

KATOWICE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE - corporate income tax reliefs

SUMMARY Highly skilled human potential

Developed infrastructure

Global acknowledgement

Quality of life

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Contact for investors Mateusz Skowroński Mayor’s Plenipotentiary for Strategic Investors Katowice City Hall 4 Warszawska Street, room 237 40-006 Katowice Tel. +48 32 25 93 823 fax +48 32 259 78 12 e-mail: [email protected] www.invest.katowice.eu