BRODOMERKUR AWARDED FOR PHILANTROPHY

AWARDS FOR BEST DONATIONS IN 2006 GIVEN TODAY IN THE EUROPE HOUSE ZAGREB

ZAGREBAČKA BANKA, HOLCIM AND BRODOMERKUR THE BIGGEST PHILANTROPHS

Zagreb, May 18, 2007 * In the'' Corporate Philantrophy Award '' Project of the Association Donacije.info ZAGREBAČKA BANKA was awarded for the best single corporate donation in 2006 and the company HOLCIM had the best corporate donation program in the last year. A special award for the contribution to the philantrophy in Croatia was given to BRODOMERKUR. The awards were presented today to the representatives of these three companies by the Vice President of the Croatian Government Jadranka Kosor at the awards ceremony held in the Europe House under the patronage of the Croatian Government.

'' This year for the first time the Project has awarded the companies that systematically give donations to the associations that need them the most. It is our wish that this ceremony becomes an annual event that will point out the socially responsible corporations and the most successful corporate donation projects in Croatia to the entire public '' * explained Rujana Čimbur Bakić, President of the Association Donacije.info.

The Corporate Philantrophy Award * a mirror with the company name engraved *is a piece of work of the designer team of the Bruketa & Žinić Agency . The leading companies in Croatia entered the awards competition and the donation of ZAGREBAČKA BANKA given to the Association KRIJESNICA and the donation program of HOLCIM that balanced the economy growth ,the corporate social responsibility and the enviroment protection were evaluated the best in the previous year. BRODOMERKUR earned a special award with its donation to the County Cancer League.

The US Deputy Ambassador to Croatia Gregory T.Delawie adressed the representatives of the companies that entered the competition and the media and expressed his satisfaction with the corporate philantrophy development in Croatia. He also outlined that the US Agency for the International Development (USAID) helps a lot the '' Corporate Philantrophy Award '' Project of the Association Donacije.info within the program realized by the Academy for Educational Development (AED).

Members of the award comitee were : Denis Latin ,editor of the TV show LATINICA , Saša Šegrt, AED representative, Miodrag Šajatović , editor-in-chief of the magazine LIDER, Đurđica Klancir, editor-in-chief of the magazine BUSINESS.HR , Đuro Popijač , General Manager of the Croatian Employers' Association , Rujana Čimbur Bakić, President of the Association Donacije.info. They awarded the prizes according to the clearly defined criteria : contribution to the society, successful use of the donated funds, inovativeness and sustainability.

TOTAL FUNDS RAISED: 4.665.687,94 kn

Centre Made of Love (23.04.2006. - 23.04.2007.)
Humanitarian Aid for the Cancer Centre Split

AIM – ONE AND A HALF MILLION KUNAS IN ONE YEAR

County Cancer League ,Brodomerkur and Slobodna Dalmacija are partners in a humanitarian aid named '' Centre Made of Love''.
The aim of the aid is to collect one and a half million Kunas for the purpose of building an annex to the Cancer Centre and its modernization.
The aid started on April 23 with an action on the occasion of the day of the protector saint of the County Cancer League – St.George. It will end on the same day in 2007.

ABOUT THE CANCER CENTRE

The Cancer Centre Split was built in 1972 on the initiative of the County Cancer League. The in-patient clinic has not been renovated for 32 years. The Centre has only managed to raise funds for the adaptation of the outpatient area and the radiotherapy.

Since the state is not able to invest into the health infrastructure and to keep the quality level of the area and the health equipment respectively, and since the number of patients is constantly growing ( patients from four counties are treated in the Centre) ,this humanitarian project has been initiated as a possible model of solving the problem.
A town big as Makaraska or every fourth citizen dies of cancer in Croatia every year. So, the first quality treatment in compliance with the recognized world procedures and methodes used in the Cancer Centre,including the appropriate accommodation of patients, are the most important missions of the personnel of that Clinic.

RAISING THE FUNDS

The funds are being collected on a specially opened account of the County Cancer League from donations of single persons, companies and joint actions of companies and partners.
Account number is as follows : 2330003 – 1500203323.

BRODOMERKUR will as a partner and initiator set aside one Kuna from each invoice issued in our retail chain – in all shopping centres, retail outlets and ''franchising'' outlets in Croatia – during the one year period. The business partners of the company have already started to join this generous act under the slogan of :
Through partnership, friendship and generosity towards the Centre Made of Love.
 

SUPPORTING ACTIONS VISIBLE IN THE MEDIA

Advertising area in the daily Slobodna Dalmacija, on the broadcasting stations Croatian Radio ,Radio Split, Radio Dalmacija and on the Internet pages is a way to thank the donors.
Indeed, the socially responsible behaviour teach us that the raised funds with the donors' names are published , if they wish so, in Slobodna Dalmacija which is a partner in the humanitarian aid !