Prague, 28th August 2014.

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1 REPUBLIC OF CROATIA LOCAL LEADERS MEETING CHINA INVESTMENT FORUM Prague, 28th August 2014.

2 CROATIA AND ALL OF ITS COAST BEAUTIES

3 ENORMOUS POTENTIAL IN CROATIAN TOURISM million tourists visited Croatia - 2,5 per inhabitant 85 milion tourists visited France 1,3 peh inhabitant

4 GROWTH AND DROP OF CROATIA`S GDP ECONOMY CRISIS

5 ME ĐIMURJE COUNTY

6 GENERA L Surface km² Population Average age city and 22 municipalities Hugh population density - 156,73 inh/km²

7 L OCATI ON Distance from European cities Zagreb 101 km Graz 148 km Ljubljana 176 km Vienna 224 km Bratislava 254 km Budapest 261 km Rijeka 261 km Beograd 472 km Prague 573 km Munich 485 km Milano 644 km

8 I nfrastructure INFRASTRUCTUAL COVERAGE: Electricity: 98% Gas: 98% Drinkable water: 98,5% Fixed network: 90% Broadband Internet: 90% (WiMax) Mobile network: 98% NATIONAL RAILWAY: to Slovenia and Hungary ROAD STRUCTURE: highway 25 km national road 92 km county roads 267 km local roads 263 km

9 COUNTY V I SI ON County of strong entrepreneurship based on knowledge and innovation with preserved natural and cultural heritage and high quality of life

10 ECONOM Y companies (2012.) 49 large and medium companies small bussinesses GDP (2011.) Unemployment rate 17.7% (2013.) Average gross salary 500 (2014.)

11 WHY I NV EST? 1. Excellent geographic location 2. Modern infrastructure 3. Business climate 4. Quality of life 5. Human resources

12 HI STORY nting house first Croatian pri in Croatia first railway first street-lights in Croatia th century Zrinski Family 16 Rudolf Steiner founder of biodynamic agriculture and anthroposophy

13 ATTRA CTI ONS

14 ME ĐIMURJE COUNTY RE ASONS TO INVE ST

15 R E D E A O n e S top S er vi c e C en ter for I n vestmen ts Project counselling service include: Providing detailed information on the availability of human resources availability and their qualifications, the availability of investment locations, basic costs and potential suppliers Identifying potential investment locations and organizing site visits Establishing cooperation with representatives of local and regional government units and key stakeholders in resolving issues of work permits and incentives for investors Post-investment support for investors assisting investors in the successful implementation of subsidy measures.

16 I NV ESTM ENT OPPORT UNI T I ES Tailored marketing strategy for FDI attraction in Međimurje County was created in SECTORS OF THE HIGHEST INVESTMENT POTENTIAL Metal Processing Textiles and Leather ICT SECTORS OF THE HIGH INVESTMENT POTENTIAL Renewable Energy Food processing Tourism

17 Why invest in međimurje? proactive, passionate and goal-oriented encouraging business environment modern business infrastructure convenient location balance between work and quality of life

18 Why invest in međimurje? availability of labor force for the manufacturing industry with specific focus on metal-processing industry, textile industry and manufacturing of leather products, food-processing and wood-processing industry attractive employment costs skilled human resources well-developed academic centre

19 BUSI NESS ZONES 41 business zones approx ha Price 5-25 /m² 27 available for investment

20 I N V E ST M EN T F RI EN DLY REGI ON FDI Magazine (Financial Times) - Contest European cities/regions of the future, According to the strategy of promoting foreign direct investment, Međimurje County was ranked as: 3th in category of small European regions 4th in category of southern regions 13th in total

21 I NV EST M ENT FRI ENDLY REGI ON Međimurje is certified as an Investment friendly region which guarantees that all criteria such as: quality human resources, available land and marketing expertise for attracting and supporting foreign investors are met.

22 F DI PR O J E C T S I N ME ĐI MU R J E 570 JOBS SHOEMAKING 300 JOBS SPRINGS & MACHINE BUILDING 160 JOBS CIVIL ENGINEERING

23 F DI PR O J E C T S I N ME ĐI MU R J E 220 JOBS METAL PROCESSING 623 JOBS MADRACES & FURNITURE 170 JOBS /500 jobs in total by end of 2015/ SHOEMAKING

24 M E Đ I M U R J E I NV E S T M E NT F R I E ND L Y R E G I O N We, HAIX Footwear, want to use this opportunity to once again sincerely thank the responsible persons in Međimurje County for super fast and without difficulties processing and distribution of permits for new construction of our production and logistics centre in Mala Subotica. Markus Lins, Asistant CEO From the very beginning we had the support of the local authorities, who understood the importance of our activities for the standard of the local community. That support, along with the creativity and hard work of our workers result with the decision to build a new factory. Davor Gečić, CEO

25 Thank you for your attention