In Brief 2: Comp Rzeszów; PKO BP takes over DM Broker; Sokołów; PKP PR

Investors have shown demand for 30 million shares, while the company plans to sell only 2 million of them. Softbank will therefore have to pay zł.71 million to acquire its planned 20% stake in the enterprise. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) ... Bank PKO BP has purchased shares in DM Broker brokerage house (formerly known as HSBC Securities). The merger will be finalized within the next few months. (Parkiet, p. 5) ... The European Commission gave the green light to the acquisition of meat processing company Sokołów by Danish Crown and Finland's HK Ruokatalo. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... PKP PR, the regional carrier of Polish State Railways, hope of securing zł.200 million in state aid from the budget seem to be fading as the same money has also been promised to local governments. The director of PKP PR said that he must receive this money as he needs to raise zł.570 million to purchase new rolling stock. The EU said it will contribute half this sum if PKP will find the other half. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 7) A.K.