In Brief: Agros vindicated; Czestochowa shares; Polsat; Creditanstalt; Leier

The president of liquor producer Agros Zofia Gaber has exonerated her company of any wrongdoing after she demonstrated that documents leaked to the press were a confirmation that Agros had given its French partner, Pernod Ricard, distribution rights only and not the rights to the Polmos vodka brand. (Prawo i Gospodarka, July 15-16, page 1) ... Despite being on the verge of bankruptcy, Bank Czestochowa S.A. has aroused interest from investors willing to purchase the new shares it is to issue. (Prawo i Gospodarka, July 15-16, page 11) ... The National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV) has cleared Poland's largest private-television station Polsat to sell some of its shares to a foreign investor. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 26) ... The Securities and Stock Exchange Commission (KPWiG) has cleared Bank Austria Creditanstalt to buy shares in PBK Asset Management and the brokerage house Dom Maklerski PBK. (Rzeczpospolita, July 15-16, page B4 ) ... The Privatization Agency has picked Leier of Austria as the strategic investor for building-tiles manufacturerTarnowskie Zaklady Ceramiki Budowlanej of Wola Rzedzinska. (Rzeczpospolita, July 15-16) S.M.