In brief: EFL to Pekao and UniCredito, or Credit Agricole?; Elektrim

Although Puls Biznesu reports that bank Pekao SA and its Italian owner UniCredito have become strategic investor of Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy (EFL), Rzeczpospolita's sources say that Credit Agricole of France has the biggest chances to become EFL's strategic investor. The French bank has received the exclusive right from EFL to negotiate the purchase of EFL's stake from its main shareholder Leszek Czarnecki. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3; Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) ... Energy and power group Elektrim has officially announced it will continue negotiations with Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Vivendi for control of mobile telecom operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC) to find a solution acceptable to all parties, adding that the proposals presented by Vivendi and DT do not have to exclude each other. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4).A.Z