In Brief: ITI Group TVN shares; Netia Telecom; Huta Sendzimira creditors
The ITI Group signed a conditional agreement on repurchasing 33% of shares
in Television TVN with SBS Broadcasting on June 21. Financing this transact
ion depends on the success of the public offer of the ITI Group. (Rzeczposp
olita, p. B4) ... All the creditors of Netia Telecom have accepted settleme
nt proposals, pursuant to which 91.3% of Netia's debt of zl. 1.9 billion wi
ll be cancelled. The remainder is to be paid in installments, starting 2007.
(Prawo i Gospodarka, pp. 1, 4) ... On June 26, 1,220 creditors of Huta Send
zimira steel works (HTS), will meet to discuss settling company debts of zl.
723 million. HTS will propose cancelling debts by between 20% to 40%, depen
ding on the size of the debt and to pay the remainder within five years. Ec
onomy Minister Andrzej Szarawarski said he has convinced creditors to accept
the proposals. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.T.