IT In Brief: MacroSoft; Comp Rzeszów share sale; Lumena's 2005 IPO

The system will operate on 261 computers in 14 of GWP's subsidiaries. (Parkiet, p. 6) ... It is now clear that Comp Rzeszów's IPO will take place this month as the Warsaw Stock Exchange has agreed for the IT company to float its shares. A-series shares, owned by Comp Rzeszów's president Adam Góral and a number of new shareholders, will be traded later this month. B-series shares, taken over by Softbank, will be traded later. (Parkiet, p. 6) ... Lumena, a domestic IT company, is planning to submit its issue prospectus to the Securities and Stock Exchange Commission (KPWiG) by spring 2005 and consequently conduct its IPO before summer 2005. The raised capital would allow Lumena, whose 2003 income was zł.160 million, to take over several of its smaller competitors. (Parkiet, p. 4) D.W.