Perła board member Gierowski under investigation

The district prosecutor in Lublin is currently investigating the case of businessman Józef Hubert Gierowski and his methods of acquiring employee shares four years ago in order to gain a controlling stake over Lublin brewer Perła. Gierowski spent around zł. 30 million on accumulating 51% of shares in the company, outbidding Adam Brodowski, co-owner of the Strzelec brewery in Southern Poland. However the prosecutor alleges that the businessman's representatives threatened to fire Perła's employees if they refused to sell company stock. In a separate development, the police are also looking into reports that the sale prices of employee shares were deliberately understated to avoid taxes. According to information reported by Parkiet, Gierowski has left Poland and resigned from his position on the Perła supervisory board. (Parkiet, p. 1) A.K.