Polish shareholders plan to oust the Danes from Polkomtel

The Polish companies want to take advantage of the fact that TDC is about to change its owner. Polkomtel's statute says that a change of the ownership in one of the shareholders gives a preemption right to its stake to the remaining shareholders. "We have all agreed to that. TDC is obliged to put its stake up for sale," said a person connected to one of the Polish shareholders. The Danish company's stake in Polkomtel (19.6%) is worth zł.3-3.6 billion. Taking control of Polkomtel by domestic shareholders goes along with the political line of Law and Justice (PiS). According to Tomasz Markowski, deputy head of the treasury commission, "Increasing the Polish capital is a very good solution." (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) A.F.