Polkomtel's shareholders still reluctant to let go of their stakes

The operator will retain almost zł.500 million from the profit, out of which zł.74 million will be earmarked for supplementary capital and almost zł.425 million for reserve capital, which will probably be used for investments such as the development of its UMTS network. The remaining zł.425 million will be paid out in dividends to the company's shareholders, which means that PKN Orlen, KGHM, Vodafone and TDC will get zł.83 million each, Polskie Sieci Energetyczne (PSE) around zł.75 million and Węglokoks almost zł.17 million. The extraordinary shareholders meeting which took place on the same day failed to reach an agreement on the sale of the company's shares. "We will continue to cooperate with other domestic shareholders. We think this is the best moment to sell our stakes in Polkomtel, but we will not do anything by force," declared Cezary Smoszczewski, the deputy president of PKN Orlen, which like other domestic shareholders is pushing for the sale of the operator's shares. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) E.B.