Press distributor Kolporter to buy-out Jard-Press upon UOKiK approval

The biggest private domestic press distributor Kolporter SA bought an 18% st ake in its rival Jard-Press SA and committed itself to buying rest of the sh ares upon receiving a permission from the Office for Competition and Consume r Protection (UOKiK). "We estimate that after this transaction our share in the press distribution market will increase from 30% to 35%", said company s pokesman Maciej Topolski. Jard-Press distributes papers to 3,300 outlets. (R zeczpospolita, p. B4; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 26) M.K.