Retail investors given larger slice of PKO BP action

Originally the total value of all privatization investments could not exceed zł.720 million. However, yesterday the Minister increased this limit by zł.380 million to zł.1.1 billion. "We want as many Poles as possible to take part in this privatization, especially those with limited financial supply. The best thing to do would be to increase the number of shares which will be sold, but we cannot do so since it has been decided that a majority stake should remain in the hands of the state," explained Socha. The Treasury Ministry and the bank itself repeated that PKO BP shares will also be available in brokerage houses from October 22 to November 3. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) A.F.