SEB announces share call to show who's the BOŚ now

On Tuesday environmental fund NFOŚiGW, which jointly holds with local partners a total of 50% of shares in the institution, will announce its decision. "BOŚ is not a normal commercial entity, but this is means for running state's ecological policy," said Ludwik Dorn, one of the leaders of Law and Justice (PiS). In his opinion disposal of the bank might hinder Poland's attempts to meet pre-accession obligations. PiS believes that SEB, which is a typical commercial bank, does not guarantee maintaining the ecological character of BOŚ. "If the bank is sold, following the elections we will turn to the Supreme Chamber of Inspection (NIK) to look into the transaction," stressed Dorn. Mats Kjaer, deputy president of SEB, refused to comment on this information, but stressed that BOŚ needs capital injection, which can be provided by the Swedish investor, and promised to leave the company listed. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 6) M.M.