SEB intentions towards BOŚ seem to be blocked

This information surprised the other major shareholder, the National Fund for Environmental Protection (NFOŚiGW) which has a 44.7% stake in the bank, and its representatives announced that they had no idea how SEB was planning to increase their involvement. "We do not plan to reduce our stake or quit the investment. We will not negotiate this issue," declared Jolanta Czudak-Kiersz, NFOŚiGW spokeswoman. Per Anders Fasth told Puls Biznesu that he was only stressing the importance of the domestic bank for SEB's future strategy. "This issue should be solved among the shareholders. I can only assure that BOŚ is developing very well," announced BOŚ' president Józef Kozioł. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) M.M.