Will E.ON also want to buy Elektrim's PAK shares?
Elektrim, which is looking for ways to raise cash to pay its creditors, has
not excluded that it will sell its energy assets to an investor. An in
teresting turn to this story is that the investor could also be the same
company - E.ON - which is hoping to acquire the G-8 group that is currently
being privatized. "I think that the investor who enters G-8 will be in
terested in investing in the PAK power stations," said Elektrim president
Maciej Radziwill. Elektrim controls almost 40% of PAK. The privatization
deal Elektrim signed with Treasury Ministry several years ago excludes
selling the stake until 2005. Elektrim hopes that the ministry will show
some understanding and flexibility. El Dystrybucja, and German energy
concern E.ON are interested in purchasing the G-8. El Dystrybucja lost its
exclusivity negotiating rights due to its inability to submit appropriate
financial guarantees to carry the complete the transaction. (Puls Biznesu,
p.6) A.Z.