Tomorrow, the GSM of Getin Holding will vote to chose Leszek Czarnecki as the member of the supervisory board of the company. A year ago, he was a member of the board but he stepped down. Now he comes back. Leszek Czarnecki denies speculations that he wants to sell the company.
“I don’t comment on rumors. But I would like to state clearly that I’m not selling Getin in the near future, I have never considered it. I’m negotiating with anybody to sell part or the whole holding. Of course, there are many companies interested in Getin”, Leszek Czarnecki said.
He assures that he comes back to the holding not to sell it but to develop it.
The banks present in the holding have a lot of capital. They earned on the stock exchange, and thrive thanks to an advertising campaign of their deposits. In January and February, Getin Bank and Noble Bank raised enough money to finance this year’s plans. TU Europa insurance company may also add some money. The company plans to pay out dividend for the year 2007. There are still funds left which Noble Bank raised in its issue last year. All in all, Getin has several millions zloty.
“We are open for potential acquisitions. We are waiting for opportunities. We are also looking for interesting start-ups”, Leszek Czarnecki said.
Getin has recently bought DM Polania Net brokerage. Leszek Czarnecki says
that a very big project is connected with launching the brokerage. He refrains
from giving details until the financial supervision authorities approve of the
transaction. Getin is looking for a bank in Russia as well. The Polish holding
itself will be listed in the middle of the year.