Alexander Bondar Vasilii Kotko

Alexander Bondar, chairman of the Ukrainian State Property Fund (left) and Vasilii Kotko, member of National Power Industry Regulating Committee before the press-conference on the results of tender on sale of three energy power companies on Tuesday, April 24, 2001 in Kyiv. On April 24 the tender on sale of the Sevastopoblenergo, Khersonoblenergo and Kirovogradoblenergeo took place. Slovakian Company Vycgodoslovenske Energeticke Zavody S.P. offered Hr301 million 332 or $55.5 million for the three companies. According to Alexander Bondar, «as there were only one declaration for each enterprise , in accordance with the procedure, the expert estimation of each enterprise will be carried out and the price may be, probably, changed. If the price offered in the course of the expert estimation will be convenient for Slovakian party, the share-holding purchase and sale agreement will take place. The Credit Swiss First Boston Privatization Adviser will fulfill the expert estimation. Photo by Alexander Sinitsa/ UNIAN