On 04 December 2012 in pursuance with the first stage of the procedure for privatization of the state-owned stakes in the Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia and in the Central Depository, the Privatization and Post-privatization Control Agency (hereinafter PPCA), as a result of PPCA’s consultant selection process, entrusted Patria Corporate Finance a.s., Prague, Czech Republic, with performing marketing activities, preparation of analysis on the legal standing, as well as an information memorandum and a privatization assessment of each of the two companies .
Following the implementation and the acceptance of the activities performed by the consultant, PPCA will proceed by holding a publicly announced competition in order to sell both state-owned stakes. Only leading exchange operators or exchange groups will be admitted to participate in the sale competition in question.