The National Property Fund informed yesterday that twelve companies so far have expressed preliminary interest in the privatization of CEZ and six regional distributors. Although the reported number of potential investors is encouraging, it is not clear whether the expressed interest can be treated as truly serious. Therefore we do not expect a strong response by the stock to the news.
Separately, Austria has again questioned the safety of CEZ’s Temelin nuclear plant, and CEZ and the Czech Nuclear Safety Agency have again dismissed the charges.
(Ondřej Daťka)