The statement adds that the Agency is offering 51% of the company’s capital for sale, though there is a possibility that 70% of the company’s total registered capital may be sold. The Agency adds that the company is 100% state-owned.
The deadline for submitting final bids for the purchase of shares is October 24, 2008, and as a precondition for participation in the tender, prospective bidders will have to make a down payment or submit a guarantee of €2 million.
The minimum price for 51% of the company’s registered capital is €51 million.
Conditions for participation in the tender, which prospective bidders are to fulfil cumulatively, are the following: possession of an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and a certificate stating that the operator has directly and/or indirectly transported at least 1,300,000 passengers in 2007.
Another condition is that the bidder’s total consolidated balance sum for the last revised financial year exceeds €200 million.
All other details of the invitation to tender and the company profile are available at the Privatisation Agency’s website, adds the statement.