ZAGREB, Jan 26 (Hina) - Representatives of banks, Croatia's largest press distributor "Tisak" and publishers on Tuesday reached a temporary agreement during a meeting with Premier Zlatko Matesa. According to the agreement, the banks,
the "Croatia Osiguranje" insurance company, and the "Tvornica Duhana Rovinj" (TDR) tobacco factory will as of today cancel acceptance orders thereby unfreezing "Tisak". In the future, TDR will extend the payment deadline for its products. Between January 27 and February 9, "Tisak's" entire daily influx, which is approximately US$800,000, will go to publishers to settle "Tisak's" debts. As agreed, by February 9 "Tisak" must reach an agreement with all creditors on taking over the company's ownership in proportion to extant claims, while the remaining debts will be reprogrammed. The precondition to reach such agreements is for all extant "Tisak" sh
ZAGREB, Jan 26 (Hina) - Representatives of banks, Croatia's largest
press distributor "Tisak" and publishers on Tuesday reached a
temporary agreement during a meeting with Premier Zlatko Matesa.
According to the agreement, the banks, the "Croatia Osiguranje"
insurance company, and the "Tvornica Duhana Rovinj" (TDR) tobacco
factory will as of today cancel acceptance orders thereby
unfreezing "Tisak".
In the future, TDR will extend the payment deadline for its
products. Between January 27 and February 9, "Tisak's" entire daily
influx, which is approximately US$800,000, will go to publishers to
settle "Tisak's" debts.
As agreed, by February 9 "Tisak" must reach an agreement with all
creditors on taking over the company's ownership in proportion to
extant claims, while the remaining debts will be reprogrammed.
The precondition to reach such agreements is for all extant "Tisak"
shareholders to exit the ownership structure.
The head of management at Privredna Banka Zagreb, Bozo Prka, said
after today's meeting he was satisfied with the reached agreement.
Vice Medjugorac, head of management at the "Sportske Novosti"
sports daily and spokesman for the publishers, explained the
settling of "Tisak's" debt would be proportionate to the
publishers' claims.
"Until the final agreement on February 9, i.e. until legal
proceedings surrounding the take-over of 'Tisak's' ownership, I
believe that all creditors will be paid in a favourable
percentage," Medjugorac said.
Ninoslav Pavic, head of management at "Europa Press Holding",
believes the most important thing is that "as of tomorrow, 'Tisak'
will begin to live normally."
He added publishers trusted banks and hoped the "long-standing
difficult situation will be overcome."
Pavic said Premier Matesa said today he had issued an order for
printing company "Hrvatska Tiskara", whose majority owner is the
state, to print all publishers regardless of their debt until the
situation was completely resolved.
"Tisak's" debt to publishers is US$15.9 million, to TDR US$3.2
million, and DEM100 million to eight banks and "Croatia
Osiguranje".
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