WARSAW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Polish businessman Michal
Solowow has made an offer to buy local broadcaster TVN from
Warner Bros Discovery Inc ( WBD ), according to his MS Galleon
fund, while media group WP Holding has also made a bid, a source
familiar with the matter said.
Reuters reported in December that Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD ) was
working with advisers at JPMorgan ( JPM ) on the sale of TVN.
"At the invitation of JPMorgan ( JPM ) and WBD, we submitted a
non-binding offer, considering that this is the type of
transaction to which we should respond positively," said Maciej
Gorzelinski, from the MS Galleon fund.
WP Holding press officer Michal Siegieda said it did not
comment on M&A-related topics.
Warner Bros Discovery Poland had no immediate comment.
The Polish government said in December it had decided to add
several media and telecommunication firms, including TVN, to its
list of strategic companies. This means that a takeover of these
companies will not be possible without the government's consent,
the country's prime minister said.
Poland's Radio Zet reported that WP Holding had submitted
its offer in consortium with another entity that could be
associated with the chief executive of parcel locker firm InPost
, Rafal Brzoska.
Brzoska told Bloomberg in an interview published on Monday
that he was not interested in buying TVN.
Reuters was not immediately able to reach Brzoska for
comment on Wednesday.