NKBM Privatisation Commission unofficially Asks Buyers to Prolong Offers

Ljubljana, 11 February - The privatisation commission for the sale of a 65-percent stake in Slovenia's second bank Nova Kreditna banka Maribor (NKBM) unofficially asked three potential buyers - international consortium Aktiva Group, Bank Austria Creditanstalt and Italy's bank Unicredito - to prolong the validity of their binding offers that ran out on Friday until 22 March, writes Monday's issue of business daily Finance.