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SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 13 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Bulgaria through November 25. New or amended entries are marked (*). * Tuesday, May 13 - Sofia: Bulgarian arm of Greece's Alpha Bank group to hold a news conference (1200 GMT) * Tuesday, May 13 - Sofia: real estate consultant Forton International to hold a conference on the development of the office market in Bulgaria. Tuesday, May 13 - Sofia: Bulgarian arm of ProCredit Bank group holds a news conference to present is plans for development on the Bulgarian market (0800 GMT). Tuesday, May 13 - Sofia: Statistics office NSI to release April consumer price inflation data. Wednesday, May 14 - Nis (Serbia): Bulgarian-Serbian business meeting takes place. Wednesday, May 14 - Sofia: Bulgarian glass packaging producer Druzhba Staklarski Zavodi holds an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to vote on an eight-fold capital hike to some 53.516 million levs via a 7-to-1 bonus issue (0800 GMT). Thursday, May 15 - Sofia: Central bank to release March current account data (0900 GMT) Thursday, May 15 - Brussels (Belgium): The Brussels Economic Forum 2008, organised by the EU Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, opens (to May 16). Thursday, May 15 - Tirana (Albania): Crans Montana Forum in Albania, organised by Crans Montana Forum, opens (to May 17). Friday, May 16 - Sofia: Bulgaria's largest car battery manufacturer MonBat holds a shareholders’ meeting to vote on a proposed 0.18 levs per share cash dividend for 2007 and doubling its capital to 39 million levs through a bonus issue (0830 GMT). Sunday, May 18 - Kiev (Ukraine): Bulgarian delegation, led by Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski, to attend an annual meeting of the Governors Council of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). (to May 19) Monday, May 19 - Sofia: Central bank to auction 40 million levs in ten-year treasury notes. Monday, May 19 - Berkovitsa: Bulgarian abrasive tools manufacturer ZAI to hold a shareholders’ meeting to vote on a proposed listing of up to 20% of its share capital on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (1200 GMT). Monday, May 19 - Sliven - Sofia-listed textile company Decotex to hold a shareholders' meeting. (0930 GMT) Wednesday, May 20 - Pazardzhik: Shareholders of Bulgarian battery manufacturer Elhim Iskra to vote on a proposed 3.0% share buy-back. Wednesday, May 21 - Sofia: Statistics office to release building permits statistics for the first quarter. Wednesday, May 21 - Sofia: Bulgaria to open offers in a tender for the construction of desulphurisation units at its largest coal-fired power plant Maritsa East 2. Friday, May 23 - Sofia: Deadline by which Finance Ministry should release April public debt data expires. Sunday, May 25 - Sofia: Financial and industrial group Eurohold Bulgaria to release data on its consolidated financial results for the first quarter. Monday, May 26 - Sofia: Blue-chip car battery manufacturer MonBat to issue revenue and profit forecast for the second quarter of 2008. Tuesday, May 27 - Sofia: Central bank to release March gross foreign debt data (1100 GMT). Tuesday, May 27 - Sofia: Shareholders of blue-chip Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) to vote on passing 2007 dividend. Thursday, May 29 - Sevlievo (Bulgaria): Bulgarian cable maker EMKA to vote on doubling its share capital to 10.752 million levs via bonus share issue. Friday, May 30 - Sofia: Statistics office to release April producer prices data. Friday, May 30 - Sofia: Shareholders of Bulgarian diversified holding company Severcoop Gamza to vote on a proposal to pass 1007 dividend (0800 GMT). Saturday, May 31 - Sofia: Finance Ministry to release April budget surplus data. Tuesday, June 3 - Sofia: Shareholders in insurer Bulstrad to vote on a proposed sale of 12.29% of local pension company Doverie to Dutch-based TBIH Financial Services Group for 12.5 million euro (0830 GMT). Wednesday, June 4 - Sarajevo (Bosnia): Fourth Business Roundtable organised by Economist Conferences with the Bosnian government (http:// www.economistconferences.com /roundtable/public/con_common.asp?rtid=1274&rtRegion=4&area=1) Tuesday, June 10 - Kazanlak - Shareholders in Bulgarian perfume and pharmaceutical producer Bulgarian Rose-Sevtopolis to vote on a proposal to skip 2007 dividend (1000 GMT). Thursday, June 12 - Ruse: Bulgarian paint manufacturer and blue-chip company Orgachim to hold a shareholders’ meeting to vote on distribution of 2007 profit (0800 GMT). Thursday, June 12 - Silistra: Bulgarian hardboard maker Fazerles holds a shareholders’ meeting to vote on a proposed 1.0 levs ($0.81/0.51 euro) per share cash dividend for 2007 (0700 GMT). Thursday, June 12 - Sofia: Shareholders of Bulgarian Hydraulic Elements and Systems (HES) to vote on a proposed buyback of up to 3.0% of the company's share capital (0900 GMT). Thursday, June 12 - Sofia: Holding company TK Hold to hold a shareholders’ meeting (0700 GMT). Saturday, June 14 - Albena: Shareholders of investment company Albena Invest Holding to vote on a proposal to skip 2007 dividend (1100 GMT). Monday, June 16 - Sofia: A tender for the sale of 100% of Bulgarian arms producer NITI to take place. The call price is set at 6.1 million levs. Monday, June 16 - Sofia: Holding company Sever Holding to hold a shareholders meeting to vote on a proposed five-fold capital increase to some 3.9 million levs. Wednesday, June 18 - Sofia: Shareholders of diversified holding company Industrial Capital Holding to vote on a proposal to pass 2007 dividend (0600 GMT). Wednesday, June 25 - Sofia: Bulgarian water bottler Devin to hold a shareholders' meeting to vote on a proposal to pass 2007 dividend (0900 GMT). Wednesday, June 25 - Sofia: Majority Greek-owned real estate company Euroterra Bulgaria holds a shareholders' meeting to vote on a proposal to increase its capital 13 times to 91 million levs via a 12-for-1 bonus share issue. * Thursday, June 26 - Sofia: Bulgarian blue-chip drugs maker Sopharma will propose to its shareholders at an annual meeting to distribute 6.6 million levs in dividend from its 2007 net profit and to retain the remainder as reserves - 11h local time Thursday, June 26 - Sofia: A tender for the sale of 100% of Bulgarian 630-megawatt thermal power plant Bobov Dol to take place. The call price is set at 100 million levs ($81.4 million/51.1 million euro) (0800 GMT). * Friday, June 27 - Sofia: Bulgarian blue-chip construction company Holding Roads will propose to its shareholders to vote on the distribution of a bonus issue to its shareholders with the aim to raise its capital 71 times. Friday, June 27 - Sofia: Shareholders in financial and industrial group Eurohold Bulgaria to vote on a proposal to pass 2007 dividend (0800 GMT). Monday, August 25 - Sofia: Financial and industrial group Eurohold Bulgaria to release data on its consolidated financial results for the second quarter. Monday, August 25 - Sofia: Blue-chip car battery manufacturer MonBat to issue revenue and profit forecast for the third quarter of 2008. Tuesday, September 16 - Sofia: A conference on the prospects before the capital markets in southeast Europe, organised by the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, to take place. Monday, September 22 - Independence Day. Public and market holiday. Tuesday, November 25 - Sofia: Financial and industrial group Eurohold Bulgaria to release data on its consolidated financial results for the third quarter. Tuesday, November 25 - Sofia: Blue-chip car battery manufacturer MonBat to issue revenue and profit forecast for the last quarter of 2008.  
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