20110614 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian appliance maker Olympic Group on Tuesday denied a report that its former chief executive was banned from travel pending questioning over the acquisition of a state firm more than a decade ago.
Olympic Group, set to be acquired by Sweden's Electrolux, paid 315 million Egyptian pounds for state-owned company Ideal in 1997, the company said.
Newspaper al-Masry al-Youm reported that Egypt's attorney general had banned a leading Olympic shareholder and former chief executive, Saad el-Din Salama, from travel as he looks into the deal.
"I can very comfortably tell you that this is wrong," Olympic Chief Financial Officer Hossam Mestikawi told Reuters.
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