Majority shareholder at Polish Kopex says rejects rival tie-up offer

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03/01/2014 10:37

KRAKOW, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Majority shareholder at Polish mining machines maker Kopex  KPX.WA  rejected local rival Famur's  FMF.WA  tie-up offer, he said on Friday. "I don't intend to sell or swap the Kopex shares I own," Polish businessman Krzysztof Jedrzejewski, who owns 59.05 percent in Kopex and heads the company's supervisory board, told Reuters. Earlier on Friday, Famur said it wanted to merge with Kopex to forge a global player worth over 3.3 billion zlotys ($1.1 billion). ($1 = 3.0501 Polish zlotys) (Reporting by Wojciech Zurawski; Writing by Adrian Krajewski) ((adrian.krajewski@thomsonreuters.com)(+48 22 653 97 09)(Reuters Messaging: adrian.krajewski.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: POLAND KOPEX/