Bulgartabak Holding AD will hold an auction for the sale of its stake in Gotse Delchev BT AD on May 22, BSE-Sofia announced.

The date previously announced was May 15. A total of 753 062 shares (78.27% of the capital) will be offered in a closed mixed auction. The minimum bid is 2.25 mln leva. Only bids for the total quantity will be accepted.

Gotse Delchev’s core activities include tobacco purchase and processing, export preparation, tobacco storage and tobacco trade on the home and foreign market.

The company posted a net loss in the amount of 1.237 mln leva for 2006 against a 2.892 mln leva loss for the previous year.

The last transaction on BSE involving the company’s stock happened September 19 at 2.00 leva/share.