Cement producer Cementaren Lietavska Lucka, a.s. (CLL) is withdrawing its shares from the Bratislava Stock Exchange (BCPB). The company shareholders decided on the withdrawal at their extraordinary general meeting on September 13 CLL is now obliged to announce a mandatory buyout bid for all the company shares. CLL reported sales at SKK 93.5m for the first half of this year, which is a YoY increase of 12 per cent. The company generated added value at SKK 37.4m six months into 2005, which is SKK 6m more than in the comparable period of the last year. The firm showed a midyear profit of SKK 9.7m, compare with SKK 3.6m it earned a year ago.