OREANDA-NEWS. On 29 January 2008 a preliminary agreement was signed between Jerste B.V (Netherlands), a subsidiary of Kernel Holding S.A., and the Ukrainian company JSC IC "Zaliznichni slyakhi" for the acquisition of three Ukrainian companies, which together lease 7,618 hectares of land in the Poltava Region. The transaction is for a preliminary amount of USD 2.4 million and is planned to be completed by end of May 2008, after permission for the said transaction has been received by the Antimonopoly