WARSAW, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> said on Monday its restructuring plan for Czech Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> included the sale of non-core assets and aimed to boost its unit's EBITDA by 45 percent. PKN said Unipetrol's Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) would rise to 442 million euros ($530 million) by 2008. "The strategy towards Unipetrol envisages certain capital group restructuring through divestitures of businesses, which Unipetrol has independently determined are non-core," PKN said. It said disinvestments included Aliachem, Lovochemie, Agrobochemie and Kaucuk. PKN is paying 14.7 billion Czech crowns ($594 million) for 63 percent of Unipetrol as part of its drive to expand in Central Europe. For main central European company news, double click on [.CEE] E.Europe hot stocks [HOT-EEU] Main E.Europe news [TOP/EAST] Related stories on [HU] [PL] [CZ] [EEU-STX] [EEU-RES] [EEU-E] For real-time index quotes, double click in brackets: Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20> Budapest BUX <.BUX> Prague PX50 <.PX50> ((Reporting by Nathaniel Espino, nathaniel.espino@reuters.com, Reuters messaging: nathaniel.espino.reuters.com@reuters.net, tel. +48 22 653 9712)) ($1=24.75 Czech Crown) ($1=.8340 Euro) |