KIEV, June 13 – At least seven companies which signed the required documents with Ukraine's State Property Fund are showing serious interest in the purchase of public joint-stock company Odessa Port-Side Plant at a tender scheduled for July 26, SPF head Ihor Bilous said.

"We expect that five more potential investors will confirm their interest. There are no accidental names among them," he told reporters in Kiev on Monday.

Bilous added that the most of the companies have been familiar with the plant for a long time.