Switzerland's HOLDERBANK, the world's largest cement producer, has paid 240 million euro to increase is share in the Portuguese group CIMPOR from 2.6% to 9.9%. It is the Swiss bank JULIUS BAER which sold it its 7.3% stake. As a reminder, CIMPOR is in the last phase of privatization and HOLDERBANK is trying to secure control (see inter alia EI of 27 October).