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| 2012. február 15., szerda 16:35 |
Sberbank completes the acquisition of Volksbank International (part 1) |
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| Moscow, 15 February 2012 (APA/OTS) - Sberbank of Russia
( Sberbank ) has completed its acquisition of 100% of Volksbank
International AG ( VBI ). Today's closing follows the announcement
on 8 September 2011, that Sberbank had entered into a sale and
purchase agreement with the shareholders of VBI - Österreichische
Volksbanken-AG ( VBAG ), BPCE S.A. ( BPCE ), DZ BANK AG ( DZ BANK )
and WGZ BANK AG ( WGZ BANK ). The transaction perimeter does not
include VB Romania, VBI's banking subsidiary in Romania. |
Attention! Blocking period until 5 pm CET.
In the period between signing and closing, the selling
shareholders have made capital contributions to increase VBI
shareholders' equity to offset Q3 2011 losses, and also agreed to
reduce the 585 million consideration by 80 million. Final
consideration is 505 million.
As part of the completion of the acquisition, Sberbank has also
assumed from VBAG, DZ BANK, WGZ BANK and BPCE the equivalent of ca.
2.1 billion of long-term shareholder refinancing and VBAG or a
group of banks led by VBAG have provided Sberbank with five-year
funding in an amount of 500 million.
This landmark transaction represents Sberbank's first major
acquisition outside the CIS and is the latest step in its
transformation from a large domestic financial institution to a
leading international bank. VBI excluding VB Romania has 295
branches and over 600,000 clients. VBI's subsidiaries are within the
top 10 financial institutions (by total assets) in each of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and
within the top 15 financial institutions (by total assets) in each
of Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia. It also has a presence in Ukraine
and holds a banking license in Austria.
This transaction is an important step in Sberbank's
international strategy and in our journey for building a truly
global financial corporation. Sberbank is uniquely positioned due to
its capital and funding capabilities to benefit from a growth
potential offered by Central and Eastern European countries. We are
confident that Sberbank will build a strong platform for both
organic and inorganic growth using VBI footprint , , explained
Sberbank CEO Herman Gref VBI CEO Friedhelm Boschert expressed his
satisfaction at the completion of the transaction: I am very
pleased that now, after our more than 20 years of operating in the
CEE region, we will be able to open up a new chapter in our ongoing
success story with the support of Sberbank as our new strong owner .
Société Générale and J.P.Morgan acted as financial advisors to
Sberbank. Troika Dialog also advised on the transaction.
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Oliver Wyman are advising Sberbank on
the integration process.
Citigroup provided a fairness opinion to the Executive Board of
Sberbank.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP was Sberbank's legal counsel,
while Deloitte conducted financial and tax due diligence on behalf
of Sberbank.
Ithuba Capital acted as sole financial advisor to VBAG, DZ BANK
and WGZ BANK, and Deutsche Bank acted as sole financial advisor to
BPCE.
Schoenherr acted as legal counsel for VBAG, DZ BANK and WGZ BANK
while Bredin Prat and Dorda Brugger Jordis acted as legal counsel
for BPCE.
KPMG provided vendor assistance and tax services to VBAG.
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Sberbank is the largest bank in Russia, accounting for about 27% of
the aggregate Russian banking assets and employing about 240,000
people. Sberbank's founder and major shareholder is the Bank of
Russia holding over 60% of the voting shares. The bank's other
shareholders comprise more than 245,000 legal entities and
individuals. The bank has the largest countrywide branch network
with 17 regional head offices and more than 19,000 outlets as well
as subsidiary banks in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus, a branch in
India, and representative offices in Germany and China.
The bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the
Bank of Russia.
The official website is www.sberbank.ru
VBAG is the central institution of the Volksbank sector as well
as a commercial bank and financial services provider. VBAG's
strategic alignment is based on the values of the Volksbankenverbund
as well as the basic cooperative principles. As the central
institution of the Volksbank sector, ÖVpAG is an important pillar of
the Austrian economy.
For many years, VBAG has had a stable and reliable ownership
structure, which is based on a strong Austrian core shareholder.
Volkbanken Holding, which stands behind all regional Volkbanks, has
a 60.8 % interest. DZ-Bank Group has a 23,4 % share, with Victoria
Group and RZB holding shares of 9.4 % and 5.7 % respectively. Only
0.6 % of shares are widely held.
The official website is www.volksbank.com (folyt.)
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