Romania: Austrian Erste Group launches open-ended offer for Romania’s BCR (...)

March 11, 2013

Austrian Erste Group launches open-ended offer for Romania’s BCR minority stakes
Mar 11, 2013

Austrian Erste Group launches open-ended offer for Romania’s BCR minority stakes.
Austrian Erste Group is launching an offer to buy-out minority stakes in Romania’s largest bank by assets BCR. The offer is open to minority shareholders – mainly the bank’s employees, but excludes the SIFs (Romanian investment funds). Austrian owned Erste Group currently holds a 93.57 percent (...)
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