MCB Bank To Pay PKR7.2 Billion For RBS Operations In Pakistan
12 August 2009 - 2:58PM
Dow Jones News
MCB Bank Ltd. (MCB.KA) has agreed to buy Royal Bank of Scotland
Group PLC's (RBS) operations in Pakistan for PKR7.2 billion ($87
million), a spokesman for MCB Bank said Wednesday.
MCB Bank will acquire 99.37% of the operations for PKR4.22 per
share in cash, while the remaining will be bought through a public
tender, Kafeel Burney told Dow Jones Newswires.
The transaction will help the local bank to strengthen its
operations in urban areas and broaden its product offering to
retail and corporate customers, Mian Muhammad Mansha, chairman of
MCB Bank, said in a statement to the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and KASB Bank advised MCB on the
deal.
-By Haris Zamir, contributing to Jones Newswires;
91-11-43563354; meenakshi.ray@dowjones.com