JAKARTA: PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk is poised to divest its ownerships
in subsidiaries should there are prospective investors willing and able
to pay at high and reasonable price.
BNI Finance Director, Yap Tjay Soen admitted that there have been many investors having strong interests in BNI’s subsidiaries, yet, they cannot afford the acquisition values offered by the listed lender. (source)
BNI Finance Director, Yap Tjay Soen admitted that there have been many investors having strong interests in BNI’s subsidiaries, yet, they cannot afford the acquisition values offered by the listed lender. (source)
“We will first examine the price that they can afford as certainly we would like to have rich valuation. We will sell our unit should there are investors willing to pay at high price,” he said in BNI 46 Building, Thursday 29 September.
Yap said that it had received acquisition proposal for Bank BNI Sharia from investors from Asia and Middle East. Yet, those investors somehow failed to meet criteria set by BNI.
Adding to that, although the notion to sell its subsidiaries echoes, BNI is yet to make any serious talks. “If there are investors able to offer high acquisition value, then we will make serious talks. Otherwise, we are not interested,” he affirmed.
Yap declined to disclose acquisition price from BNI. Prior to this, the listed lender sold 25% shares of BNI Securities to SBI Securities Co. Ltd. in July 2011. This corporate action was worth IDR114 billion.
Besides, BNI Securities, the company has three other subsidiaries, they are BNI Life Insurance, Bank BNI Syariah and BNI Multifinance. (T02/NOM)
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