Monday, July 09, 2012

INDONESIA - BANKING - Maybank Granted Further Six Months Extension for Sell-Down of BII Shares

www.theindonesiatoday.com - KUALA LUMPUR, Indonesia Today - Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) has been granted a further extension of six months to fulfill the sell-down of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BNII) shares.
Maybank informed Bursa Malaysia Friday (July 6) that on 5 July 2012, the bank received an approval letter dated 29 June 2012 from Badan Pengawas Pasar Modal dan Lembaga Keuangan (Bapepam), wherein Bapepam has granted a further extension of time of six (6) months starting from the date of the Approval Letter for Maybank to fulfill the Sell-Down Requirement (source)


Maybank requested for further extension of the program if the sell-down exercise would result in Maybank incurring a potential loss in excess of 10% of  Maybank's original value of BII acquisition.
Maybank acquired 55.6 percent shares in BII for US$ 1.24 billion after consortium members, SINGAPORE’s Temasek Holdings and South Korea’s Kookmin Bank. The purchase price was Rp433 per share. Maybank then tendered offer the remaining shares for US$1.2 billion.
Pursuant to the decision of the chairman of Bapepam dated June 30, 2008, Maybank, as the controlling shareholder of BII, is required to float to the public shareholders at the minimum of 20% of the issued share capital of BII within two years. (Indonesia Today)

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