OCBC to buy Indonesia’s Bank Commonwealth for 2.2 trillion rupiah
A SUBSIDIARY of OCBC : O39 0% is proposing to pay 2.2 trillion rupiah (S$191 million) to acquire Bank Commonwealth – the Indonesian subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
CBA on Thursday (Nov 16) said it entered into a binding agreement to sell its 99 per cent shareholding in Bank Commonwealth to Bank OCBC NISP, an OCBC subsidiary in Indonesia.
In a separate statement, the Singapore lender said it also intends to acquire the remaining 1 per cent of Bank Commonwealth from its other shareholders. OCBC expects to merge Bank Commonwealth into Bank OCBC NISP after the acquisition is completed.
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