UniCredit completes sale of Turkey's Yapi Kredi
Reuters
Published Apr 01, 2022 10:48
MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit (LON:0RLS) has finalised the sale of its remaining 18% stake in Turkey's Yapi Kredi Bank to Istanbul-listed Koc Holding, Italy's second-biggest lender said on Friday.
The transaction, which was announced in November, allows the Italian bank to complete its exit from Turkey's third-biggest lender, UniCredit said without disclosing financial terms of the deal.
The closing of the transaction is expected to improve UniCredit's CET1 capital ratio by mid to high single-digit percentage points in the second quarter of 2022, the bank said.
UniCredit had said in November that it expected its best-quality capital to gain a low to mid single-digit uplift, adding that it would receive 300 million euros ($332 million) from the sale.
Koc Holding and UniCredit agreed in 2019 to unwind the joint venture through which they jointly controlled Yapi with a near 82% overall stake.
The move handed UniCredit a direct 31.9% stake, of which 12% was sold in February 2020.
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