Alior Bank denies buying a stake in Pekao
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Commercial lender Alior Bank denied having bought any shares in large-cap bank Pekao in the recent accelerated book-building, Alior press official Dariusz Kozdra told PAP commenting on press reports that Alior bought a 10 percent in large-cap bank Pekao.
"We deny this piece of information, it is not true that Alior Bank bought a 10 percent stake in Pekao," Kozdra said. "We did not take part in that transaction."
On Friday, the daily Gazeta Polska wrote that Alior bought the 10 percent stake in bank Pekao which Pekao's parent UniCredit divested in a process of accelerated bookbuilding earlier in the week.
Alior Bank has been operating since 2008, it has been listed on the WSE since 2012.
