Amerbank board to propose two share issues this year

Part of the first issue will be directed at existing shareholders, on a two-to-one basis. The second issue will be directed at one particular investor, as yet undisclosed. Four foreign banks have applied to the Banking Supervisory Committee (KNB) for permission to acquire a large stake in Amerbank; namely ING, Bayerische Landesbank, DGBank and Den Danske Bank. ING owns Banque Bruxelles Lambert, already the largest shareholder in Amerbank with 36.4% of the shares and 21.6% of votes. (Rzeczpospolita, page 22)