Munich Re Group accepts UniCredit's exchange offer for its shares in HypoVereinsbank
2005/10/05
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The Munich Re Group, which has a total stake of 18.3% in HypoVereinsbank, has accepted UniCredit's exchange offer. Munich Reinsurance Company today announced that the relevant decisions had been taken by the governing bodies of the companies involved.
On completion of the exchange, the Munich Re Group's stake in UniCredit will be at least 6.3%, approximately half of which will be held by Munich Reinsurance Company and half by ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG. It will not be possible to quantify the exact size of the stake until it is clear to what extent UniCredit's exchange offer has been accepted by the shareholders of HypoVereinsbank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt and Bank BPH.
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