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Updated: 2005-08-08 11:39
 

Bank of China eyes 4 foreign investors

中国银行引入外资股东行动,正进入最后的冲刺。《财经》获悉,中行引资框架目前已大体确定:苏格兰皇家银行(RBS)、新加坡淡马锡控股有限公司、瑞银集团(UBS)和亚洲开发银行——将获得总计近25%的中行股权,总融资额达到60亿美元。

 

Bank of China eyes 4 foreign investors

Four foreign investors are poised to spend $6 billion for a nearly 25 percent stake in Bank of China, a leading financial magazine says in its latest edition.

The deal would involve Royal Bank of Scotland , Singapore's state investment agency Temasek Holdings, Swiss investment bank UBS and the Asian Development Bank, Caijing magazine said in its cover story seen on Monday.

Roayl Bank of Scotland and Temasek would each acquire 9.9 percent stakes in Bank of China while UBS and the ADB would jointly hold 5 percent, it said, citing anunidentifiedsource familiar with the deal.

A deal would be a majormilestonefor the bank, China's largest foreign exchange lender, which has been trying to attract strategic foreign investors as it overhauls operations and prepares for a multi-billion dollar stock listing this year.

Last week a source familiar with the talks told Reuters that Royal Bank of Scotland was discussing taking a possible $2.5 billion stake in Bank of China.

On Thursday, Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Executive Fred Goodwin moved to soothe investor concerns that the bank was entering an opaque market in which it is relatively inexperienced, saying it was "looking rather than leaping".

(Agencies)

 

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unidentified: not yet identified(未经确认的)

milestone: stone post at side of a road to show distances(里程碑,重要事件)

 

 
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