MADRID, April 11 (Reuters) - Santander will
increase its stake in its Mexican unit to 99.8% from 96.2%
following a tender offer for all outstanding shares in the
business, the Spanish bank said on Tuesday, as it moves ahead
with plans to delist it.
Over the past few years Santander has expanded in emerging
economies in search of faster growth than in Europe, where
ultra-low interest rates had made banking less profitable.
Spain's biggest bank had set the offer price to Santander
Mexico shareholders at 24.52 Mexican pesos ($1.35)
for each Series B share in Mexico and the U.S. dollar equivalent
of 122.6 pesos for each American Depositary Share (ADS) listed
in New York.
That valued the unit at around 8.4 billion euros. The
Spanish bank expects to pay the purchase price for Series B
Shares and ADSs on Thursday.
The Spanish bank will incorporate a repurchase trust on the
date of the cancellation of the B shares, and said holders of
outstanding shares will have the right to sell them to the trust
for the same amount within a six-month period.
Santander will be able to delist the shares of its unit from
the Mexican stock exchange and remove its ADSs from the New York
stock exchange
(Reporting by Jesús Aguado; Editing by Inti Landauro and Jan
Harvey)
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