Monday, June 18, 2007

ING says to buy Turkey's Oyak Bank for $2.67 bln

(Reuters) - "The transaction is expected to result in a decrease in the Tier 1 ratio of ING Bank NV of approximately 50 basis points," ING, one of the top five insurers in Europe, said in a statement.



It said the deal will result in a price/book multiple of 3.26 of shareholder's equity as at 31 March 2007, a price/earnings multiple of 26.6 times the 2006 normalised earnings and is expected to be accretive to ING's earnings per share as of 2008.


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