Bank Austria: Major Investment at Russian Subsidiary

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: July 14, 2012; 16:34 ♦ (Vindobona)

UniCredit Group increases the equity base of the Russian subsidiary.

Bank Austria: Major Investment at Russian Subsidiary / Picture: © UniCredit Banca

Bank Austria, which is the sole owner of UniCredit Russia, increases the equity base by € 250m. Thus, the equity base will rise from € 250m to € 1.0bn. Bank Austria purchased about 600,000 new shares of UniCredit Russia.

The date for the capital increase has not been fixed yet. The Russian Central Bank must approve the deal together with the Italian Financial Market…