CIBC’s sale of CIBC FirstCaribbean rejected by regulators, deal called off
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This article was published 03/02/2021 (1802 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
TORONTO – CIBC says the sale of a large portion of its majority stake in CIBC FirstCaribbean to GNB Financial Group Ltd. will not go ahead after it did not receive approval from regulators.
The Canadian bank had announced in November 2019 that it would sell a controlling stake in the bank for US$797 million.
GNB Financial is wholly owned by Starmites Corp., the financial holding company of the Gilinski Group, which has about US$15 billion in combined assets.
Under the proposed deal, GNB would have owned 66.7 per cent of FirstCaribbean’s equity, while CIBC would have retained 24.9 per cent.
FirstCaribbean operates in 16 countries in the region and offers a range of financial services including corporate, retail and business banking as well as wealth management.
It has 2,900 employees in 64 branches and offices.
“While this transaction would have supported FirstCaribbean’s long-term growth prospects, it is only one way of supporting growth for our bank going forward,” FirstCaribbean CEO Colette Delaney said in a statement.
“CIBC has held a majority ownership stake in FirstCaribbean for a number of years, and there exists an excellent working relationship with a shared focus on meeting the needs of our clients.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 3, 2021.
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