BackPNB board to meet on 5 September to consider merger with OBC, United Bank
The PNB board meet will also consider a capital infusion of up to ₹16,500 cr by the Centre through preferential issue of equity sharesCorporation Bank to also hold a board meeting to consider merger with Union Bank of India and Andhra Bank
PremiumNew Delhi: Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday said its board of directors will meet on 5 September to consider the lender's merger with Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India.
In a BSE filing, Punjab National Bank said "the meeting of board of directors of the bank is scheduled to be held on 5th September, 2019" for considering some key agenda.
The board will meet to "consider the amalgamation of the Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India into Punjab National Bank", the statement said.
Besides, it will also consider a capital infusion of up to ₹16,500 crore by the government by way of preferential issue of equity shares and fixing the date of the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for obtaining shareholders' approval in this regard at a price determined in terms of SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, the bank's filing said.
Meanwhile, Corporation Bank, which is going to be merged with Union Bank of India along with Andhra Bank, too, said a board meeting will be held to consider the merger.
In a stock exchange filing, it said "a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank to consider the amalgamation will be convened by the Bank in due course".
The government on Friday unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks into four as part of its plans to create fewer and stronger global-sized lenders, in a move to boost economic growth from an over six-year low.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who had last week announced tax sops and measures for sectors such as auto, announced four new sets of mergers — Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will combine to form the nation's second-largest lender; Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will merge; Union Bank of India will amalgamate with Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank; and Indian Bank will merge with Allahabad Bank.
The exercise, seen together with the previous two rounds of bank consolidation, will bring down the number of nationalised public sector banks to 12 from 27 in 2017. This, according to the government, will make bank balance sheets stronger with greater capacity to lend. Five out of 10 lenders, which are part of the mega consolidation exercise, have said their board will convene shortly to take decisions on the amalgamation.
In a BSE filing, Andhra Bank said it has received a communication from the finance ministry to the effect that the alternative mechanism, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of lndia, has decided that Union Bank of lndia, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank may consider the amalgamation of Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank into Union Bank of lndia.
"Accordingly, a meeting of the Board of Directors to consider the amalgamation will be convened by the bank in due course," it said.
United Bank of India and Allahabad Bank, too, in a separate filings informed that their board of directors would meet to consider the amalgamation.
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