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[FONT="][Reuters] Portugal BCP bank to consider EUR1.1 bln capital hike [/FONT]
[FONT="][BCP.LS] LISBON, March 29 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Portugal's
largest listed bank Millennium bcp <BCP.LS> have proposed to
increase the bank's capital by 1.12 billion euros ($1.58
billion), BCP said in a statement on Tuesday.
Its said that according to the plan to be presented to a
shareholder assembly on April 18, 1 billion euros would be
raised by issuing new shares and the rest by incorporation of
issue premium.
Portuguese banks have been squeezed out of the interbank
credit market by Portugal's sovereign debt crisis and many
analysts say they need to raise their capital ratios to cope
with the difficult environment and reduce their reliance on
European Central Bank funds. [/FONT]
[FONT="][BCP.LS] LISBON, March 29 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Portugal's
largest listed bank Millennium bcp <BCP.LS> have proposed to
increase the bank's capital by 1.12 billion euros ($1.58
billion), BCP said in a statement on Tuesday.
Its said that according to the plan to be presented to a
shareholder assembly on April 18, 1 billion euros would be
raised by issuing new shares and the rest by incorporation of
issue premium.
Portuguese banks have been squeezed out of the interbank
credit market by Portugal's sovereign debt crisis and many
analysts say they need to raise their capital ratios to cope
with the difficult environment and reduce their reliance on
European Central Bank funds. [/FONT]