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Business News/ Industry / Banking/  Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank set 15 December deadline to decide on share swap ratio
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Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank set 15 December deadline to decide on share swap ratio

Once finalized, the share swap ratio for the PSU bank merger will be subject to the approvals of the respective boards, Reserve Bank of India and the Parliament

While the total staff strength will be retained at 85,000, a total of 200 branches will be shut, to leave a network of 9,500 branches. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/MintPremium
While the total staff strength will be retained at 85,000, a total of 200 branches will be shut, to leave a network of 9,500 branches. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Mumbai: State-owned Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda have set 15 December as the deadline to agree a preliminary share swap ratio for the combined entity, said Sankara Narayanan, managing director and chief executive officer, Vijaya Bank.

On 10 September, the government proposed to merge the three state-owned banks. The merged entity, comprising two relatively stronger banks and a weak one, will be the third largest lender in India, after State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank Ltd, with total business of 14.82 trillion.

EY was appointed to conduct the financial and tax due diligence of all three banks. Separately, these banks will carry out independent valuations. Vijaya Bank has appointed M.M. Nissim and Co., Bank of Baroda has named Deloitte, and Dena Bank has appointed SMSR and Co. LLP.

Once finalized, the share swap ratio will be subject to the approvals of the respective boards, Reserve Bank of India and the Parliament.

The banks have also appointed McKinsey to chart the business plan for the combined entity over the next 5 years, said Narayanan. Under the plan, the entity expects to achieve 0.8% return on assets and 12% return on equity once the business stabilises, he added.

While the total staff strength will be retained at 85,000, a total of 200 branches will be shut, to leave a network of 9,500 branches. The managing directors are likely to retain their positions in the new entity.

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“This will be an amalgamation at par and the seniority levels will be maintained," said Narayanan. “There will be 3 managing directors with an executive chairman at the helm, which is similar to the SBI structure."

Besides Narayanan, Karnam Sekar, who was earlier with the State Bank of India, was recently appointed MD and CEO of Dena Bank. P.S. Jayakumar is head of Bank of Baroda.

Mint had on 24 October reported that the three banks have already set up internal panels, including committees on credit, human resources and information technology. These committees will comprise CEOs and executive directors of the three banks, to help integrate the functions of the banks.

Although the three banks use the Finacle core banking solution developed by Infosys Ltd, they have different versions of the software. While Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank are on Finacle 7.2, Bank of Baroda had recently upgraded to Finacle 10.2.

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Gopika Gopakumar
Gopika Gopakumar has worked for over 15 years as a banking journalist across print and television media. Her expertise lies in breaking big corporate stories and producing news based TV shows. She was part of the 2013 IMF Journalism Fellowship Program where she covered the Annual & Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. She started her career with CNBC-TV18, where she also produced a news feature show called Indianomics and an award winning show on business stories from South India called Up South. She joined Mint in 2016.
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Published: 14 Nov 2018, 03:32 AM IST
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