CorpBanca Releases the Transaction Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement in Connection With the Itau-CorpBanca Merger Transaction
SANTIAGO, CHILE--(Marketwired - Mar 14, 2014) - CORPBANCA (NYSE: BCA) (BCS:CORPBANCA) announced today that, as was previously mentioned during the Company's last two conference calls (February 20th and March 5th, 2014), the transaction agreement and the shareholders agreement in connection with the Itaú-CorpBanca merger transaction have been uploaded onto its website, which can be found at the following links:
The Transaction Agreement:
http://www.corpbanca.cl/storage/CB_IR_PA_Transactionagreements.pdf?tmp=0
The Shareholders Agreement:
http://www.corpbanca.cl/storage/CB_IR_PA_Shareholdersagreements.pdf?tmp=0
CorpBanca invites all interested parties to continue to monitor its website for further disclosure on the merger transaction including an update of the Q&A that was released this past week.
Please contact our Investor Relations Department for questions or further clarification on this matter.
About CorpBanca
CORPBANCA (NYSE: BCA) (BCS:CORPBANCA) is Chile's oldest operating private bank founded in 1871. Based in Chile, CorpBanca also participates in Colombia and Panama. It also has a branch in New York and a representative office in Madrid. Its total consolidated assets exceed US$35 billion and the equity totaled US$3.4 billion. Focused on large and medium companies and individuals, CorpBanca offers universal bank products. By mid-2012 it acquired Banco Santander Colombia and in 2013 acquired Helm Bank in Colombia and Panamá.
As of November 30, 2013, according to the Chilean Superintendency of Banks, CorpBanca was the fourth largest private bank in Chile in terms of the overall size of its customer loan portfolio (11.7% market share on a consolidated basis and 7.4% market share among private banks on an unconsolidated basis only taking into account its operations in Chile).
As of October 31, 2013, according to the Colombian Superintendency of Finance, CorpBanca Colombia and Helm Bank combined operations were the fifth largest bank in Colombia in terms of total assets and in terms of total loans and the fourth largest bank in Colombia in terms of total deposits, as reported under local regulatory and accounting principles.
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