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Spain's Sabadell Completes Sale of UK's TSB to Santander

MADRID, May 1 (Reuters) - Spain's Sabadell said on Friday it ​had completed the sale of British ‌bank TSB to Santander for a total of around 3.3 billion euros ($3.87 billion).

The amount includes the 2.65 ​billion pound purchase price, about 3.05 ​billion euros, plus 213 million pounds, some ⁠240 million euros, in value generated ​by TSB in the months leading up to ​the close of the deal, which was announced in July.

Sabadell, Spain's fourth-largest listed bank by market value, said ​completion of the deal would allow it ​to book a capital gain of around 300 million ‌euros ⁠and generate more than 400 basis points of capital.

Following regulatory approvals, Sabadell will also be able to distribute a special dividend of ​0.50 euro per ​share ⁠to shareholders on May 29, the bank said in a statement.

Santander, ​the euro zone's biggest bank by ​stock ⁠market value, said in July that the transaction would help it become the third-largest bank in ⁠Britain ​when ranked by personal current ​account balances.

($1 = 0.8524 euros)

Reporting by Graham Keeley and Jesús ​Aguado; Editing by David Goodman and Alexander Smith

Source: Reuters


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