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Mergers and Acquisitions 2008

  1. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 019-2008 dated 18 January 2008, GTC BANK INC. and BANEX INTERNATIONAL BANK CORP., were authorized to execute a merger by absorption whereby GTC BANK INC. would be the surviving company
  2. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 031-2008 dated 29 January 2008, GLOBAL BANK CORPORATION, INC., LEESPORT FINANCE, INC., DRAMEN INTERNATIONAL, INC., DONTOBAY HOLDING, INC., and DRABOX INTERNATIONAL, S.A., were authorized to execute a merger by absorption, whereby GLOBAL BANK CORPORATION, INC. would be the surviving company.
  3. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 035-2008 dated 31 January 2008, BANCO GENERAL, S.A. was authorized to assume all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and the liabilities and obligations of INVERSIONES FAR WEST, S.A. by means of a Merger Agreement dated December 17, 2007 under which INVERSIONES FAR WEST, S.A. will cease to exist.
  4. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 067-2008 dated 3 March 2008, BANCO UNO, S.A. and BANCO CUSCATLÁN DE PANAMÁ, S.A. were granted an extension until June 4, 2008 to formalize and file their Merger Agreement in the Public Registry.
  5. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 079-2008 dated 19 March 2008, BANCO AGRÍCOLA (PANAMÁ), S.A. was authorized to transfer certain assets and liabilities to BANCOLOMBIA (PANAMÁ), S.A. in order to apply for the voluntary liquidation of BANCO AGRÍCOLA (PANAMÁ), S.A. once the transfer is concluded.
  6. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 093-2008 dated 31 March 2008, GRUPO CUSCATLÁN PANAMÁ, S.A. was authorized to transfer all issued and outstanding shares of BANCO CUSCATLÁN DE PANAMÁ, S.A. that it holds to CITIBANK OVERSEAS INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
  7. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 244-2008 dated 26 September 2008, the Superintendency resolved to leave without effect the Resolution S.B.P. 180-2007 dated 16 November 2007, whereby HSBC ASIA PACIFIC HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED had been authorized to acquire not less than 51.01% of the issued and outstanding capital stock that LSF KEB HOLDINGS SCA held in KOREA EXCHANGE BANK LTD.
  8. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 140-2008 dated 29 May 2008, BANCO UNO, S.A. and BANCO CUSCATLÁN DE PANAMÁ, S.A. were granted an extension until September 4, 2008 to formalize and file their Absorption Agreement in the Public Registry. Also, in this Resolution they were granted an extension until December 6, 2008 to complete all legal, administrative and operational acts required to execute the Merger by Absorption under which BANCO CUSCATLÁN DE PANAMÁ, S.A. would be the surviving company.
  9. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 210-2008 dated 29 August 2008, BANCO UNO, S.A. and BANCO CUSCATLÁN DE PANAMÁ, S.A. were granted an extension until December 4, 2008 to formalize and file their Absorption Agreement in the Public Registry.
  10. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 166-2008 dated 30 June 2008, BANCO PANAMÁ, S.A. and SERVICIOS CENTENARIOS DE PANAMÁ, S.A. were authorized to merge by means of a Merger Agreement dated May 23, 2008, under which BANCO PANAMÁ, S.A. would be the surviving company.
  11. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 199-2008 dated 13 August 2008, HSBC BANK (PANAMÁ), S.A. and PRIMER BANCO DEL ISTMO, S.A. were authorized to merger by means of a Merger Agreement under which the former would absorb the latter. By means of Resolution S.B.P. 278-2008 dated 28 October 2008, the Superintendency granted an extension until February 28, 2009 to PRIMER BANCO DEL ISTMO, S.A. and HSBC BANK (PANAMÁ), S.A. to complete all legal, administrative and operational acts to formalize the merger as well as to formalize and file the Merger Agreement in the Public Registry.