PROJECT

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Summary of Proposed Investment

Project Number

10786

Company Name

Sarajevo Privatization Venture Ltd.

Date SPI Disclosed

May 9, 2001

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Industry

Financial Markets

Projected Board Date

Jun 10, 2001

Status

Completed

Sector

Commercial Banking - General

Department

Global Industry, Financial Markets

Environmental Category

FI

Previous Events

Approved : Jun 14, 2001
Signed : Dec 14, 2001
Invested : Dec 17, 2001

Project Description

The proposed Project will help the Bosnian government privatise its share in three still majority state owned banks (PBS, Central Profit Banka, Travnicka Banka) group by June 30, 2001, the deadline agreed with IMF and the World Bank. The Project will also help to restructure guarantees issued by PBS and this will release all PBS group banks from their joint and several liability, which currently threatens the very existence of all PBS spin offs.

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