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Slovenia’s Gorenjska Banka announced on November 8 that it acquired 1,011,812 shares in Vienna-based Addiko Bank. This acquisition, purchased from the parent financial holding Agri Europe Cyprus Limited, represents a 5.19% stake in Addiko Bank’s share capital. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed in the bourse filing. The acquisition follows a recent unsuccessful bid by Slovenia’s largest bank, NLB, to take over Addiko Bank. NLB’s takeover attempt, announced in August, fell short when only 36.4% of Addiko’s shareholders accepted the offer, far below the required 75% acceptance…

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