Paris, 26 january 2010
Press Release
Crédit Agricole S.A. hereby announces that it has entered today into exclusive negotiations with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. for the sale of a 100% of Credit Uruguay Banco S.A..
About Crédit Agricole Group
Crédit Agricole is France's No. 1 banking organisation with 28% of households and is present across the entire spectrum of banking and finance activities. It serves 58 million individual customers in the world and develops a network of 11,850 branches in more than 20 countries. Crédit Agricole is the largest retail bank in Europe in terms of income from retail banking. It is leader in France, ranks third in Europe and ninth worldwide in terms of Tier 1capital (The Banker 2009). The Group is present in 70 countries and has more than 160,000 employees worldwide.
www.credit-agricole.com
Press contact Crédit Agricole S.A. :
Anne-Sophie Gentil anne-sophie.gentil@credit-agricole-sa.fr Tel. +33 (0)1 43 23 37 51
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Type : Nouvelle information
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Communiqués au titre de l'obligation d'information permanente - Activité de l'émetteur (acquisitions, cessions...)
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