Spanish bank Sabadell rejects $12.9 billion BBVA merger proposal

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Spanish bank Sabadell rejects $12.9 billion BBVA merger proposal
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Sabadell's board rejected a merger proposal by larger rival BBVA for a 12 billion euro ($12.93 billion) all-share merger, the Spanish lender said on Monday.

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Last week, BBVA had offered an exchange ratio of one newly issued BBVA share for every 4.83 Sabadell shares, a premium of 30% over April 29 closing prices.

Last week, BBVA had offered an exchange ratio of one newly issued BBVA share for every 4.83 Sabadell shares, a premium of 30% over April 29 closing prices. In a statement to the stock market supervisor on Monday, Sabadell said the recent material decline and volatility in the BBVA share price increased the uncertainty around the value of the proposal.

Analysts said the gap between the offer and the current share price of Sabadell indicated there was risk that the deal would not go through.

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