Šiauliai, Lithuania, 2014-02-04 08:33 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
In compliance with the agreement signed by Šiauli? bankas AB, temporary administrator of ?kio bankas and the State undertaking “Deposit and Investment Insurance” dated 23 February 2013 with its further amendments the call option rights of ?kio bankas AB to acquire the part of the assets taken over by Šiauli? bankas AB from the failed ?kio bankas AB expired on 2 February 2014.
Neither of five call options, during which the part of the assets taken over by Šiauli? bankas from ?kio bankas were exposed to sale, had been realized until 2 February 2014.
Chief Executive Officer Vytautas Sinius
Chief Executive Officer Vytautas Sinius shall provide the additional information on the matter and is available on tel. + 370 5 2362209