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(Boursier.com) — Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France announces the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Dajia Insurance Group to acquire 100% of the capital of Bank Nagelmackers, the oldest bank in Belgium. Founded in 1747, Bank Nagelmackers (“Nagelmackers”) is a recognized bank on the Belgian personal banking and private banking market. It offers 110,000 individual clients, mainly private individuals, a full range of banking products and services, as well as asset management solutions. Nagelmackers covers the whole of Belgium via a distribution network of 50 points of sale and has 400 employees. It achieves a net banking income of around EUR 130 million for outstanding deposits of EUR 3.9 billion, assets under management of EUR 4.8 billion and outstanding loans of EUR 3 billion.
This acquisition project would accelerate the development of Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France. This leading cooperative banking player operating north of Paris, has revenues of EUR 665 million in 2023 and has been established in Belgium for 10 years via its Caisse d’Epargne Belgium branch, dedicated to large Belgian companies and real estate operators.
The proposed acquisition of Nagelmackers Bank represents a rare opportunity for Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France to continue to increase its presence in the Benelux, by expanding the scope of its activities in Belgium, and by continuing to develop cross-border synergies. This external growth operation is part of the BPCE group’s approach, articulated in its VISION 2030 strategic project for development in Europe and diversification of its revenues.
What impact?
The proposed transaction would have an impact of approximately -290bps on Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France’s CET1 ratio, which would stand at the very solid level of 20.6% following the transaction. For Groupe BPCE, this would represent a limited impact of -7bps.
The implementation of this project is subject to mandatory information and consultation with the representatives of the staff concerned and to obtaining the agreement of the competent regulatory and competition authorities. Closing could take place in the last quarter of 2024.
For Laurent Roubin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France: “The Nagelmackers acquisition project represents a new major step in our pragmatic and entrepreneurial development in Belgium, where we have been operating for 10 years. In this way, we wish to preserve the know-how, corporate culture and brand that have made Nagelmackers successful and renowned, while giving it the human, technical and financial resources to accelerate its development. We would be committed to a significant growth process for Nagelmackers, its customers and its employees.”
For David Yuan, CEO of Nagelmackers, “from the first interviews with the teams of Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France, I perceived the existence of common values and felt an alignment of views on the strategic positioning of Nagelmackers and its development prospects in the service of its customers. Nagelmackers’ ambitions would be strengthened and perpetuated by the support of Caisse d’Epargne Hauts de France and Groupe BPCE.”
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