Hungary's FHB buys 25 pct of savings bank Takarekbank

MBH Jelzalogbank Nyrt

06/02/2014 16:51

BUDAPEST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hungary's FHB Bank  FHBK.BU  has bought a 25 percent stake in the savings bank Takarekbank through a 252 million-forint  ($1.1 million) capital increase, FHB said in a statement on Thursday. A spokesman for FHB declined to say whether FHB also wants  to buy the stake in Takarekbank which the state plans to sell. ID:nL6N0JX2BG  Before the capital increase the state held a stake of more than 35 percent in Takarekbank through state development bank MFB and a further 19.3 percent stake via the state-owned Hungarian Post. ($1=225.5708 Hungarian forints) (Reporting by Sandor Peto; Editing by Greg Mahlich) ((sandor.peto@thomsonreuters.com)(+36 1 327 4744)(Reuters Messaging: sandor.peto.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))