Russia's Sberbank in talks on O'Key financing deal - CEO

O'Key SA

16/04/2019 12:37

MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia's largest lender
Sberbank  SBER.MM  is in talks to provide financing for a deal
involving mid-sized food retailer O'Key  OKEYq.L , but it does
not plan to buy it, CEO German Gref said on Tuesday. 
    Six industry sources told Reuters last week that Sberbank
was in talks to buy O'Key.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21T5RZ O'Key said on Friday
that Sberbank had expressed interest in its hypermarket
business.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21U26F

 (Reporting by Tatiana Voronova; Writing by Tom Balmforth;
editing by Maria Kiselyova)
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