Th National Bank of Greece, the shareholder of Ethniki Asfalistiki - the largest and the oldest insurer in the country - announced that on Extraordinary General Meeting of its Shareholders held on April 21st 2021 remotely in real-time via teleconference it was approved the sale of 90.01% in the company to CVC.

"In respect of the sole item of the Agenda, the General Meeting convened with a quorum of 68.62% of total common voting shares and adopted the following resolution:

Approved the transaction concerning the divestment of a 90.01% stake in the "Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance S.A." business through the sale of 100% of the shares of "Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance S.A." owned by the Bank to a newly incorporated subsidiary of CVC, Ethniki Holdings S.ar.l. ("Purchaser") and the Banks purchase of 9.99% of the shares in the Purchaser, in each case in accordance with the key terms, the Transaction Documents and the relevant approval of the Board of Directors, as presented to the General Meeting".

At the end of March, the private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners' Fund VII announced on its website it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 90.01% of Ethniki Insurance from National Bank of Greece (NBG), in a deal that values the Greek insurer at about EUR 505 million.

CVC Capital Partners' Fund VII mentioned "the closing is subject to standard conditions precedent, the approval by the antitrust and regulatory authorities and the approval of an Extraordinary General Meeting of NBG shareholders".

NBG is trying to sell ETHNIKI Asfalisitiki for years to shore up its capital buffers.

XPRIMM covered the story of ETHNIKI sale since 2016. Below you can find our materials on this subject:

• 13 December 2016 - GREECE: Bids for NBG's Ethniki Insurance set for Q1
• 9 January 2017 - GREECE's NBG likely to sell its insurance unit this year
• 17 January 2017 - GREEK turnaround adds sheen to NBG's insurance asset sale
• 5 April 2017 - ETHNIKI Insurance sale: four investors are bidding for the majority stake
• 10 April 2017 - GREECE's National Bank gets four bids for insurance unit
• 3 May 2017 - GREECE: Calamos-Exin predicts National Insurance bid hard to match
• 18 May 2017 - Wilbur Ross backs American-Dutch bid for Ethniki Insurance
• 18 May 2017 - U.S. commerce secretary backs Calamos-EXIN bid for GREEK insurer
• 8 June 2017 - GREECE: Greek American EXIN Partners Acquire Emblematic Greek Insurer Ethniki Asfalistiki
• 15 June 2017 - GREECE: Calamos-Exin to land Ethniki Insurance
• 29 June 2017 - ETHNIKI Insurance close to becoming an American-Dutch owned company
• 12 October 2017 - GREECE: Ethniki Insurance deal is proceeding
• 18 January 2018 - GREECE: Ethniki Insurance deal to be funded by giants?
• 7 February 2018 - GREECE: Acquisition of Ethniki Insurance poised to collapse
• 7 February 2018 - GREECE: Exin seeks extension of Ethniki funding deadline
• 13 February 2018 - GREECE: NBG gives Exin until late March for Ethniki Insurance
• 21 February 2018 - The sale of the Greek largest insurer remained under the question mark
• 26 February 2018 - GREECE: Exin appeals for more time to finalise Ethniki offer
• 22 March 2018 - GREECE: Ethniki equity listing possible if Exin deal flops
• 28 March 2018 - Greece: China's FOSUN to bid again for ETHNIKI if winning bid fails
• 3 April 2018 - GREECE's NBG looking at all options on insurance arm sale, CFO says
• 3 April 2018 - Ethniki bid process re-opened after Exin falls short
• 3 April 2018 - Fairfield: We are still in the race for Ethniki
• 3 April 2018 - GREECE's NBG says deal to sell insurance arm to EXIN terminated
• 26 April 2018 - Chinese groups renew interest in Greek insurance sale
• 2 May 2018 - Ethniki bidder receives boost from Greek Union as Chinese firms circle
• 3 May 2018 - NBG to continue the ETHNIKI sale process with the runners-up in the last phase
• 17 May 2018 - GREECE: CEO of Ethniki owner National Bank of Greece steps down
• 24 October 2018 - REUTERS wrote, quoting NBG representatives, that "no further negotiations with GONGBAO would be pursued"
• 1 November 2018 - Ethniki sale saga continues: NBG to ask EU for more time to complete the sale
• 9 January 2019 - Greece: new bid for the Ethniki acquisition
• 18 January 2019 - National Bank of Greece to extend deadline to sell Insurance subsidiary
• 24 October 2019 - GREECE: 4 bidders for a new attempt to sell ETHNIKI
• 11 December 2019 - Ethniki Asfalisitiki: a new chapter in the Greek's insurance market flagship sale
• 14 April 2020 - NBG has postponed the sale of ETHNIKI Asfalisitiki on Coronavirus pandemic
• 20 October 2020 - GREECE: The ETHNIKI investor to include in contract a target clause
• 31 March 2021 - "Ethniki saga" comes to an end: CVC Capital to buy Greece's largest insurer