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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Two investor advisory firms have recommended MONETA Money Bank shareholders vote against a plan to buy investment group PPF’s Czech and Slovak lending assets, saying the price may be too high.
It was not clear what impact the recommendations from Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services could have on the June 22 shareholder vote on the two-part deal.
The tie up is the groups’ second attempt in two years to create a Czech banking giant to compete with larger rivals.
If approved, the deal would give PPF majority control in MONETA, the country’s sixth largest bank.