(16/12/2005) El Grupo KBC confirma su estrategia a largo plazo, adopta un nuevo organigrama y lanza un plan de re

Tras una propuesta del Comité Ejecutivo, el Consejo de Administración del Grupo KBC ha confirmado sus objetivos a largo plazo y ha aprobado en consecuencia el nuevo organigrama del Grupo. Al mismo tiempo, el Consejo de Administración ha decidido proceder a la recompra y cancelación de acciones propias de KBC por 1.000 millones de euros en 2006. Para asegurar el crecimiento futuro, se lanzarán una serie de proyectos; se están estudiando los siguientes: ° further consolidating the bancassurance model, reinforcing organic growth (including extending the branch network), enhancing the provision of services to corporate and affluent customers, and strengthening the consumer finance business in Central and Eastern Europe; ° buying out shareholders in Central and Eastern Europe and eventually acquiring a second Polish bank and a second Hungarian insurance company; ° continuing to explore acquisition or greenfield opportunities in the Romanian market and the Balkans; ° enhancing non-life insurance distribution on the Belgian market via brokers and developing new long-life insurance products. All the projects fit in with and will strengthen the existing strategy, which means that KBC will continue to concentrate on its core businesses (i.e. it will remain a bancassurer specialized in the retail/SME and mid-cap segments and operating on selected markets). The projects will allow KBC to make the most of the trumps it has in hand, namely its knowledge of distribution and lean operations. Indeed, KBC has extensive know-how in the field of multi-channel distribution and is looking to enhance this even further. What is more, many of its processes are already being run efficiently. All the projects can be carried out using own funds and there will be surplus capital left over. This is the reason why the Board of Directors at KBC has decided to repurchase and cancel 1 billion euros' worth of KBC's own shares in 2006. The full text of the press release is available on www.kbc.com and on www.companynewsgroup.com Los anexos relativos al comunicados estan disponibles en http://www.companynewsgroup.com © CompanynewsGroup