…TAIWAN - HSBC Bank PLC, a majority-owned unit of HSBC Holdings PLC, discontinued rumors that it was planning to merge with King's Town Bank.…

…UK - HSBC Bank PLC, a majority-owned unit of HSBC Holdings PLC, acquired a ##% stake in Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd, a provider of cheque processing services, from Unisys Corp, Barclays PLC and Lloyds TSB Group PLC.…

…TURKEY - HSBC Bank Plc, a wholly-owned unit of HSBC Holdings PLC, acquired Demirbank (DB), for ### tril lira ($### mil) in cash. DB was to be merged with HSBC's Turkish unit HSBC Bank AS. HSBC also acquired Demir…

…Midland Bank, a unit of HSBC Holdings, acquired the common depository business of UBS.…

…MALTA. Midland Bank PLC (MB), a unit of HSBC Holdings PLC, acquired a #.##% stake in Mid-Med Bank PLC of Malta at a price of #.# Maltese lira ($#.#) per share, or a total value of…

…MALTA. Midland Bank PLC (MB), a unit of HSBC Holdings PLC, acquired a ##.##% interest, or ##.### mil ordinary shares, in Mid-Med Bank PLC from the Maltese government for #.# Maltese lira ($#.## US) per…

…HSBC Holdings raised its stake in Midland Life (ML) to ##% from ##% by exercising an option to acquire a ##% stake from Commercial Union through its Midland Bank subsidiary for ## mil British pounds ($##.## mil US). As…

…Midland Bank PLC completed its tender offer to acquire the remaining #.##% stake in its Midland Bank SA unit for ##.## mil French francs ($#.## mil US). Midland PLC offered ### francs ($##.##) per ordinary share…

…Autofagasta Holdings raised its stake in Cia Minera Los Pelambres to ##% from ##% by acquiring a ##% stake in for ##.# mil Chilean pesos (##.# mil British pounds/$##.# mil US).…

…Midland Bank acquired Cia Finanziaria Media Italia di Borsa, a subsidiary of GAIC's Fondiaria Assicurazioni, for ## bil Italian lire ($## mil US). Samuel Montagu acted as a financial advisor to Midland Bank.…

…HSBC Holdings, the parent of HongKong & Shanghai Banking, acquired the remaining ##.##% of Midland Bank (MB) following its raised #.### bil British pound ($#.### bil US) tender offer. HSBC offered ### shares and ## pounds ($###.#…

…HSBC Holdings paid ###.## mil British pounds ($###.## mil US) to raise its stake in Midland Bank (MB) from ##.##% to ##.#% while in the midst of a #.### bil pound ($#.## bil) bid…

…Lloyds Bank withdrew its plans to make an unsolicited #.### bil British pound ($#.### bil US) takeover offer for Midland Bank. Lloyds' offer of # new ordinary share and ## pence ($.##) in cash had valued each Midland…

…Midland Bank PLC raised its stake in Midland Bank SA to ##% from ##.#% for a total of ###.## mil French francs ($##.## mil US), or ### francs ($##.##) per share, upon closing of its bid…

…HSBC Holdings denied Independent newspaper reports that it was seeking a buyer for its ##.#% stake in Midland Bank. Analysts believed, however, that HSBC was just waiting for the right offer.…

…Negotiations between Allied Dunbar Assurances, a unit of BAT Industries, and Midland Bank which could have led to a possible merger were terminated. Prior to the disclosure of merger talks, Allied Dunbar had stated its intention to acquire a stake…

…Midland Bank acquired an additional #% stake in Euromobiliare from investor Carlo De Benedetti. The acquisition brought Midland's stake in Euromobiliare to just under ##%. The transaction was concluded in February #### but was not made public until late March.…

…Midland Bank acquired a ##%-##% stake in Acsis Group through the conversion of #.# mil British pounds ($#.# mil US) worth of bank loans into ##.# mil new ordinary shares. The deal was part of Acsis…

…Lucky-Goldstar International, a unit of Lucky-Goldstar, acquired a ##% stake in Cia Minera Los Pelambres from Midland Bank.…

…Midland Bank denied rumors that it was a possible takeover target from various companies, although it did not rule out a possible renewal of merger talks with Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking. Rumors had circulated that companies including National Westminster Bank…