On Dec. 11, 2012, Pozavarovalnica Sava, d.d., the parent and major operating entity of the Sava Re Group (Sava Re), agreed to pay €15 million to acquire a further 11.8% stake in its subsidiary Zavarovalnica Maribor (Maribor) from Nova KMB (NKBM). Pozavarovalnica Sava already owned 49% of Maribor, and has agreed to buy the remaining 39.2% stake in the company for €50 million after a €55 million capital increase planned for May 2013. The remaining stake has been temporarily bought by Pozavarovalnica Sava's major shareholder, Slovenska odškodninska družba (SOD). In our view, the planned rights issue carries some execution risk, and the acquisition could weaken our view of Sava Re's currently "adequate" capital adequacy, under our criteria. We are accordingly