2020 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS 637
8General information
8
Investments
8.4 Significant changes
There have been no significant changes in the Group s financial or business situation since the end of the last financial year for which audited financial statements were published, and in particular since the signature of the Statutory Auditors report on the consolidated financial statements on 2 March 2021.
8.5 Investments
The following table lists the Group s investments since 1 January 2018 that are individually valued at over EUR 500 million and are considered material at a Group level:
Country Announcement date Transaction Transaction amount Comments
Poland 31 October 2018 Acquisition by BGZ BNP Paribas of the core banking operations of Raiffeisen Bank Polska
EUR 756 million The transaction price is the equivalent in euro of the price paid (PLN 3.25 billion) on the basis of a /PLN exchange rate of ~4.30 as at 30/10/18
UK 21 October 2019 Strategic partnership giving rise to contributions from BNP Paribas Asset Management of assets/activities in exchange for a 22.5% stake in Allfunds UK Ltd.
EUR 575 M The amount of the transaction corresponds to the value of the securities received in exchange for the contributions.